Want to see a FREE ice skating show? On February 27 at Rockefeller Rink in NYC, Ice Theatre of New York will put on a 30 minute extravaganza. [Ice Theatre of New York]
Yu-Na Kim and Michelle Kwan to close out Special Olympics in Korea. [KoreaHerald]
Evgeni Plushenko to miss World Figure Skating Championships in March. [GlobalPost]
Skate America, the first of six major skating competitions from October to December, begins October 19, in Kent, Washington. Olympic champion Evan Lysacek is scheduled to compete -- tickets on sale now! [USFSA]
International Skating Union (ISU) allows Evgeny Plushenko to compete again in ISU sanctioned competitions including the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. [ISU]
Adam Rippon (at right) leaves Ghislain Briand in Toronto to train with Jason Dungjen at the Detroit Skating Club. [US Figure Skating]
Ashley Wagner leaves Priscilla Hill in Delaware to train with John Nicks in California. [icenetwork]
Canada's national figure skating team members Shawn Sawyer, Joey Russell, Adam Johnson and Diane Szmiett announce retirement from amateur skating. [montrealgazette]
On Tuesday, October 12, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) held its 31st Annual Salute to Women in Sports at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC. Figure skating luminaries Michelle Kwan (at right), Yu-Na Kim and Sarah Hughes attended the event, which celebrates the contributions that WSF has made to young girls and women worldwide.
I got to catch up with Michelle on the red carpet and let me tell you, she is one of the most thoughtful and poised people I've ever met. She commands your attention without screaming, "Look at me! Look at me!" and I could totally see her as an ambassador to some country where we desperately need a good representative. Or maybe heading up a committee in the United Nations -- Basically something where she can use her knowledge and personality to bridge the world divide. In the interview above, Michelle talks about aiming high and what that really means, the impact that tennis legend Billie Jean King (founder of WSF) has had on women everywhere and a very special award that Michelle received from Billie Jean.