A large world-class senior ladies competition and an even larger junior ladies competition stood apart from what would otherwise be a very small event.
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Edmunds posts photo of herself in wheelchair on Instagram, all indications are she won't make it to Nationals, but still has not yet withdrawn.
Most top Chinese skaters bail on their National Championships; remaining favorites pull off comeback wins in singles and default wins in pairs and dance.
A scratch on the bottle of Olympic champion's urine sample indicates possible tampering; however, there's nothing conclusive so far.
Hanyu withdraws from Japanese Nationals with the flu; draw and starting orders clarifies entire roster for Russian Nationals.
Lipnitskaya pulls out after release of the roster, Nugumanova may or may not also be out; Tsurskaya hopes to compete at Junior Nationals.
Four Nationals marred by alarming injury; German Nationals plagued by multiple injuries; top French and Italian stars do better at their Nationals.
Russian Federation releases roster a little later than scheduled; most major players not already ruled out currently listed.
Carolina Kostner returns to competition as Italy wins three golds; another disappointing men's competition is offset by another better ladies competition.
Russians win three of the golds and seven of the medals, but manage no sweeps; ladies event goes on without either of the two top names.
A good ladies event makes up for the men's one; Russian team pulls an upset in the pairs; Virtue & Moir win the one big dance title they'd been lacking.
Junior men's winner steals the show from lackluster senior competition; prequalified skaters win the other three disciplines.
Germans express an intent to decide on Grand Prix Finale plans on Wednesday, then say nothing; ladies favorite and pair out of the junior event.
<h2>Ladies event improves from last week, men's event does not; meeting of top two teams in ice dance has somewhat disappointing results.</h2...
Dancing with the Stars ends season 23 and a clash of two titans in a whirl of multiple locations, artificial snow, and perfect fusion dances.
A couple of stumbles and a couple of lifts make the scores interesting; four freestyles tailored carefully to their stars make the night a good one.
Pacific Coast ladies field highlight of busy American skating weekend; skaters at three Sectional competitions qualify for Nationals.
Two stacked singles fields turned out disappointing competitions; home team claims gold in pairs; ice dance by far best show.
Moore-Towers & Marinaro withdraw from their second event, Chen and Arutunian possibly not done after all, Bazarova & Deputat split.
All five couples get perfect scores in trio round to remember; Terra & Sasha and Laurie & Val end the night with perfect 60s.