The Skating Session
Hosted by lifelong figure skating fans Tony Wheeler and Thomas Vu, The Skating Session dives deep into the world of competitive figure skating with sharp analysis, historical context, and a millennial lens.
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- Sep 8, 2026
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Kinoshita Cup, Return of Trusova, AIN Eligibity Status, DWTS (opens the original)
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Episode 3 of the season starts with a discussion on the ISU rescinding the neutral status of several AIN athletes. We then go into a full discussion of the Kinoshita Cup, including the return of Alexandra Trusova-Ignatova, Mao Shimada's senior international debut, and rundowns of all other disciplines. We also briefly chat about Amber Glenn and Dancing With the Stars, as well as the Bolero Cup and Junior Grand Prix Bangkok that also took place this weekend.
Special Episode: Interview with Kyvalya Kopparapu (IND) (opens the original)
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Tony interviews Kyvalva Kopparapu, who competed at his first ever Junior Grand Prix competition in Xi'An, and has only been figure skating for 3 months!
New Rules! Russia Is Back! JGP Thoughts, Kinoshita, Synchro9 (opens the original)
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Episode 2 is here! Tony and Thomas discuss at length (and rant about) many of the new rule changes and program layout changes this season. We also discuss AIN/Russia being back in competition and their dominance in the first Junior Grand Prix event, as well as some of Tony's picks for favorite performances from the most recent JGP Riga. We briefly go over the stacked fields for this weekend's Kinoshita Cup, and synchronized skating is officially headed to the Olympics!
We're Back! 2027 Season Outlook; Off-Season News (opens the original)
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We're back! Our Season 3 premiere highlights all of the big off-season news, the early season news, what we've been up to, and what to look forward to in the 2027 season.
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