Cranberry Cup 2025 Recap and more skating news

The Olympic season is upon us with our first notable singles competition, Cranberry Cup. We talk about exciting wins from Isabeau Levito and Roman Sadovsky, a standout showing from Sofia Samodelkina, and Sonja Hilmer’s marvelous short program. Plus news and other program debuts.

August 20, 2025

Cranberry Cup International 2025 Analysis

Chapters

0:00 — Intro
1:56 — Stargate Fandom Podcast Appearance
4:19 — Cranberry Cup 2025
5:15 — Women’s Competition
19:43 — Men’s Competition
35:07 — Other News
35:23 — Fear and Gibson and Spice Girls
36:33 — Smart and Dieck and Dune Part Two
39:18 — Yuma Kagiyama debuts his free skate
43:13 — Mai Mihara brings back her best programs
44:50 — Jason Brown brings back Riverdance
46:59 — Sarah Everhart’s Poor Things free skate
48:21 — Wrap-Up

Stargate Fandom Podcast Appearance

You can hear — and SEE — Wendy and I as guests on the Stargate Fandom podcast! We talk with hosts Alyssa & Emily about our mutual fandom crossovers between Figure Skating and Sci-Fi/Fantasy. We had a terrific time with them in this wide-ranging conversation, and we hope you give it a listen and a Like!

Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R23QXvLQmxI

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