Gold in our Hearts: 2023-2024 Season Retrospective
In our first video episode, we look back at the 2023-’24 figure skating season and pick Gold in our Hearts performances from each major international competition, as well as overall season picks from each discipline.
Season in Review: 2023-2024
We look back at our highlights from the ’23-’24 figure skating season, talk about the World’s exhibition gala, conjecture on possible retirements and team changes, examine the state of figure skating and FS fandom, and hand out our season-end Gold in Our Hearts awards.
World Championships 2024 Recap
We recap the earth shattering action from World Figure Skating Championships 2024 in Montreal, including Ilia Malinin’s historic 6-Quad winning free skate, the 3-peat gold for Kaori Sakamoto, and Canada’s own Stellato-Dudek & Deschamps finally ascending to the Pairs throne.
World Championships 2024 Preview: Men and Ice Dance
In part two of our 2024 Worlds preview, we dig into the absolutely stacked Men’s competition, including the “Thrivalry” between Shoma Uno, Ilia Malinin, and Yuma Kagiyama. Then we go deep into the Ice Dance lineup, which promises to be a close showdown between 3-4 top teams.
World Championships 2024 Preview: Women and Pairs
Part One of our World Figure Skating Championships 2024 preview focuses on the deep field of the Women’s event, and the unpredictable Pairs competition. We also discuss the controversial Rhythm Dance themes for the next two seasons, Audrey Shin’s move to Pairs, and Ilia Malinin’s practice 4T+4A sequence.
World Junior Championships 2024 Recap
We look back at the extremely impressive Junior Worlds 2024 championships, including the showdown between Mao Shimada and Jia Shin in the Women’s event, an expected win from dance team Neset & Markelo, shaky success for pairs team Metelkinda & Berulava, and star making performances from Rena Uezono and Anthony Paradis.
Challenge Cup 2024 Recap
We recap Challenge Cup 2024 in Tilburg, Netherlands, including remarkable skates from Yuna Aoki, an expected win from Kaori Sakamoto, and somewhat surprising golds for Conti & Macii and Mikhail Shaidorov. We also touch on Tallink Hotels Cup in Estonia, Korea’s Winter Sports Festival, and the announcement of Canada’s Worlds team.
Q&A Episode — YOUR Questions Answered!
As we get ready for the final competitions of the ’23-’24 season, we answer listener questions about all things figure skating: predictions, favorite skaters and FS moments, and what 20 programs we’d save in our end-of-the-world bunker.
ISU Awards and Art on Ice 2024 Recap
We break down the 2024 ISU Awards and their accompanying live concert event, Art on Ice. We also take a look at the ongoing 2022 Olympic Team Medal fiasco, and talk about Gracie Gold’s new memoir, Outofshapeworthlessloser.
Four Continents Championships 2024 Recap
We examine all the competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2024 in Shanghai, China. We discuss the dominant, definitive gold medal wins, dozens of highly memorable performances, and a couple frustrating judge calls.