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Is American Figure Skating Fixed….Again?

January 13, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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Several years ago, I wrote an article saying that elite American figure skating was FIXED. but that article didn’t stay live long, since one of my children’s coaches contacted me immediately after I published my thoughts and told me that saying such things was not a good idea for me politically since, at the time, […]

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I’m So Happy For Alexa and Chris and Dalilah! 2018 Olympics!

January 7, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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In 2005, my three very young children auditioned for a local Colorado Springs youth ice skating show directed by DeeDee Knierim.  Cats On Ice was the first production that was a part of DeeDee Knierim’s Colorado Youth Theatre.  Her own children helped with the production and that is when I got to know 17 year […]

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Jordan Moeller’s Thoughts Put Figure Skating In Perspective

January 6, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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Figure skaters have a very special and unusual life, but elite competitive figure skaters have an especially privileged life. We that began to skate when we were little kids and moved to the elite level and had a chance to compete nationally and/or internationally sometimes forget how fortunate we are. We had parents that sacrificed time […]

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Which Figure Skaters From the USA Might Qualify For the 2018 Winter Olympics?

December 23, 2017 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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A certain writer who has written about figure skating since the early 1960s told me once that she used to have all her articles written in advance.  She told me that the previous three years leading up to each US National Championships set the stage for the Nationals that served as the Olympic qualifier and who […]

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If Ashley Wagner’s ankle was infected, why did US Figure Skating allow her to compete at Skate America 2017?

November 29, 2017 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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I don’t get it. Well, for my readers who don’t know what I “don’t get,” I don’t understand why Olympic figure skater and three-time US Ladies Figure Skating Champion Ashley Wagner competed at Skate America 2017 in Lake Placid at all. If you missed watching Skate America on television over the Thanksgiving weekend 2017, you […]

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