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News outlets are reporting that 2014 figure Skating bronze medalist Denis Ten died as a result of stab wounds he received during an attempted car robbery. It all happened in Almaty, where he lived and trained. So sad to see this in the news. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/07/19/olympic-figure-skating-medalist-denis-ten-killed-in-stabbing/

The 2016-17 figure skating season officially concludes next week with the World Team Trophy in Tokyo but here's the schedule for the important events in the figure skating calendar for the Olympic season. Grand Prix Circuit Russia October 20-22, 2017 Canada October 27-29, 2017, Venue: Regina, Saskatchewan China November 3-5, 2017 Japan November 10-12, 2017 France November 17-19, 2017 USA November 24-26, 2017, Venue: Lake Placid, New York GP Final Japan December 7-10, 2017, Venue: Nagoya, Japan Challenger Circuit U.S. International FS Salt Lake City, USA September 13-17, 2017 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy September 14-17, 2017 Autumn Classic International Montreal, Canada September 20-23, 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovak Republic September 21-23, 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany September 27-30, 2017 (Olympic Qualifier) Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland October 6-8, 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star Minsk, Belarus October 27-29, 2017 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland November 16-19, 2017 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia November 21-26, 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia December 6-9, 2017 Important Tournaments Europeans, January 15-21; Moscow Four Continents, January 23-28; Taipei Olympics, February 9-25; PyeongChang World Juniors, March 5-11; Sofia Worlds, March 19-25; Milan

All I want to see is someone pull off the Iron Lotus better than North Korea, at these games!

The road to Helsinki will begin in a few months. This year's will be the first under the leadership of Jan Dijkema of the Netherlands. Below are the schedules for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. USA, 21 - 23 October, Chicago (Hoffman Estates), Illinois Canada, 28 - 30 October, Mississauga, Ontario Russia, 4 - 6 November, Moscow France, 11 - 13 November, Paris China, 18 - 20 November, Beijing Japan, 25 - 27 November, Sapporo ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 8 - 11 December, Marseille, France Important Tournaments: European Figure Skating Championships, 25 - 29 January 2017, Ostrava, Czech Republic Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 15 - 19 February 2017, Gangneung, Korea World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 15 - 19 March 2017, Taipei, Chinese Taipei World Figure Skating Championships, 29 March - 2 April 2017, Helsinki, Finland For 2017-18 calendar, Taipei has been assigned as host of Four Continents Below are the 2019 provisional allotments Europeans - Pending Four Continents - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA World Juniors - Zagreb, Croatia Worlds - Saitama, Japan

With the conclusion of the 2015 World Team Trophy, the curtain to the 2014-15 Season has come down. Up next the road to Boston officially begins. Below are the important events for the ISU Grand Prix circuit Skate America, 23-25 October, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Skate Canada International, 30 October - 01 November, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Cup of China, 06-08 November, Beijing, china Trophee Eric Bompard, 13-15 November, Bordeaux, France Rostelecom Cup, 20-22 November, Moscow, Russia NHK Trophy, 27-29 November, Nagano, Japan Grand Prix Final, 10-13 December, Barcelona, Spain Important Tournaments: European Figure Skating Championships, 25-31 January 2016, Bratislava, Slovakia Winter Youth Olympics, 12-21 February 2016, Lillehammer, Norway Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 23-28 February 2016, Taipei, Taiwan World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 14-20 March 2016, Debrecen, Hungary World Figure Skating Championships, 28 March - 03 April 2016, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Also of importance, ISU Challenger Series Senior B Competitions. U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, Salt Lake City, USA, September 16-20, 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf, Germany, September 24-26, 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2015 Finlandia Trophy (no Pair Skating), Espoo, Finland, October 8-11, 2015 Mordovian Ornament (NEW ADDITION), Saransk, Russia, October 15-18, 2015 Ice Challenge, Graz, Austria, October 27-Nov. 1, 2015 Tallinn Trophy (NEW ADDITION), Tallinn, Estonia, November 18-22, 2015 Warsaw Cup, Warsaw, Poland, November 26-29, 2015 Denkova-Stavinski Cup (NEW ADDITION), Sofia, Bulgaria, December 2-6, 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, December 9-12, 2015

After the London Worlds, all eyes are set for Sochi. Here are the important calendar for the 2013-14 Figure Skating Season Season 2013/14: October 18 – 20, 2013: Skate America; Detroit, MI, USA October 25 – 27, 2013: Skate Canada International; Saint John, NB, Canada November 1 – 3, 2013: Cup of China; Beijing, China November 8 – 10, 2013: NHK Trophy; Tokyo, Japan November 15 – 17, 2013: Trophee Eric Bompard; Paris, France November 22 – 24, 2013: Rostelecom Cup; Moscow, Russia December 5 – 8, 2013: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final; Fukuoka, Japan Olympic Qualifier (for countries who failed to secure spots at London, Ont. Worlds): September 26-28, 2013: Nebelhorn Trophy; Oberstdorf, Germany Important Tournaments: January 13-19, 2014: European Figure Skating Championships; Budapest, Hungary January 20-26, 2014: Four Continents Figure Skating Championships; Taipei, Taiwan February 6-22, 2014: XXII Olympic Winter Games; Sochi, Russia March 10-16, 2014: World Junior Figure Skating Championships; Sofia, Bulgaria March 24-30, 2014: World Figure Skating Championships; Saitama, Japan