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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