#chen/morozov

[roseandsalt]

the streets (fstwt) are saying that the skam dance swap was actually usfs politicking with all the grace of an elephant

[ellsey]

people on twitter blaming f/d's skam withdrawal on usfs is hilarious like usfs basically never pulls spots and they were clearly planning on f/d being here (they have them in their press release!)

am i mad i have to watch m/c instead? of course. I don't think they're a great team and are getting by on a lot of name recognition. But people need to be concentrating their energy on hoping bella and vanya are doing well because there's not a lot of reasons they would wd this close to the event.

[raininyourblackeyes]

They don't have unison which is fine. They do it beautifully.

Ted are you hearing yoursef.

[sunskate]

Annabelle Morozov & Jeffrey Chen 2024-25 FD at Lombardia Trophy

[luckylolabug]

"Good speed " is it tho???? I like their energy but man it feels like this program moves at a glacial pace :/

[bex-pendragon]

Anyway, I know the Olympics are on but the new ice dance team of Morozov and Chen are skating their free dance to Star Wars!

[bvdomination]

What's going on?

A lot has been uncovered in the last 48 hours and there are numerous statements released - many being unkind, speculative, and a small number, untrue. This is a rundown on what has been publicly announced and discovered.

THE DEVELOPING STORY

16 Oct - ISU announces Skate America entries. Bella and Ivan have been replaced by Morozov/Chen.

17 Oct - Bella announces their withdrawal from Skate America (x).

19 Oct - Ivan was issued a temporary suspension from US Figure Skating (found here) due to allegations of misconduct (sexual misconduct).

20 Oct - Uncovered public records show that Bella and Ivan have been married as of 12 August 2022. Notable to include that fellow rinkmates Neset/Markelov and Yi/Savilev in WASA Ice Dance were all discovered to be legally married, with only the former being of public information.

6 Nov - Solene Mazingue has publicly come out and named Ivan as her aggresor.

WHAT'S NEXT

Investigations are ongoing and we will let justice take its course.

The newly discovered details are troubling, undoubtedly. I can only hope that all parties involved are safe, healing, and getting any help and support they need. What upsets me the most is the power imbalance and the potential for major abuse to arise due to this. While no one has come out to report any wrongdoing, some of the new information should hopefully stir up more proactive action to protect those who are vulnerable in this sport.

Please remember to be kind and always fact-check statements online. Respect everyone's privacy.

EDIT: The details from Solene's account are immensely distressing and I am again enraged by the lack of action taken by people of authority in the figure skating community towards something so severe and damaging.

[edgecallskating]

Between Morozov/Chen and Davis/Smolkin this really is the Cursed Nepo Baby flight.

[flores-desyatov]

Since we’re talking about rankings: there is another list called the seasons best. That list and the rankings determine the GP spots. The dancers on both the lists get 2. The top placers at worlds are also guaranteed 2 but those usually end up being the same. Then the dancers that place in the top 24 on one of the lists are guaranteed one spot. Junior worlds podiums are usually guaranteed one spot. N/M got two because all the other US dancers could get 2 on their own so USFS basically gave NM their 2nd assignment as a host spot. But it is absolutely imperative that B/V get a really good score at either SKAM or Zagreb (if they even go there) to get a spot for next year ESPECIALLY because there will be added juniors and no retirements. I’m hoping a team like Pate/Bye only end up with one while B/V get one. And then Morozov/Chen with the host and Katarina with a Junior podium spot.

Seriously thank you for sending this! I really appreciate everyone that weighs in here with their knowledge xx

[figureskatingfanblog]

Grand Prix Updates

Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby (GBR) are in at the NHK Trophy.

Ioulia Chtchetnina / Michal Wozniak (POL) and Katie McBeath / Daniil Parkman (USA) are now in at Cup of China.

Annabelle Morozov / Jeffrey Chen (USA) are replacing Isabella Flores / Ivan Desyatov (USA) at Skate America this weekend.

[roseandsalt]

mark is stuck in dancing on ice hell does ted know anything about ice dance

[marislittlethings]

free dance was sooo exciting to watch & yeah i love fear/gibson! i love this program! (actually very much love both their programs this year)

i'm just not feeling the sparkle from chock/bates this season, idk what to tell you. loving the programs from the younger US teams though

neset/markelov already have such cool & complex lifts for such a young team. morozov/chen just started skating together a few months ago & were a very last minute entry to the event but they're already so impressive... just feeling very good about the future of U.S. ice dance & looking forward to watching these young teams for the next few seasons!!

[apricuscity]

Breaking news!

“Hello Apricus! Mayor Lowell here with some wonderful news! Some of the esteemed world leaders have started to arrive in our fair city! We’ll take you live to the Upper Docks where several ships have come in.”

“Here we see the arrival of King Abasi of Calere. He’s accompanied by Miss. Khepri, the senior most member of King Abasi’s royal guards.”

“Empress Daria of Nivis has arrived. She’s accompanied by Dmitri Morozov, one of her royal guards and the most renowned fighter in all of Nivis.”

“Here’s Emperor Chen of Kwailai. Accompanied by Mr. Kenji, a representative of one of Kwailai’s influential families and a member of Chen’s council.”

“And finally we see Highfather Coeus of Crepusculum. He’s accompanied by Miss. Valerie, one of Crepusculum’s faction leaders and a member of Coeus’ council.”

“I hope you’ll join me in welcoming our guests. We’ll be doing our best to make sure they enjoy themselves here in our fair city as we get ready for the world cup.”

“More leaders are expected to arrive soon so stay tuned! Have a nice day everyone!”

[sunskate]

Annabelle Morozov & Jeffrey Chen 2024-25 RD at Lombardia Trophy

[moon-soo-ah]

Beijing Olympics 2022 Figure Skating Full Gala Exhibition

[ohtheseskaters]

Season 2020/21 + splash of color