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Gracie Gold withdraws, so NBC delays airing the event for a week because who wants to watch if Gracie’s not there? Here’s who did show up:
Pairs
Duhamel & Radford get their 30 seconds of fame. Stolbova & Klimov and Sui & Han compete, but we didn’t see it.
Dance
Weaver & Poje, Chock & Bates, and Papadakis & Cizeron medal. The Shibutanis don’t.
Men
Maxim Kovtun spins a web. The Phantom menace captures Takahito Mura and Yuzuru Hanyu. Sergei Voronov suits up. Tatsuki Machida makes a surprise announcement. Javier Fernández gets nervous.
Women
Gracie Gold makes a withdrawal. Ashley Wagner comes out of the batter’s box. Yulia Lipnitskaya should be Coming to America. Anna Pogorilaya jumps. Elena Radionova skates her (possible) age. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva fails to anger us.
The Scandals
We discuss a bunch of stuff we don’t really know anything about. Carolina Kostner’s boyfriend walks a little too well. Javier and Miki Ando work on their posture. And are Terry, Tara, and Johnny even going to these competitions?