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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?