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# It's Time! The US Figure Skating Championships Were This Weekend!
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/its-time-the-us-figure-skating-championships-were-this-weekend-01-2019/
- Published: 2019-01-29T18:00:07.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-29T06:59:54.000Z
- Description: Costumes! Ranting! Abs?!!
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: *Slow Clap*, fugs, Figure Skating, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:00

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Okay, friends and frenemies! We have much to discuss -- as ever! -- about this year's US National figure-skating championships, including but not limited to the fact that the ladies' winner, Alysa Liu, is a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD CHILD and that I think skating needs to adopt the same rules that gymnastics has and require the skater to be 16 to compete in senior events. Additionally: [There was a big story in the New York Times this week about Gracie Gold's mental health issues](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/sports/gracie-gold-figure-skating-.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), which was very interesting and revealing; I am glad she seems to be recovering, and Ashley Wagner gets a nice cameo as a person who Saw Something and Said Something. Also, in further very unfortunate skating news (on several levels), the pairs skater-turned-coach [John Coughlin died by suicide right before Nationals](https://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/%5F/id/25870759/john-coughlin-suicide-leaves-more-questions-answers-figure-skating-community?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), the day after he was suspended from coaching for allegations of sexual misconduct involving two minor skaters. The linked piece there is very thought-provoking: there seem to be a lot of questions about what happened with him, and how to handle it given his death. Regardless, this has to be a hugely stressful time for a lot of skaters and I hope those who need support are getting it, since that seems to be a real question mark in this sport.

Now, for a GIANT tonal shift: I have to confess something and it is that I screwed up my DVR settings and DID NOT TAPE the ladies' skating somehow. I am VERY IRKED about this -- and NBC Sports does have On Demand, and yet skating is not available thusly. Frustrating! I saw the men's skate and some of the ice-dancing, and cobbled together a basic understanding of what happened for the ladies from YouTube, etc, but as ever, I welcome the insight of people who (a) know more than I do and (b) managed their lives better than I did and therefore saw more of this. To the ice!

###### \[Photos: STEPHEN BRASHEAR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock, MAURI RATILAINEN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock, Aflo/REX/Shutterstock, GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock, Paul Sancya/AP/REX/Shutterstock, Carlos Osorio/AP/REX/Shutterstock\]