Skaters Struggle to Maintain in Wake of Worlds' Cancellation

Thursday’s unsurprising news that the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships were definitively cancelled had minimal impact on Rafael Arutunian.

The impact of having little else definitive about figure skating’s future schedule is what Arutunian struggles to deal with.

"We knew this is what would be done with worlds," said Arutunian, coach of two-time reigning world champion Nathan Chen, via telephone from California. "What happens now with next season?"

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Philip Hershis well-known as the Olympic specialist for the Chicago Tribune and is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on figure skating. He has covered 19 Olympic Games. He often uses sport as a way to write about the culture of a country or athlete.

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