This and That: 2023 ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating with Alissa Czisny (Ilia Malinin)

This week, Ilia Malinin made history by landed the first quad axel in a short program and by winning gold at the 2023 ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating. Kaori Sakamoto continued her winning streak over Loena Hendrickx, Hana Yoshia and Isabeau Levito. Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Kao Miura, Kevin Aymoz and Adam Siao Him Fa rounded out a strong men's field. Madison Chock and Evan Bates earned an important win over Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier and Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri. Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin continued their remarkable season. Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii were second, and Deanna Stellato and Maxime Deschamps won bronze. Alissa Czisny joins me to break it all down on the latest edition of 'This and That'. Subscribe to this channel for everything all of your figure skating fan needs. Access exclusive TSL content (including live shows), listen to audio versions of our latest episodes and support TSL by becoming a Patron:   / theskatinglesson   Backpod Posture Correction Device: https://amzn.to/2NRh8Lx Dave's Recommended Reading List Christine Brennan 'Inside Edge' https://amzn.to/37YV1cN​ Christine Brennan 'Edge of Glory' https://amzn.to/302NsNL​ Toller Cranston 'When Hell Freezes Over, Should I Bring My Skates: https://amzn.to/3bX9FCG​ Toller Cranston 'Zero Tollerance' https://amzn.to/303xrY8​ Dick Button 'Push Dick's Button' https://amzn.to/3rLS2MD Joy Goodwin 'The Second Mark' https://amzn.to/3rbrbsY​ Ekaterina Gordeeva 'My Sergei' https://amzn.to/3uJ6DKx​ Scott Hamilton 'Landing It: My Life On and Off The Ice' https://amzn.to/38y9GvV Gary Mack 'Mind Gym: An Athlete's Inner Guide to Excellence' https://amzn.to/2NJBhmJ​ Adam Rippon 'Beautiful on the Outside' https://amzn.to/3bX9abM​ Grigory Rodchenkov 'The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Russia's Secret Doping Empire' https://amzn.to/3uFdqVT​ Joan Ryan 'Little Girls in Pretty Boxes' https://amzn.to/2NJBhmJ​ Johnny Weir 'Welcome to My World' https://amzn.to/2Poqv5I​ If you like these videos, please help TSL by shopping with our Amazon Affiliate Program. If you click this think and then purchase anything on Amazon, a small percentage of your purchase will help grow TSL and get you more of the content you love: https://amzn.to/2PTTn4h​​​​​ If you're shopping in Canada: https://amzn.to/2DUmTkP​​​​​ The goal of The Skating Lesson (TSL) is to share our passion and knowledge of the sport with all of you. Whether you call it figure skating, ice skating, Eiskunstlauf, фигурное катание, 피겨 스케이팅, フィギュアスケート, 花样滑冰, 花樣滑冰, patinage artistique, pattinaggio artistico or patinaje artístico, we hope you'll share your passion with us