the figure skating tea is scalding right now. i've got questions.

The news of a new Canadian pairs team's controversial forming is the messiest thing that’s happened in this sport in years.

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For all of its excessive politics, theater and sequins, the world of figure skating is generally a relatively insular and genteel one, at least from the outside looking in. Most of th…