This and That: Smart and Diaz win Nationals, Alena Kostornaia is Injured, Papadakis and Cizeron

This week, Olivia Smart and Adrian Diaz pulled off a Christmas miracle by winning Spanish Nationals over Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin. Papadakis and Cizeron won French Nationals and may thank Smart and Diaz for support from the Spanish judge at Europeans and the Olympics. Kevin Aymoz pulled off a Christmas miracle of his own by winning French Nationals and keeping his Olympic dream alive. Meanwhile in Russia, Alena Kostornaia broke her wrist, dyed her hair and joined YouTube, Evgenia Medvedeva lost Ice Age (yet won plenty of followers on social media) and Tatiana Tarasova has been hospitalized. With Japanese and Russian Nationals approaching, previews are in order. We discuss it all on the latest edition of 'This and That'.

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