The International Skating Union (ISU), Skate Canada and Art on Ice are pleased to announce that Elvis Stojko and Anouk Meunier will be hosting the inaugural ISU Skating Awards. The ISU Skating Awards will take place at the conclusion of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships® 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, at Centre Bell on Sunday, March 22, 2020 […]
CALGARY, AB: The country’s best synchronized skating teams are headed to Calgary, Alta. for the 2020 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships, taking place from February 21-23, 2020 at Winsport. The event will host approximately 40 teams and over 800 skaters from across the country competing for titles in senior, junior, novice, intermediate and open categories. The top […]
MILAN, Italy – Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., won the bronze medal in comeback style on Sunday at the Spring Cup synchronized skating competition. Teams from Finland were 1-2 with Unique earning the gold with 236.82 and Marigold Ice Unity second at 232.29. Nexxice, fourth after Saturday’s short program, totalled 220.61. There were 23 entries. The Nexxice […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada announced today that Nam Nguyen, Alicia Pineault, Evelyn Walsh, Trennt Michaud, Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sørensen have been added to the world championships team. Skate Canada also added the following skaters to the junior world team, Kelly Ann Laurin, Loucas Ethier, Emmy Bronsard, Aissa Bouaraguia, Miku Makita and Tyler Gunara. 2020 […]
OTTAWA, ON: NEXXICE senior will be the lone synchronized skating team representing Canada at the 2020 Spring Cup in Milan, Italy. The event will take place from February 14-16, 2020. This season, NEXXICE from Burlington SC, finished sixth at the 2020 Leon Lurje Trophy. The 2019 Canadian silver medallists are coached by Shelley Simonton Barnett and Debbie Beauchamps. Cheryl Goldie […]
OBERTSDORF, Germany – Canada won two medals in both the junior and novice ice dancing events this past weekend at the Bavarian Open figure skating competition. In the novice ice dance, Emma Goodstadt of Oakville, Ont., and Michael Barsoum of Toronto won the gold medal with 118.35 points. Hailey Yu and Brendan Giang of Burnaby, […]
SEOUL – Nam Nguyen of Toronto climbed three spots with a strong free skate Sunday to place sixth in the men’s event to conclude the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. Canada finishes with two medals. On Friday, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto took the silver in ice dancing and on Saturday Kirsten […]
SEOUL – Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro won the bronze medal in pairs on Saturday at the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. China was 1-2 with two-time world champions Wenjing Sui and Cong Han first with 217.51 points and Cheng Peng and Yang Jin second at 213.29. Moore-Towers and Marinaro, first after Thursday’s short […]
OBERTSDORF, Germany – Stephen Gogolev and Joseph Phan were 1-2 in the men’s junior competition to highlight a strong Canadian performance at the Bavarian Open figure skating competition. Gogolev, from Toronto, totalled 227.68 points placing first in both the short and long programs. Phan, from Laval Que., soared from fifth place after the short, to take […]
SEOUL – Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won the silver medal in ice dancing on Friday at the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. successfully defended their title with 213.18 points followed by the Canadian champions at 210.18, a personal best international score. Madison Hubbell and Zachary […]
As we head into the home stretch to the ISU World Figure Skating Championships® 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, we continue to look back at previous world championships staged in Canada. Part 8 of the ten-part series reflects on the 2001 world championships in Vancouver. As the skating world converged on Vancouver for the 2001 ISU […]
SEOUL – Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michae Marinaro placed first in Thursday’s pairs short program ahead of two Chinese couples, including the reigning world champions, to open the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. The Canadians confidently skated to Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain”, hitting a triple twist, throw triple loop and side by side triple […]