SOFIA, Bulgaria -Nam Nguyen of Toronto landed two triple Axels and won the gold medal Saturday in men’s competition at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Nguyen posted the top score in both the short and free programs to finish with 217.06 points. “That was the best free skate I have ever had,” said […]
There was a time, years ago, when Brian Orser carried a flag into an Olympic Games opening ceremonies, all red and white and befringed. Proud moment of his life, that day at the Calgary Olympics. The days that followed were more difficult. He had expected to win gold. He won silver. He’s carrying flags still, […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Madeline Edwards of Port Moody, B.C., and ZhaoKai Pang of Burnaby, B.C., won the bronze medal in ice dancing Friday at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean- Luc Baker of the U.S., took the gold with 157.12 points. They edged Russians Anna Yanovskaya and Sergey Mozgov in […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Nam Nguyen of Toronto is in first place in men’s competition after Thursday’s short program at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Nguyen, 15, earned 72.87 points with Jin Boyang of China second at 71.51 and Uno Shoma of Japan third at 70.67. “The short program felt awesome,” said Nguyen, who […]
There was a time when Sofia, Bulgaria tried to bid for the 2014 Olympics. It wasn’t accepted as a candidate. If it had, it would have been decidedly wintry. But from March 10 to 16, it will stage the world junior figure skating championships instead. And there will be no less drama than in Sochi. […]
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., gained one spot in the overall standings with a strong free program Saturday to win the silver medal at the 2014 Junior World Challenge Cup synchronized skating competition. Finland took the gold medal with 173.77 points, Les Suprêmes, third after Friday’s short program, followed at 170.89 and […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send eight entries for a total of 12 skaters to the 2014 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 10-16, 2014. Canada will have two entries in each category: men’s, ladies, pair and ice dance. Nam Nguyen, 15, Toronto, Ont., leads the Canadian entries in men’s. […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have two junior synchronized skating teams competing at the 2014 ISU Junior World Challenge Cup in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, from March 6-8. Les Suprêmes junior and Les Pirouettes junior, both from Quebec, will compete at the event. Neuchâtel will host 19 of the top junior synchronized skating teams from 14 countries, competing […]
OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian roster for the 2014 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan from March 24-30, 2014 was released today. Canada will send 17 athletes for a total of 11 entries. Canada will have three entries in men’s, pair and ice dance and two entries in women’s. Senior Men’s Kevin Reynolds, 23, […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada is proud to be sending two talented synchronized skating teams to the 2014 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Courmayeur, Italy from April 4-5, 2014. Nexxice from the Burlington Skating Club and Les Suprêmes from the CPA Saint-Léonard secured their entries to the world championships by finishing one-two at the 2014 […]
Silver. Silver. And more silver. Canadian skaters brought home a bundle of attractive Olympic medals of this precious metal, which has a white metallic lustre that can take a high degree of polish. There will be a lot of polishing of these medals, as athletes make the long trek back from Sochi with their booty. […]
BURNABY, B.C. – It’s official – NEXXICE and Les Suprêmes can pack their packs for Italy. The two senior synchronized skating powerhouses punched their tickets to the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, thanks to a one-two finish at the Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships Saturday in suburban Vancouver. NEXXICE did it in record-breaking fashion. The […]