MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier reached new heights in ice dancing, Roman Sadovky upset two veterans and it was a teenage medal sweep in the women’s event Saturday at the 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. Only Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were able to successfully defend their national title winning pairs. The […]
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Keegan Messing is one step closer to a first career Canadian title after placing topping the men’s short program at the 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. Messing, competing at his eight nationals, tabulated 92.61 points in his skate to Ed Sheeran’s Perfect. Defending champion Nam Nguyen of Toronto is second at 88.04 […]
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Patricia Andrew of London, Ont., and Zachary Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., took the gold medal in pairs on Thursday at the 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. The first-year partners totalled 148.28 points placing first in both programs. Gabrielle Levesque and Pier-Alexandre Hudon of Montreal, third at the last two junior nationals, followed […]
Skate Canada is pleased to announce that Vancouver, B.C., will host the 2021 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. The week-long championships held at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre from January 11-17, 2021 will feature approximately 250 of the best Canadian figure skaters in the men, women, pairs and ice dance disciplines, competing in three […]
Q: How old were you when you first started figure skating? Gabrielle: 4 years-old Q: If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Gabrielle: Blueberries Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Gabrielle: Teleportation Q: What is the first thing you would buy if you won […]
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The first three finals were held in novice competition on Tuesday at the 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. It was a very close battle in novice ice dancing as Sandrine Gauthier and Quentin Thierien of St-Bruno, Que., took the gold with 100.97 points. Emma Goodstadt and Michel Barsoum of Scarborough, Ont., were […]
Q: How old were you when you first started figure skating? Nam: 5 years-old Q: If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Nam: Pringles BBQ flavoured chips Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Nam: To disappear at will Q: What is the first thing […]
OTTAWA, ON: Gold Ice junior will be the lone Canadian synchronized skating team competing at the fourth edition of the Zagreb Snowflakes Trophy. The event will take place from January 17-19, 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia. Gold Ice junior of Brampton, Ont., placed fourth at the 2019 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships in Waterloo, Ont. They are coached […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – It was a close call for Toronto ice dancers Natalie D’Alessandro and Bruce Waddell at the Youth Olympic Winter Games on Monday as they took fourth spot missing the podium by less than a point. Irina Khavronina and Dario Cirisano led Russia to a 1-2 finish with 164.63 points followed by Sofya Tyutyunina […]
Q: How old were you when you first started figure skating? Nicolas: 6 years-old Q: If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Nicolas: Pancakes (The one’s my aunt makes preferably) Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Nicolas: Flying, very useful in this sport and […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Pairs skaters Brooke McIntosh of Toronto and Brandon Toste of Mississauga, Ont. and men’s entry Aleksa Rakic of Burnaby, B.C., finished fourth in figure skating action Sunday at the Youth Olympic Winter Games. In pairs, McIntosh and Toste, Canada’s number-two junior team, climbed to fourth overall with a personal best 146.15 points. They […]
Q: How old were you when you first started figure skating? Marjorie: 3 years-old Zachary: 4 years-old Q: If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Marjorie: Pasta or chocolate Zachary: Pizza Q: If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Marjorie: A superpower that can make everyone happy and […]