SOFIA, Bulgaria – Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Greenfield Park, Que., placed fourth Friday in ice dancing at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Lajoie and Lagha were second after Wednesday’s short dance. They delivered the fifth best free dance and missed the podium by a mere 0.66 points. ‘’We […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Despite a recent injury, Evelyn Walsh of London, Ont., and Trennt Michaud of Trenton, Ont., earned a personal best score and took sixth spot in pairs on Thursday at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Russia swept the medals with Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin winning gold, Polina Kostiukovich and Dmitrii […]
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Greenfield Park, Que., are in second place after Wednesday’s short dance at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Three of the top-four are Russian couples. Anastasia Skoptcova and Kirill Aleshin lead with 66.44, Lajoie and Lagha follow at 62.39 and Arina Ushakova […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada has seven entries, for a total of 11 skaters competing at the 2018 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 5-11. Canada will have two entries per discipline in men, pairs and ice dance, one entry in ladies. Competition begins Wednesday, March 7, with the […]
OSHAWA, Ont. – Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., collected its second title this weekend placing first in the open competition while Nova from Brossard, Que., took the novice crown to conclude the 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. In the open event, Nexxice posted a decisive win with 156.14 points. Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., followed […]
OSHAWA, ON: Skate Canada has selected the teams that will represent Canada at the 2018 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships and 2018 ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships. Over the weekend, Nexxice, from the Burlington Skating Centre, and Les Suprêmes, from CPA Saint-Léonard, earned their entries to the senior world championships, winning gold and silver […]
OSHAWA, Ont. – Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., and Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., waged epic battles in both senior and junior competition on Saturday and each gained a title at the 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. In senior competition, Nexxice totalled 202.72 points for its two programs followed closely by Les Suprêmes at 200.20. […]
OSHAWA, Ont. – Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., and Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., are the leaders in senior and junior competition after Friday’s short programs at the 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. In the senior event, Nexxice, the defending champions, tabulated 75.86 points with les Suprêmes second at 70.04 and Nova from Brossard, Que., […]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – Kaetlyn Osmond put an exclamation point on a memorable run for Canadian figure skaters with a stunning bronze medal performance Friday at the Olympic Winter Games. She also helped make a little history at the same time. The three-time Canadian champion and reigning world silver medallist claimed her first individual Olympic […]
OTTAWA, ON: Oshawa, Ont., is set to welcome the best synchronized skating teams from across Canada for the 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships, taking place from February 23-25, 2018, at the Tribute Communities Centre. The event will host over 800 skaters and coaches on 40 teams competing for national titles in the senior, junior, […]
Three Canadian teams finish inside top eight PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – For four minutes Monday night, back home in Canada, a nation was holding its breath. And then, just like that, it was over. But not before Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir likely bid farewell to competitive skating in an emotional swan song that seemed […]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – It was the end of one era of Canadian skating and maybe, just maybe, the start of another. Patrick Chan’s storybook career, punctuated with three consecutive world championships and a record ten Canadian titles, likely saw the final chapter written Saturday in PyeongChang with a ninth- place showing at the PyeongChang […]