With two Olympic silver medals from the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games in his trophy case, the three-time world champion looks to cap off a brilliant career in PyeongChang. Chan capped off an emotional free program at the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships earlier this month, bringing the crowd to its feet as he […]
TAIPEI CITY – Carolane Soucisse of Chateauguay, Que., and Shane Firus of North Vancouver smashed their personal best score en route to the silver medal in ice dancing on Thursday at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker of the U.S. won the gold medal with 174.29 points. Soucisse and […]
TAIPEI CITY – Carolane Soucisse of Chateauguay, Que., and Shane Firus of North Vancouver produced a personal best score to stand in third place after Wednesday’s short dance at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker of the U.S. lead the 14-couple field with 69.08 points followed by Kana Muramoto […]
Just hours after notching their eighth national ice dance title at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in Vancouver, three-time world champions Virtue and Moir were announced as the Canadian team flag bearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. “This is, undoubtedly, the pinnacle of our career,” said Virtue of the honour. “The […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have 12 entries, for a total of 18 skaters, competing at the 2018 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei City, Taiwan. Competition begins January 24 and runs through to January 27, 2018. The Canadian team will have three entries per discipline in men, ladies, pairs and ice dance. […]
VANCOUVER, BC: All-event tickets for the 2018 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final will go on sale Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. PT. The event will take place in Vancouver, B.C., at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre from December 5-9, 2018. TICKETS All-Event ticket packages will include all competitions in junior […]
Three-time Olympic medalists to lead Team Canada into Opening Ceremony OTTAWA (January 16, 2018) – On Tuesday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced that Olympic Champions, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, will lead Team Canada into the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. The announcement was made in Ottawa on Parliament Hill […]
VANCOUVER (January 14, 2018) — The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Skate Canada officially announced the 17 athletes and 12 coaches nominated to represent Team Canada in figure skating at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Skaters qualified for the team based on their performances during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons as well as their results […]
VANCOUVER, BC: After the senior events at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, Skate Canada named the teams for three upcoming ISU Championships. The week-long championships were held in Vancouver, B.C., at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre from January 8-14, 2018. The 2018 Olympic Figure Skating Team that will compete in PyeongChang, South […]
VANCOUVER – Three-time world champion Patrick Chan won a record 10th Canadian men’s singles title on Saturday to conclude the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir notched an eighth ice dancing crown and it was number-seven for Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford in pairs. Gabrielle Daleman celebrated her 20th birthday […]
VANCOUVER – Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, pairs Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, Gabrielle Daleman and Patrick Chan are the leaders after Friday’s short programs at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. The event also serves as a qualification event for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. World champions Virtue and Moir once […]
SAINT JOHN, N.B: Skate Canada announced today that the 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships will be held in Saint John, New Brunswick, from January 13-20, 2019, at Harbour Station. The championships will feature approximately 250 of the nation’s best skaters in the men, women, pairs, and ice dance disciplines, competing in three levels: senior, […]