BOLZANO, Italy – Ice dancers Alicia Fabbri of Terrebonne, Que., and Claudio Pietrantonio of Laval, Que., reached new heights on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit on Friday winning the bronze medal. Russian couples were 1-2 with Arina Ushakova and Maxim Nekrasov first with 149.01 points and Sofia Polischuk and Alexander Vakhnov second […]
BOLZANO, Italy – Alison Schumacher of Toronto and Eric Liu of Edmonton both improved on earlier results this season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit on Saturday. Russians were 1-2 in women’s competition. Sofia Samodurova was fist, Alena Kostornaia second while Rika Kihira of Japan was third. Schumacher was eighth improving on […]
OTTAWA, ON: Olympic Champions Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, one of the most decorated pair teams in Canadian figure skating history will serve as Athlete Ambassadors during the 2017 Skate Canada International. The event will take place in Regina, Saskatchewan, from October 26-29, 2017, at the Brandt Centre. “I am thrilled to be co-ambassador with […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send four entries, for a total of six skaters to Neumarkt (Egna), Italy, for the final event of the 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. Canada will send one entry per discipline in men and ladies, and two entries in ice dance to the competition taking place from October 11-14, […]
ESPOO, Finland – Carolane Soucisse of Chateauguay, Que., and Shane Firus of North Vancouver took fourth spot in ice dancing on Sunday to conclude the Finlandia Open figure skating competition. The event was the sixth stop on the ISU Challenger Series circuit. Two-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guilaume Cizeron of France won the gold […]
GDANSK, Poland – Canadian junior champion Aurora Cotop of Toronto placed ninth on Friday at the sixth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. Alena Kostornaia led Russia to a 1-2 finish with Daria Panenkova second. Rino Kasakake of Japan was third. Cotop, 15, opened the competition placing eighth in her short program Thursday and […]
GDANSK, Poland – Conrad Orzel of Woodbridge, Ont., won the bronze medal in comeback style on Saturday to conclude the sixth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. Alexey Erokhov of Russia took gold with 221.89 points, Camden Pulkinen of the U.S. was second at 209.35 and Orzel followed for third at 196.05. His […]
ESPOO, Finland – Lubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto missed a berth on the podium by a point in pairs Saturday at the Finlandia Open figure skating competition. The event is the sixth stop on the ISU Challenger Series circuit. Cheng Peng and Yang Jin of China won the gold medal with 198.03 points, […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send five skaters entries, for a total of seven skaters to the 22nd annual Finlandia Trophy, the sixth event on the 2017 ISU Challenger Series. The competition runs from October 6-8, 2017, in Espoo, Finland. Canada will have two men’s entries and one entry per discipline in ladies, pairs and […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have seven entries, for a total of twelve skaters at the sixth stop on the 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, in Gdansk, Poland. The event takes place from October 4-7, 2017, and will feature one Canadian entry per discipline in men and ladies, three entries in pairs and two […]
ZAGREB, Croatia – Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Greenfield Park, Que., staved off two Russian couples to win the gold medal Saturday in ice dancing at the fifth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. The Canadians bettered their score from their sixth place finish at the world juniors last […]
OBERTSDORF, Germany – Haley Sales of Burnaby, B.C., and Nikolas Wamsteeker of Langley, B.C., remained 10th after Saturday’s free dance to conclude the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition. Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland of Britain won the gold medal with Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed of Japan second and Kavita Lorenz and Joti Polizoakis of […]