OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have two teams at the 2015 Spring Cup international synchronized skating competition, taking place at the PalaSesto arena in Sesto San Giovanni – Milan, Italy. Nexxice senior and junior will compete at 21st edition of the event which takes place from February 13-15, 2015, and features 32 teams in senior, junior, […]
SEOUL – Recently crowned Grand Prix champions Meaghan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., are in first place after the pairs short program on Thursday at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Duhamel and Radford, bronze medallists at the last two world championships, totalled a season’s best 75.67 points to […]
Recognized around the world, the Canadian flag is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Sunday, February 15, 2015. Our athletes have always taken the opportunity to show their Canadian pride with the maple leaf. Check out the gallery for some of our favourite Canadian flag moments!
Ottawa – The Canada Games and Konica Minolta are thrilled to announce the line-up of athletes who will be walking with the Canada Games flag during the 2015 Canada Winter Games Opening Ceremonies. Carrying the property’s symbolic flag throughout the CN centre come February 13th will be: • Susan Auch, three time Olympic Medalist, Speed […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will send 12 entries, for a total of 18 athletes, to the 2015 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, Korea. The event takes place from February 10-15, 2015, at the Mokdong Ice Rink. The Canadian team will have three entries per category in men’s, ladies, pair and ice dance. Olympic […]
DUMFRIES, Scotland – Eight-time consecutive Canadian champions Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., overwhelmed the competition this weekend to win the gold medal at the Trophy d’Ecosse synchronized skating competition. The Canadians totalled 202.69 points for the victory with Team Spirit from Wales second and Zariba from Scotland third. The Nexxice team members were Shannon Aikman-Jones, Maria […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have one team competing at the fourth annual Trophy D’Ecosse in Dumfries, Scotland. The international synchronized skating competition takes place from February 6-8, 2015, at the Dumfries Ice Bowl. Eight-time consecutive Canadian champions Nexxice senior will be the sole Canadian entry at the event. Last season, the representatives of the Burlington […]
Ottawa, ON – The Canada Games, along with TSN, RDS and SportsCanada.TV, have announced the official Broadcast and Webcast schedules for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. “We are very excited to be working with official broadcast partners TSN and RDS to bring Canadians national TV coverage of the 2015 Canada Winter Games,” said Tom Quinn, […]
Tears began to flow from Michelle Long’s eyes before the music even stopped. As the 22-year-old put the finishing touches on her free program during the recent Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, Long’s emotions got the better of her, and she wept, an ear-to-ear smile etched across her face. No, Long didn’t leave Kingston with […]
ROUEN, France – Les Supremes from St. Leonard, Que., won the gold medal in the junior event this weekend at the French Cup synchronized skating competition. Les Supremes posted the best scores in both the short and long programs to finish with 176.00 points. Jonost from Russia took the silver at 169.66 and Team Fintastic […]
A fuzzy video shows Jeff Skinner doing double jumps, footwork, a camel spin with his hands behind his back, all manner of things showing various skating skills. He was a little mop-haired kid who was good enough to win the bronze medal at the juvenile level at the 2004 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. That was […]
Add these 10 hot music tracks to your skating playlist! Lyrics were heard for the first time at the 2015 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. There were a lot of great songs. Here are 10 that you have to hear! 1. James Brown – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World Elladj Baldé (Senior Men / […]