TALLIN, Estonia – Two Canadian ice dance teams and Alison Schumacher of Tecumseh, Ont., all cracked the top-10 on Saturday to conclude the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. In ice dancing, Avonlea Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik of the U.S. won the gold with Maria Kazakova and Goergy Reviy of Georgia second and Elizaveta Shanaeva […]
TALLINN, Estonia – Joseph Phan of Laval, Que., placed 12th in men’s competition on Friday at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Andrei Mozalev of Russia won the gold medal, Yuma Kagiyama of Japan took the silver and Petr Gummenik of Russia earned the bronze. Phan dropped from eighth after Wednesday’s short program while […]
TALLINN, Estonia – Patricia Andrew of London, Ont., and Zachary Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., climbed to an 11th place finish in pairs on Thursday at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. The Russians swept the medals with the gold going to Apollinariia Panfilova and Dmitry Rylov. Andrew and Daleman were 14th after Wednesday’s short program […]
With the ISU World Figure Skating Championships® 2020 in Montreal, Quebec just around the corner, we continue to look back at previous world championships staged in Canada. The 10-part series concludes with the 2013 world championships in London, Ont. It was perhaps the most dominant era in the history of Canadian figure skating. As the […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada has nine entries, for a total of 14 skaters competing at the 2020 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, taking place in Tallinn, Estonia, from March 2-8, 2020. Canada will have two entries in men, women and pairs, and three entries in ice dance. Competition starts Wednesday, March 4 with the men’s […]
Written by Paul Dore It’s a habit of mine to look for patterns and understand through-lines. I like to believe there is an evolutionary continuum. There is an element of comfort to seeing how things evolve and go from generation to generation. History builds upon itself in incremental, and sometimes seemingly invisible steps. I’d like […]
The International Skating Union (ISU), Skate Canada and Art on Ice are pleased to announce that Eli Rose, Cirque Éloize and Momento Sounds will be performing at the inaugural ISU Skating Awards. The ISU Skating Awards will take place at the conclusion of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships® 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, at Centre Bell on Sunday, […]
As we head into the home stretch to the ISU World Figure Skating Championships® 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, we continue to look back at previous world championships staged in Canada. Part 9 of the ten-part series reflects on the 2006 world championships in Calgary. One thing was certain heading into the 2006 ISU World Figure […]
CALGARY, AB: With the 2020 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships now complete, Skate Canada has named the teams that will represent Canada at the upcoming ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships. Les Suprêmes, the 2020 senior Canadian champions, and silver medallists Nexxice will compete with the world’s best synchronized skating teams April 3-5 in Lake Placid, NY […]
CALGARY – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., maintained top spot after Saturday’s free skate to win the gold medal in the senior event at the 2020 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. The winners totalled 239.05 points with Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., moving from third after Friday’s short program to second at 225.41 and defending champion Nova, […]
CALGARY – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., and Gold Ice from Brampton, Ont., are the leaders after Friday’s short programs at the 2020 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. In senior competition, les Suprêmes tabulated 82.42 points for first spot after the short program. Nova from Brossard, Que., is second at 75.04 and […]
OTTAWA, ON: The 2021 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships are headed back to La Belle Province. Skate Canada announced today that the 2021 edition of the event will be held in Sherbrooke, Quebec from February 19-21, 2021. This will mark the first time since 2015 that the event returns to the province, when Quebec City […]