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The second Grand Prix stop of the year goes Friday through Sunday at Scotiabank Centre as the pre-Olympic figure skating season kicks into high gear for Canada’s top medal hopes. Canadian pairs team Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps among strong field at Grand Prix Daniel Rainbird · The Canadian Press · Posted: OctContinue Reading

World champion Ilia Malinin won Skate America on Sunday for the third consecutive year, altering his free skate on the fly after an early mistake and punctuating the program with a backflip that had been banned in competition until this season. Vancouver’s Wesley Chiu places ninth Dave Skretta · TheContinue Reading

Wakaba Higuchi won her first Grand Prix event after more than eight years of trying Saturday night, putting together an error-free program at Skate America to edge Japanese teammate Rinka Watanabe and American star Isabeau Levito. Canadian ice dance duos sit in 4th, 6th place after rhythm dance Dave SkrettaContinue Reading

Isabeau Levito channelled her inner Holly Golightly in a stylish performance set to music from the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” on Friday night to lead after the short program at Skate America, the opening event of figure skating’s Grand Prix season. Dave Skretta · The Associated Press · Posted: OctContinue Reading

Canadian figure skater Nikolaj Soerensen has been suspended for at least six years for “sexual maltreatment,” the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner announced Wednesday. Accused of 2012 sexual assault by female U.S. coach, former skater The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 02, 2024 1:58 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Reigning figure skating pairs world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps were silver medallists to start their season at the Challenger Series Nebelhorn Trophy. Fellow Canadians Lia Pereira, Trennt Michaud finish 5thThe Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 22, 2024 12:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 22 Canada’s Maxime Deschamps,Continue Reading

With gold medals freshly around their necks, Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps didn’t miss a step during the figure skating off-season. The Canadian pairs team leapt to the top at the world championship in Montreal where Stellato-Dudek became the oldest woman to win a world title last March. But makingContinue Reading

Les Supremes of Saint-Leonard, Que., became the first synchronized skating team to win a third straight world championship Saturday in Zagreb, Croatia. Canadian squad ranked 1st in both short program, free skate to take goldThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 06, 2024 6:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 6Continue Reading

An appeal from Skate Canada, the Canadian Olympic Committee and affected athletes challenging the International Skating Union’s amended ranking of the 2022 Beijing Olympics team figure skating event has been officially registered. Skate Canada seeks bronze after Russia downgraded following Kamila Valieva DQGraham Dunbar · The Associated Press · Posted:Continue Reading