WORLD CHAMPIONS HEADLINE 2024 SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL

OTTAWA, ON (June 13, 2024) – Canadian crowds will be in for a treat at the 2024 Skate Canada International competition with three out of four 2024 ISU World Figure Skating Champions taking to the ice at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S. from October 24-27, 2024.

Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, who thrilled the crowds in Montreal this spring when they claimed the pair World Championship title for Canada, will also be joined by three-time World Champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan who will highlight the women’s competition, and the men’s World Champion and current World Record Holder Ilia Malinin of the USA.

A total of 16 Canadian skaters will showcase their skills at the event including 2024 World Championship ice dance silver medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. They will be joined by current national champion Kaiya Ruiter and two-time Canadian Champion Madeline Schizas in the women’s competition, and 2023 Grand Prix medallists Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha in ice dance.

This year marks the 50th edition of Skate Canada International – the second competition on the annual ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Other events on the circuit take place in the United States (Skate America), France (Grand Prix de France), Japan (NHK Trophy), Finland (Finlandia Trophy), and China (Cup of China).

All-event tickets for 2024 Skate Canada International are now on sale and will give fans full access to all competitions running from Friday to Sunday as well as Thursday practices. Please note there is no Exhibition Gala this year.

2024 SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES 

MEN
Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE)
Stephen Gogolev (CAN)
Aleksa Rakic (CAN)
Roman Sadovsky (CAN)
Luc Economides (FRA)
Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR)
Gabriele Frangipani (ITA)
Shun Sato (JPN)
Sota Yamamoto (JPN)
Junhwan Cha (KOR)
Jason Brown (USA)
Ilia Malinin (USA)

WOMEN
Sara-Maude Dupuis (CAN)
Kaiya Ruiter (CAN)
Madeline Schizas (CAN)
Rino Matsuike (JPN)
Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
Hana Yoshida (JPN)
Yelim Kim (KOR)
Seoyeong Wi (KOR)
Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)
Kimmy Repond (SUI)
Alysa Liu (USA)
Ava Marie Ziegler (USA)

PAIR
Anastasia Golubeva & Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS)
Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier (CAN)
Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (CAN)
Third Canadian team TBC
Annika Hocke & Robert Kunkel (GER)
Lucrezia Beccari & Matteo Guarise (ITA)
Daria Danilova & Michel Tsiba (NED)
Emily Chan & Spencer Akira Howe (USA)

ICE DANCE
Alicia Fabbri & Paul Ayer (CAN)
Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (CAN)
Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha (CAN)
Natalie Taschlerova & Filip Taschler (CZE)
Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)
Darya Grimm & Michail Savitskiy (GER)
Hannah Lim & Ye Quan (KOR)
Emily Bratti & Ian Somerville (USA)
Oona Brown & Gage Brown (USA)
Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik (USA)

For more information about the event, click here.