SAITAMA, Japan (March 22, 2023) – Led by Canadian champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, all three Canadian entries are in the top-10 after Wednesday’s pair short program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Last year’s silver medalists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan are first with 80.72 points, defending champions Alexa Knierim […]
KOCKELSCHEUER, Luxemburg (March 19, 2023) – Matthew Newnham of St. Albert, Alta., William Chan of Vancouver,B.C. and Aleksa Volkova of Lac-Brôme, Que., all reached the podium this past weekend at the Coupe du Printemps figure skating competition. The Coupe du Printemps is targeted towards single novice, junior and senior athletes and Canada was represented in […]
OTTAWA, ON (March 15, 2023) – A team of nine Canadian skaters will be competing at the Coupe du Printemps competition set to take place in Luxembourg from March 17 – 19, 2023. The Coupe du Printemps is an international figure skating competition targeted towards single novice, junior and senior athletes and Canada will be […]
OTTAWA, ON (February 13, 2023) – Thirteen Canadian athletes are gearing up for the biggest competition of the year after a standout season that saw senior skaters win 35 medals on the international stage. The ISU World Figure Skating Championships®, scheduled to take place from March 20-26, 2023, in Saitama, Japan, will feature one woman, […]
ANGERS, France – Team NEXXICE, from Burlington, Ont., made an impressive rise in the standings with a strong free program on Saturday to win the silver medal at the 2023 World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships. It was Canada’s first medal at the world juniors since 2015. Fintastic from Finland also made a comeback moving from […]
Athletes from across the country united in Prince Edward Island for the 2023 Canada Winter Games and what a great event it was! The games took place from February 18 to March 5th with 3,600 athletes, managers and coaches involved across 20 different sports, including figure skating. With standing room only, the crowd’s reactions were […]
OTTAWA, ON (March 6, 2023) – Two of Canada’s top synchronized skating teams will be competing at the 2023 ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships from March 10 to March 11, 2023, in Angers, France. NEXXICE Junior is heading into the competition following a strong season, capturing first place at the 2023 Canadian Tire National […]
CALGARY, ALTA. (March 4, 2023) – Nadiia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont of Ajax, Ont., capped a successful season with the bronze medal in ice dancing on Saturday to conclude the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Bashynska and Beaumont moved from fourth after the rhythm dance to win the bronze with the third best free […]
CALGARY, ALTA. (March 2, 2023) – Two Canadian teams cracked the top-10 in pairs, while Wesley Chiu of Richmond, B.C., stands second in the men’s competition after the short program on Thursday at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Sophia Baram and Daniel Tioumentsev of the U.S. won the gold medal in pairs with […]
Skate Canada is sharing stories and experiences from our community as we recognize Black History Month. Khorana Séa-Alphonse started skating at a young age at a local skating school in Montreal, QC. She was a recreational skater in both singles and synchronized skating and started coaching as an adult. She is now a CanSkate Coach […]
CALGARY, ALTA. (February 22, 2023) – NEXXICE, from Burlington, Ont., won gold in the Open and Intermediate categories on Wednesday to conclude the 2023 Skate Canada Cup synchronized skating competition. In the Open event, NEXXICE placed first in both free skates to win the gold medal with 168.52 points. Nova, from St-Hubert, Que., was second […]
OTTAWA, ON (February 21, 2023) – Sixteen of Canada’s most prominent junior athletes will be competing at Calgary’s WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park from February 27 – March 5, 2023 in the hopes of taking home junior world titles in their respective disciplines. Team Canada will count one woman, three men, three pair teams […]