By Debbi Wilkes The skating world can be a strange and wonderful place. One minute an athlete can be on top of the podium, sought after by fans and glorified for their accomplishments; the next minute they can feel forgotten, out of place and awkward in a world they used to dominate. What happens to […]
If there is one lesson that ice dancers Élisabeth Paradis and François-Xavier Ouellette have learned in the past few months, it is that every day that they step on the ice, they must push themselves to be better, no matter what. No matter the disappointments. No matter the heady competition out there beyond the walls […]
PIERREFONDS, Que. __ Skate Canada gives you a rinkside seat with live streaming of the 2015 Skate Canada Challenge in Pierrefonds, Que. from December 3-7. Competition gets underway at 1:00 pm EST on Wednesday, December 3rd. Tune in to see every performance from the three competition rinks at Sportsplexe Pierrefonds. To view a live streaming […]
OTTAWA, ON: Approximately 500 skaters from across Canada will be heading to Pierrefonds, Que., for the 2015 Skate Canada Challenge. This year’s event will be taking place from December 3-7, 2014, at Sportplexe 4 Glaces Pierrefonds. This is the sole qualifying event for novice, junior, and senior skaters to earn berths for the 2015 Canadian […]
OSAKA, Japan– Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont. skated to ice dance gold on Sunday to conclude the NHK Trophy, the sixth stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Weaver and Poje have won three international events this season including their two Grand Prix assignments to qualify for the Final December […]
OSAKA, Japan – Meaghan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., won the gold medal Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy, the last stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit before next month’s Final. The Canadians won their two Grand Prix assignments this season and easily qualify for the […]
OSAKA, Japan – Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., built a solid a lead in the pairs event after Friday’s short program at the NHK Trophy, the last stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit before next month’s final. Duhamel and Lively, two time world championship medallists, scored […]
Shall we say it? Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje are stepping out this year, dressed to kill. It’s not that the reigning world silver medalist ice dancers have ever been swathed in tatters, but this season, knowing full well that only .02 separated them from a gold medal at the world championships last March, they […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada is a land of ice and snow, a winter nation with skating in its DNA. Over the years Canadians have skated on nature’s natural rinks, on community rinks, and in arenas in front of family and friends, and sometimes thousands of spectators. One thing remains the same, how we learned to skate: […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send four entries, for a total of six skaters, to Osaka, Japan, for the 2014 NHK Trophy from November 28-30, 2014. Canada will have one entry per category in men’s, ladies, pair, and ice dance at the sixth and final competition on the International Skating Union’s (ISU) Grand Prix of […]
BORDEAUX, France – Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won the silver medal on Saturday at the Eric Bompard Trophy figure skating competition which is the fifth stop on the ISU Grand Prix circuit. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France were the winners with 166.66 points followed by Gilles and Poirier at […]
BORDEAUX, France – Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier neared their personal best score for the short dance on Friday to stand second at the fifth stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France lead the field with 64.06 points just ahead of the Canadians at 61.90. […]