Skate Canada News

• Canada’s Nova earns fifth and sixth place finishes at Leon Lurje Trophy January 26, 2020
  GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Canada's Team Nova from St-Hubert Que., took fifth spot in senior competition and sixth in junior on Saturday at the Leon Lurje Trophy synchronized skating event. In the senior event, Paradise from Russia won the gold with 231.85 points with Unique from Finland second at 227.61 and Crystal Ice from Russia third
  Louis Daignault
• Canada’s Nexxice third after short program at international synchronized skating event January 24, 2020
  GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., is in the medal hunt at the Leon Lurje Trophy synchronized skating competition after a third place finish in Friday's short program. Paradise from Russia is first with 81.53 points, Unique from Finland is second at 80.03 and Nexxice, fourth at the world championships last year, is third
  Louis Daignault
• Worlds Rewind: Edmonton 1996 January 24, 2020
  As the countdown to the ISU World Figure Skating Championships ® 2020 in Montreal, Quebec continues, we look back at previous world championships staged in Canada. Part 7 of the ten-part series reflects on the 1996 edition of the event in Edmonton. The eyes of the skating world were on two-time defending champion Elvis Stojko
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• Impressive results for Canada at Winter World Masters Games January 23, 2020
  OTTAWA, ON: Canada’s adult figure skaters brought home 43 medals (17.5 per cent of all medals awarded in figure skating) from the Winter World Masters Games 2020 (WWMG) held in Innsbruck, Austria from January 10-19, 2020. The 43 medals included: 12 gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze. This is the first time that figure skating
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• Four Canadian Synchronized Skating Teams headed to 2020 Leon Lurje Trophy January 22, 2020
  OTTAWA, ON: Four Canadian synchronized skating teams are headed to the 2020 Leon Lurje Trophy in Gothenburg, Sweden from January 23-25, 2020. The event is an annual ISU (International Skating Union) sanctioned synchronized skating competition. Canada will be represented by two junior teams, Nova junior and Ice Ignite, and two senior teams, NEXXICE and Nova.
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• Canadians graze the podium at international synchronized skating competition January 19, 2020
  ZAGREB, Croatia - Gold Ice from Brampton, Ont., produced the third best free program but it wasn’t enough to reach the podium in junior competition this weekend at the Zagreb Snowflakes Trophy synchronized skating competition. Fintastic from Finland took the gold with 198.29 points followed by Lexettes from the U.S., at 172.15, their compatriots Team
  Louis Daignault
• Skate Canada names teams for 2020 ISU Championships January 19, 2020
  MISSISSAUGA, ON: After completion of the 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, Skate Canada has named the team for the upcoming ISU Championships. The week-long championships were held in Mississauga, ON at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre from January 13-19, 2020. 2020 ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS MONTREAL, CANADA – MARCH 16-22, 2020 MEN TBD*
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• Three new champions crowned at 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships January 19, 2020
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier reached new heights in ice dancing, Roman Sadovky upset two veterans and it was a teenage medal sweep in the women's event Saturday at the 2020 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. Only Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were able to successfully defend their national title winning pairs.
  Louis Daignault
• #CTNats20: Moore-Towers/Marinaro & Walsh/Michaud January 19, 2020
  Marty Henwood
• #CTNats20: Madeline Schizas (Senior Women Free Program) January 18, 2020
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