Skate Canada News

• Worlds Rewind: Ottawa 1978 October 17, 2019
  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 4 of the ten-part series reflects on the 1978 world championships in Ottawa. As the curtain dropped on the 1972 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Calgary, Canada
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• Six Canadian skaters headed to U.S. for 2019 Skate America October 15, 2019
  OTTAWA, ON: Team Canada will be competing at the first event of the 2019 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., from October 18-20, 2019. In the men’s discipline, Keegan Messing will be representing Canada. Messing is coming off a third-place finish at Autumn Classic International, which took place earlier
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• Lajoie and Lagha fourth at Finlandia Open October 13, 2019
  ESPOO, Finland - World junior champions Marjorie Lajoie Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Saint-Hubert, Que., came within less than two points of a podium finish and placed fourth in ice dancing on Sunday at the Finlandia Open figure skating competition. The competition is the sixth stop of the 2019 ISU Challenger Series, a tune-up
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• Two bronze medals for Canada at Finlandia Trophy October 12, 2019
  ESPOO, Finland - New pairs partners Lubov Ilyushechkina of Toronto and Charlie Bilodeau of Trois-Pistoles, Que., won the bronze medal in their competitive debut on Saturday and Roman Sadovsky of Vaughn, Ont. was also third in men's singles at the Finlandia Open figure skating competition. The competition is the sixth stop of the 2019 ISU
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• Eight Canadian skaters headed to Finland for Finlandia Trophy October 7, 2019
  OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have five entries, for a total of eight skaters competing at the 2019 Finlandia Trophy in Espoo, Finland. Canada will have one entry in men, one entry in women, two entries in pairs and one entry in ice dance. This event marks the 24th edition of the Finlandia Trophy and
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• Kaiya Ruiter shows big improvement in second ISU Junior Grand Prix appearance October 5, 2019
  EGNA, Italy - Thirteen-year-old Kaiya Ruiter of Calgary made an impressive leap in the standings in her second career ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating competition finishing sixth on Saturday in women's competition. Russians were 1-2 with Kseniia Sinitsyna taking the gold with 215.58 points and Anna Frolova holding onto second at 176.21. Alessia Tornaghi
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• D’Alessandro and Waddell earn silver at ISU Junior Grand Prix October 5, 2019
  EGNA, Italy - Natalie D’Alessandro and Bruce Waddell of Toronto won the silver medal in ice dancing on Friday at the seventh stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Andrey Filatov of Russia won the gold medal with 164.92 points. D’Alessandro and Waddell improved on their fourth place from
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• Worlds Rewind: Calgary 1972 October 2, 2019
  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 3 of the ten-part series reflects on the 1972 world championships in Calgary. For the third time in history – and the first time since Vancouver in 1960
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• Kevin Reynolds to act as Athlete Ambassador for Skate Canada International October 1, 2019
  OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada is pleased to announce that six-time national medallist and 2013 Four Continents champion Kevin Reynolds, 29, will serve as the official Athlete Ambassador during the 2019 Skate Canada International. The event will take place in Kelowna, BC, from October 25-27, 2019 at Prospera Place. “It is truly an honour to be
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• Canadian skaters headed to Italy for final stop on Junior Grand Prix circuit September 30, 2019
  OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have four entries, for a total of six skaters at the last stop of the 2019-2020 Junior Grand Prix circuit. Team Canada's entries include one entry in men, one entry in women and two entries in ice dance. The event will take place from October 2-5, 2019 in Egna, Italy.
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