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The second Grand Prix stop of the year goes Friday through Sunday at Scotiabank Centre as the pre-Olympic figure skating season kicks into high gear for Canada’s top medal hopes. CBC | Sports News
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Ilia Malinin lands 4 quads – and a backflip – to win 3rd straight Skate America title
World champion Ilia Malinin won Skate America on Sunday for the third consecutive year, altering his free skate on the fly after an early mistake and punctuating the program with a backflip that had been banned in competition until this season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Higuchi wins women’s gold, Miura and Kihara capture pairs in big night for Japan at Skate America
Wakaba Higuchi won her first Grand Prix event after more than eight years of trying Saturday night, putting together an error-free program at Skate America to edge Japanese teammate Rinka Watanabe and American star Isabeau Levito. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. skaters Levito, Tennell lead after short program at season-opening Skate America
Isabeau Levito channelled her inner Holly Golightly in a stylish performance set to music from the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” on Friday night to lead after the short program at Skate America, the opening event of figure skating’s Grand Prix season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Maxime Deschamps skate to pairs silver in Nebelhorn Trophy
Reigning figure skating pairs world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps were silver medallists to start their season at the Challenger Series Nebelhorn Trophy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Blondin, Gélinas-Beaulieu skate to mass start silver on home ice at worlds in Calgary
Canadians earned double silver medals in the turbulent mass starts Saturday at the World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships on Calgary’s Olympic Oval. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Skate Canada wants voice heard in continued pursuit of 2022 Olympic bronze medal
High performance director Mike Slipchuk and other Skate Canada executives want clarity on why Canada remained in fourth place behind Russia in the 2022 Olympic team event after Monday’s decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to disqualify Russian athlete Kamila Valieva for doping. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian men skate to team sprint gold on 3-medal day for Canada at Four Continents
Canadians won two of the four events on the opening day of the Four Continents speed skating championships on Friday, part of a three-medal haul at the Utah Olympic Oval. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ziegler wins NHK Trophy with near-flawless free skate, Kagiyama edges Uno in men’s event
Ava Marie Ziegler performed a near-flawless free skate Saturday to win the NHK Trophy and lead a U.S. 1-2 finish on the podium in Osaka, Japan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier win their 4th consecutive Skate Canada title | That Figure Skating Show
After a tough year, that included a cancer diagnosis, Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier fought hard get back on track and win their first Grand Prix event of the season at Skate Canada International. This and more in our Skate Canada episode of ‘That Figure Skating Show.’ CBC | Sports News
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