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CBC Sports’ daily newsletter looks at the troubled state of Canadian figure skating ahead of the nationals in Calgary. CBC | Sports News
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Piper Gilles returns to Canadian figure skating championships after cancer scare
The 2024 Canadian figure skating championships will feel like a return to normal for ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. The two-time world championship bronze medallists didn’t compete in last year’s nationals because Gilles underwent surgery for ovarian cancer. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Dubreuil wins men’s 500m gold for 2nd speed skating World Cup medal in Poland
Laurent Dubreuil continued a successful weekend by securing gold in the men’s 500-metre event on Sunday at the World Cup speed skating stop in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Gilles, Poirier take ice dance bronze at figure skating Grand Prix Final in Beijing
Reigning champions Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto finished third in the ice dance event at the figure skating Grand Prix final Saturday in Beijing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian pair Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps earn bronze at figure skating Grand Prix Final
Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps earned their first major senior international medal together on Friday. The figure skating pairs team won bronze at the Grand Prix Final in Beijing, improving on their fourth-place finish one year ago. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Valerie Maltais scores silver at speed skating World Cup in Norway
Canada’s Valerie Maltais is back on the mass start podium. Maltais, of Saguenay, Que., won silver at the speed skating World Cup on Friday in Stavanger, Norway, improving on her third-place finish from November in Beijing. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian women score team sprint silver at Beijing speed skating event
Brooklyn McDougall, Ivanie Blondin and Maddison Pearman raced to silver in in the women’s team sprint Sunday as Canada finished the World Cup speed skating stop in Beijing with four medals. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Skating fast and blocking shots: How Aneta Tejralová plans to win over PWHL Ottawa fans
She’s smart, can glide down the ice and likes to block shots. But Aneta Tejralová believes her biggest strength lies in shutting down other teams. The 27-year-old’s hockey journey began over 20 years ago and will continue in Ottawa this season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ivanie Blondin wins mass start gold at speed skating World Cup opener
Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin kicked off the World Cup long-track speed skating season with a gold medal in the mass start in Obihiro, Japan on Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Cup of China – Pairs Short Program
Watch as some of the world’s best pairs figure skaters like Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps visit the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center to take part in the pairs short program. CBC | Sports News
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