Synchro skaters cut path to world recognition
In spite of Canada’s best ever figure skating medal haul at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Mary-Katherine Phelps believes the best is yet to come.
Joannie Rochette
Rochette, Majdic winners of the 2010 Terry Fox Award
Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette and Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdic, both Olympic bronze medallists, have been named the joint recipients of the Vancouver 2010 Terry Fox Award.
Rochette pays tribute to mom with bronze medal
Canada’s Joannie Rochette found the strength within to capture the bronze in women’s figure skating, just four days after the death of her mother.
Day 14: Rochette wins bronze, Canadian women’s hockey team are golden
Day 14 proved to be an emotional one for Canadians at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Joannie Rochette, whose mother died suddenly of a heart attack just four days ago, won the bronze medal in…
Canada adds two medals on Day 14
Canada has collected two more medals in Day 14. A gold for women’s hockey and a bronze to Joannie Rochette. The medal count is now up to 18.
Day 14 preview: Canada faces U.S. in women’s hockey final, Rochette skates for gold
With the Vancouver Winter Games heading into the final stretch, Thursday will feature a total of 11 events, six of them for medals. Canada will have at least one shot at gold when the women’s…
Rochette nails her hardest skate
As Joannie Rochette skated her way onto the ice for the most difficult performance of her life, the hometown crowd embraced the courageous skater with roars of encouragement after the hearing of the passing…
Day 10 Recap
The Olympics could not have taken a worse turn for skater Joannie Rochette, as her mother died of a massive heart attack. Canada’s golden girl has remained strong through this ordeal and has decided to…
Tragedy hits home with Canada’s Joannie Rochette
Joannie Rochette, Canada’s top female figure skater, was given the shocking news that her mother, Therese Rochette, died of a heart attack Sunday morning, two days before she was scheduled to compete in the women’s figure skating event.
Skater Rochette aims for redemption in Vancouver
Joannie Rochette has been working harder than ever to not let a precious opportunity at an Olympic podium pass her by the second time around. Rochette, who placed 5th at Torino, needs to make…