There are less than four months to go until the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, but ice dancers Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles still don’t know whether they’ll be able to take part. In 2011, Gilles moved from her hometown of Colorado Springs, Colo., to Toronto in order to partner up with Ottawa native Poirier. […]
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Worlds next stop for ice dance pair Gilles, Poirier
Piper Gilles, 21, and Paul Poirier, 21, ice dancers who train out of the Ice Galaxy in Scarborough, will be looking to cap off an excellent first international season together when they take to the ice at the Budweiser Gardens on March 14.
Barnett eyes sectionals as a skating stepping stone
BARRIE — For Lauren Barnett, the Central Ontario Skate Canada sectionals event is the climax of her figure-skating season. And with a good result, it can also represent an opportunity for her to compete at divisionals in Regina, Saskatchewan later in the year. That’s her goal, one that the 15-year-old’s been preparing for a long time. […]
Olympian Vanessa Crone looking for a new partner
Canadian ice dancer Vanessa Crone is a girl with an infectious grin and an energy that seems barely contained in her 5-foot-2 frame. And she is ready to make her comeback in competitive figure-skating. All she needs now is the right person who is willing and able to do it with her. A year ago, […]
Weaver and Poje feel ready for Skate America
After a successful and injury-free summer, Canadian ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje will be kicking off their International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating season this Friday at Skate America in Kent, Washington. The reigning national silver medalists are feeling especially comfortable going into the weekend following a strong gold medal debut at […]
Canadian figure skating legend Barbara Ann Scott dies
Barbara Ann Scott, Canada’s only women’s individual figure skating gold medalist, passed away on Sunday at her Amelia Island, Fla., home. She was 84. “Barbara Ann set the standard for generations of female athletes and women skaters who came after her,” said Skate Canada president Benoit Lavoie in the written statement on Monday. “The discipline […]
Figure skating pair from Scarborough to compete in world championships
Kharis Ralph, 19, and her partner Asher Hill, 20, are training hard to compete in the 2012 world figure skating championships in France next month.
Highlights of Day 13 in Vancouver
A bitter sweet day for our Canadian Olympians as figure skater Joannie Rochette competed after the sudden death of her mother and Ashleigh Mcivor took to the slopes and won her country a gold medal in the ladies ski cross finals.
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 of her mother two days prior. Despite the devastation, the heroic Rochette decided to compete in the competition and was […]
Virtue and Moir win ice dancing gold, a first for Canada
Russian domination atop the ice dance podium has come to a close, and it’s a Canadian duo that ended it. Tessa Virtue, of London, Ont., and Scott Moir, of Ilderton, Ont., became the first North Americans to win the Olympic gold medal in ice dancing with a flawless performance at the Pacific Coliseum on Monday. Heading into […]