Sometimes, you see the darndest things in an ice dance event. Germany's Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi weren’t anywhere near the podium when all the scores were tallied (they wound up 10th), but they made fans sit up and take notice with their wildly...
They saved the best for last at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships and no one was disappointed. In the end, three former World champions stood atop the podium. As cliche as it sounds, Yuna Kim’s majestic return to top form — and, not coincidentally...
A serious dose of Kazakh pride took over Budweiser Gardens on Friday night. And why not! Their man, Denis Ten, lit up the World Figure Skating Championships for the second time in three nights — this time with a marvellous free skate that put a serious scare...
Max Aaron’s heart belongs to figure skating these days. But there will always be a special place there for another ice sport that was a huge part of his world for even longer. In fact, if it wasn’t for a major back injury five years ago that changed the...
They’re not exactly worried about being party poopers. But yes, it’s easy to suggest Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White sucked a little of the air out of the ice dance competition with a sensational short dance performance Thursday night — one that...
For so many years, they owned the top of the podium. Almost hard to fathom, then, that when Tatiana Volososzhar and Maxim Trankov won the first gold medal of the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships, it marked the first triumph for Russia in the discipline...
The quads were flying around Budweiser Gardens on Wednesday night elevating the sport of figure skating right along with it. It was a men’s short program, quite frankly, that just kept getting better and better as the night went on. Just when you thought...
Someday, Gracie Gold might drum up the courage to talk to her idol. Just not yet. The 17-year-old American is making her Worlds debut here in London and, to say she’s in awe of being on the ice with idols such as Yuna Kim and Mao Asada ... well, that might...
Mother Nature, as she often likes to remind us rather tersely in these parts, isn’t done with winter here just yet. A dose of snow, buffeted by high winds, slushy sidewalks ... all of that greeted those folks beating a path to Budweiser Gardens today. But...
The big tricks were nowhere to be seen and, without them, neither was any real chance to stand on the podium. But none of that mattered to Emanuel Sandhu. He arrived at the Canadian Championships with no quads or triple Axels in his arsenal. Combine that...
Rarely has a changing of the guard been so absolute, so startling — and yes, it must be said — so utterly unexpected. But a new day has clearly dawned in Canadian ladies’ skating. And with that, a level of faith and optimism in the overall state of the discipline...
The clock is clearly ticking against them but Kaitlyn Weaver isn’t ready to shut it down just yet. Standing on crutches with a black boot encasing her fractured left fibula, the Canadian ice dancer sounded anything but like a 23-year-old woman ready to give...
She isn’t officially Canadian yet. But paperwork aside, Piper Gilles is surely warming up to this being Canadian thing. She beamed proudly about the white dress she wore during Saturday’s short dance competition at the Hershey Centre — with a big band of...
Kevin Reynolds made a little history last night. But perhaps more importantly, he showed he’s getting closer to being a bigger player on the world stage. The lanky 5-10 Coquitlam, B.C. native became the first Canadian skater to land three quads in a free...
"Generation Next" took the senior women’s competition by storm Saturday night. While Newfoundland native Kaetlyn Osmond did the expected — widening a 12.18-point lead after the short program to nearly 38 and winning her first Canadian title with a spectacular...
A fifth national title, sealed rather emphatically with a solid short and a powerful free dance. Should have been reason for nothing but smiles for Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. And yes, if you’ll pardon the pun, maybe a little happy dance. But alas, there...
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