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Figure Skating
Canadian figure skater Roman Sadovsky wins ISU junior Grand Prix title
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic – Roman Sadovsky won gold in the men’s singles on Saturday for Canada’s third victory at a ISU junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
Canadian Olympian Katelyn Osmond out for fall skating season
OTTAWA – Canadian Olympian Kaetlyn Osmond will miss the fall figure skating season with a broken right leg.
Angela Lansbury coming to Toronto stage with Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’
TORONTO – Show-biz legend Angela Lansbury will star in the Noel Coward play “Blithe Spirit” in Toronto next year.
Canada’s Patrick Chan to skip figure skating season, plans to return next year
OTTAWA – Three-time world champion Patrick Chan plans to skip the upcoming figure skating season and return to the competitive circuit for the 2015-16 campaign.
Vancouver Olympic bronze medallist Daisuke Takahashi retired from competitive figure skating
TOKYO – Vancouver Olympic bronze medallist Daisuke Takahashi announced on Tuesday he is retiring from competitive figure skating.
In absence of Patrick Chan, Nam Nguyen eyeing Canadian men’s title this season
BARRIE, Ont. – On the walls of the Allandale Recreation Centre, home to the renowned Mariposa School of Skating, hang banners honouring a couple dozen of Canada’s figure skating legends, from Brian Orser to Elvis Stojko to Jeff Buttle.
Canadian figure skater Kevin Reynolds continues to struggle with skate problems
BARRIE, Ont. – The equipment problems that cost Kevin Reynolds much of last season continue to plague the Canadian figure skater.
Researchers develop “smart blade” to measure routine impact on figure skaters
VANCOUVER – Triple Axel, death spiral, Lutz, Salchow, quadruple: figure skating even sounds painful.
Burke, Manley, Bulau, Heaney and others to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall
TORONTO – Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame will officially induct the Class of 2014 on Wednesday in Toronto. Here is a look at this year’s inductees:
Canadians pairs team Duhamel, Radford amps up program with quad throw
TORONTO – It was a chance to push themselves and to push the sport.
NBC promoting Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski to its top figure skating broadcasting team
NEW YORK, N.Y. – NBC’s top pairs figure skating couple is in place: Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir.
Freestyle up, skeleton way down in Own the Podium money this winter
CALGARY – The Canadian freestyle skiing program is getting a significant bump in Own The Podium funding this winter, while money for skeleton has been slashed almost to the bone.
Perennial runners-up to Virtue and Moir, Weaver and Poje enjoy being top team
KELOWNA, B.C. – Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje have been chasing Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir for the better part of a decade.
Buntin unveils software he hopes will make figure skating more accessible
KELOWNA, B.C. – Craig Buntin sits with his laptop overlooking the rink at Prospera Place and with a few taps on his keyboard pulls up a video and graphic of three-time world champion Patrick Chan.
Kate Bush and Lana del Rey on Skate Canada’s playlist as skaters embrace lyrics
KELOWNA, B.C. – Eric Radford has heard the crowd singing along to the lyrics for his short program — “C’est beau! C’est beau!”
Not much snow? Not a big problem: Beijing confident about 2022 Winter Olympics bid
The new front-runner to host the 2022 Winter Olympics doesn’t have a long winter sports tradition. Then there’s the matter of snow, or lack thereof. The mountains near Beijing where Olympic bidders want to hold skiing events receive less than a meter (3 feet) of snow each winter.
Kovtun tops Olympic champ Hanyu after short program at Cup of China
SHANGHAI – Maxim Kovtun took a risk with two quad jumps in his short program and landed them both with ease at the Cup of China on Friday.
Upon further review (50 years later), IOC sets record straight on 1964 figure skating medals
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – After 50 years, the IOC finally has figured out the pairs figure skating at the 1964 Games.
Yuzuru Hanyu aiming to secure GP Final spot with podium finish at NHK Trophy
OSAKA, Japan – Olympic and world champion Yuzuru Hanyu just needs a podium finish at the NHK Trophy this weekend to secure a spot in figure skating’s Grand Prix Final.
Kaitlyn Weaver, Andrew Poje of Canada win ice dance at NHK Trophy to secure berth at GP Final
OSAKA, Japan – Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada won the ice dance event at the NHK Trophy on Sunday to secure a spot in the Grand Prix Final.
Facing a lengthy ban, figure skater Carolina Kostner distances herself from Schwazer’s doping
ROME – Facing a lengthy ban, former figure skating world champion Carolina Kostner claimed in an interview Tuesday that she had nothing to do with the doping case involving her former boyfriend and Olympic race walking gold medallist Alex Schwazer.
Russia, powerhouse of synchronized swimming, not happy with prospect of mixed-gender events
MOSCOW – Synchronized swimmers are celebrities in Russia, young women glorified as much for their looks as for their collection of Olympic medals. Now, they’ll have to get used to sharing the limelight with men.
Radford hopes to use his voice as an athlete to help other young gay people
TORONTO – Eric Radford’s success on the ice doesn’t end with a trip to the podium or a gold medal.
Duhamel and Radford, Weaver and Poje gunning for gold at Grand Prix Final
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford added a quadruple throw to their program this year to push themselves as much as to push the sport.