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Figure Skating
Canada’s Bashynska and Beaumont win ice dance bronze at Junior Grand Prix
LINZ, Austria – Canadian ice dancers Nadiia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont won bronze on Saturday,…
Figure skater Sadovsky earns Olympic spot for Canada at Nebelhorn Trophy
OBERSTDORF, Germany – Roman Sadovsky earned a second spot for Canada in the men’s singles…
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gillies, Paul Poirier win Autumn Classic
PIERREFONDS, Que. – Canada’s ice dance duo of Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won the…
James and Radford take silver in international debut at Autumn Classic International
PIERREFONDS, Que. – Vanessa James and Eric Radford skated to a silver medal in pairs…
Canadian figure skating pair James, Radford make international debut
PIERREFONDS, Que. – Canadian figure skating pair Eric Radford and Vanessa James made their international…
Canada’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen win ice dance silver
BERGAMO, Italy – Montreal ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen won silver at…
Canada’s Wesley Chiu wins gold at ISU Junior Grand Prix, Kaiya Ruiter takes bronze
Wesley Chiu of Richmond, B.C., won gold at the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating…
Canada’s Natalie Spooner embraces challenges inside and outside of hockey
CALGARY – Natalie Spooner is comfortable out of her comfort zone. The veteran forward on…
Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out
TOKYO – From doping to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their…
World champion Chen to begin Olympic quest at Skate America
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Three-time world figure skating champion Nathan Chen will begin his…
Former Canadian ice dancing champion Kaitlyn Weaver comes out as queer woman
Pride month means a little bit more to Canadian figure skater Kaitlyn Weaver this year.…
Athletes: Osaka’s withdrawal raises important questions on media and mental health
TORONTO – There were times Patrick Chan wanted to march right past reporters after his…
Montreal provisionally awarded 2024 world figure skating championships
MONTREAL – Four years after they were erased by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world figure…
Calgary chosen as host of 2023 world junior figure skating championships
OTTAWA – Calgary has been chosen to host the 2023 ISU world junior figure skating…
Gal Gadot spotlights women’s stories in new docuseries
NEW YORK – Gal Gadot is using her Hollywood starpower to spotlight remarkable women from…
“Once in a lifetime opportunity” – Radford, James are Canada’s newest pairs team
When two-time world pairs champion Eric Radford closed the book on his competitive figure skating…
Russia wins figure skating World Team Trophy event, Canada sixth
OSAKA, Japan – World champion Anna Shcherbakova won the women’s free skate on Saturday to…
Canadian team sits sixth after opening day of World Team Trophy in Japan
OSAKA, Japan – Canada’s figure skating team is at the bottom of the standings after…
Nguyen, Daleman headline Canada’s figure skating team competing in Osaka
OSAKA, Japan – In a season all but erased by COVID-19, a handful of Canadian…
Skate Canada bidding to bring 2024 world figure skating championships to Montreal
OTTAWA – Skate Canada hopes to bring the world figure skating championships to Montreal, four…
Japan puts Osaka, 2 other areas under virus semi-emergency
TOKYO – Japan designated Osaka and two other areas for new virus control steps on…
Mayor, governor want to cancel Osaka legs of Olympic relay
TOKYO – The Tokyo Olympic torch relay ran into big trouble on Thursday when the…
Beijing begins to test venues for 2022 Winter Olympics
BEIJING – The organizers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics started 10 days of testing…
Canadians Gilles, Poirier earn bronze in ice dance at figure skating worlds
STOCKHOLM – Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier had planned to skate their way to the…