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Figure Skating
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.
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.
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.
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!”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Canadians pairs team Duhamel, Radford amps up program with quad throw
TORONTO – It was a chance to push themselves and to push the sport.
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:
Researchers develop “smart blade” to measure routine impact on figure skaters
VANCOUVER – Triple Axel, death spiral, Lutz, Salchow, quadruple: figure skating even sounds painful.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Canada claims pair of gold medals at junior figure skating Grand Prix
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic – Canadians swept the gold medals in pairs and ice dancing at an ISU junior Grand Prix figure skating event Friday.
Canada’s Sultana Frizell wins gold in the hammer throw at Commonwealth Games
GLASGOW, Scotland – Sultana Frizell spent her pre-Games training camp in Portugal working out in her bathing suit, throwing someone else’s hammers. Her bag had been lost in transit.
Canada’s Lanni Marchant races to fourth in Commonwealth Games marathon
GLASGOW, Scotland – Come Monday morning when her running rivals are still focused on rest and recovery, Lanni Marchant will pull out her laptop and begin researching her latest case.
Fox bid for Time Warner sets off race to consolidate among media companies
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Even though Rupert Murdoch’s $76 billion bid for rival media giant Time Warner Inc. has been rejected, that doesn’t mean how you watch TV shows and movies will stop changing any time soon.
Mikkelson, Spooner take golden hockey skills to “The Amazing Race Canada”
CALGARY – Meaghan Mikkelson and Natalie Spooner spent months preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Chan needed time to get over Sochi disappointment; future plans uncertain
TORONTO – Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan still hasn’t watched the tape of his performance at the Sochi Olympics.