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Figure Skating
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.
Weir, Lipinski to cover fashion on NBC’s Kentucky Derby coverage
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are bringing their sense of style to the Kentucky Derby.
Michelle Kwan honoured by Figure Skating in Harlem as inspiration and role model
NEW YORK, N.Y. – As Michelle Kwan chats with members of Figure Skating in Harlem, she sees a whole lot of herself in the young girls.
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lonotte win ice dance title at figure skating worlds
SAITAMA, Japan – European champions Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy have captured the ice dance title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Japan.
Olympic champ Yuzuru Hanyu wins world championship with strong free skate
SAITAMA, Japan – Japanese teenager Yuzuru Hanyu came back with a brilliant free skate to become the first man in 12 years on Friday to win the Olympic and world figure skating titles in the same year.
Mao Asada 1st after record-setting short program at figure skating world championships
SAITAMA, Japan – Montreal’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford won a pairs bronze medal at the world figure skating championships Thursday while Mao Asada of Japan set a world record to finish first in the women’s short program.
Canadians Duhamel, Radford second after pairs short program at skating worlds
SAITAMA, Japan – Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford had a season-best score in the pairs short program Wednesday to sit in second place at the ISU world figure skating championships.
Elvis Stojko excited dad will get to see him sing in ‘Chicago, the Musical’
TORONTO – When skating star Elvis Stojko performs in “Chicago, the Musical” in Toronto this week, in the audience will be the person who first inspired his journey: his ailing dad, a classically trained tenor who taught him how to sing.
SKorea to file complaint with ISU over figure skating judging at Sochi Olympics
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean sports officials are preparing to file a formal complaint with the International Skating Union over the judging of the women’s figure skating competitions at the Sochi Olympics.