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Figure Skating
Canada’s Duhamel and Radford are 2nd after pairs short program at worlds
LONDON, Ont. – Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford are in second place after the pairs short program at the world figure skating championships.
Olympic bronze medallist Rochette hasn’t closed door on competitive comeback
LONDON, Ont. – The day after Carolina Kostner won the women’s world figure skating title last year, Joannie Rochette went to her Montreal rink and “trained like crazy.”
A third world title would put Patrick Chan back on track for Sochi Games
LONDON, Ont. – Skating felt foreign, self-doubt had crept in, and Patrick Chan admits he started to panic.
Japan’s Mao Asada leads Japanese sweep of the podium at Four Continents figure skating
OSAKA, Japan – Two-time world champion Mao Asada won the figure skating Four Continents on Sunday, leading a Japanese sweep of the podium.
Olympic champions Virtue and Moir lead after short program at Four Continents
OSAKA, Japan – Canada is off to a hot start at the Four Continents figure skating competition.
COUNTDOWN TO SOCHI:Sport-by-sport look at Canada a year out from 2014 Olympics
CALGARY – The Sochi Olympics open one year from Thursday. Canada won 26 medals four years ago in Vancouver. Here’s a sport-by-sport look at Canada’s team and predicted medal haul in Russia:
COUNTDOWN TO SOCHI: Canada’s skiers, sliders and skaters gearing up for 2014
CALGARY – Canada won more gold medals than any country at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, but that’s not the goal a year from now in Sochi.
A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the Sochi Olympics
It seems like only yesterday that Vancouver was in the spotlight as the host city of the Winter Olympics. The focus has shifted to the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia. Now that we’re one year away, here are 10 Canadian athletes to watch:
A year out from Winter Olympics, Sochi is vast construction site but source of pride for Putin
SOCHI, Russia – One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometres (25 miles) along the coast and 50 kilometres (30 miles) up into the mountains. After arriving at Sochi’s new airport, there’s no escape from the clang and clatter of the drilling, jackhammering and mixing of cement that drowns out the hum of the sea and the birdsong.
Charles Hamelin wins 1,000 at short-track speedskating World Cup meet in Sochi
SOCHI, Russia – Two-time Olympic champion Charles Hamelin of Canada won the men’s 1,000-meter race at a short-track speedskating World Cup event on Sunday.
Will Harbaughs’ parents become television stars in stands at Super Bowl?
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jack and Jackie Harbaugh would do well to practice their impassive faces in front of a mirror before the Super Bowl.
Teenager Kaetlyn Osmond runs away with short program at Canadian championships
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Kaetlyn Osmond opened her quest for her first national senior title by winning the women’s short program at the Canadian figure skating championships.
A list of some of the notable Canadians who died in 2012
A list, in chronological order, of some of the notable Canadians who died in 2012.
From disasters to politics, here are the highlights of top stories from 2012
An in-brief look back at some of the most significant news events of the last 12 months, in chronological order:
Mao Asada narrowly leads Ashley Wagner after short program in Grand Prix Final
SOCHI, Russia – Mao Asada took the lead with an exuberant short program Friday at the Grand Prix Final, putting her a half-point ahead of American rival Ashley Wagner.
Canada’s Patrick Chan gunning for Grand Prix hat trick in Sochi, Russia
Patrick Chan left Skate Canada International earlier this season a little red-faced but all-the-more more determined.
Gold medallist figure skater Oksana Baiul sues talent agency alleging money mismanagement
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Olympic gold medallist Oksana Baiul (by-YOOL’) is suing a talent agency claiming it mismanaged money she earned after her gold medal-winning figure skating performance in 1994.
Olympic champ’s comeback will have to wait as groin injury forces Lysacek out of Skate America
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Evan Lysacek’s competitive comeback will have to wait a little while longer.
Barbara Ann Scott, only Canadian to win women’s Olympic gold, dead at age 84
She was Canada’s Sweetheart.
Special Olympics Canada Winter Games awarded to Newfoundland in 2016
CORNER BROOK, N.L. – The Special Olympics Canada Winter Games will be held in Newfoundland in 2016.
Chan embarks on season with new coach and choreographers, two new programs
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Patrick Chan felt an edit was in order in his quest for Olympic Games gold.
Judge denies request by skater Kerrigan’s brother to return to jail to finish assault sentence
WOBURN, Mass. – A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday denied a request by ice skater Nancy Kerrigan’s brother to return to prison to serve the last four months of an assault sentence rather than comply with the conditions of his probation.
Battle of the Blades partners Craig Simpson, Jamie Sale marry in California
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Former “Battle of the Blades” winners Craig Simpson and Jamie Sale have tied the knot.