Figure Skating
Patrick Chan and Yan Han get ready for Sochi Olympics this weekend at Trophee Bompard
PARIS – In what could be a preview of the Sochi Olympics, world figure skating champion Patrick Chan will face budding Chinese star Yan Han at the Trophee Bompard this weekend.
Canadians Gilles and Poirer fifth in ice dance event at NHK Trophy
TOKYO – Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier brought the house down with a new long program to place fifth in their season debut on Sunday at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition.
Canadians Lawrence and Swiegers take sixth in pairs at NHK Trophy
TOKYO – Paige Lawrence of Kennedy, Sask., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition.
Three-time world champ Elvis Stojko not a fan of figure skating’s team event
TORONTO – Elvis Stojko is not a fan of figure skating’s new team event.
Canadian skater Reynolds to skip Grand Prix event due to skating boot problems
OTTAWA – Canada’s Kevin Reynolds is scratching another event from his figure skating calendar due to equipment problems.
Clock ticking for figure skater Reynolds as he deals with equipment issues
Canada’s Kevin Reynolds was hoping to use his breakthrough year on the men’s figure skating circuit as a springboard for greater success during the current Olympic season.
CBC says Olympic security issues bigger than broadcast plans in Games loom
TORONTO – Security issues are big for CBC bosses preparing for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Canadians Duhamel, Radford lead after pairs short program at Skate Canada
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Canadians Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford positioned themselves as the pairs team to beat at Skate Canada International.
Canada’s Patrick Chan hopes move to Detroit propels him to Olympic gold
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Less than a year out from the Sochi Olympics, Patrick Chan traded picturesque Colorado for downtrodden Detroit.
Three-time US champion Johnny Weir retires, to cover Sochi Games for NBC
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Three-time U.S. figure skating champion Johnny Weir has retired and will join NBC for its coverage of the Sochi Games.
Moore-Towers and Moscovitch win silver at Skate America; Russians 1st and 3rd
DETROIT – Canada’s Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch set a personal best score en route to the silver medal in pairs on Sunday at Skate America, the first stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
Moore-Towers and Moscovitch second after short program at Skate America
DETROIT – Canada’s Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch are in second place after Saturday’s short program in pairs at Skate America which launches the ISU Grand Prix figure skating season.
Chan’s Olympic debut in Vancouver featured a phone call to hockey star Crosby
TORONTO – When Patrick Chan was feeling the pressure before making his Olympic debut, he reached out to a Canadian athlete who was shouldering perhaps the greatest pressure of all.
CBC-TV’s ‘Battle of the Blades’ to begin with rock’n’roll kickoff
TORONTO – Kurt Browning says he expects to butt heads with skater Jamie Sale when the two join the judging panel of CBC-TV’s “Battle of the Blades.”
Bourne, Dubreuil return to new season of CBC-TV’s ‘Battle of the Blades’
TORONTO – The cast is set for a new round of “Battle of the Blades.”