Figure Skating
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.
Canadian coach Leigh teaches young skaters with a few taps on her laptop
Michelle Leigh has all the best jumps from the world’s top skaters within a couple of key strokes.
Key to hometown worlds for Virtue and Moir is in pretending it’s anything but
TORONTO – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir work out regularly with Maria Mountain, but when they head to her London, Ont., gym before next week’s world figure skating championships, the trainer plans to make herself scarce.
In a less than great season, Chan travelled to Calgary and Detroit to reboot
TORONTO – In the midst of a not-so-great season, Patrick Chan went looking for answers in Calgary and Detroit.
B.C. court orders wealthy widow to pay “trophy husband” financial support
VANCOUVER – A former world-class figure skater, model and wealthy widow has been ordered by a British Columbia court to pay her so-called “trophy husband” more than $157,000 in support after a 14-year relationship.
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.
Kevin Reynolds of Canada wins Four Continents figure skating, Japan’s Hanyu 2nd
OSAKA, Japan – Canadian Kevin Reynolds upstaged local favourite Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan on Saturday to win the figure skating Four Continents with a near-flawless free skate.
Japan’s Mao Asada leads after short program at 4 Continents figure skating
OSAKA, Japan – Two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan re-introduced her trademark triple axel to take a comfortable lead over compatriots Akiko Suzuki and Kanako Murakami on Saturday at the figure skating Four Continents.
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.
Japanese skaters Daisuke Takahashi, Mao Asado headline Four Continents figure skating
OSAKA, Japan – World silver medallist Daisuke Takahashi will be looking for a boost from the home crowd at this weekend’s figure skating Four Continents.
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.
Different paths brought Duhamel, Radford to the Canadian pairs podium
Eric Radford remembers going to the video store as a kid in tiny Balmertown, the farthest north one can travel by road in Ontario. A group of kids stood smoking outside and Radford had to push his way through them as they taunted and teased him.