Canada’s Gogolev finishes fourth at world figure skating championships
Canada’s Stephen Gogolev finished fourth in men’s singles with another impressive performance Saturday at the world figure skating championships.
Canada’s Stephen Gogolev finished fourth in men’s singles with another impressive performance Saturday at the world figure skating championships.
Ilia Malinin is back on the top step of the podium. Six weeks after a disastrous skate knocked the Olympic gold-medal favorite off the podium, the “quad god” reeled off one huge jump after another, and a backflip for good measure, to retain his world championship title for the third year running.
Olympic bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished second in Friday’s rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships.
Canada’s Madeline Schizas sits 15th after the women’s singles short program Wednesday at the world figure skating championships.
Gogolev, now 21, enters this week’s world championships in Prague with momentum after a breakout performance at last month’s Milan Cortina Olympics, where he placed fifth for the best result by a Canadian man since Chan took silver at the 2014 Winter Games.
Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu has withdrawn from the world championships later this month, an unsurprising move for the defending champ after she won the first Winter Games gold medal by an American woman in more than two decades.
Newly minted Olympic bronze medallist ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will be part of the Canadian contingent at the figure skating world championships in March.
Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it.
Alysa Liu will try to end a 24-year drought for American women in Olympic figure skating on Thursday night when the “Blade Angel” attempts to chase down Japanese rivals Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto in the free skate at the Milan Cortina Games.
The 18-year-old Russian, who was expected to contend for a gold medal, had only competed in one senior event outside her homeland before Tuesday’s short program, resulting in one of the lowest seedings and a position near the top of the start list.
It wasn’t exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More like a wish and a dream.
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara delivered Japan’s first Olympic gold medal in pairs skating, earning a world-record score for their free skate on Monday night to climb from fifth after their short program to the top step of the podium at the Milan Cortina Games.
Canadian figure skaters Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud fell to eighth in pairs, while former world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps placed 11th at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games on Monday.
Russian figure skater Adeliia Petrosian said she is feeling “excellent” after a practice session at the Winter Olympics on Monday with her controversial coach, seemingly dispelling injury concerns.
Canada’s Stephen Gogolev placed fifth in the men’s figure skating event as heavy favourite Ilia Malinin stunningly fell apart Friday night at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games.
An Olympic figure skater’s coach remains banned from the Milan Cortina Winter Games while he is investigated for “physical and psychological abuse” alleged by his former athlete, sport’s highest court said Thursday.
The new French ice dance team of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron upset the dominant team of the past four years, American stars Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and claimed Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday night.
After a poignant, heart-stirring skate, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have captured their long-awaited Olympic medal. The veteran Canadian ice dancers earned bronze at the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday night, securing a final piece to the puzzle in what is likely the final season of their decorated careers.
The Canadian figure skater sits 10th after Tuesday’s men’s short program at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, scoring 87.41 points to “Mugzy’s Move” by Royal Crown Revue, a routine he has held down all season.
Music-rights issues have become more common since 2014, when the International Skating Union loosened its rules to allow songs with lyrics, which unlike classical music doesn’t often fall in the public domain.
Stephen Gogolev propelled Canada into the figure skating team event final with a spectacular skate in his Olympic debut Saturday.
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