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Canada’s Keegan Messing retires from competitive figure skating | CBC Sports
Two-time Canadian men's champion Keegan Messing has retired from competitive skating.Messing, from Anchorage, Ala., has represented Canada on the world stage since 2014.The 31-year-old won the Canadian title in 2022 and defended it in…
Canada’s Chan, Rochette named ambassadors for 2024 figure skating worlds in Montreal
Canadian figure skating great Patrick Chan still remembers the feeling of competing at a world championships on home soil.
"It's the closest thing to competing at the Olympic Games in Vancouver," Chan said.
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Terry McDermott, American Olympic speed skating gold medallist in 1964, dies at 82 | CBC Sports
Terry McDermott, who won the only gold medal for the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, has died. He was 82.U.S. Speedskating said in a statement posted on social media Monday that McDermott died early Saturday surrounded by his…
Canada to host 5 international speed skating events next season | CBC Sports
NewCanada will host five international speed skating events in the 2023-24 season. Montreal will host back-to-back short-track speed skating World Cups on Oct. 20-22 and again on Oct. 27-29.Four World Cup events in Quebec precede long track…
Dad’s DIY aid helps make skating more accessible for youth | CBC News
Bell High School gym teacher Michael Moloughney, right, pushes high school student Fatima, middle, behind the skating aid created by David Grimes. (Stu Mills/CBC)An Ottawa father has created a skating aid that levels the playing field for…
Canada’s Les Suprêmes successfully defend world synchronized skating title | CBC Sports
Les Suprêmes, from St-Léonard, Que., claimed its second straight gold medal at the ISU world synchronized skating championships on Saturday in Lake Placid N.Y.There were no changes to the top four after Friday's short program as Les…
Women wanted for friendship and hockey. No skating experience required. | CBC News
Penny Lawless' first hockey career was short lived. At 11, she played for an organized girls' team, which was scrapped after a group of younger boys took over their ice time. "It was the 70s, and at that time they told us that girls' hockey…
The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships Conclude in a Blaze of Glory for Japan
Japan has long produced world and Olympic medalists, male and female, in singles figure skating , but its pairs and ice dancers have rarely attracted international attention. That will change with the gold medal Riku Miura and Ryuichi…
Here’s the Latest From the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships
Defending Japanese and world champion Kaori Sakamoto entered the free skate in first place, nearly six points ahead of Haein Lee of Korea, the current Four Continents champion. Point fractions separated Lee (73.62) from Mai Mihara of Japan…