At their 2010 congress, the International Skating Union approved the elimination of two competitions phases (compulsory dance and original dance) in favor of creating a new ‘short dance’, thus reducing the number of competition segments from three to two and…
Skate Canada announced it’s 2013-14 National team earlier today. To be named to the National Team a skater must finish in the top five in senior singles, pair and ice dance disciplines at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships, or be…
Earlier today, the International Skating Union (ISU) released the names of the skaters and teams who will compete in the 2013/14 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. With the number of ice dancing entries at each event set at eight,…
by Jacquelyn Thayer For sisters Isabella and Anastasia Cannuscio, skating has been a family affair from day one, as Isabella recalls. “We started skating when my aunt took both of us to skate with our cousin one day,” she says,…
by Katerina Tetzloff & Daphne Backman | Photos by Melanie Hoyt After an entire year of hard work and dedication, the World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario, Canada, came to an exciting close in the packed Budweiser Gardens on…
London, OntarioMarch 11-17, 2013 Protocols: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 189.56 1 1 2 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 185.04 2 2 3 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 169.19…
by Katerina Tetzloff & Daphne Backman | Photos by Melanie Hoyt After an exciting short dance event, the United States’ Meryl Davis & Charlie White (pictured, right) are in the lead with a score of 77.12, a new personal best…
Milan, ItalyFebruary 25 – March 3, 2013 Protocols: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 150.17 1 1 2 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 143.26 2 3 3 Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel…
January 10-13, 2013Riga, Latvia Protocols: SENIOR: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Viktoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS 162.44 1 1 2 Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND EST 150.72 2 2 3 Tanja KOLBE / Stefano CARUSO GER…