Melanie’s #OlympicBlog – Time & Staying the Path
Time goes by very quickly at the Olympics! It’s hard to believe that my trip is already past the halfway mark. I’m missing my husband and my little girl quite…
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Anne’s Olympic Blog #5 – Ice Dance & Women’s Free (TE)
Ice Dance and Women’s singles closed the Team Event. Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto danced to the Japanese themed Memoirs of a Geisha and added six points to their nation’s…
Preview: 2022 Winter Olympics
Article & Photos by Melanie Heaney After two years of challenges and uncertainty, all eyes are on figure skating again as the sport is one of the premier events at…
Anne’s Olympic Blog #4 – Men’s TE Free Skate
After the Women’s Team Event I rewatched Kamila Valieva’s Short Program. The technical process to do that was accidentally started at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics that I had attended…
Melanie’s #OlympicBlog – Behind the Scenes
Every two years, when I watch the Olympic Games from home, the Opening Ceremony is one of my favourite parts. I’m always so excited to see the Parade of Nations.…
Anne’s Olympic Blog #3 – Women’s TE Short Program
The second day began with the USA leading the point count (28), followed by ROC (26), CHN (21), JPN (20) and ITA (18). Defending gold medalists, CAN had 16 points.…
Anne’s Olympic Blog #2 – Team Event Night 1
Team IDC journalist Anne Calder is blogging about her experience watching the Olympics from her home in Arizona. Over the next two weeks I’ll have numerous opportunities to enjoy the Olympic…
Melanie’s #OlympicBlog – Nĭ hăo from Beijing!
Nĭ hăo from Beijing! It’s now Thursday evening, and I am so excited for the figure skating events to begin tomorrow! It has been so nice to have all week…
Anne’s Olympic Blog – #1 A look back
Team IDC journalist Anne Calder is blogging about her experience watching the Olympics from her home in Arizona. In this first installment, she remembers her trip to Squaw Valley in…
Dispatches from Beijing: Gilles & Poirier
By Lynn Rutherford | Photo by Melanie Heaney Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier compete in Beijing not only as reigning World ice dance medalists, but as Canada’s only legitimate medal…
Melanie’s #OlympicBlog from Beijing #1
It’s truly hard to believe that I am here at the Olympic Games! I have loved the Olympics since I was a young girl, and I was fortunate to attend…
Smart & Diaz: the Evolution of Zorro
by Anne Calder | Photos by Robin Ritoss What happens in an Olympic Season when your country has two elite ice dance teams, but only one spot for the Games?…
