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Strong Competitive Line-up announced for 2009 HomeSense Skate Canada InternationalThe 2009 HomeSense Skate Canada International will be the sixth and final event of the International Skating Union (ISU) Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating before the ISU Grand Prix Final in Tokyo, Japan. Entries for all six events were announced by the ISU over the weekend.
Skate Canada’s CEO William Thompson was pleased with the strength of the field drawn for this event. “This exciting competition will give people a strong preview of many programs that will be competed just a few months later at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Each of the four events, the men’s, ladies, pair and ice dance, will feature competitors with either World Championships titles or medals, competing against new up and coming stars from the junior ranks. It’s going to be a terrific three days of competition.” Full Story
Plushenko eyes Olympic comeback
Evgeni Plushenko is planning a comeback to defend his Olympic figure skating title at the Vancouver Games.The three-time world champion, who overwhelmed the field at the Turin Olympics and dominated skating from 2003-06, is back training with longtime coach Alexei Mishin, according to agent Ari Zakarian. Plushenko already has mastered two quadruple jumps, Zakarian said.
"Evgeni is really focused on the training, he took away all his major show appearances, and he is looking to the Vancouver Olympics," Zakarian said Wednesday. Full Story
He's a marked Chan
Canadian champ's skating style makes him target for taunts
Patrick Chan is contemplating the hazards of his profession.
Chan is Canada's best chance for a figure-skating gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. He is the reigning Four Continents champion, the 2009 world silver medallist, and a two-time national champion.
He is on top of his world. But, all that does is make him an easier target. Being a guy and being a figure skater with an artistic bent can go together like ketchup and cream.
"I'm not gay," says Chan. Full Story
Monday, January 5, 2009
Dube, Davison skate to silver at Four ContinentsBy Lyndon Little, Canwest News Service
| Photograph by: Matthew Stockman, Getty Images |
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| Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison skate in the Pairs Free Skate during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Pacific Coliseum February 5, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada. |
VANCOUVER — Perhaps David Pelletier, the 2002 Olympic pairs gold medallist, said it best: If you’re going to come second in any competition it might as well be to a team like China’s Qing Pang and Jian Tong.
Canadian champions Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison skated another superb performance Thursday in the free skate portion of the Four Continents figure skating championships at the Pacific Coliseum. But the talented Chinese duo of Pang and Tong refused to leave the door open even a crack and hung on to their lead to repeat as Four Continents champions.
Pang and Tong claimed the gold with a total two-segment score of 194.94 points to 185.62 for Dube and Davison both of Drummondville, Que., who took the silver. The other world-class Chinese entry of Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang earned the bronze with 174.98 points with the order of finish among the three podium teams unchanged from Wednesday’s short program.
“We’re very happy with our performance here this week,” said the 23-year-old Davison.
“We’ve been waiting all season for a short program like we did here. We’ve been pleased with our training and it has shown in our results here.” Full Story
