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Winnipeg pair skaters among world's rising stars
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (786+ words) Winnipeg 22" C, Partly cloudy When the International Skating Union announced its 2026 Grand Prix of Figure Skating entry lists last week, it described the global series as "world-class competition featuring many of the sport's biggest names alongside a new generation of…...
World champion pairs figure skaters Hase and Volodin say they're staying for 2030 Olympics
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (187+ words) Winnipeg 20" C, Partly cloudy with wind The German pair, who won bronze at the Milan Cortina Olympics, will be 30 by the time the next Winter Games in the French Alps begin. Olympic gold medalists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of…...
Winnipeg figure skating pair inspired after storybook ending to juniors career
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1051+ words) Winnipeg duo Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov have enjoyed remarkable success since they burst onto the international figure skating scene four years ago with only a year of pair skating experience on their resum. In short order, the rookies became…...
Figure skaters with disabilities seek a place in the Paralympic spotlight
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (944+ words) As a long jumper, Stef Reid never thought she'd need to learn how to land on ice. Now she's part of a movement hoping to get figure skating into the Paralympics. Skating sports are a big gap on the program…...
Alysa Liu surges into medal range as US teammates stumble in Olympic short program
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (352+ words) The reigning world champion delivered a stellar short program that featured a triple lutz-triple loop, the hardest combination that any woman tried Tuesday night, and sat two points back of Japan's Ami Nakai and right behind Kaori Sakamoto on the…...
Pereira, Michaud in third after pairs short; Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps fall to 14th
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1027+ words) MILAN " Canada has a team in the hunt for a pairs medal at the Olympics. Only it's not the former world champions. Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud finished third in the pairs short program, while Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps…...
Canadian short-track speedskating star Dandjinou places fifth in chaotic 1, 500 final
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (100+ words) MILAN - Canadian short-track star William Dandjinou arrived at the Milan Cortina Olympics as the world's top-ranked skater and a favourite for multiple gold medals. $4. 99 $1 per weekfor 24 weeks An All-Access Digital subscription includes unlimited online reading on winnipegfreepress. com, access to…...
Jordan Stolz joins Eric Heiden with a 500-1, 000 speedskating double gold at the Olympics
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (351+ words) MILAN (AP) " For a while now, Jordan Stolz's talent and dominance as a speedskater, and his much-anticipated potential for Olympic success, prompted many to repeatedly mention his name " prematurely, no doubt " alongside that of Eric Heiden. Now they really do…...
Former world champions Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps to compete at Olympics
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (523+ words) Winnipeg -8" C, Partly cloudy with wind MILAN " Deanna Stellato-Dudek's Olympic dream is not over. Defying all odds " again " she and Maxime Deschamps will compete at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee and Skate Canada said in a…...
Kazuki Tomono's stunning short program leads Skate America, while Metelkina and Berulava top pairs
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (731+ words) Winnipeg -8" C, Windy Japanese figure skater Kazuki Tomono delivered his best short program in more than three years as Skate America opened Friday night, giving him the lead over Kevin Aymoz of France and Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov heading into the…...