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Winnipeg figure skating pair inspired after storybook ending to juniors career
1+ week, 13+ min 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
1+ week, 3+ day 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
3+ week, 2+ 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
3+ week, 4+ day 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
3+ week, 5+ day 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
3+ week, 6+ day 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
1+ mon, 2+ day 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
3+ mon, 4+ 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…...
Decorated Canadian speedskater Bloemen battles in last Olympic 5k of his career
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (654+ words) MILAN " Ted-Jan Bloemen wants his children to remember he fought the good fight at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The 39-year-old speedskater, who turned back the clock and laid down one of the fastest 5,000 metres of his life in November,…...
Russian skater Petr Gumennik becomes latest Olympian to change music due to copyright issues
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (504+ words) Gumennik, who is participating as a neutral athlete at the Winter Games, had been working all season to music from "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer," a psychological thriller film. But the 23-year-old Russian national champion learned in the last…...