Posts Tagged ‘world figure skating championships’
Saturday, March 16th, 2013
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)
The 2013 World Figure Skating Championships wrap up in London, Ontario today with the ice dance competition (CBC, 2:00 p.m.) an the ladies’ long program (www.cbcsports.ca, 8:00 p.m.).
Canada has a very good shot at two more medals Saturday. Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of London, Ontario are in second place in the ice dance, while Sherwood Park resident Kaetlyn Osmond is in fourth place after the women’s short program.
If you watched the championship on Friday, you would know that the quality of skating has been poor for a World Figure Skating Championship.
Patrick Chan of Ottawa was completely dreadful last night in winning the men’s competition, but came away with the gold medal. After a great start where he executed the quad, he fell on two triples, double footed another jump and seemed exhausted in the latter half of his performance. At the end of the day, Chan defended his world title.
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Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Patrick Chan (Wikimedia Commons)
Ottawa, Ontario’s Patrick Chan successfully defended his World Men’s Figure Skating Championship Saturday in Nice, France. It is quite the accomplishment for the 21 year-old Chinese Canadian who is still very young in the sport and will be knocking on the door towards greatness at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia two years from now.
But in watching Chan’s performance as well as Japan’s Daisuke Takahashi, it remains very clear that figure skating judges continue to over reward strong footwork, artistry and presentation, and under reward the technical skills of each figure skater, such as the jumps, even with the new scoring system in place.
The bottom line is that Chan fell once with a minute left on his program during a rather simple Double Axel. He also stumbled slightly on another jump. Still, he did deliver two quads successfully. Takahashi meanwhile was technically cleaner, but the judges went with Chan’s artistry instead.
Interestingly, Chan wasn’t the only Canadian to make some slight errors and come away as champion this week. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir made some minor mistakes in their ice dance long program, but came away victorious.
The state of Canadian figure skating is strong however. Along with Canada’s two Gold medals, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ontario finished fourth in the ice dance and Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ontario and Eric Radford of Toronto finished fifth place in the pairs.
Tags: andrew poje, daisuke takahashi, eric radford, kaitlyn weaver, meagan duhamel, patrick chan, scott moir, tessa virtue, world figure skating championships
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
Patrick Chan (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)
2011 Lionel Conacher Award winner Patrick Chan of Ottawa, Ontario is one step closer to defending his title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France.
Today, Chan put down a solid short program, and leads the Czech Republic’s Michal Brezina by 1.74 points. Due to the fact the television coverage on CBC is absolutely lousy, the event can be seen live on www.cbcsports.ca or if you have Bold. The final flight of skaters in the men’s event is at 8am and the final flight of skaters in the women’s event is at 1:30pm on Saturday with Alena Leonova of Russia in the lead. In the pairs competition today, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov hammered the strong German pair of Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy by 8.04 points, but only hung onto the silver medal behind the Germans after a poor short program.
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)
For the second time in their careers, reigning Olympic champions Tessa Virtue of London, Ontario and Scott Moir of nearby Ilderton, Ontario are World Figure Skating Ice Dance Champions.
Thursday in Nice, France, according to the Canadian Press, Moir and Virtue recorded a grand total of 182.65 points to beat the reigning World Figure Skating Championships Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States.
Moir and Virtue previously won the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships in Torino, Italy, host city of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
But the bottom line is Moir and Virtue completely dazzle the crowds with their exceptional high level of personified entertainment whenever they compete on a sheet of ice. It also helps that they’re healthy. Virtue missed most of last year after having surgery on both of her legs, but was still able to win a World Championship silver medal last season.
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Tags: andrew poje, charlie white, kaitlyn weaver, meryl davis, patrick chan, scott moir, tessa virtue, world figure skating championships
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Patrick Chan (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)
Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan of Ottawa, Ontario is the 2011 winner of the Lou Marsh Award, presented to Canada’s top athlete.
Chan won the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow and the 2011 International Skating Union Grand Prix Final in Quebec City.
Other key events Chan won this past year were his fourth consecutive Canadian Figure Skating Championships at Victoria, British Columbia in January, Skate Canada at Mississauga, Ontario, and the Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, France.
Chan is the first Canadian to win the Lou Marsh Award of Chinese-Canadian descent. He beat out speed skater Christine Nesbitt of London, Ontario, the World Champion in the women’s 1000m at Inzell, Germany and Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, British Columbia, the silver medallist in the men’s shot put at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea.
Heading into the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Chan is expected to contend for a Gold medal, alongside Daisuke Takahashi and Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, Javier Fernandez of Spain, Evan Lysacek of the United States and Evgeni Plushenko of Russia.
Tags: christine nesbitt, daisuke takahashi, dylan armstrong, evan lysacek, evgeni plushenko, Figure Skating, javier fernandez, patrick chan, world figure skating championships, yuzuru hanyu
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Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (David J. Philip, Associated Press)
Canadian Olympic Gold medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have won the silver medal for Canada at the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, Russia.
Moir and Virtue posted an overall score of 181.79. Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White, won gold with a score of 185.27.
Virtue and Moir had the lead after the short program, but could not hang on to it after the long program. Americans Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani finished third with a score of 163.79.
The World Figure Skating Championships show that Moir and Virtue and Davis and White remain the top two teams in the world to beat. Tessa Virtue had knee issues throughout the year however, which limited her time skating competitively on the ice.
Canada finished tied for first place in the overall medal standings with Japan at the World Figure Skating Championships. Each nation recorded one gold and one silver medal. The World Figure Skating Championships were originally supposed to take place in Tokyo a month ago, but had to be moved because of the deadly earthquake that rocked the nation.
Tags: alex shibutani, charlie white, maia shibutani, meryl davis, scott moir, tessa virtue, world figure skating championships
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Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (David J. Philip, Associated Press)
The National Hockey League playoffs will dominate my television viewing this weekend, but this morning I will have a little diversion.
The World Figure Skating Championships takes place in Moscow, and Canada is in an excellent position to win a second Gold medal. Olympic Gold medallists Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue of London, Ontario currently lead the ice dance competition after the short program. The long program goes this morning (11am, www.cbc.ca), with Virtue and Moir leading Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White 0.53 points. Virtue and Moir have 74.29 points and Davis and White have 73.76 points. Keep an eye out for Virtue’s leg however, as she was recently diagnosed with compartment syndrome. The team had to pull out of the Four Continents event leading up to the Worlds.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching:
Saturday–1pm–NHL Eastern Conference Semi-Final, Game 1–Boston Bruins @ Philadelphia Flyers–NBC–Last year, the Bruins and Flyers played an epic Eastern Conference semi-final with the Flyers winning in seven games after they lost the first three in the series. This year, the Flyers have the home ice advantage. I like Boston in this series because they seem to be more stable than Philadelphia at the goaltending position. Tim Thomas is playing better now than when he won the Vezina Trophy two years ago.
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Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Miki Ando (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)
Japan’s Miki Ando has won the Women’s World Figure Skating Championships.
This morning in Moscow, Ando might not have been artistically superior to her top competitors, but was significantly technically better.
Ando posted a score of 195.73 compared to Kim Yu-Na’s score of 194.50.
I found myself cheering for Ando significantly more than Na. The reason is because Na dropped Canadian figure skating legend Brian Orser as her coach in August without a significant reason.
Technically, this was one of Na’s weakest performances I have seen her perform in quite some time. She only singled jumped an important jump in her program, which in the end was the difference to her not being on the top of the podium.
Italian Carolina Kostner finished third.
This is the second time that Ando has won the Women’s World Figure Skating Championship. Ando previously won the 2007 World Championship in Tokyo. Ando also finished in fifth place at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Tags: brian orser, caroline kostner, kim yu-na, miki ando, world figure skating championships
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Patrick Chan (David Carmichael, Wikimedia Commons)
Canada’s Patrick Chan of Ottawa, Ontario has won the World Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Moscow, Russia.
Chan posted a personal best score of 280.98 to win his first World Championship. Chan also set a new World Record score in the process.
Chan joins Brian Orser of Belleville, Ontario (1986), Kurt Browning of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993), Elvis Stojko of Richmond Hill, Ontario (1994, 1995, 1997) and Jeffrey Buttle of Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario (2008) as Canadian men to have won the World Figure Skating Championships.
But none have been able to accomplish something that all Canadian sports fans are looking for– an Olympic Gold medal.
Chan’s performance wasn’t perfect. He double footed one jump. But his choreography and artistry was spectacular. It also helped significantly that he had a huge lead after the short program.
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
Patrick Chan (Paul Chiasson, Associated Press)
Due to the recent devastation in Japan, the World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo, scheduled to start March 21, will be postponed.
According to the Canadian Press, Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, did not experience any damage, but organizers from the International Skating Union are concerned about the damage to nuclear reactors in the area.
The earthquake which occurred Friday in Northeastern Japan, has killed over 2,800 people, with many still missing.
Among the Canadians that were to compete included Olympic gold medal winning ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, and Patrick Chan, the two-time World Championship silver medallist.
A decision of where the World Figure Skating Championships will be moved to is expected by Thursday. It is highly unlikely that they will remain in Japan. There is the possibility that the Championships would be cancelled for the first time since 1961. That year, a Boeing 707 aircraft crashed on its way from New York to Belgium, killing the majority of the American figure skating team.
This could be the first major international sports competition cancelled since the 2003 Women’s World Hockey Championship was cancelled in Beijing, China due to the SARS outbreak.
Tags: patrick chan, scott moir, tessa virtue, world figure skating championships
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