Canada’s #1 Ice Dance team has returned to competition with the 2016 Skate Canada International held at Hershey Centre on Friday (October 28) in Mississauga, Canada.
Tessa and Scott lead the short dance competition with USA’s Madison Chock and Evans Bates in 2nd place.
Patrick Chan led the men’s short program, with Olympic champ Yuzuru Hanyu in 4th place. Competition resumes today, starting at 2PM.
“It was a thrill for us to be back out there on the ice, a great start to our season,” Tessa shared with press afterwards. “We’re really looking down the road to PyeongChang and kind of started our journey again today. We left some points on the table level-wise and that we’ll be looking to improve, but for end of October we’re very pleased.”
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The 24-year-old Spanish figure skater defended his title at the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships held at TD Garden on Friday night (April 1) in Boston, Mass., beating out Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu and China’s Boyang Jin.
“I didn’t think about how important it was for me to win or anything, just kept going from jump to jump,” Javier shared with press afterwards. “It was not easy [to skate a clean program], but I got my mind really set to do it.”
Russia’s Mikhail Kolyada was in 4th, Canada’s Patrick Chan in 5th, with USA’s Adam Rippon and Max Aaron in 6th and 8th, respectively.
Javier Fernandez – 2016 World Championships – Free Skate
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The 21-year-old Japanese figure skater took the top spot during the Short Program, besting Spain’s Javier Fernandez, Canada’s Patrick Chan and Team USA’s Adam Rippon and Max Aaron, who sit in 7th and 8th places, respectively.
“I feel like because I lost last year in this competition, I have to have revenge,” Yuzuru told press ahead of the competition.
His coach, Brian Orser, added, “[Hanyu] wants to win more than anything. It didn’t sit well with him [last year]. The only consolation was that it was Javi that won. That was a little easier pill to swallow. But he wants to win, and so does Javi. They’re both capable of winning.”
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Jeremy Abbott soaks up the applause from the crowd after the free skate for Men’s Figure Skating at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics held at the at Iceberg Skating Palace on Friday night (February 14) in Sochi, Russia.
The 28-year-old figure skater bounced back after taking a nasty fall in the short program the day before which resulted in a hip injury. Nonetheless, Jeremy wanted to finish.
“I was in a lot of pain so I had to scale back a little bit. But after yesterday, I want to finish the competition strong and just finish,” he shared just before taking the ice. He finished in 12th place.
Team mate Jason Brown, who skated last, took 9th place overall.
Canada’s Patrick Chan took home the silver medal after his free skate set to “Four Seasons”, just between Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu (gold) and Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten (bronze).
Determined over the weekend at the 2014 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships held at Canadian Tire Centre over the weekend in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, he’ll be joined by Kevin Reynolds and Liam Firus on the Men’s team.
“Very proud,” Kaetlyn shared after claiming her top spot on the podium. “It’s exactly what I wanted to do in this program. It’s the first time I did an actual clean (long) program in competition so I’m super excited. I’m still in shock.”
Ashley Wagner takes to the ice at the ISU Gala during day four of the 2013 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final held at Marine Messe Fukuoka on Sunday night (December 8) in Fukuoka, Japan.
“Thank you so much Fukuoka for such a great event! My Japanese fans always put a smile on my face, see you all again at Worlds!” Ashley tweeted afterwards.
Patrick Chan shows off his silver medal during day two of the 2013 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final held at Marine Messe Fukuoka on Friday (December 6) in Fukuoka, Japan.
The 22-year-old Canadian figure skater placed second after a strong free skate program, just behind Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu.
“Part of me says it’s not a big deal, but also another part of me says there was a lot of good things I did here after a bad short program, pulling out a great long. That was regaining my composure and my concentration,” Patrick shared with press.
He added, “Honestly, I started thinking about my previous performances in Japan. I really don’t have the best track record here. Every time I come back to Japan, I relive those moments – they were really tough times.”
