The first of these to wrap up was the Canadian championships in Moncton, New Brunswick. Full results here. World Champions Patrick Chan and Virtue and Moir re-established their dominance, winning their umpteenth straight national championships respectively. The upset of the event came when Amelie Lacoste beat fellow Quebecois skater and reigning champion Cynthia Phaneuf to the national title.
Skate Canada has been cautious in naming the single ladies skater who will represent Canada at the world championships in Nice. Canada desperately needs a strong and consistent ladies skater to match up to their stronger men's pairs and dance teams.
As it stands the Worlds teams are listed below (with additional athletes for the 4 Continents Championships in brackets)
Men
Ice Dance
Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir , Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Kharis Ralph/Asher Hill (Alexandra Paul/Mitchell Islam replace Ralph & Hill for 4CC)
Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir , Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Kharis Ralph/Asher Hill (Alexandra Paul/Mitchell Islam replace Ralph & Hill for 4CC)
Ladies
The top two finishers from the national championship will compete at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and Canada's one entry for the world team will be named following their performances at that competition. (Amélie Lacoste, Cynthia Phaneuf, Alexandra Najarro)
The top two finishers from the national championship will compete at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and Canada's one entry for the world team will be named following their performances at that competition. (Amélie Lacoste, Cynthia Phaneuf, Alexandra Najarro)
The Novice and Junior rounds of the US championships and the qualifying rounds of Europeans are also underway, I'll endeavour to update on these results throughout the week.
Posts are a bit scarce at the moment as I revise for my clinical exams coming up, keep checking back!
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