Canada’s top skaters will head to Boston, Massachusetts this week to compete at the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The stakes at this event will be especially high for our athletes, who are looking to secure entries for the...
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By: Selin Ulugbay The Skate Canada Cup in Waterloo, Ontario has officially wrapped up the Novice, Gold and Open synchronized skating season with Team Ontario shining brightly and bringing home a total of four medals in two categories! In the...
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By: Selin Ulugbay This week, from February 28th to March 2nd , 2025, synchronized skating teams from all over Canada are travelling to Waterloo, Ontario to compete in the Skate Canada Cup, the third year for this prestigious event. As...
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A team of seven junior Team Ontario athletes will join the Skate Canada delegation heading to Debrecen, Hungary this week to compete in the 2025 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. [caption id="attachment_131214" align="alignleft" width="500"] David Bondar[/caption] From February 25...
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By: Dylan Nazareth 15-year-old Lulu Lin is back to the ice after missing challenge and nationals with a concussion, and she’s training hard as she readies herself for a second appearance at Jr. Worlds. Lin suffered the unfortunate head injury...
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By Dylan Nazareth Fresh off her senior nationals debut, Ontario skater Kara Yun is preparing herself for a first appearance at Jr. Worlds later this month. The 16-year-old earned her first senior medal with a bronze at Skate Canada Challenge...
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Skate Ontario is thrilled that 7 incredible athletes have been selected to represent Canada at the 2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea this week. This event, which will run from February 19 to February 23, 2025,...
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By: Pj Kwong Team Ontario talent was on full display last weekend in Edmonton at the Skate Canada Trophy, an event for the Pre-Novice and Novice levels. [caption id="attachment_163330" align="alignright" width="500"] Ethan Luo[/caption] There were medals up for grabs to...
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Skate Ontario athletes under the Team Ontario banner are headed to the Skate Canada Trophy event taking place in Edmonton from February 6 – 9. According to Skate Canada’s website, “the 2025 Skate Canada Trophy is a new, national competition...
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What a wonderful story of quick thinking and generosity from the Georgina Skating Club, one of the club's participating in the Skate Ontario Club Modernization Pilot Program presented by Jackson Ultima. Each club participating in the pilot program has access...
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By Dylan Nazareth It was a big week for Skate Ontario senior level athletes in Laval, picking up six medals, including three gold. Roman Sadovsky and Madeline Schizas returned to the top of the podium in men’s and women’s singles,...
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By Dylan Nazareth It’s been a season of ups and downs for the young ice dance duo of Nadiia Bashynka (21) and Peter Beaumont (23). Heading into their second appearance at senior nationals this weekend, they’re leaning on one crucial...
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By Dylan Nazareth The weeks leading up to nationals are stressful enough for any skater. For 2024 national bronze medalist Hetty Shi, it was more like a nightmare when she hurt her foot just ahead of this weekend’s competition. “I...
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By: Dylan Nazareth Competition wrapped up for junior skaters this afternoon at the 2025 Canadian National Skating Championships, where Skate Ontario athletes put up a strong showing, bringing home a total of five medals, including two gold. There were impressive...
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By: Dylan Nazareth Nothing’s changing in the plan for Katherine Medland-Spence going into Canadian nationals. That’s what the 24-year-old skater reiterated talking to media after practice Friday morning. “I’m feeling good,” she said. “I’m keeping things the same as I...
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By: Dylan Nazareth The 2025 Skate Canada Nationals are underway, with the senior pairs skaters set to lace up for their short programs later today. For three Ontario duos, it’s clear that the key to succeeding at this competition is...
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By: Dylan Nazareth This is not Roman Sadovsky’s first rodeo. This weekend, the 25-year-old skater will make his 11th appearance at nationals. With a wealth of experience under his belt, the 2020 Canadian champion is feeling good ahead of Friday’s...
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By: Pj Kwong There is a lot to celebrate as 47 Team Ontario athletes and 4 Synchronized skating teams head to the 2025 Canadian National Skating Championships this week in Laval, PQ. This is the crown jewel in the Canadian...
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By: Pj Kwong There’s something mesmerizing about watching skaters flying around the rink in practice. With that in mind, I decided just for fun, to head a few miles up the road from my house and see what was going...
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By: Pj Kwong If you are anything like me, there could be any number of pressing tasks calling your name and yet the call from YouTube is that much louder. In no particular order, this is my first of two...
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Skate Ontario is so proud to share this SkateOntaReporter story. SkateOntaReporters are a team of writers who serve as the on-the-ground eyes and ears of local figure skating in every corner of Ontario, working to uncover stories and to provide insights and...
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Skate Ontario is so proud to share this SkateOntaReporter story. SkateOntaReporters are a team of writers who serve as the on-the-ground eyes and ears of local figure skating in every corner of Ontario, working to uncover stories and to provide insights and...
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Skate Ontario is so proud to share the fourth article in our SkateOntaReporter series. SkateOntaReporters are a team of writers who serve as the on-the-ground eyes and ears of local figure skating in every corner of Ontario, working to uncover stories and...
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In wrapping up the 2024/2025 Skate Canada Challenge event from Winnipeg, there was a lot more going on than just the results. Fifty-seven Skate Ontario skaters registered to represent the section and themselves in all eight of the Challenge categories...
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One of the fun things about this event is seeing old friends from around the country and yesterday it was my turn to chat with coach of Olympic Champions and two-time Olympic Silver medallist and World Champion Brian Orser. What...
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By: Pj Kwong The view from chilly Winnipeg and the 2024/25 Skate Canada Challenge is decidedly warm and friendly. Skate Ontario athletes kicked off the competition on Thursday with great performances in Junior and Senior Pairs and Junior Women’s short...
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By: Pj Kwong There’s a lot going on this weekend in the middle of the country. I’m talking about the Skate Canada 2024/2025 Challenge event which will see about 150 athletes vying for spots at the upcoming 2025 Skate Canada...
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By: Pj Kwong Who isn’t frustrated by misplacing something you need – like my keys for example. Can’t go anywhere without them! For figure skaters, there is a checklist they have for competitions: Skates Costumes Music Stretching Visualizing Warm-up SKATE!...
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Skate Ontario is so proud to share the third article in our SkateOntaReporter series. SkateOntaReporters are a team of writers who serve as the on-the-ground eyes and ears of local figure skating in every corner of Ontario, working to uncover stories and...
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By: Pj Kwong For skating fans, the launch of the six-event ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series is cause for celebration because we all get a sneak peek of our favourite skaters and what they will be performing this...
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Skate Ontario is so proud to share the second article in our SkateOntaReporter series. SkateOntaReporters are a team of writers who serve as the on-the-ground eyes and ears of local figure skating in every corner of Ontario, working to uncover stories and...
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By: Pj Kwong Skate Ontario is filled with enormously talented skaters and at the very top level, those skaters will be making appearances on the upcoming ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating six-event series. What started out as the ISU...
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Skate Ontario is so proud to share the very first article in our SkateOntaReporter series. SkateOntaReporters are a team of writers who serve as the on-the-ground eyes and ears of local figure skating in every corner of Ontario, working to...
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By: Pj Kwong This weekend's Skate Canada International Grand Prix event has wrapped up in Halifax, with athletes from Ontario competing in all disciplines except Pairs. [caption id="attachment_135345" align="alignleft" width="350"] Stephen Gogolev[/caption] Lessons were learned for Canada’s Stephen Gogolev, who...
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By: Pj Kwong I have been lurking for the last 2 days in the basement hallway of the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax where Skate Canada International’s 50th anniversary is well under way. One thing is for sure and that is...
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By: Pj Kwong Halifax is home to Skate Canada International, the second of six ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events. This six-event series is a bit of a preview for us as the audience in understanding who might emerge...
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By: Pj Kwong The announcement of Patrick Chan’s induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 2024 came as no surprise to me and felt like a long time coming. Patrick will be awarded The Order of...
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By: Pj Kwong Sitting in one of the nicest facilities ever for a Junior Grand Prix in Wuxi, China, I am struck by the fact that regardless of the age of the competitors, the goals are exactly the same. “Skate...
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Sioux Lookout, Ontario is a tight-knit community of approximately 6,000 people about 350km northwest of Thunder Bay and home to the Sioux Lookout Skating Club. The Sioux Lookout SC took part in the very first Skate Ontario Club Modernization Pilot...
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It was a busy weekend. Brampton’s Cassie Campbell arena was buzzing with activity as over 700 skaters took the ice for the Skate Ontario provincial Championships. The road to Provincials for these athletes from all of figure skating’s disciplines included...
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There are just a few days left before the start of the Skate Ontario Provincial Championships: the crown jewel in the organization’s Provincial Series crown. Competing at the provincial figure skating championships is a big deal where skaters have had...
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Ice Dance. Likely the most watched yet least understood discipline in figure skating. These two aspects are both the beauty and the pain as far as I am concerned, and I actually know what I am looking at! I asked...
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By anyone’s standards, if you have an Olympic Gold medal and 2 silvers as well as three World titles and 10 Canadian national titles, you are in a league of your own. Skate Ontario legend Patrick Chan is that guy...
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After four long years, Montreal will finally get the chance to host the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Within days of starting the competition in March 2020, the event was cancelled out of an abundance of caution rising from the...
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Skate Ontario is delighted to welcome the Performance and Education Academy as an official sponsor and the official 'Integrated Education' partner of the organization. (performanceandeducation.com ) Performance and Education’s slogan is "Education at the service of athletic performance", where optimizing...
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By: Pj Kwong @skatingpj Walking into the bright and airy Elite Jump Performance (EJP) facility in Markham, Ontario just north of Toronto, I was struck by a couple of things: the claw machine in the corner of the open lobby...
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Skate Ontario is delighted to welcome iSpinner as our latest supporter. “At iSpinner, we are excited to have embarked on a dynamic partnership with Skate Ontario, where our shared joy of gliding on ice meets with artistry and commitment to...
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It seems as if skating and skaters never sleep! No sooner has one event concluded than another one gets under way. In the case of this past week, Skate Ontario skaters have been doing their thing at the ISU Junior...
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Waterloo, Ontario played host over the weekend to the Skate Canada Novice Nationals and Skate Canada Cup where skaters from across the country in all five disciplines competed for top honours. The skaters from Team Ontario did not disappoint. “Watching...
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Waterloo, Ontario, in the heart of Skate Ontario country, is hosting the upcoming Skate Canada Novice Nationals and the second Skate Canada Cup that will feature over 100 competitors over 4 days of competition. Why does this matter? It is...
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Ontario figure skaters have been leaving their mark for as long as there have been competitions to record them. We are #SkateOntarioProud of all of them. Going back in time to 50 years ago or so, a young Toller Cranston...
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“The high note is not the only thing,” said Placido Domingo who ought to know. I only mention this because the final performance of the final event at the ISU Four Continents Championships was a thrill. I am talking about...
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By: Pj Kwong Watching the pairs was a treat. Skate Ontario’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud were solid and continue on their upward and very successful progression. At the end of the day, their 5th place finish in the free...
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By: Pj Kwong We all know that childhood game where you move a piece around the board when it’s your turn, and sometimes you go up towards the finish line and sometimes you slide back down and lose ground. I...
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By: Pj Kwong What I liked about watching the events unfold yesterday in the short programs for the men’s, women’s and pairs’ disciplines was the degree to which skaters had prepared to compete. Starting off with the women’s event. On...
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By: Pj Kwong It sure is fun to watch skating and I honestly don’t care at what level as each has its own charm from little Tiffany totally enamored with her first sparkly dress (yup – I was that kid)...
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By Pj Kwong Shanghai, China will be my home for the next week or so as the ISU Four Continents Championships unfold. There are a few reasons why this event is important, not the least of which is that it...
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What a great second day of competition at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships in Calgary, AB! There were four Junior National titles up for grabs, and Skate Ontario athletes won gold in all of the events - men, women,...
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I think it’s safe to say that you will find that as often as skaters may leave the sport, they just as often remain involved as they move through their lives. Meet Leslie Ip, the founder of EJP, the newest...
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By: Pj Kwong It’s that time of year again when the world comes knocking at Skate Canada International and Skate Ontario athletes will be there front and centre. The stage has already been set at the first ISU Grand Prix...
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Congratulations to all of the Ontario athletes who represented Canada on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit this season! For some, this was their first time competing internationally on the JGP circuit. We are #SkateOntarioProud of all skaters and coaches!...
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Not long ago, Skate Ontario wrapped up its 34th annual Skaters’ Promotional Contest and the Grand Prize was a 2022 Nissan Kicks provided by Skate Ontario Champion partner Scarborough Nissan. Not bad for a two-dollar donation. That unbelievable ‘toonie’ trade...
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Congrats to all on a great season. Now that season 2022/23 is complete we have all started getting ready for the new season, most of us have taken some time off, gone on vacation or simply stayed home and relaxed...
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I want to start by wishing everyone competing at the World Championships in Japan and the Provincial Championships in Stratford good luck this week! My 2022-2023 season did not begin as planned. I entered two summer competitions in Waterloo and...
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Skate Ontario is excited to announce the 34th Annual Ontario Skaters Promotional Contest! The contest period begins on September 6, 2022 and will run through May 12, 2023, with the prize draw happening on Friday June 9, 2023 at 12pm EST.
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It feels as if only yesterday Peter and I met for the first time; shortly after, it became the beginning of our story. This season’s journey is past its halfway point, and it feels surreal to be where we are....
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"Donald Jackson wrote his name into the history books at the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague when he became the first person to land a triple lutz in competition. The jump would not be performed by another man for 12 years. Jackson had been in second place after the compulsory figures, but the landing of the lutz was just the start of stunning five-minute free skate. He received a record seven perfect scores and was crowned world champion. He ended 1962 winning the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s Athlete of the Year." - Canadian Olympic Committee
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