Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier haven’t missed a beat. They did not compete at the national championships last year because Gilles was dealing with a cancer diagnosis, but on Saturday, it was as if they had never been away. They held the spectators in spellbound mode with their “Wuthering Heights” routine, their latest memorable masterpiece […]
Canadian National Skating Championships
A Medal Juggle in the Canadian Women’s Event
Ouch. Ice is slippery. A third Canadian title slipped from Madeline Schizas’s hands in the blink of an eye at Canadian National Skating Championships after the women’s free on Saturday. And surprises awaited. Not only did the two-time Canadian champ not win the free skate, she finished third in it, behind a Calgary champ-in-waiting Kaiya […]
Schizas Rules with Frosty Intent
At these frigid Canadian National Skating Championships in frozen Calgary, Madeline Schizas is in a class by herself. While temperatures hovered around -38 degrees C (felt like 42 apparently), Schizas opined that it was warmer inside than outside. The ice was frozen, as usual. And she felt okay with what happened on that slippery surface […]