Is Nathan Chen for real? Has he been bundled onto earth somehow by a shiny space ship bearing gifts? Is he the lottery ticket somebody lost, then pulled triumphantly out of a drawer? Is this all a fairy tale? Injured after last year’s U.S. nationals, Chen was competing at only his second major international event […]
Four Continents
Four Continents Day One
The highlight of day one at Four Continents, the test event for the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang? At least among the Canadians, it was Gabby Daleman, a 19-year-old with the mental strength to clobber an apparition, a negative thought, a potential bad day at the office. With all the will she could muster, she landed […]
Day Three, Four Continents, men's final
Denis Ten knew he wasn’t in his best condition when he contested the Four Continents championship in Seoul on Valentine’s Day, exactly one year after his Sochi Olympic medal-winning effort. What’s he going to do when he is in top shape? The 21-year-old from Kazakhstan gave a drubbing to all competitors when he won the […]
Day Two, Four Continents
The come-from-behind victory of Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje at the Four Continents championship on Friday (the 13th, no less) sets up an interesting confrontation between them and the new surprising European champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron at the world championships in Shanghai next month. In my mind, the race for gold is between […]