MONTREAL Pair skating came to life on Wednesday at the world figure skating championships. It started with a breath. You could hear it right at the beginning of the short program – skated to the Montreal song “Oxygene” – of Canadian champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps. They delivered. The improbable Canadians – she 40 […]
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Bits and Bobs
MONTREAL – Both Belgian women at the world figure skating championships this week are hurting. European champion Loena Hendrickx says she has an inflamed right hip. “So that’s why I avoid landings because it really hurts to land,” she said. “That’s why I did the practice with a lot of turns after every jump.” She […]
Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps: Up Up and Away
Notice that wicked burst of energy that rolled through the WinSport Arena in Calgary like a bolt of lightning at the Canadian National Skating Championships over the past two days? That was Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxim Deschamps winning their second national pair title. Not perfect but sizzling nonetheless. The twosome dominated the field, winning with […]