It’s Olympic season and ice dancers Marie-Jade Lauriault and her husband, Romain Le Gac, refuse to sit still. It’s not what ice dancers do, after all. For one thing, they have some corners to turn, some catching up to do, some eyeballs to impress. After finishing second at the Canadian championships a couple of years […]
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Lubov and Charlie: Dreamy Future
It was dreamy, the way Lubov Ilyushechkina and Charlie Bilodeau swept about the Espoo ice, her hair back in a whiff, picked up by the wind, his body movement curving around a French Canadian tune. Together seven months, they could not stop smiling. There was shine on Ilyushechkina’s costumes, but more on her […]
Virtue and Moir: The show must go on
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir came back after a two-year sojourn last year because they wanted to skate. And they felt they had more to give. “We felt like we could be better,” Moir said. Youngsters No doubt, an Olympic gold medal is on their minds. But it’s not all and it’s not enough. […]
Run boy, run
Yes, Stephen Gogolev is still only 12 years old, a ghost-like little form who expresses his intent on the ice. Photo by Danielle Earl He’ll be 13 in December, too young yet for the Junior Grand Prix circuit, but nationally, he’s making the huge leap from junior to senior. “It was kind of an easy […]