It’s impossible to say who is reaching out a helping hand most to the other: Lubov Iliushechkina, the 23-year-old Russian who hasn’t competed for two years? Or Dylan Moscovitch, who found himself pushing 30 and suddenly without a world-calibre partner, after Kirsten Moore-Towers decided to leave the duo for a two-quadrennial future? Together Iliushechkina and […]
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Canadian national team chosen
Hearts skipped a beat when Skate Canada’s national team for the coming season was released early Tuesday: Patrick Chan and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were on the list. However, both have indicated that they will skip the Grand Prix season, but they have not decided whether or not they will take part in the […]
Moore-Towers takes a bold risk
In the days following the world championships, Kirsten Moore-Towers began to think about her future. She dug deep for the answers. She and pair partner Dylan Moscovitch had spoken about committing to another four years, for one more Olympics. But Moore-Towers, still only 21, began to feel that she wanted to do two more, when […]
Moscovitch moves on
Canadian pair champion Dylan Moscovitch admits he was taken a bit by surprise when his partnership with Kirsten Moore-Towers dissolved last month, after the charismatic twosome finished fourth at the world championships, and third in the free skate. “I guess we were wanting different things,” he said by phone this week. “I guess we are […]
Moore-Towers, Moscovitch no more
So the talk is all true: the dynamic pair team of Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch has parted ways. So sad. They had a wonderful chemistry, playing off each other’s personalities perfectly. They skated like the wind. You knew, whenever they took to the ice, it was going to be fun, playful. But they are […]
Moore-Towers, Moscovitch ready to rumble
There’s always something. No matter. Nothing seems to stop the drive of 2011 Canadian pair champions Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, primed for anything at the world championships next week in Saitama, Japan. They finished fifth in Sochi, gritty, determined, she fighting off the fallout from twisting her back at a practice earlier, […]