So much of what Patrick Chan does is linked to emotion, his inner life, how it feels to do something, what it means to him. It gives him a restless foot. And that’s how he’s found himself in Vancouver for the past couple of months to prepare for the national skating championships and Olympics, thousands […]
Ravi Walia
Osmond turns back to Piaf
For Kaetlyn Osmond in this very important Olympic year, what is old is new again. Starting next week at Autumn Classic, the world silver medalist will be going back to her masterful Edith Piaf short program of last season, leaving behind the exquisite “Summertime” on which she has toiled all summer. It’s hardly a panic […]
The Osmond-Walia Accord
What a duo they are, Kaetlyn Osmond and her bright eyes, and the willowy, calm form of her coach Ravi Walia at rinkside. They have grown simultaneously together in a difficult sport and are marching steadily (thundering actually) toward world attention. Never more so than this year, when Osmond has been busy defeating world champions […]
Shall we dance, Kaetlyn Osmond?
Kaetlyn Osmond is still only 20 years old, but she’s been through an encyclopedia of stops and starts, of unfortunate incidents and more injuries in her career than she would care to remember. Halifax is her next stop next week. There she will contest the Canadian championships after giving it a miss last year with […]