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Tea for Two

October 28, 2022 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  Hard toil has paid off for two Canadian women: Madeline Schizas, righting herself for Skate Canada with hard run-throughs, and Gabby Daleman righting herself from a litany of problems after not having done a Grand Prix in two years. Incredibly, they sit one-two after the women’s short program at the Skate Canada International Grand […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Brian Orser, Gabby Daleman, Madeline Schizas, Rika Kihara, Skate Canada

The Empress Does What Empresses Do

March 27, 2021 By Beverley 2 Comments

There were the teenyboppers. And then there was the Empress. Together, they tell the story of what you will see in the women’s event at the Olympics in Beijing next year: quads, triple Axels and youth – except for that upstart Empress. The Empress is Elizaveta Tuktamysheva of Russia, who hadn’t even made it out […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Madeline Schizas, Rika Kihara, world figure skating championships

Jitters Hit Women in World Short Program

March 24, 2021 By Beverley 1 Comment

Jitters ruled the day. So many women had not skated in such a long time, and here they were at the world figure skating championships in Stockholm that some weren’t sure would happen at all. None of it went as scripted, except that Anna Shcherbakova ended up in the lead with a healthy 81.00 points […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Anna Shcherbakova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Kaori Sakamoto, Madeline Schizas, Rika Kihara, Stockholms T, world figure skating championships

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