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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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 […]
Pereira and Michaud: Golden Retrievers
It seems hard to believe but in 2018, Lia Pereira finished 16th at the Canadian novice singles championships. Now 19, she has the world by its bootstraps as an international pair partner with 27-year-old veteran Trennt Michaud. Together only since last year, Pereira and Michaud won a silver medal at Skate America – their first […]
“The Blower’s Daughter” Version Two
For two-time Canadian pair champions Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro, it was tricky this season: should they make the attempt to get new programs, even though there was a chance they would be seldom seen? And should they stray onto sacred ground and use music from other skaters they revered? The answers were yes and […]
Walsh and Michaud: Stepping it Up
The next quadrennial of figure skating begins with a young pair team pushing limits. Yes, a raft of top Canadian pair teams has left the scene, but Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud will be carried forward by what the others have left behind. It’s all very highly motivating. Walsh and Michaud will compete at their […]