Kaetlyn Weaver says she believes in miracles. Last year, she and her partner, Andrew Poje, thought it a miracle that they were able to skate at all at the world championships in London, Ont., after she broke her left fibula in a training accident. She defied all doctor’s prognosis to get there and finish fifth, […]
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Goosebump time in Japan
Oh Mao Asada. This is your moment, your time. If you had won the Olympics in Sochi, it may not have been as memorable as your having lost it, having dropped to the netherlands, having picked yourself up again, going for that nasty nemesis of yours, the triple Axel, having landed it and having shone […]
Duhamel and Radford find their feet in pair short program
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were on a mission. Mission accomplished, at least part one. The script was right. They skated last [strains of Chariots of Fire in the background – or maybe Tribute!], and rose to the occasion, in a zone that they’d tried to find all season. And now they are in second […]
Men's short program scramble
Tough day for some at the world figure skating championships in Saitama. There was poor Kevin Reynolds, trying to hold the world up on his narrow shoulders like Atlas, after a season of boot problems that still aren’t solved. Last year, with boots that fit like heaven, he was third in the short program. On […]
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, […]