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Canadian pairs skating coach Gauthier sentenced for sexual assault

Renowned Canadian pairs skating coach Richard Gauthier was sentenced Monday to 12 months in jail for sexual assault and gross indecency against a teenage athlete in the 1980s.

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Virtue and Moir, St-Pierre, and Ferbey among 2023 Order of Sports recipients

The figure skating super tandem added another accomplishment to their impressive resumé Thursday, as they headlined the 2023 inductees into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame alongside celebrated mixed martial artist Georges St-Pierre.

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GSP, Virtue and Moir to enter Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Decorated ice dance duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and mixed martial arts star Georges St-Pierre are among the 2023 inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.

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Skate Canada says former Olympian Alexandra Paul killed in car crash

Skate Canada is paying tribute to a former Canadian Olympic figure skater who died in a collision involving seven vehicles in Melancthon Township, north of Shelburne, Ont., earlier this week. Alexandra Paul, who was 31, was in a vehicle with her baby boy on Tuesday afternoon when police say a transport truck entered a construction zone on Country Road 124 and crashed into the lineup of stopped cars.

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Two-time national champion Messing retires from competitive figure skating

Two-time Canadian men's champion Keegan Messing has retired from competitive skating. Messing, from Anchorage, Alaska, has represented Canada on the world stage since 2014.

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Canada's Chan, Rochette named ambassadors for 2024 figure skating worlds in Montreal

Canadian figure skating greats Patrick Chan and Joannie Rochette have been named event ambassadors for the 2024 figure skating world championships in Montreal, Skate Canada announced on Thursday.

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Canadian figure skater Gilles announces she had Stage 1 ovarian cancer

Canadian figure skater Piper Gilles says she has been treated for Stage 1 ovarian cancer. Gilles made the announcement Sunday in a video on Instagram.

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Russian agency also appeals in Valieva Olympic doping case

The Russian anti-doping agency has filed an appeal in the case of Kamila Valieva, the Court of Arbitration for sport said Friday, but it has asked for the teenage figure skater to be punished with as little as a reprimand and keep her Olympic gold medal.

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High-profile Canadian skating coach found guilty of sex assault, gross indecency

A renowned ex-coach in Canadian pairs skating was found guilty Wednesday of sexual assault and gross indecency dating back nearly 40 years.

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Gilles, Poirier headline Canadian figure skating worlds team

Ice dance duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier highlight the Canadian team headed to the ISU figure skating world championships, announced by Skate Canada on Sunday.

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Schizas holds off 16-year-old Ruiter to win Canadian figure skating title

Madeline Schizas captured her second consecutive Canadian figure skating title Saturday. Skating to music from "West Side Story," the 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 128.15 points for her free program, and 196.47 overall.

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Stellato-Dudek aiming for first Canadian figure skating, at age 39

Deanna Stellato-Dudek hopes to capture her first Canadian figure skating title — at the age of 39, and more than 20 years after she initially retired from the sport.

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Moir, Weaver advocates of gender-expansive ice dance and pairs figure skating teams

Canadian ice dancer Kaitlyn Weaver says, as an LGBTQ person, her sport has never fully reflected her lived experience.

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Figure skater Messing crossing fingers he doesn't miss birth of second child

The Canadian figure skating championships are going to be a roller-coaster of emotions for Keegan Messing.

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Skate Canada: Any two athletes can compete together domestically in ice dance, pairs

Skate Canada has updated its policies so that ice dance or pairs teams competing domestically can be composed of any two athletes.

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Uno wins Grand Prix Final gold, Americans rally for medals

Shoma Uno finally has the medal the Japanese figure skater has long coveted from the Grand Prix Final.

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Canada's Gilles, Poirier win ice dance gold at Grand Prix Final

Canada's Piper Gilles and Poirier captured gold in ice dance at the ISU Grand Prix Final on Saturday.

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Canada's Schizas claims bronze at ISU Challenger Series

Canada's Madeline Schizas claimed bronze in women's singles on Friday at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, the last stop on the ISU Challenger Series figure skating circuit.

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Canadians Gilles, Poirier on pace for a career-first Grand Prix Final medal

Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier arrived at the Grand Prix Final amid what is so far the best season of their partnership. Gilles and Poirier captured gold in both of their ISU Grand Prix assignments, setting the Canadians up as a favourite to claim the Final title this week in Turin, Italy.

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Canadian ice dancers Gilles and Poirier golden again, winning Grand Prix Espoo

Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won the ISU Grand Prix Espoo on Saturday for their second victory of the season.

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Canada's world bronze medallists Gilles, Poirier leaders after short dance at Espoo

Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are the leaders after the short dance at figure skating's ISU Grand Prix Espoo.

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Fournier Beaudry and Soerensen capture first Grand Prix ice dance victory

Canadian ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen won gold at the NHK Trophy on Saturday, for their first victory on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit.

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Canadians Fournier Beaudry, Soerensen lead ice dance at NHK Trophy in Japan

Canada's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen are the leaders after the short dance at figure skating's NHK Trophy Grand Prix event.

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Toronto's Sadovsky drops from first to sixth at figure skating GP event

Toronto's Roman Sadovsky finished in sixth place after struggling through Saturday's men's free skate at the MK John Wilson Trophy, a stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.

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Canada's Stellato-Dudek becomes oldest skater to win an ISU Grand Prix event

Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek made history at the Grand Prix de France on Saturday, becoming the oldest athlete to win a Grand Prix figure skating event.

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Ice dancers Gilles, Poirier capture gold at Skate Canada

Making their season debut after the longest stretch of down time of their careers, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier captured gold at Skate Canada International, the third of their career. And they said they’ve never felt stronger.

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Japan's Watanabe wins women's gold at Skate Canada

Japan's Rinka Watanabe captured gold in women's singles at Skate Canada International on a rough day for Canadians Madeline Schizas and Gabrielle Daleman.

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Canadians Schizas, Daleman 1-2 after short program at Skate Canada International

Canadians Madeline Schizas and Gabrielle Daleman are first and second after the women's singles short program at Skate Canada International.

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Canada's Messing had dreamed of being world's first to land quad Axel

Messing once dreamed about being history's first to land the most difficult jump in figure skating, but the 30-year-old said age caught up with him.

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Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier expect to be medal contenders in every event

Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier were emotionally spent at the end of a Beijing Olympic season spent trying to dodge COVID-19. "The stress of the Games really ate into our enjoyment, especially during the second half of last season," Poirier said.

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Chock, Bates win ice dance gold at Skate America

Madison Chock and Evan Bates stood atop the podium at Skate America for the first time in seven years on Sunday, and along the way, stepped into the spotlight as the preeminent American ice dancers following the retirement of close friends and longtime training mates Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue.

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American ice dancers Chock, Bates lead Skate America

American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates along with Japan's Kaori Sakamoto, the women's world champion, took the lead after their short programs in the Grand Prix opener at Skate America on Saturday.

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Finally a sense of normalcy for Canadian figure skaters after COVID-plagued seasons

Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier had competed under a COVID-19 cloud for the better part of two seasons — from worrying about getting sick, to competing in front of no fans, to not being able to compete at all.

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Britain to host figure skating Grand Prix event for first time

Britain will host a figure skating Grand Prix event for the first time after the International Skating Union awarded it an event that China relinquished amid concerns over the coronavirus.

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Japan's Hanyu expected to retire from competitive skating

Two-time Olympic gold-medal figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu is expected to step away from competitive figure skating. He was expected to confirm his plans late on Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo. His management company announced the event but did not confirm more details.