Etiket: Championships
Canadian Ringette Championships: a first for a team from Quebec
For the very first time at the Canadian ringette championships which begin this weekend in Dieppe, New Brunswick, a team from Quebec will represent the province in the U19 AA…
From the war in Ukraine to the World Skating Championships
Last week, while I attended the World Figure Skating Championships, a story struck me: that of Ukrainian skaters Sofiia and Artem. Imagine: despite the war that has lasted for two…
Curling Worlds | Rachel Homan defeats Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 to win gold at World Curling Championships
(Sydney) Canadian Rachel Homan defeated Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 to win the gold medal at the World Women’s Curling Championship on Sunday. Posted at 7:19 p.m. Gregory Strong The Canadian…
World Figure Skating Championships | The Canadians came to learn
One was participating in his first World Championships. The other tried to forget the setbacks of a checkered season. Wesley Chiu and Roman Sadovsky arrived with different goals, but they…
World Figure Skating Championships | A miracle for Lajoie and Lagha, the “super kids”
“It’s going to be okay, it’s going to be okay,” Marjorie Lajoie kept repeating to herself before starting the free dance routine at the World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal…
World Figure Skating Championships | Silver for Gilles and Poirier in dance, Lajoie and Lagha finish in 5th place
(Montreal) Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won silver in dance at the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday at the Bell Centre. Posted at 5:23 p.m. Alexis Bélanger-Champagne The…
World Figure Skating Championships | Madeline Schizas: when the diamond shines a little less
An athlete will never be at peace with the idea of regressing. Especially at 21. Posted at 10:08 p.m. However, this is the observation that emerges at the end of…
World Figure Skating Championships | “We keep our heads high,” says Nikolaj Soerensen
(Montreal) After a poor performance for his debut at the World Championships, Montreal figure skater Nikolaj Soerensen was caught up in the controversy surrounding his participation in the dance competition…
World Figure Skating Championships | Learning for Laurin and Éthier
“It was fun all the same,” said Loucas Éthier to Kelly Ann Laurin, who had just cast a disappointed look at the ceiling of the Bell Center. Fourteenth after an…
World Figure Skating Championships | Learning for Loucas and Éthier
“It was fun all the same,” said Loucas Éthier to Kelly Ann Laurin, who had just cast a disappointed look at the ceiling of the Bell Center. Fourteenth after an…
World Figure Skating Championships | An anonymous succession
If we asked 100 Quebecers to identify an athlete currently a member of the Canadian figure skating team, there is a good chance that the answer would be incorrect or…
World Figure Skating Championships | Canadians Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps in the lead
Canada’s representatives Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps charmed the fan crowd and judges at the World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday at the Bell Centre. Posted at 3:58 p.m. Alexis…
World Figure Skating Championships | Let’s talk skating at the Jacques-Beauchamp salon
Japanese journalists and photographers occupied the majority of tables at the Jacques-Beauchamp salon on Tuesday morning. For the World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, the media food court at the…
World Figure Skating Championships | “Not for us to judge”
Late Tuesday afternoon, Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon made the shortest journey of their lives to practice their job as coaches at the World Figure Skating Championships: five kilometers between…
World Figure Skating Championships: the sad behind the scenes
A month and a half after the publicized suspension of a Russian skater for doping, the World Figure Skating Championships are being held in Montreal against a backdrop of allegations…
A dark cloud hangs over the World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal
Montreal will finally host the World Figure Skating Championships from March 20 to 24, but a dark cloud hangs over the event due to allegations of sexual assault against a…
World Figure Skating Championships | Nikolaj Sorensen denies sexual assault allegations
Figure skaters Nikolaj Sorensen and Laurence Fournier-Beaudry made their first media outing on Wednesday since allegations of sexual assault weighed on the Canadian of Danish origin. Sorensen once again proclaims…
World Indoor Athletics Championships | A gold medal for Canadian Sarah Mitton in the shot put
(Glasgow) Sarah Mitton set a Canadian record and won gold in the shot put at the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Friday. Published at 9:27 a.m. Mitton’s record throw cleared…
Skeleton and bobsleigh world championships | Hallie Clarke world skeleton champion
(Winterberg) Canadian Hallie Clarke won the women’s event at the skeleton and bobsleigh world championships on Friday. Posted at 10:12 a.m. The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ontario clocked three minutes and…
World Speed Skating Championships | A second wind for Valérie Maltais
Valérie Maltais’ coaches recommended that she skate with passion, without pressure, on Sunday at the World Long Track Speed Skating Championships. They told him to enjoy the moment in front…