Many wondered if the altitude of Colorado Springs would have a deleterious effect on the skaters competing at Four Continents. While a few athletes needed to catch their breaths post-program, perhaps the bigger challenge of the short dance event was…
That’s (finally) a Wrap! – Blog #4 by Melanie Hoyt Thursday, 09 February 2012 05:49 It took 16 days after arriving back in Chicago to get everything posted from Canadians. This might seem like an excessive amount of time, but…
Photo by Europe On Ice The last several weeks have been very busy in the skating world, with several national championships as well as the European Championships. IDC was lucky to have correspondents and/or photographers at all three. While Melanie…
by Jacquelyn Thayer As the home of U.S. Figure Skating, Colorado Springs, Colo., is a deservedly popular competition base. This week, it will host the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for the third time in a seven-year span. When…
TEAM INFORMATION: Country: Canada (CAN) Level: Senior Status: Eligible Club: CPA Loretteville / CPA Lames d’Argent Began Skating together: 2010 Coaches: Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis, R. Haguenauer Choreographers: Marie-France Dubreuil Training location: Montréal ATHLETE INFORMATION: Élisabeth…
2012 RUSSIAN JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – NOVOGORSK, RUSSIA Februrary 4-7, 2012 Protocols: FINAL: FPl. Name Points SD FD 1 Viktoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN 158.23 1 1 2 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN 155.72 2 2 3 Valeria…
Close Call for Virtue & Moir in the Short Dance by Melanie Hoyt Everyone knew what would happen in the senior short dance at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. Everyone knew that Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir would top…
2012 BALTIC CUP – GDANSK, POLAND February 3-5, 2012 Protocols: JUNIOR: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Hannah RAUTHMANN / Matthias RAUTHMANN GER 96.92 1 2 2 Yulia DOLGIKH / Alexander PRACHANOV RUS 96.38 2 1 3 Anastasia…
2012 BAVARIAN OPEN – OBERSTDORF, GERMANY February 1-5, 2012 Protocols: SENIOR: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 143.14 1 2 2 Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS 142.62 2 1 3 Lucie…
Close Competition in the Junior Short Dance by Melanie Hoyt After the junior short dance at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, the scoreboard looked more like it was showing bobsled or short track speed skating results. Technical Element placements…