The World silver medalist Daisuke Takahashi not only smashed his own personal best score of 247.93 points (NHK 2006), but also trounced the two-year-old record of 258.33 points set by Russian Evgeny Plushenko at the 2006 Olympic Games. Until now, Plushenko’s record stood as the highest score in men’s figure skating since the advent of the “New Judging System”- which ... Read More »

It seems even numbers work for the newly crowned Four Continents Champions, Qing Pang and Jian Tong, as the duo captured their third Four Continents Crown on their seventh attempt in eight years. The pair who skipped the event in 2006 won in 2002, 2004 and now 2008. In 2001 they placed fourth, in 2003, 2005 and 2007 the Chinese ... Read More »

World silver medalist Daisuke Takahashi, of Okayama, Japan, gave a sensational performance which gathered him a new personal best score of 88.57 points. He skated to a modernized version of “Swan Lake” which was specially arranged for the Olympian by Alec Golstein. The NHK and Skate America Champion who is coached by Utako Nagamitsu and Nickolai Morozov opened his program ... Read More »

There were few surprises in the compulsory dance event. Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, edged out training mates Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the USA by 0.86 points. Americans Kimberly Navarro and Brent Bommentre grabbed the third spot ahead of fellow teammates Jennifer Wester, and Daniil Barantsev, by 3.41 points. Two Canadian teams follow Kaitlin Weaver, and Andrew ... Read More »

Nobunari Oda, 21, of Takatsuki City, Japan, returned to the Grand Prix series after a one year absence and performed like a Champion. The Japanese skater clenched the Championship over American Johnny Weir, 24, who took silver and Yannick Ponsero, 22, of France who captured bronze. Oda, the seventeenth descendant of the Japanese war lord Nobunaga Oda, fought with his ... Read More »

During an early Sunday morning, Joannie Rochette, proved she was still the queen of Canadian ice, and put an end to a streak of newly crowned champions. It was the fourth Canadian crown for the twenty-one-year-old who trains at Saint –Leonard CPA in Quebec. Hometown teen Mira Leung, of Vancouver, B.C. once again played bridesmaid and Cynthia Phaneuf, now 19, ... Read More »

In a heartfelt ceremony Olympic Champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were inducted into The Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame. The honors took place during the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships on Sunday, January 20, with thousands of fans, fellow skaters, coaches and officials present. Sale and Pelletier were presented with a replica of a picture that will be ... Read More »

With amazing grace seventeen-year-old prodigy Patrick Chan took to the ice at the Pacific Coliseum Saturday, and became one of the youngest Canadian Senior Men’s Champions in the history of Canadian skating. It was originally thought Chan was the youngest but this has since been contested. Charles Snelling who was a six-time national champion reportedly claimed his first title in ... Read More »