Our Figure Skating Team

The Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held in London, Ontario this weekend and the results deterime who will represent Canada at the Olympics.

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, from southwestern Ontario, set a Canadian record, and are solid Gold Medal contenders in Ice Dance. Have a look at their Free Dance from this past weekend:



The battle for the second Ice Dance spot was close through the whole weekend and was ultimately decided by 0.3 with Aurora's Vanessa Crone and Scarborough's Paul Poirier edging out Andrew Poje and Kaitlyn Weaver from Kitchener.

In the Women's event, Rochette won her 6th straight Canadian title. Joannie, the defending World Silver Medalist has struggled through much of the season and was in second place heading into the Free Skate behind Cynthia Phaneuf, who herself is a former Canadian Champion, having won six years ago when she was only 15. Joannie's program was mistake-free and shows she is peaking at the right time.

Patrick Chan showed he is nearly ready, despite a season which has included a calf injury, H1N1, and the parting of ways with his coach. Patrick set a Canadian and World Record with his combined score this weekend (though even he would admit that he has benefitted from some home town judging to give him a good send-off for the Olympics):



Vaughn Chipeur held on to the second Men's spot, despite Kevin Reynolds coming 2nd in the Free Skate by landing two quad jumps.

Jessica Dube and Bryce Davidson have battled back from that horrible accident in 2007 in which Bryce's skate blade caught her in the face during side-by-side camel spins, and will represent Canada in the Pair's event with a beautful Free Skate to "The Way We Were":



All of our top skaters are legitimate medal contenders at this year's Olympics. I can't wait!