Competitive Skating News

Daisuke Takahashi skated a short program free of major errors Friday to place second at Skate Canada.

The music floats through the Auditorium where lithe pixies dance in fluid choreography, effortlessly flinging themselves into the arms of tuxedoed brawn.

The 2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series comes to a close this week at Skate Canada in Kitchener, Ontario.

Ten things I have learned after three days at Skate America: 1. Vera Wang designed the costume that reigning world champion Evan Lysacek is wearing while performing his short program to Stravinsky's ``Firebird.'' Lysacek was skeptical about the feathers Wanghung from the glovedwrists when he first saw them but nowthinks ofthem as a good fit with ...

Patrick Chan falls while skating his Men Short Program at the Skate Canada International figure skating event in Kitchener November 20, 2009.

Listening to her coach paid off for Joannie Rochette. Big time. The world silver medalist scored a personal-best 70 points in the short program at Skate Canada on Friday, putting her well in front of Americans Alissa Czisny and Mirai Nagasu.

Kathryn Kang successfully defended the senior women's title she won last year Saturday evening at the B.C. figure skating championships at Minoru Park Arena in Richmond.

The Gardens hadn't seen that kind of celebration for a victory on ice since 1967.

Patrick Chan isn't planning any chest thumping or finger wagging - he believes his skating will tell the story.

This is a Nov. 13, 2009, file photo showing Andrei Lutai, of Russia, performing during the men's short program at the Skate America competition in Lake Placid, N.Y. Police sayi Lutai stole a car and drove it while drunk after finishing 10th overall in the Skate America competition in Lake Placid, Sunday Nov.

Aspiring figure skaters are invited to post their video audition online to win a chance to perform in the Rock The Ice show featuring Elvis Stojko at the Memorial Centre on Jan.

Skate Canada CEO William Thompson believes that figure skating is heading into another golden age.

With only one stop left in the six-event Grand Prix series, it will come down to the wire to determine which six competitors have earned enough placement points in their two events to qualify for the Grand Prix Final taking place in Tokyo in December.

When CBC's Battle of the Blades debuted Oct. 4, nearly two million viewers tuned in to watch the novel and sometimes awkward pairings of figure skaters and hockey stars.

A Russian figure skater has been arrested for allegedly stealing a car and driving drunk in Lake Placid.

Mirai Nagasu was having one of those off days that every figure skater -- everyone in every career, really -- has had.

U.S. athletes won four medals, including two golds, at 2009 Cancer.Net Skate America in Lake Placid, N.Y. Evan Lysacek and ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto took the top prize in their respective disciplines, and both will compete at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final next month in Tokyo, Japan.

Simpson, Sale triumph in Battle of the Blades Craig Simpson, left, and Jamie Sale pose with the trophy after winning the final of the CBC Television reality series 'Battle of the Blades' in Toronto on Monday, November 16, 2009.

A North Toronto arena under fire from Mayor David Miller for not giving girls enough ice time said yesterday it will ensure gender equity by giving rink space to a new local girls hockey program, rather than share with a Leaside-based league.

A couple hours after South Korea's Yu-na did about everything but carve 007 into the ice with her world-record 76.28 points in the women's short program, Lysacek won his first crown at this event.