Ice dance duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier highlight the Canadian team headed to the ISU figure skating world championships, announced by Skate Canada on Sunday.
The competition is set to take place March 20-26 in Saitama, Japan. Fellow Canadian ice dance duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen are also set to compete.
Keegan Messing, who won national gold on Saturday, will represent on the men's side. Messing's emotional farewell skate in Oshawa, Ont., on the same day his wife Lane Hodson was due to give birth to their second child, capped the competition at Tribute Communities Centre. WATCH | Messing wins men's title in final nationals: Women's national champion Madeline Schizas will be the lone Canadian in the women's event.
The 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., held off hard-charging Kaiya Ruiter, 16, to win her second Canadian singles title on Saturday in Oshawa, Ont.