Canada's Gilles, Poirier finish 5th in ice dance event at figure skating worlds
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto placed fifth in ice dancing Saturday to conclude the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier, France.
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Two-time figure skating world medallist Miyahara Satoko calls it a career
Japan's Olympic figure skater Miyahara Satoko announced her retirement on Saturday (26 March) - the day she turned 24.
Kaori Sakamoto comprehensively wins world title at ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto produced her season's best score in the free skate as she sealed the women's singles title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier on Friday. With Russian pair, and Olympic gold and silver medallists Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova banned from the event, Olympic bronze medallist Sakamoto led the women's competition after the short programme. Her score of 80.32 gave her a 5.32 advantage over Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx ahead of Friday’s free skate.
Papadakis and Cizeron start Ice dance competition with new world record
Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron top the Ice dance table after setting a staggering new world record of 92.73 points in today's rhythm dance. The French duo sit 3.01 points ahead of the American pairing of Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, with another American pairing of Madison Chock and Evan Bates sitting in third.
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron set new world record at ISU World Figure Skating Championships
French pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron broke their own world record at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. They delivered a 92.73-point rhythm dance in Montpelier, surpassing their previous world record score of 90.83 from the Olympics which saw the pair take home gold in the ice dance.
Veto a comentaristas por llamar "esa zorra" a Meagan Duhamel
La Unión Internacional de Patinaje (ISU) ha vetado para cualquier cobertura de sus competiciones a dos comentaristas que, sin saber que tenían el micrófono abierto, se refirieron a la patinadora Meagan Duhamel como «esa zorra canadiense».
ISU sacks figure skating commentators over offensive on-air comment about Canadian Meagan Duhamel
The International Skating Union (ISU) has replaced its commentators at the figure skating world championships after a live microphone picked up one of them making a demeaning remark about retired Canadian skater Meagan Duhamel.
Shoma Uno stars in the free skate at World Figure Skating Championships on a great afternoon for Japan
Shoma Uno led the way as 24 athletes qualified for the free skate at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Uno of Japan finished ahead of Yuma Kagiyama, who performed superbly to finish in second with 105.69.