Montreal will host the 2024 world figure skating championships
Montreal will host the 2024 world figure skating championships By Rick Da Conceicao
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It’s official. Montreal will host the 2024 world figure skating championships!
The International Skating Union (ISU) made the announcement on Wednesday after the 2020 event was canceled due to COVID-19.
The championships will return to Montreal from March 18-24, marking the 11th time Canada will host the event. Skate Canada has a proven track record of holding successful ISU events and we are looking forward to bringing the world s best skaters to the fantastic Canadian city of Montreal, said Debra Armstrong, CEO of Skate Canada, in a statement.
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Zagitova omitted from Russian figure skating team for Olympic season Friday, 14 May 2021
Olympic champion Alina Zagitova and two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva have not been included in the Russian Figure Skating Federation s (RFSF) national team for the 2021-2022, putting their hopes of competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at risk.
Their omission from the team was confirmed by RFSF general director Alexander Kogan, as reported by Russia s official state news agency
TASS. The lists were approved by the Executive Committee yesterday, they will be published by the Ministry of Sports, said Kogan. Zagitova and Medvedeva are not on the lists approved by the Executive Committee yesterday.
USA s Nathan Chen performs during the men s free skating program of the ISU World Team Trophy figure skating competition in Osaka on April 16. (AP Photo)
OSAKA Three-time world champion Nathan Chen won the free skate at the figure skating World Team Trophy on Friday to continue his dominance of two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu.
First after the short program, Chen opened with a quadruple flip and landed a quad salchow in the first half of his routine set to a selection of music by Philip Glass.
Winner of the past five U.S. titles, Chen landed two more quadruple toeloops as part of combination jumps to score 203.24 points.