SCI23 News, Photos, Recaps

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Getty Images (214 photos by Harry How for the ISU on Oct. 27, 2023)

Day 1 recap by Nick McCarvel: https://olympics.com/en/news/figure...h-grand-prix-title-skate-canada-short-program

Day 1 recap by Nick Wells for the The Canadian Press: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...e-canada-international-recap-oct-27-1.7011488

Beverley Smith's Gilles/Poirier article (Oct. 27): https://bevsmithwrites.com/gilles-and-poirier-the-reveal/

ISU's recaps:
Women's SP: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news...t-skate-canada-international?templateParam=15
RD: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...-for-gold-at-home-grand-prix?templateParam=15
Pairs SP: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/news/news-fsk/14712-headline?templateParam=15
Men SP: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...t-skate-canada-international?templateParam=15

Golden Skate has mixed zone quotes & photos: https://www.instagram.com/goldsk8/

Kao Miura: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy7j2vKOPhC/

A very disappointed Kao Miura 三浦 佳生 80.80 speaks to the press: “Since I came here I have some concerns about the ice and the quality of the ice. It is hard to get a good take off on my Salchow. The ice kind of bounces back to me. My trainings and condition have been good, but this situation makes me a bit anxious and I don’t know what to really do about it. I have to find a way to still do a good job. It was similar at last year’s Skate Canada, also the rink is a bit narrow for my liking. I fear I can’t find a solution in one day!”

 

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ISU's recaps:
Women's FS: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/news/news-fsk/14714-women-s-headline-2?templateParam=15
Free Dance: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...-straight-skate-canada-title?templateParam=15
Pairs' FS: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...re-runaway-victory-in-canada?templateParam=15
Men's FS: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...m-first-isu-grand-prix-medal?templateParam=15

Getty Images (445 photos by Harry How for the ISU on Oct. 27-28, 2023)

Photos by Robin Ritoss for FSO & IDC:

Photos – 2023 Skate Canada International – Figure Skaters Online

2023 Skate Canada | 2023-2024 Season | Ice-Dance.com's Photography Section

October 27-29; Vancouver, BC; Photos by Robin Ritoss

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Beverley Smith's blog articles:

Stellato Dudek and Deschamps: Eyeing Top of the Podium - Bev Smith Writes

Nothing wrong with wanting to be the best in the world. And saying so. And turning over every stone to do it. What seems crazy is that Deanna Stellato Dudek is 40, and left the sport for 16 years for the skin care business. And her partner, Maxime Deschamps, 31, has lived through a multitude […]

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Gilles and Poirier: A Wuthering Masterpiece - Bev Smith Writes

In a Vancouver rink last night, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier unleashed a flood of pink, billowing loveliness with an ominous undertone and created art out of a free dance. The two-time world bronze medalists displayed their new “Wuthering Heights” free dance for the first time this season, and...

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A New Look for Schizas - Bev Smith Writes

This new Madeline Schizas floats. The two-time Canadian champion looks different this year. It’s the arms, the hands, the head, the feet, the body. Something in the way she moves. She’s taken a step like Joannie Rochette took a step a year or two before the Vancouver Olympics, when suddenly she...

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More recaps by Nick McCarvel:
Men & Pairs FS: https://olympics.com/en/news/figure...and-prix-gold-teammate-miura-kao-skate-canada
Women FS & Free Dance: https://olympics.com/en/news/sakamo...fourth-career-grand-prix-japan-figure-skating
Men & Pairs SP https://olympics.com/en/news/figure...urite-cha-junhwan-lead-skate-canada-short-men

Day 2 recap by Nick Wells for the The Canadian Press: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...e-canada-international-recap-oct-28-1.7011527

Kyodo News:

Figure skating: Sota Yamamoto, Kaori Sakamoto secure wins at Skate Canada

Japan's Sota Yamamoto wins Skate Canada for his first victory on the ISU Grand Prix series, while compatriot and two-time reigning women's world champion Kaori Sakamoto also triumphs.

english.kyodonews.net

Canadian Olympic Committee's recap by Chloe Morrison:

Canadian pairs and ice dance team win gold at Skate Canada International

Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps secure gold in the pairs competition and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier bring home ice dance gold for the fourth year in a row at Skate Canada International in Vancouver.

olympic.ca

Skate Canada's recap:

Gold for Canadian Pair and Ice Dance Team at Skate Canada International

Vancouver, Canada (October 28, 2023) – Deanna Stellato-Dudek of Chicago, USA and Maxime Deschamps of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., showed that they are well on the path towards their goal of standing on the podium at the World Championships in Montreal next spring with a commanding free skate that...

skatecanada.ca

USFS' Fan Zone recap:

Browns, Thorngren Earn Career-Best Grand Prix Finishes at Skate Canada International - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Three of Team USA's rising stars, Oona Brown and Gage Brown and Lindsay Thorngren secured their best-ever finishes in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series

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ETA:

Golden Skate's 4 recaps by discipline plus an interview with Junhwan Cha: https://www.goldenskate.com/tag/2023-skate-canada/

 

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Anything GOEs' Skate Canada 2023 Recap with Kirsten Moore-Towers (to be livestreamed on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 3 pm ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWipFMJhl2s

 

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A few more 2023 Skate Canada International podcast episodes that have not yet been posted and/or discussed in their own podcast-specific threads (The Runthrough with Adam & Ashley, This Week in Skating, TSL, etc.)...

Skate Canada recap by Tatjana Flade & Judith Dombrowski for ISIO (Oct. 31; 24 mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbbGhnkmGI8

I recently came across 2 figure skating podcasts that were new to me (haven't had a chance to listen yet):
The Cutting Edge by Kimberly Joy (4 episodes by discipline for SCI): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cutting-edge/id1545036058
Scoreography (thanks to Deanna who shared the link via her IG story): https://scoreography.show/skate-canada-2023-recap-and-commentary/

Polina Edmunds' Iron Butterfly: https://bleav.com/shows/bleav-in-figure-skating/episodes/2023-skate-canada-analysis/

CBC Sports' "That Figure Skating Show" recaps remain geoblocked for me: https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/shows/that figure skating show

 

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Wrong comp., sorry