Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek, right, and Maxime Deschamps, seen competing in September, will be among a strong field at Skate Canada International this week in Halifax.
The second Grand Prix stop of the year goes Friday through Sunday at Scotiabank Centre as the pre-Olympic figure skating season kicks into high gear for Canada's top medal hopes.Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek, right, and Maxime Deschamps, seen competing in September, will be among a strong field at Skate Canada International this week in Halifax.
Gilles and Poirier's biggest rivals, two-time defending world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States, will not be competing at Skate Canada. Instead, their stiffest competition may come from fellow Canadians Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha, who won two Grand Prix silver medals and placed fifth at worlds last season.
The world champions opened their season by claiming silver at the Nebelhorn Trophy Challenger event in September. In Halifax, their biggest challengers will be Annika Hocke and Robert Kunkel of Germany, who rank sixth in the world.Men's champion Malinin of the U.S. — the self-proclaimed "Quad God" — and three-time reigning women's champion Sakamoto of Japan are also gracing the ice surface this weekend.
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