Canada's ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are considered the country's best bet for a medal at the upcoming Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France. The event, a crucial part of the international figure skating calendar, showcases the top six in each discipline following the Grand Prix regular season.
Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are Canada 's best bet for a medal at the prestigious Grand Prix Final in France. The most important annual event on the international figure skating calendar is the world championships. Second is the Grand Prix Final, which begins tomorrow in Grenoble , France.The Grand Prix of Figure Skating's regular season consists of six events held around the world in October and November. Skaters can compete in a maximum of two of these.
Stellato-Dudek, 41, and Deschamps, 32, captured Canada's first figure skating world title since 2018 last March in Montreal, where they live and train. They've remained at the top of their game this season, winning both of their Grand Prix assignments — in Finland and at Skate Canada International in Halifax — to top the pairs standings.
Gilles and Poirier took silver at the Montreal worlds last season for their third medal in four years. This season, they captured gold at Skate Canada and silver in Finland behind Grand Prix leaders Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson. The British duo upset back-to-back world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States at Skate America and will now try to dethrone them as Grand Prix champs.
ICE DANCERS PIPER GILLES PAUL POIRIER GRAND PRIX FINAL Grenoble CANADA
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier in the lead at Finlandia Trophy Grand PrixHELSINKI — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier brought their figure skating beach party to the Finlandia Trophy Grand Prix and won Saturday's rhythm dance. This year's world championship silver medallists scored top marks of 84.
Read more »
Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier in the lead at Finlandia Trophy Grand PrixHELSINKI — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier brought their figure skating beach party to the Finlandia Trophy Grand Prix and won Saturday's rhythm dance. This year's world championship silver medallists scored top marks of 84.
Read more »
Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier in the lead at Finlandia Trophy Grand PrixHELSINKI — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier brought their figure skating beach party to the Finlandia Trophy Grand Prix and won Saturday's rhythm dance. This year's world championship silver medallists scored top marks of 84.
Read more »
World pairs champs Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps withdraw from Grand Prix Final due to his illnessWorld pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada withdrew from the prestigious Grand Prix Final on Monday because Deschamps is recovering from an illness and unable to compete.
Read more »
Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps lead Canadian contingent into Grand Prix finalOTTAWA — Reigning pairs world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will lead Canada's contingent into next week's ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
Read more »
Max Verstappen wins action-packed Qatar Grand Prix after Lando Norris penalizedLUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Red Bull's Max Verstappen followed up his Formula 1 drivers' title with another win Sunday in an incident-packed Qatar Grand Prix as Lando Norris was hit with a penalty that ended his challenge for the race victory.
Read more »