Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles, left, and Paul Poirier, right, are aiming for a gold medal at this week's figure skating worlds in Montreal, hoping to cap what has been perhaps the best season of their 12-year partnership.
Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles is skating with a greater sense of peace since her cancer diagnosis last season and whenever she is struggling to walk out of her front door to attend practice, she thinks back to the many days she physically could not.Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles, left, and Paul Poirier, right, are aiming for a gold medal at this week's figure skating worlds in Montreal, hoping to cap what has been perhaps the best season of their 12-year partnership.
"Anybody that goes through that , it changes your perspective on life a little bit," Illinois-born Gilles told Reuters in an interview. She still gets tested every couple of months and she said her most recent clean bill of health gave her peace of mind. Controversially, the International Skating Union decided to only discard the points awarded to Valieva and when they recalculated the teams scores, Russia were awarded the bronze behind the United States and Japan because their new combined total was still more than Canada's.Canada appeal to sport court further delays awarding of 2022 Olympic figure skating medals
Canada has long been among the world's best ice dance nations with 16 world championship medals since 2002, including four gold.
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