Hubbell and Donohue capture gold at Nebelhorn Trophy

USA’s Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue overtook more experienced teams to dance off with the gold medal at Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf on Saturday. Germany’s Nelli Zhiganshina and…

Zhiganshina and Gazsi dance to lead at Nebelhorn

Home crowd favorites Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi of Germany grabbed a narrow lead in the short dance as the Nebelhorn Trophy kicked…

Ralph and Hill win junior title in Vancouver

Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill (CO) were the winners in the Junior Ice Dance division, followed by Karen Routhier and Eric Saucke-Lacelle (QC) and Sophie Knippel and Andrew Britten (BC/YT), respectively.

Ralph and Hill placed first in the Free Dance (FD) with their performance to Rainforest – an unusual, yet interesting piece which the team interpreted beautifully. Their routine was highlighted by a very good combination dance spin, nice lifts,…

Ralph and Hill lead juniors in Vancouver

The 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships are being held Jan 16-20 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, BC. Approximately 190 skaters total will be competing in the Junior and Senior division of the event.

The top five skaters in each discipline will be named to the respective Junior or Senior National teams. Results will also be used to determine who will represent Canada at the upcoming World Figure Skating…

Ralph and Hill maintain lead in Vancouver

The Original Dance (OD) for both Juniors and Seniors for the 2007-08 season is the Folk-Country dance.

Ralph and Hill maintained the lead after placing first in the OD with 43.75 points (76.01 total). The team performed an African folk dance which contained fantastic synch and expression throughout. Their routine included a good level 4 midline (non-touching) step sequence with perfectly matching twizzles and a fast level 4 rotational lift.

Routhier…