2025-2026 Canadian Figure Skating

[Sackie]

Pretty outstanding when you realize that our Jr Lady Champ outscored the Jr Men. And in fact the 2nd place lady would have medaled in the Jr men's event.

 

[4everchan]

Pretty outstanding when you realize that our Jr Lady Champ outscored the Jr Men. And in fact the 2nd place lady would have medaled in the Jr men's event.

Yes Lia is amazing and Victoria skated also very well. However, let's keep in mind that the best junior eligible men are already all skating in senior.

 

[Cutting the ice]

Victoria put herself in the running for Jr. Worlds for sure. What a great skate! She looked so happy.

Let us hope that whoever goes will get a top 10 placement and more opportunities for our juniors next year. Victoria, Quinn, Mégane, Ksenia, Uxia, and perhaps Camila, Hannah (I think she will impress again at NextGen) and Kaylee deserve at least one JGP and of course Lia deserves 2. If not JGP then PLEASE - other ISU junior events. Calissa was awesome but I am guessing she will be a senior next year?

For the Junior girls skating senior - I am not 100% sure of ages or whether they want to move to senior (if 17) (Sandrine, Hetty, Lulu, Megan and of course Minsol when she gets released). But let's see how the weekend goes. I am so excited!

 

[4everchan]

We haven't had such a big group of young junior women at that level in a very long time. Very exciting indeed.

 

[4everchan]

... and it will be hard not to give that JWC spot to any one other than Victoria. She didn't put a foot wrong this weekend. She has some work to do to improve her components but the jumps are very solid.

 

[saine]

With the Juniors, so much can change between seasons too. There were skaters (both in the men and women) who improved from where they were at last season and that's what I liked watching yesterday.

I was happy for Calissa and Megane since they showed that they could have more solid free skates while being in a position where they could podium. They'll be looking to move up to Senior based on their ages, so that's valuable experience to gain. James C. and Travis both showed massive improvements from where they last season and Ethan put himself in the mix in his first year as a Junior.

 

[saine]

I am not 100% sure of ages or whether they want to move to senior (if 17) (Sandrine, Hetty, Lulu, Megan and of course Minsol when she gets released). But let's see how the weekend goes. I am so excited!

Sandrine turns 17 in December 2026 and Lulu will turn 17 in January 2027. Hetty, Megan and Minsol will be eligible next season, along with Reese

 

[Cutting the ice]

Totally agree with you @saine. At their age, bodies change so fast and that and nagging injuries - even small ones, can mess up timing. I am sure a few of those boys are working hard on the triple axel and next year we will see some impressive skates. Travis, Ethan, James Cha will continue to improve and impress. Jonathan Morovec was doing better pre-Challenge. I hope he can return to form. Parker is impressive but he needs a triple axel to be a senior. Similar to David S.

I cringed at how many times Ted appeared to apologize / make excuses to Mark for the skating of our Junior men though. I look forward to the day when there is no need for that.

 

[4everchan]

Totally agree with you @saine. At their age, bodies change so fast and that and nagging injuries - even small ones, can mess up timing. I am sure a few of those boys are working hard on the triple axel and next year we will see some impressive skates. Travis, Ethan, James Cha will continue to improve and impress. Jonathan Morovec was doing better pre-Challenge. I hope he can return to form. Parker is impressive but he needs a triple axel to be a senior. Similar to David S.

I cringed at how many times Ted appeared to apologize / make excuses to Mark for the skating of our Junior men though. I look forward to the day when there is no need for that.

Ted is being unfair considering that most our top junior eligible men are all skating seniors. That's strange he wouldn't emphasize on this considering he should know as these senior-juniors all skated in JGP which he does cover. Really strange.

One name not mentioned enough is Liam Schmidt, the only junior who did attempt a triple axel. He has beautiful posture and a great lift on some of his jumps, most noticeably the triple lutz. He is coming back slowly from injury and I look forward to seeing him develop. He's a nice kid with huge potential.

 

[ladyjane]

One name not mentioned enough is Liam Schmidt, the only junior who did attempt a triple axel. He has beautiful posture and a great lift on some of his jumps, most noticeably the triple lutz. He is coming back slowly from injury and I look forward to seeing him develop. He's a nice kid with huge potential.

He did. I remember that too!

 

[FlossieH]

Ted is being unfair considering that most our top junior eligible men are all skating seniors. That's strange he wouldn't emphasize on this considering he should know as these senior-juniors all skated in JGP which he does cover. Really strange.

One name not mentioned enough is Liam Schmidt, the only junior who did attempt a triple axel. He has beautiful posture and a great lift on some of his jumps, most noticeably the triple lutz. He is coming back slowly from injury and I look forward to seeing him develop. He's a nice kid with huge potential.

Ted is also being unfair because Mark is quite used to the standard here in the UK and - even without those who have opted to compete as seniors domestically - your junior men are ahead of ours.

Liam Schmidt impressed me.

 

[Heather T]

Can I make a little complaint about the competition being streamed using DailyMotion? Sometimes it works well, at other times, slow and glitchy- can’t watch it. This is my experience on large screen tv. On my iPad or desktop computer, I have a better experience. I would to know what the issue is because watching on the larger screen is almost like being there in-person.

 

[soccerjc77]

One thing I love about Victoria Barakhtina is her calm demeanor. Watching her skate isn't stressful at all. The sense of calm she exudes is very pleasant. I hope they will consider her for the Junior World Championships.

 

[eringoodall15]

Sandrine turns 17 in December 2026 and Lulu will turn 17 in January 2027. Hetty, Megan and Minsol will be eligible next season, along with Reese

Calissa should also be eligible next year as well. I believe she is the same age as Reese and Megan.

 

[Diana Delafield]

Can I make a little complaint about the competition being streamed using DailyMotion? Sometimes it works well, at other times, slow and glitchy- can’t watch it. This is my experience on large screen tv. On my iPad or desktop computer, I have a better experience. I would to know what the issue is because watching on the larger screen is almost like being there in-person.

I only have one device, a MacBook, to watch anything. I'm having that same problem of skaters being muddy smears every few seconds. If they're going to put all the upcoming competitions on that, I'll end up watching only pairs and not being able to enjoy even that very much.

 

[4everchan]

I haven't had any issue watching on my macbook

 

[Diana Delafield]

I haven't had any issue watching on my macbook

 

[Cutting the ice]

I watch on my iPad with no issues. Perhaps it’s bandwidth? It’s been really good for me unlike the Ontario paid stream.

 

[Heather T]

I watch on my iPad with no issues. Perhaps it’s bandwidth? It’s been really good for me unlike the Ontario paid stream.

I know it’s not a bandwidth problem. I think it’s a DailyMotion problem (for me, anyway). And it’s nothing new… I really wish Skate Canada would use YT. I was just curious if anyone else might be suffering with DailyMotion…

 

[4everchan]

I have very good Internet...maybe that's the issue