All posts tagged "2008 Canadian Nationals"

Langlois and Hay take pairs title in Vancouver

Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay (QC) won their first senior national title with less than a point...
Chan edges out Buttle for Canadian title

Patrick Chan (CO) won the Men’s event with a new record score for Canadian Nationals. The 17-year-old...
Virtue and Moir win national title

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (WO) easily captured their first Senior national title, distancing themselves from the...
Baldé wins Junior men’s title

Elladj Baldé (QC) won the Junior men’s title by more than 15 points, followed by Paul Poirier...
Rochette wins fourth national title

The 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships concluded Sunday with the Senior Ladies Long Program. Joannie Rochette...
McNeil wins Junior ladies title

Kelsey McNeil (NB) won the Junior Ladies title, while Vanessa Grenier (QC) and Amanda Velenosi (QC) won...
Langlois and Hay first after short program

Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay (QC) placed first in the Pairs Short program, followed closely by Meagan...
Rochette leader at Canadian Nationals

Joannie Rochette (QC) is the current leader after the Ladies Short program, followed closely by Mira Leung...
Buttle leads Canadian men in Vancouver

Jeffrey Buttle (NO) led the men in the short program, followed by Patrick Chan (CO) and Christopher...
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...
Baldé in first after the short

Elladj Baldé (QC) nailed his opening triple Axel-triple toeloop combination with a big smile, but then fell...
Pisotta and Stewart win Junior pairs title

Monica Pisotta and Michael Stewart of Central Ontario won the Junior Pairs title, while Paige Lawrence and...
Virtue and Moir 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 lead juniors in Vancouver

The 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships are being held Jan 16-20 at the Pacific Coliseum in...
Pisotta and Stewart lead junior pairs at Canadian Nationals

The pairs short program proved to be a very competitive event, with teams vying for the two...
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....
Addison leads junior ladies at Canadian Nationals

Rebecca Addison of Central Ontario was the winner of the ladies short program with 43.41 points. The...
Virtue and Moir take easy lead at Canadian Nationals

The Compulsory Dance (CD) of the event was the Yankee Polka, which consists of two sequences and...

Figure Skating pairs team Shen Xue and Hongbo Zhao became the first Chinese skaters in any discipline to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games (2010). They won the bronze in both 2002 and 2006.

They are also the first Chinese pair team in figure skating to win a World title (2002). They also took the World title in 2003 and 2007.

More on Shen Xue and Hongbo Zhao from Golden Skate.