ISU GP#2 - Skate Canada International 2023 - Vancouver - Oct. 27-29

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All event tickets are available until July 20th: https://skatecanada.ca/2023/07/world-me ... rnational/

World Medalists to Headline 2023 Skate Canada International
July 10, 2023/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (July 10, 2023) – Following the release of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating assignments by the International Skating Union (ISU), Skate Canada is excited to announce the athletes that will be competing at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, B.C., from October 27-29, 2023. 

A total of 18 Canadian skaters will be showcasing their skills at 2023 Skate Canada International, including 2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships bronze medalists and defending ice dance champions Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier. They will be joined by Canadian Champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Maxime Deschamps and Madeline Schizas, as well as 2022 Grand Prix medalists Brooke McIntosh, Benjamin Mimar, Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Éthier.

Team Canada will be lining up against a stacked field of international competitors, notably two-time ISU World Champion Kaori Sakamoto (JPN), 2023 ISU World silver medalist Junhwan Cha (KOR), 2023 ISU Four Continents Champion Kao Miura (JPN) and ISU European silver medalists Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson (GBR).

Skate Canada International is the second competition on the annual ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Other events take place in the United States (Skate America), France (Grand Prix de France), China (Cup of China), Finland (Grand Prix Espoo) and Japan (NHK Trophy).

LAST CHANCE FOR ALL-EVENT TICKETS

All-event tickets for 2023 Skate Canada International are still on sale until July 20 and will give fans full access to all competitions, as well as Thursday practices and the highly coveted Exhibition Gala. Single session tickets will be available starting July 27, 2023.

2023 SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES

MEN
Wesley Chiu (CAN)
Conrad Orzel (CAN)
Roman Sadovsky (CAN)
Mihhail Selevko (EST)
Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR)
Matteo Rizzo (ITA)
Kao Miura (JPN)
Kazuki Tomono (JPN)
Sota Yamamoto (JPN)
Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)
Junhwan Cha (KOR)
Liam Kapeikis (USA)

WOMEN
Sara-Maude Dupuis (CAN)
Kaiya Ruiter (CAN)
Madeline Schizas (CAN)
Nicole Schott (GER)
Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA)
Rika Kihira (JPN)
Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
Rinka Watanabe (JPN)
Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)
Starr Andews (USA)
Audrey Shin (USA)
Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

PAIR
Anastasia Golubeva & Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS)
Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier (CAN)
Brooke McIntosh & Benjamin Mimar (CAN)
Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (CAN)
Letizia Roscher & Luis Schuster (GER)
Maria Pavlova & Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)
Lucrezia Beccari & Matteo Guarise (ITA)
Daria Danilova & Michel Tsiba (NED)

ICE DANCE
Alicia Fabbri & Paul Ayer (CAN)
Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (CAN)
Molly Lanaghan & Dmitre Razgulajevs (CAN)
Shiyue Wang & Winyu Liu (CHN)
Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson (GBR)
Jennifier Janse Van Rensburg & Benjamin Steffan (GER)
Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)
Oona Brown & Gage Brown (USA)
Eva Pate & Logan Bye (USA)
Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik (USA)


For more information about the event, click here: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canada-international/

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Skate Canada has announced that Patrick Chan will serve as Event Ambassador for Skate Canada International.

Patrick's comment:

"I am honoured to serve as the Event Ambassador for #SCI23. This competition holds a special place in my heart as it has been a significant part of my journey in figure skating. It will be a fantastic opportunity to connect with fans and fellow athletes."

[Elizabeth]

The current entries, by discipline: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117423.htm

The time and practice schedule: https://results.isu.org/schedules/gpcan ... hedule.pdf

The CBC streaming schedule from: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/streaming-sch ... %20Skating [times shown in EDT]

Fri Oct 27 - 5:00 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Women's Short Program
Fri Oct 27 - 6:50 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
Fri Oct 27 - 9:45 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Pairs Short Program
Fri Oct 27 - 11:10 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Men's Short Program

Sat Oct 28 - 5:00 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Women's Free Program
Sat Oct 28 - 6:25 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Ice Dance Free Program
Sat Oct 28 - 9:00 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Pairs Free Program
Sat Oct 28 - 10:37 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Men's Short Program

Sun Oct 29 - 5:00 p.m. - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada International - Gala

NBC will provide a recap program on a delayed basis:
Nov. 4 - Skate Canada International: Recap - 12 p.m. - NBC*

*taped coverage
*Check local listing. Start time may vary based on viewing timezone.

[Elizabeth]

Roman Sadovsky has withdrawn from Skate Canada - as host federation, Skate Canada has the opportunity to name another man to fill the spot.

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Skate Canada has selected Aleksa Rakic to compete at Skate Canada International.

The overall current grid for Men assigned to GP events

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The current entries in each of the 4 disciplines https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117423.htm

The full time and practice schedule https://results.isu.org/schedules/gpcan ... hedule.pdf

The practice groups and music rotation https://results.isu.org/schedules/gpcan ... ionAll.pdf

[Elizabeth]

From Ted Barton on Instagram

Join me and co host Joni McPhail, Kaitlyn Weaver, Kirsten Moore Towers, Kevin Reynolds and Kaetlyn Osmond for the practice sessions and competition Thursday through Saturday at Skate Canada International here in Vancouver. Go to skatecanada.ca to access the stream.

This would appear to be the link where the stream will be shown, I believe it is from the Skate Canada DailyMotion channel: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canad ... ive-stream

From an e-mail just received from Skate Canada

Skate Canada Announces 2023 Skate Canada International Broadcast Team
Skate Canada is pleased to announce the talented team of former high performance athletes that will bring a fresh approach to skating coverage at 2023 Skate Canada International, which will take place in Vancouver, B.C., from October 27-29, 2023.

Our live stream will welcome back Kevin Reynolds, Kaetlyn Osmond, Kirsten Moore-Towers, and Kaitlyn Weaver, along with host Ted Barton to provide us with in-depth commentary throughout the week for English viewers. French viewers will also receive top-notch coverage throughout the event as Alicia Pineault, Charlie Bilodeau, Élisabeth Paradis, and Laurence Darveau make their live stream debut.

This enhanced production aims at providing positive analysis of our sport and a supportive approach to help skaters on their individual journeys to achieve excellence. Fans can stream 2023 Skate Canada International on skatecanada.ca, CBC.ca, or CBC Gem. These will be the only places to watch this prestigious event, as there will be no network broadcast.

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ISU preview article: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

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The links for the portions of the competition plus the Gala can be found on the CBC Sports player - they are in reverse order at the moment:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympi ... %20skating

There will a SCI episode of That Figure Skating Show on Saturday - the link for it can be found on the same site.

The links on the ISU YouTube channel are not yet showing up: https://www.youtube.com/user/SkatingISU

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The ISU overview of the schedule - Vancouver is 3 hours behind EDT.


Some parts of the world switch away from "summer" time overnight on Saturday night but Canada and the US don't change until later in the month.

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Today's practice information (local time in Vancouver) - Skate Canada will have live cameras as mentioned in a post above.

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A reminder from the ISU of who's competing




The practice groups for today
Women: 10:00-11:20 Pacific time/1:00-2:20 pm Eastern Daylight Time
Pairs: 11:35-12:55 Pacific time/2:35-3:55 pm EDT
Ice Dance: 13:10-14:30 Pacific time/4:10-5:30 pm EDT
Men: 14:45-16:05 Pacific time/5:45-7:05 pm EDT

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Any predictions of results?

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The first group of Women is on the ice practicing and we have Kevin and Kaetlyn commenting.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8oz829

The 3 CDN Women were in the 2nd warm-up group of the practice this morning






The 2nd practice is the Pairs with commentary by Kaitlyn Weaver and Kirsten Moore-Towers.

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The Entries/Start Orders/Results link is now up: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/gpcan2023/

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The CDN pairs during and after practice today







On practice now, the ice dancers.

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Our first views of Piper and Paul this season - their free dance practice - they are using the soundtrack from "Wuthering Heights"

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The last practice of the day was the Men - the 3 CDNs:

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During the practices yesterday Nam Nguyen was busy in the stands - there were a lot of students there at the invitation of Skate Canada and he was telling them what was happening and encouraging them to cheer.

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Today's competition times - all times local to Vancouver


Practices are already underway and being live streamed with commentary.

Watch the live stream: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canad ... ive-stream

Direct DailyMotion link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8oz829

[Elizabeth]

A WARNING - if you are "approached" to be a friend on Facebook by what purports to be Skate Canada International decline the invitation - it is a spam page trying to get your credit card # to allow you to watch the event!!! As you should know, there is no charge to watch the stream.
Sadly, several skating fans have accepted the friends invitation already which has made others think it is legitimate.

The page has been reported but I don't know if Facebook has taken it down yet.

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For those in Canada hoping to watch the ISU YouTube stream, it appears that it has been geoblocked in Canada, making the stream being done by Skate Canada Productions as the only game in town as I believe it is also being used by CBC, instead of the ISU stream, for this event.

Mark Hanretty is commenting on the ISU feed.

[Elizabeth]

And we are LIVE - via Skate Canada's stream and via CBC https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/olympi ... %20skating - they are both showing the Skate Canada Productions feed. Ted Barton is the host and Kaetlyn Osmond is the commentator for the Women's SP.

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The first event of Day 1 was the Women SP - results:



The CDN Women:




The top 3 Women:

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Event #2 of Day 1 - the Rhythm Dance - the results:



The 3 CDN teams




The top 3 teams




A Press Conference photo


A couple of extra images of P2, just because