2023 Autumn Classic International Challenger Series Event #2 - 14-16 Sept. - Montreal, QC

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The entries have now been posted: http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117403.htm

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Skate Canada has added two skaters to this event - Stephen Gogolev for the Men and Justine Miclette for the Women:

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There have been a few changes in the entries as originally posted - check here: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117403.htm

Skate Canada's press release on the CDN team: https://skatecanada.ca/2023/09/canadian ... rnational/

Canadian Skaters Set to Dazzle at the 2023 Autumn Classic International
September 7, 2023/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (September 7, 2023) – Over 75 athletes from around the world will be competing at the 2023 Autumn Classic International, which will take place in Pierrefonds, Quebec, from September 14-16, 2023. The Canadian delegation will count fourteen athletes, including two ISU Grand Prix gold medalists.

Kaiya Ruiter, the 2023 national silver medalist, will be competing in the women’s event, along with Justine Miclette, who recently placed 11th at the 2023 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

In the men’s event, the spotlight will be on 2023 Cranberry Cup International silver medalist Wesley Chiu and 2022 Skate Canada Challenge champion Stephen Gogolev.

The pair event will be led by 2023 Canadian champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, who are looking to continue their streak of strong performances on the international stage. Also competing will be Emmanuelle Proft and Nicolas Nadeau, as well as Caidence Derenisky and Raine Eberl, who respectively placed fifth and sixth at the 2023 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships.

2023 junior national silver medalists Sandrine Gauthier and Quentin Thieren will be looking to make their mark in their first season competing as seniors, while Alyssa Robinson and Jacob Portz will complete the ice dance squad.

Competition will be fierce with a stacked field of international competitors which includes the two-time women’s World Champion Kaori Sakamoto (JPN), young phenom Ilia Malinin (USA), who placed third at the 2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, and pair World Champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (JPN).

The event kicks off on Thursday, September 14 with the pair and women’s short programs, followed by the men’s short program, rhythm dance, and the pair and women’s free program on Friday, September 15. Competition concludes on Saturday, September 16 with the men’s free program and the free dance.

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The Entries/Start Orders/Results page is on the Skate Canada website: https://skatecanada.ca/results/23aci/cs ... /index.htm

The link for the livestream is also on the Skate Canada website for the event: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-autumn-clas ... ive-stream

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This preview article provides information on the music selections, etc. for the competitors: https://anythinggoe.com/aci2023preview/

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For Day 1-
The start order for the Pairs SP


The start order for the Women SP

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Men SP start order for Friday - 10:45 a.m. EDT:


Rhythm Dance start order for Friday - 1:10 p.m. EDT:

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The replay video of the Dailymotion stream of the Pairs SP: https://t.co/pZ8jIdvo6p

The results of the Pairs SP


Note that both of the "new" CDN teams got the minimum TES mark needed to qualify to skate at Worlds (and 4CC which is lower).

Photos of the top 3 pairs

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The 2nd event of Day 1 was the Women SP. The "archived" video stream: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o30hv

The results:


The top 3 Women after the SP





Skate Canada press release after Day 1 of competition: https://skatecanada.ca/2023/09/quebec-b ... rnational/

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Coming up next, on Day 2


At 10:45 a.m. EDT - start order:


Archived video stream: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o3fo2

At 1:10 p.m. EDT - start order:


Archived video stream: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o3jak

Later there will be the Pairs and Women FS.

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Men SP results


The top 3 Men

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The Rhythm Dance results:


The top three in the RD




The two CDN teams

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The Pairs FS video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o3ngb

The FS results:


The overall Pairs results:


The top 3




The Pairs Victory Ceremony video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o3r1g

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The last event of Day 2 - the Women FS - the video should be posted here in due course: https://www.dailymotion.com/skatecanada

The results:


The Overall Results:


The victory ceremony video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o3t7n
A happy podium

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Skate Canada's press release focused on the CDN success on Day 2: https://skatecanada.ca/2023/09/canadian ... rnational/

Canadian Skaters Win Four Medals on Second Day of Autumn Classic International
September 15, 2023/by Skate Canada

Pierrefonds, Quebec (September 15, 2023) – Canadian skaters had an amazing day on Friday at the 2023 Autumn Classic International taking place in Pierrefonds, Que., finishing the day with four medals – 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze from the pair and women’s events.

Deanna Stellato-Dudek, 40, of Chicago, USA and Maxime Deschamps, 31, of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., debuted their new free skate to music from “Interview with a Vampire” and were very happy with their score of 131.82 which combined with their first-place score from their short program, earned them a total score of 203.62 to win gold in the pair competition.

“It was the first time we came out with that program so we’re happy with it overall. We have stuff we still need to work on, but overall, we were able to pass the 200-point mark and that was a big goal we set this year and now that’s already done!” said Deschamps following the competition.

Fellow Canadian pair skaters Emmanuelle Proft, 21, of Ottawa, Ont., and Nicolas Nadeau, 25, of Boisbriand, Que., who were competing in their first international competition as a pair, also had a strong free skate, despite a couple of errors, that saw them mount the podium to take the bronze medal with a total score of 165.39.

“Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed in myself as I would have really liked to have done the triple loop side-by-side, but aside from that, I’m happy with our performance. I stayed in the character, and in the choreography, and the solo and I’m really happy about that and I’m even more happy that I get to come home with a medal on home ice,” said Proft.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan, the 2023 World Pair Champions who live and train in Oakville, Ont., captured the silver medal with a total score of 188.05.

In the women’s competition, two-time World Champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan was unstoppable, winning the gold with a total score of 203.20. Kaiya Ruiter, 17, of Calgary, Alta., improved from her fourth-place finish in the short program to finish second in the free skate, garnering her the silver medal with a score of 172.68.

“It was a fight for sure, but it felt like a good fight,” said Ruiter who was competing in her first international competition this season. “It felt like a good performance, and I’m very excited to take some things that I’ve been working on and put them towards the next performance this season.”

Justine Miclette, 17, of Chambly, Que., rounded out the podium, bringing home the bronze medal with a total score of 169.24.

“I’m pretty happy, I was going out there to have some fun, and I had some fun. The crowd was even bigger than yesterday so that was fantastic. I really felt their energy and it helped me keep going when I was tired at the end. It was an incredible experience,” said Miclette.

The men’s event started today with the short program, and Canadians Stephen Gogolev of Toronto, and Wesley Chiu of Vancouver finished the day sitting in the silver and bronze positions respectively behind Ilia Malinin of the USA. Their competition will wrap up Saturday with the free skate.

After the rhythm dance, Sandrine Gauthier of Saint-Constant, Que., and Quentin Thieren of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que., are sitting in sixth, while Alyssa Robinson of Ridgetown, Ont., and Jacob Portz of Calgary, Alta., are sitting 9th. The ice dance competition will wrap up Saturday with the free dance.

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Happening now the Men FS: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8nxu3h

Start Order and (Sort of) live results: https://skatecanada.ca/results/23aci/cs ... SEG002.htm

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The Men FS video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o47f2

The FS results for the Men


The overall results:


The Victory Ceremony video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o4aep

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The final event of the final day, the Free Dance. The video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o4azd

The results:


The overall Ice Dance results:


The victory ceremony video - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o4cu1



The top CDN team finished 6th in their senior debut

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Skate Canada's final press release for this event: https://skatecanada.ca/2023/09/bronze-f ... rnational/

Bronze for Gogolev to Close out Autumn Classic International
September 16, 2023/by Skate Canada

Pierrefonds, Quebec (September 16, 2023) – The 2023 Autumn Classic International skating competition wrapped up on Saturday in Pierrefonds, Que., and was headlined by Canadian Stephen Gogolev of Toronto bringing home a bronze medal in the men’s event.

Gogolev, who was sitting in second following his short program, struggled a bit with his free skate but held on to finish third overall with a total score of 233.26. Fellow Canadian Wesley Chiu of Vancouver also struggled a little bit with his free skate and dropped from third to finish seventh overall with a total score of 208.82.

“The beginning started a bit shaky, and I think that was part of the competition nerves kicking in, but overall I’m pretty satisfied with the second half of the program and I was able to pull everything together,” said Gogolev who was the Skate Canada Challenge champion in 2022.

Ilia Malinin of the USA won gold with a total score of 281.68 while Kevin Aymoz of France improved mightily from his short program to capture the silver with a total score of 237.35.

The Canadian ice dance team of Sandrine Gauthier of Saint-Constant, Que., and Quentin Thieren of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que., finished the competition sixth with a total score of 154.78, while Alyssa Robinson of Ridgetown, Ont., and Jacob Portz of Calgary, Alta., finished 9th with a total score of 134.30.

“We’re pretty proud of what we managed to put out there,” said Thieren. When asked what they plan to work on as they move into their first international season as seniors, Gauthier added: “We want to work on the details, and the expression of the program, but projection is the main thing for us.”

Eva Pate and Logan Bye of the USA won gold in ice dance with a total score of 191.20, while Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France took silver (186.94), and Hanna Lim and Ye Quan of Korea took bronze (170.70).

The next international figure skating competition to take place in Canada will be the Skate Canada International event, happening in Vancouver from October 27 to 29, 2023. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canada-international/