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All-Event Tickets on Sale for ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® 2023
January 26, 2023/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (January 24, 2023) – Skate Canada is excited to announce that all-event tickets for the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® 2023 can now be purchased at Ticketmaster.ca. The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® will take place in Calgary, Alberta, at WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park, from February 27 to March 5, 2023, and will feature the world’s top young skaters competing for junior titles in men, women, pair, and ice dance.

All-event tickets are priced at $100 (plus applicable taxes and fees) and include all competitions, practices, and the Exhibition Gala (the Exhibition Gala practice is closed to the public).

Single day tickets will be available for sale in February 2023.

ABOUT THE ISU WORLD JUNIOR FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS®

The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual event that moves around the globe, showcasing the best young skaters from around the world.

Skate Canada has a long and illustrious history of hosting ISU sanctioned events, having previously held the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships five times. This will be the first time Calgary has been selected to host the event. Canada has hosted the Championships in London (1981), Kitchener (1987, 2005), Hull, (1992), and Saint John (1998).

Sixteen Canadian Skaters Set to Compete for Junior World Titles in Calgary Next Week
February 21, 2023/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (February 21, 2023) – Sixteen of Canada’s most prominent junior athletes will be competing at Calgary’s WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park from February 27 – March 5, 2023 in the hopes of taking home junior world titles in their respective disciplines. Team Canada will count one woman, three men, three pair teams and three ice dance teams at the 2023 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships®.

In women, local talent Kaiya Ruiter will be looking to shine in front of her home crowd after the 16-year-old captured a silver medal at the 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in senior women, as well as another silver at the 2022 Ice Challenge.

The men’s field will be led by National Team member and 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships senior bronze medalist Wesley Chiu, who will be joined by junior national champion Edward Nicholas Vasii and Aleksa Rakic, who finished fifth at the Egna Junior Grand Prix earlier this season.

Grand Prix finalists and junior national champions Chloe Panetta & Kieran Thraser will be leading the charge in the pair discipline after a breakthrough season that includes a bronze medal at the Ostrava Junior Grand Prix. Grand Prix silver medalists Ava Kemp & Yohnatan Elizarov will be competing alongside them, as well as IceChallenge gold medalists Ashlyn Schmitz & Tristan Taylor.

Completing the team will be three solid ice dance teams, including Grand Prix Final junior champions Nadiia Bashynska & Peter Beaumont, who have won every competition they’ve entered this season. Riga Junior Grand Prix silver medalists and Skate Canada Challenge champions Sandrine Gauthier & Quentin Thieren will also be aiming for a spot on the podium, as will 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships bronze medalists Hailey Yu & Brendan Giang.

Competition begins on Wednesday, March 1 with the pair and women’s short program, followed by the men’s short program and pair free program the following day. Friday will see the women’s titles awarded, while ice dancers will perform their rhythm dance. The event concludes on Saturday with the men’s free program and the free dance. Select athletes will also take part in the Exhibition Gala on Sunday, March 5. For more information about the event or to purchase tickets, please click here: https://worldjuniorfigureskating.com/

The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships® is the pinnacle junior figure skating competition of the year. It is an annual event that moves around the globe and is hosted each year by a different skating federation.