First-Time Senior World Competitors = 4 (Aldridge/Eaton, Paul/Islam, Zhang/Bartholomay, Lawrence/Swiegers) Former Junior Worlds Medalists = 4* (Shibutani/Shibutani, Aldridge/Eaton, Weaver/Poje, Paul/Islam) *Madison Chock, Evan Bates, and Paul Poirier also earned Junior Worlds medals with previous partners Combined Previous Worlds Appearances, Dance…
2014 Winter Olympics Pre-Game Analysis
by Jacquelyn Thayer Six dance and five pairs teams representing the U.S. and Canada will take on Sochi ice in the two weeks to come (with some competing as well in the first-ever Olympic team event this weekend). As ever,…
Flashback Friday (Weekend Edition): 1998 Winter Olympics
The dance event in Nagano, Japan, at the 1998 Winter Olympics is remembered probably in significant part for an off-the-podium finish for reigning Canadian champions and World bronze medalists Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz — a result not wholly unjustified…
Olympic Resources
Offered here is a non-exhaustive list of official websites, verified or otherwise official social media accounts, and other links that may be of use during the Olympic Games. We’ll continue to update this content to keep things current. Event Websites…
Flashback Friday (Weekend Edition): 1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, proved a great year for North American pairs, with Canada’s Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, 1993 World champions, capturing their second Olympic bronze and Jenni Meno & Todd Sand of the U.S.…
Flashback Friday: 1988 Winter Olympics
In these last weeks before Sochi, we’ll be revisiting a few notable Olympics past, and the 1988 Calgary Olympics seem as fair a jumping-off point as any — delivering dance and pairs bronze for Canada and the U.S. alike in…