The Canadian Press: Chan's emergence and Virtue-Moir success highlight Canadian figure skating: "Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir appear bound for the world figure skating podium after a strong showing in 2007 while Patrick Chan continued his meteoric rise this year.
The only medals won by Canadians at the world championships in Tokyo last March were silver - the second in a row for ice dancers Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.
As it turns out, the Montreal couple probably would have won gold at the 2008 world meet in Goteborg, Sweden, next March had they not decided to take this season off because two-time world champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski of Bulgaria are out of competition due to the criminal charges against Staviski following a traffic fatality.
The absence of Dubreuil and Lauzon opened a door for Virtue and Moir, the ice dancers from the London, Ont., area who were sixth in Tokyo. It was a marvellous showing given it was the first senior world championship for the 2006 world junior gold medallists. Finishing fourth at the Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy, on Dec. 15 was another boost in their partnership.
Virtue, 18, and Moir, 20, now aim for the world podium in Goteborg.
Chan, the 16-year-old Torontonian who was fifth nationally last winter, showed he has arrived by qualifying for the GP Final and finishing fifth. Chan could knock"
Friday, December 28, 2007
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