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https://skatecanada.ca/2024-canadian-national-skating-championships/
https://skatecanada.ca/2024-canadian-national-skating-championships/
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00:00:48 Welcome back, everyone, to Calgary in the Winsport Arena.
00:00:51 The final competition, the final event of the day
00:00:54 has moved up to minus 33 now in the weather report.
00:00:57 Caitlin Osmond, myself, Ted Barton here,
00:00:59 the Men's Short Program.
00:01:01 You know, we've talked about this through the weekend
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00:01:06 Anything, anyone.
00:01:07 Really, it is a full open field.
00:01:10 The reigning Canadian champion is not here.
00:01:12 He retired last year, Mr. Kikimessing.
00:01:15 And it's really anyone's game to take that again.
00:01:18 There's a strong field, a lot of strong outings
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00:01:23 are people to look out for.
00:01:25 So of course, there's Roman Sadowski,
00:01:27 who is finally able to compete this year,
00:01:29 but is such a wild card because we haven't seen him.
00:01:32 And then, of course, Wesley Chu, who I find he's
00:01:35 really impressive this year, really grown as a skater,
00:01:38 really improved his skating skills
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00:01:41 And then Conrad and Steven Gogolev,
00:01:44 who really have these strong, powerful jumps.
00:01:47 And then it's a matter of doing them
00:01:49 and then also adding in the extra stuff.
00:01:50 And you have a little wild card with both Matthew Newnham,
00:01:53 of course, and Alexa Rakic, who have really improved.
00:01:55 Their juniors are moving up, of course, even last season.
00:01:59 But you have to give the lead a little bit to Roman
00:02:01 because of his experience and his quality of skating.
00:02:04 But he needs to skate clean because there's
00:02:06 a lot of young men behind him who can deliver those quads,
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00:02:10 So it's going to be so interesting to see.
00:02:13 Roman's program, we saw that this morning, so interesting,
00:02:16 so dramatic.
00:02:17 So there's a little bit of an edge on that.
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00:02:20 And he's such an incredible skater,
00:02:22 one of the fastest spinners I've ever seen in the world.
00:02:25 And he has that extra quality that you're looking for.
00:02:28 And that's a senior level skater.
00:02:29 And then it's the matter of doing the tricks
00:02:31 and not having the experience this year.
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00:02:33 Well, a lot of these young men, they
00:02:35 can do the quads, the triple axles,
00:02:37 wonderful skating skills.
00:02:38 But a little unpredictable.
00:02:39 We don't know what's going to happen.
00:02:41 But we're going to find out because the Men's Short Program
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00:15:01 When the night has come and the land is dark
00:15:12 and the moon is the only light we see,
00:15:23 no, I won't be afraid.
00:15:29 No, I won't be afraid.
00:15:35 Just as long as you stand, stand by me.
00:15:44 So darling, darling, stand by me.
00:15:51 Oh, stand by me.
00:15:58 Oh, stand.
00:16:02 Stand by me.
00:16:04 I won't cry.
00:16:12 I won't cry.
00:16:14 No, I won't shed a tear.
00:16:20 Just as long as you stand, stand by me.
00:16:29 So darling, darling, stand by me.
00:16:37 Oh, stand by me.
00:16:43 Oh, stand.
00:16:44 Stand by me.
00:16:55 Oh, my love, stand by me.
00:17:06 Stand, my love.
00:17:08 Stand by me.
00:17:18 Stand by me.
00:17:23 Stand by me.
00:17:24 Stand by me.
00:17:30 [APPLAUSE]
00:17:47 Not a bad skate for Ethan.
00:17:49 He's just proud to be here at this point.
00:17:51 He's already achieved his goal for the season.
00:17:54 And it had moments-- he's such a gorgeous skater who can carry
00:17:59 speed across the ice so effortlessly.
00:18:02 Unfortunately, the mistake on the Lutz--
00:18:05 apologies-- on the Lutz, turning it into a single,
00:18:08 will be extremely costly.
00:18:10 But he's here.
00:18:13 Yeah, you can see how fast he rotated on the triple loop.
00:18:15 Oh, he rotates so fast.
00:18:17 He has a beautiful triple axel.
00:18:19 Not shown today, but he can do an amazing triple axel.
00:18:22 He has very high jumps.
00:18:25 He always reminds me of Von Shapiro when he skates,
00:18:27 especially in the jumping passes.
00:18:31 And this season, he's worked really hard on controlling his
00:18:34 energy throughout the program, worked really hard on improving
00:18:38 his spins, because, well, he loves jumping.
00:18:40 Yeah.
00:18:42 First skater out, never easy to start the event.
00:18:48 Here's a look at that opening axel.
00:18:55 You can see how much lift and volt he has up into the air.
00:18:58 Clearly room for an extra rotation.
00:19:01 Yeah, lots of room.
00:19:03 And then here, just a little bit quick on the toe on the takeoff.
00:19:06 So he's had to bail.
00:19:08 Unfortunately, not getting any points for that jump.
00:19:11 And that was going to be his combination.
00:19:14 He could have probably put a combination on there, but that requires
00:19:18 a lot more thinking.
00:19:19 Yeah, he was a little slow with the free leg, too, so maybe he just
00:19:22 wasn't prepared.
00:19:23 Played it safe with the triple loop on its own, because that was the plan.
00:19:27 Yeah, he stuck to the plan.
00:19:29 Stick to the plan.
00:19:31 And here you see he's really working on getting the speed and the spins,
00:19:37 trying to get the position to maximize the levels.
00:19:40 And he did get a level four on that change combination spin that we just saw there.
00:19:46 He said he started in hockey, as many boys do, but he loves jumping.
00:19:51 And you can see it.
00:19:52 He's a good jumper.
00:19:53 He's also a snowboarder, so he's got the daredevil in him.
00:19:57 Started skating at the age of five.
00:20:02 It says, "My biggest injury was that when I fell out of a hammock.
00:20:06 2019 broke three bones in my foot."
00:20:09 My gosh, really?
00:20:10 That must have been a high hammock.
00:20:12 Good experience for him here.
00:20:19 First time out at Senior Nationals.
00:20:21 First time out at Senior Nationals.
00:20:23 First time back on a national stage in two years.
00:20:31 It's different being in the Kiss and Cry for the first time in front of a live stream.
00:20:35 Yeah, you're not quite sure.
00:20:36 Not quite sure what to do there.
00:20:38 Jessica, of course, in the Kiss and Cry, started you when?
00:20:46 When I was two years old.
00:20:48 So I know her well.
00:20:49 Back in Newfoundland, right?
00:20:50 Back in Newfoundland.
00:20:51 And now I work with a lot of her skaters, so she's still telling me what to do every day.
00:20:56 Nothing's changed.
00:20:57 Here we go.
00:20:58 Her and Ravi still telling me what to do.
00:21:00 In N.C. John or somewhere else?
00:21:01 In Edmonton.
00:21:02 No, no, no.
00:21:03 Did you start with N.C. John?
00:21:04 Oh, in Marystown.
00:21:05 Okay, 48.15 for Ethan Scott.
00:21:08 First skater out in the competition.
00:21:10 Experience gained.
00:21:12 Nice.
00:21:15 Our next competitor represents Saskatchewan, out of the Saskatoon Figure Skating Club,
00:21:21 20-year-old Demian Bukert.
00:21:23 He's coached by Gennady Kazkov.
00:21:26 Choreographed for the short program by Rhonda Booth.
00:21:30 He'll skate the short program, Do We Have It All.
00:21:34 He'll skate the short program, Do We Have It All.
00:21:37 He'll skate the short program, Do We Have It All.
00:21:40 [Music]
00:21:44 There was fire around us so I should have known why
00:21:48 The touch of his hands were as cold as his eyes
00:21:53 So don't you tell me we weren't hypnotised
00:21:57 Whoa, oh, oh, oh
00:22:01 The print was so small I didn't understand
00:22:06 He cut our thumbs and placed a feather in our hands
00:22:11 Told us we would see all our dreams and plans unfold
00:22:16 Oh, oh, oh
00:22:18 Our hearts we have sold
00:22:23 For diamonds and gold
00:22:27 But hey baby, take a look
00:22:32 We have it all
00:22:36 You'll have a new life
00:22:41 Hearts turned to dirt
00:22:45 Along with the rest of your body
00:22:49 It's all claimed by the earth
00:22:55 [Music]
00:23:12 Hear me, can you hear me?
00:23:21 I am calling out to you for the last time
00:23:28 Our hearts we have sold
00:23:38 For diamonds and gold
00:23:43 Take a look, look at me
00:23:48 Can you hear me?
00:23:51 I am calling out to you for the last time
00:24:00 Take a look, look at me
00:24:05 Can you hear me?
00:24:09 I am calling out to you for the last time
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00:24:28 [Applause]
00:24:37 Well, Caitlin, what a wonderful jumper.
00:24:39 Lifts so high, rotates nice and fast.
00:24:42 So fast to rotate and very effortlessly getting up into the air.
00:24:46 Like it just launches without extra effort.
00:24:48 Yeah, exactly.
00:24:49 Wonderful posture as well.
00:24:51 Great posture, great speed and flow across the ice.
00:24:54 And really strong with the attention to detail.
00:24:57 You could see in his spins that he really wanted to get those extra levels.
00:25:01 Even when there was a little wobble on the camel spin,
00:25:05 he really focused on holding the position.
00:25:08 And, you know, maybe some work on detail with the, with the arms
00:25:13 and some of the other choreographic or choreography in the program,
00:25:17 but really well organized.
00:25:20 Very well organized and very excited.
00:25:25 He says he just skates.
00:25:27 He just loves to be on the ice.
00:25:29 No other sports, just this.
00:25:32 And he said he got into skating first because his parents put him into skating,
00:25:38 so he knew how, but then he wanted to beat his brother.
00:25:41 So he kept at it.
00:25:44 Always the motivation.
00:25:45 I understand fully.
00:25:48 I'm pretty sure I had the same motivation.
00:25:51 Here you see his really great knee bend on these turns.
00:25:57 And then here on the triple lutz.
00:26:00 Wanting to put the hand down, but forcing himself not to.
00:26:04 And then holding the landing positions.
00:26:07 And then this beautiful triple toe, lots of height in the air.
00:26:11 So the minute he do it, he did it, that he must be working on quad toe.
00:26:15 Beautiful landing position as well.
00:26:16 Good sit, sit position.
00:26:18 That looks like Denis Veselyev's spin, sit spin.
00:26:22 So, so difficult to do that position without grabbing your own foot,
00:26:26 which you'll see most skaters do.
00:26:29 So just adding his own little variations into these movements.
00:26:33 And then here, nice and high on the double axel.
00:26:36 You can see that his back never bends forward and always staying perfectly straight.
00:26:41 Using the strength.
00:26:43 There's the little wobble at the beginning of the camel spin and just scrambling to squeeze and hold on to the very, very end.
00:26:48 And then making sure the knee is well above the hip on that position.
00:26:56 You know, this, this skater would be wonderful to work with because he has the core strength.
00:27:02 He's got great lift in the air.
00:27:04 He rotates fast.
00:27:05 He's got good spin position.
00:27:06 Yeah.
00:27:07 More speed is needed.
00:27:08 More connection with the music, more choreography, you know, lots of things need to work on, but the basics.
00:27:13 Wow.
00:27:14 Really strong.
00:27:15 Really great competitor.
00:27:16 And great to see a clean program.
00:27:20 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:27:21 Exactly.
00:27:22 Okay.
00:27:23 You've been treated to one.
00:27:25 That's great.
00:27:26 Dave Schultz on the right of the screen.
00:27:31 Garrett Gosselin on the left.
00:27:33 Garrett, of course, was such a wonderful, creative, innovative skater when he skated and now working in the area of choreography at Zuman.
00:27:40 The score is for Demián Buchard is 59.48.
00:27:52 Short program.
00:27:53 We'll be on to the competition if that puts him in first place.
00:27:57 He should feel really happy.
00:28:02 He looks...
00:28:03 Yeah, he said you should feel really happy and he does.
00:28:06 Our next competitor represents Quebec, 23-year-old Antoine Goyette.
00:28:13 He qualified 11th in the challenge event in early December.
00:28:18 He's coached by José Normand, choreographed in the short program by Chantal Lafave, a former ice dancer.
00:28:25 A few years, many years ago, skating to You Are The Reason.
00:28:29 [music]
00:28:32 [music]
00:28:34 [music]
00:28:37 [music]
00:28:40 [music]
00:28:42 [music]
00:28:48 [music]
00:28:51 [music]
00:28:54 [music]
00:28:57 [music]
00:29:00 [music]
00:29:03 [music]
00:29:07 You are the reason that I'm still breathing. I'm hopeless now. I'd climb every mountain and swim every ocean. Just to be with you and fix what I've broken.
00:29:36 Oh, I just need you to see that you are the reason.
00:29:53 If I could turn back the clock, I'd make sure that I defeated the dark. I'd spend every hour of every day keeping you safe.
00:30:09 I'd climb every mountain and swim every ocean. Just to be with you and fix what I've broken.
00:30:27 Oh, I just need you to see that you are the reason.
00:30:44 Oh, I just need you to follow me tonight.
00:31:00 I'd climb every mountain and swim every ocean. Cause I need you to see that you are the reason.
00:31:26 Well, as far as the jumping go, that's a sort of a nightmare scenario, Caitlin, but let's get past that for a second.
00:31:32 Really, really nice lift on his jumps and the flying sits, but beautiful spin positions and speed.
00:31:37 Great control on the spins. You can see his flexibility and his strength in those positions.
00:31:44 And overall, a beautiful performance in the way he can use his edges throughout the step sequence, carry speed, move his arms.
00:31:54 He does look quite nervous though, off the top of the program.
00:31:57 Yeah, you mentioned that off air. Does he look nervous to you? I said, yeah, I do.
00:32:00 And I think he was just a little bit, not a little bit. He was very tight on the taking off on the jumps and slow on the exit.
00:32:08 You know, he went down three times, but the rest of the qualities of the program are very nice.
00:32:12 They are very nice. And you can see that the energy put in to being trained.
00:32:17 And you see him look at his coach there and just say, I don't know. Yeah. Yeah.
00:32:25 I'm excited to see some of those reviews because they looked OK on the way up, just a little too powerful with the upper body.
00:32:32 And that comes with nerves and adrenaline and just want the desire to get it done.
00:32:37 You tend to muscle over technique. That is always a bit of a challenge.
00:32:45 Here are those really great edges off the start of the program, trying to get into the performance.
00:32:54 It was around here that I said he looked a little nervous. And then here's a look at that triple Lutz.
00:32:58 You can see the left arm really lifted into the air and it wasn't able to catch up.
00:33:04 And then again on this flip, it was a little better off the takeoff, but then it opened up a little too soon, actually.
00:33:11 Just had a little too much launch and wasn't able to control the landing.
00:33:16 But here's those strength on the spins and the flexibility and the way that he can go quickly into the illusion again here.
00:33:23 The flying set, lots of speed, completely low enough.
00:33:32 And then, of course, his last combination spin here. Finishing just in time for the music.
00:33:41 When you're a big jumper like he is, that the amount of time that's in the air exceeds the amount of time you need to rotate.
00:33:48 And the checkout changes. Do I open early? Do I open later?
00:33:52 You know, you want to equalize the distance across the ice, the time in the air and the amount of time you need for the rotation.
00:33:58 And it's just sort of a sense of time. -Exactly. And when you're at home in practice, sometimes it doesn't launch up as high as when you have that extra adrenaline and extra muscle power.
00:34:08 And next thing you know, you're jumping 10 times higher than you normally do. -Yeah, exactly.
00:34:13 You're just not expecting to be in the air for that long.
00:34:16 Patiently waiting for the scores. There they are.
00:34:21 Short program score, 45.71 for Antoine. And that will put him currently in third place.
00:34:30 It's tough, you know, when you lose those three jumps. He's a good skater and a really good spinner.
00:34:38 But those three jumps are really costly here tonight.
00:34:46 Quick flight. -Very quick flight. We have in ice resurfacing, and that is the former Canadian champion and junior world champion Nam Nguyen with his new figure.
00:34:55 Oh no, hockey skates on. -He's gone to the dark side. -He's a great hockey coach in Toronto.
00:35:03 Now, skating skills. Still on the blades.
00:35:08 We're going to take a short break during the ice resurfacing and some fun for the fans here.
00:35:13 You're watching live coverage of the Senior Men's Short Program at the Canadian National Skating Championships in Calgary.
00:35:20 We'll be back right after this.
00:35:24 Woo!
00:35:28 Alright, okay, all you guys, I need some action right here. There we go, that's better!
00:35:48 Alright, let's try this. I need all of you to stand up and we're going to have a mini dance party.
00:35:56 Whoever has the best dance moves is going to get a t-shirt and lunch right after that.
00:36:00 So everybody, I want you to repeat.
00:36:02 Calgary, make some noise for me!
00:36:06 All your fun back.
00:36:10 Okay, here we go.
00:36:16 Everybody, give me some love.
00:36:20 Oh, good job!
00:36:26 Alright everybody, let's go to the stage for my favourite businesses.
00:36:38 Skating, skating, skating, 3, 2, 1, go!
00:36:42 I'm running out of energy here, guys.
00:37:02 Oh no, we're good, we're good, we're good. Ready, ready, ready!
00:37:06 Make some noise!
00:37:10 I don't know what's going on.
00:37:14 I think I'm going to throw these t-shirts. Give me a second here.
00:37:18 Alright, here we go.
00:37:24 I got a long coat, this is not going to work.
00:37:34 Is it working?
00:37:36 Alright, we're going to get this corner right here.
00:37:38 Get this corner right here.
00:37:40 It's been pretty empty.
00:37:42 Oh, that was a pretty good throw.
00:37:44 Is it working?
00:37:46 I see you guys right here.
00:37:56 That was really good actually.
00:38:02 Okay, I'm going to get the broadcasting team right here.
00:38:06 [Laughter]
00:38:08 Oh! Okay, okay, okay.
00:38:12 If you're excited for the final two groups of men, make some noise!
00:38:20 There we go!
00:38:22 Oh, you could have caught that.
00:38:30 Oh, there we go, here we go.
00:38:32 Here we go, we got some energy, we got some energy.
00:38:36 [Laughter]
00:38:38 Oh, you almost caught that.
00:38:40 [Laughter]
00:38:46 Oh, I love my job.
00:38:48 Oh, you almost caught that.
00:38:58 You guys ready for the mic?
00:39:00 You guys are way too quiet over there.
00:39:18 There we go!
00:39:22 Woo!
00:39:24 [Music]
00:39:26 Okay, I'm down to my final three t-shirts here.
00:39:34 I'm hoping to do this again tomorrow, so you guys will be way louder.
00:39:38 Ready?
00:39:40 One shot.
00:39:42 Oh!
00:39:52 Okay, this corner right here.
00:39:54 We've got the fewest amount of people, but I'm hoping you guys are really loud.
00:39:58 Woo!
00:40:00 Okay, this is the final one.
00:40:04 The final t-shirt.
00:40:06 Ready?
00:40:20 I'm going to have to give it to the other side.
00:40:22 [Laughter]
00:40:24 All right, here we go.
00:40:26 Three, two, one.
00:40:28 Come on, come on, come on.
00:40:30 Oh, you could have caught that.
00:40:32 All right, well, great work everybody.
00:40:34 Give it up for the final two groups of men coming up, and I will see you all tomorrow.
00:40:38 Thank you very much, Calgary.
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00:41:04 ♪ You've got my devotion ♪
00:41:06 ♪ For the rest of your years ♪
00:41:07 ♪ You can't buy my love, yeah ♪
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00:41:12 ♪ I ♪
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00:41:28 ♪ I ♪
00:41:31 ♪ Can't do without my baby ♪
00:41:36 ♪ I ♪
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00:41:45 ♪ Can't do without my baby ♪
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00:43:59 - Hey, just a heads up, gonna miss dinner
00:44:12 because of that office softball thing.
00:44:15 Oh, hold on, you just texted.
00:44:17 Wow, that looks good.
00:44:19 You know what?
00:44:19 The team sucks.
00:44:20 We were gonna lose that game anyway.
00:44:22 Be home in five.
00:44:26 - Hey Peter, have you seen the online Skate Canada store?
00:44:29 - For the official merchandise?
00:44:32 - Yes, it's literally amazing.
00:44:34 You should get it.
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00:44:53 - Hey, I'm gonna miss dinner.
00:45:17 Mike got dumped, so we're taking him out.
00:45:20 - Oh, you just texted.
00:45:21 Wait, that's dinner?
00:45:23 You know, Michael bounced back.
00:45:25 He's strong, emotionally.
00:45:27 They were together, what, two years?
00:45:28 That's nothing.
00:45:29 On my way.
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00:46:50 ♪ Gonna put up a fight ♪
00:46:51 ♪ No, don't stop dancing ♪
00:46:56 ♪ Oh, everyone knows it when the lights are fire ♪
00:47:01 ♪ It's Saturday night ♪
00:47:04 ♪ I'm in the right ♪
00:47:05 ♪ Can't get in the right ♪
00:47:07 ♪ No, don't stop dancing ♪
00:47:10 ♪ It's 5 a.m. and the party's done ♪
00:47:14 ♪ So glad we came here tonight ♪
00:47:18 ♪ I can't believe I'm the only one ♪
00:47:20 ♪ Only one ♪
00:47:22 ♪ The only one in your eyes ♪
00:47:24 ♪ Your eyes ♪
00:47:25 ♪ Saw my name there up in lights ♪
00:47:27 ♪ We're standing by my side ♪
00:47:29 ♪ Baby, tell me this is true ♪
00:47:32 ♪ It's true ♪
00:47:33 ♪ There's a million other times ♪
00:47:35 ♪ That I couldn't make you mine ♪
00:47:37 ♪ Don't give up on me and you ♪
00:47:41 ♪ Now it's Saturday night ♪
00:47:44 ♪ I'm in the right ♪
00:47:46 ♪ Can't get in the right ♪
00:47:47 ♪ No, don't stop dancing ♪
00:47:50 ♪ Oh, love in the night ♪
00:47:52 ♪ As heaven's alight ♪
00:47:54 ♪ Gonna put up a fight ♪
00:47:55 ♪ No, don't stop dancing ♪
00:48:00 ♪ Oh, everyone knows it when the lights are fire ♪
00:48:06 ♪ It's Saturday night ♪
00:48:08 ♪ I'm in the right ♪
00:48:10 ♪ Can't get in the right ♪
00:48:12 ♪ No, don't stop dancing ♪
00:48:13 ♪ Saw my name there up in lights ♪
00:48:15 ♪ We're standing by my side ♪
00:48:17 ♪ Baby, tell me this is true ♪
00:48:20 ♪ Tell me ♪
00:48:21 ♪ There's a million other times ♪
00:48:23 ♪ That I couldn't make you mine ♪
00:48:25 ♪ Don't give up on me and you, hey ♪
00:48:30 ♪ Don't, don't stop your beat ♪
00:48:31 ♪ No, don't, don't stop your beat ♪
00:48:34 ♪ Don't, don't stop your beat ♪
00:48:36 ♪ Don't stop dancing ♪
00:48:38 ♪ Don't, don't stop your beat ♪
00:48:39 ♪ No, don't, don't stop your beat ♪
00:48:42 ♪ Don't, don't stop your beat ♪
00:48:44 ♪ Don't stop dancing ♪
00:48:45 ♪ Now it's Saturday night ♪
00:48:48 ♪ I'm in the right ♪
00:48:49 ♪ Yeah ♪
00:48:50 ♪ Can't get in the right ♪
00:48:51 ♪ No, don't stop dancing ♪
00:48:54 ♪ Oh, love in the night ♪
00:48:55 ♪ Love in the night ♪
00:48:56 ♪ As heaven's alight ♪
00:48:57 ♪ Heaven's alight ♪
00:48:58 ♪ Gonna put up a fight ♪
00:48:59 ♪ So don't stop dancing ♪
00:49:02 ♪ Don't stop your beat ♪
00:49:03 ♪ No, don't stop your beat ♪
00:49:04 ♪ Oh, everyone knows it when they ♪
00:49:07 ♪ Don't stop fighting ♪
00:49:09 ♪ It's Saturday night ♪
00:49:11 ♪ Saturday night ♪
00:49:12 ♪ In the right ♪
00:49:13 ♪ In the right ♪
00:49:14 ♪ Can't get in the right ♪
00:49:15 ♪ No, don't stop dancing ♪
00:49:18 (upbeat music)
00:49:21 ♪ I was lost, I was trying to find the answer ♪
00:49:29 ♪ In the world around me ♪
00:49:32 ♪ I was going crazy all day, all night ♪
00:49:35 ♪ You were the only one who understood me ♪
00:49:38 ♪ And all that I was going through ♪
00:49:41 ♪ Yeah, I just gotta tell you, oh baby, yeah ♪
00:49:45 ♪ I can make it better ♪
00:49:47 ♪ I can hold you tighter ♪
00:49:50 ♪ 'Cause you're the only, only one that I like ♪
00:49:54 ♪ And I almost lost you ♪
00:49:56 ♪ But I can't forget you ♪
00:49:59 ♪ 'Cause you were the reason that I survived ♪
00:50:03 ♪ You were there for me through all the times I cried ♪
00:50:07 ♪ I was there for you but then I lost my mind ♪
00:50:12 ♪ I know that I messed up but I promise I ♪
00:50:17 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:50:21 ♪ All right, all right ♪
00:50:26 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:50:30 ♪ All right, all right ♪
00:50:35 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:50:38 (singing in foreign language)
00:50:42 (singing in foreign language)
00:50:48 (singing in foreign language)
00:51:14 (singing in foreign language)
00:51:19 (singing in foreign language)
00:51:24 (singing in foreign language)
00:51:30 (singing in foreign language)
00:51:39 (singing in foreign language)
00:51:48 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:51:52 ♪ All right, all right ♪
00:51:57 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:52:01 ♪ All right, all right ♪
00:52:06 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:52:09 (singing in foreign language)
00:52:13 (singing in foreign language)
00:52:18 (singing in foreign language)
00:52:23 (singing in foreign language)
00:52:28 ♪ All right, I can make it better ♪
00:52:32 ♪ I can hold you tighter ♪
00:52:35 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:52:39 (singing in foreign language)
00:52:44 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:52:49 ♪ All right, all right ♪
00:52:53 ♪ Oh, I can make it right ♪
00:52:57 (upbeat music)
00:53:08 ♪ When we met ♪
00:53:10 ♪ I thought to myself she was the heaven sent ♪
00:53:14 ♪ Oh yeah ♪
00:53:16 ♪ But as of late ♪
00:53:18 ♪ The communication started to deteriorate ♪
00:53:22 ♪ And not great ♪
00:53:24 ♪ Now I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:53:28 ♪ I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:53:33 ♪ I heard the boomers ♪
00:53:35 ♪ Spoke of leading round the side and listen too much ♪
00:53:40 ♪ I was in denial ♪
00:53:44 ♪ I didn't think that acting shady was your style ♪
00:53:49 ♪ Now I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:53:54 ♪ I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:53:58 ♪ Let me get a word with you ♪
00:54:02 ♪ I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:54:06 ♪ A simple word, contrasting colors between the two of us ♪
00:54:29 ♪ Why'd you wanna play with that, no ♪
00:54:34 ♪ 'Cause if I brought up the phone ♪
00:54:36 ♪ You'd come and have my thing ♪
00:54:38 ♪ Why'd you wanna break the fight, no ♪
00:54:41 ♪ So I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:54:45 ♪ I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:54:50 ♪ Let me get a word with you ♪
00:54:54 ♪ I gotta have a word with you ♪
00:54:58 (upbeat music)
00:55:19 (upbeat music)
00:55:24 - Welcome back everyone.
00:55:26 Group number two in the men's short program.
00:55:28 Taking the ice, their introductions.
00:55:30 (upbeat music)
00:55:33 All skaters to come here.
00:55:35 (upbeat music)
00:55:38 Up first will be Rio Morita from Ontario.
00:55:43 (upbeat music)
00:55:45 And Gabrielle Blumenthal from British Columbia,
00:55:49 Yukon section.
00:55:50 (upbeat music)
00:55:52 Bruce Waddell from Ontario.
00:55:54 (upbeat music)
00:55:56 And Mikhail Mogulin, also from Ontario.
00:56:01 Alec Ginsberg from the Granite Club in Ontario.
00:56:06 (upbeat music)
00:56:07 And Anthony Paradis from Quebec.
00:56:09 (upbeat music)
00:56:12 (upbeat music)
00:56:14 Well, this looks more like a regular warmup session
00:56:17 here with all six men on the ice.
00:56:19 - Yeah, there we go.
00:56:20 Just three last group, of course,
00:56:22 'cause of the withdrawals, but we have six here.
00:56:25 I wanna talk, just to mention briefly
00:56:27 about the programs that Canada has with the alumni.
00:56:32 And at the World Championships coming up in Montreal,
00:56:35 a lot of alumni will be going.
00:56:37 I think we'll probably be seeing, you know,
00:56:39 Alba Stoichel and Kurt Browning,
00:56:40 and, you know, all the former champions
00:56:43 and W. Wilkes will be there as well.
00:56:45 But here we have, we just spoke to them,
00:56:47 Barry and Louise Sober.
00:56:49 They were national champions.
00:56:51 They're three-time ninth in the world.
00:56:52 You couldn't break that ninth,
00:56:53 but three-time world team members, of course.
00:56:57 And they come to all these competitions,
00:56:59 have great loyalty towards the sport.
00:57:02 And it's so nice to see the generation
00:57:05 supporting the new upcomers.
00:57:06 So we thank them for coming here.
00:57:08 We know there are some other alumni in the building
00:57:10 and we thank them for their support
00:57:12 and their passion and love to skating
00:57:14 and everything they brought to it in their era.
00:57:16 They are here every competition.
00:57:18 They are.
00:57:19 And always sitting and supporting every single skater.
00:57:23 They're here from day in, day out.
00:57:24 I can't believe it.
00:57:25 I mean, they're here as long as we are.
00:57:26 Yeah.
00:57:27 Incredible.
00:57:29 And so sweet.
00:57:30 Yeah, very, very nice people.
00:57:33 They're listening to us.
00:57:34 I know.
00:57:35 [Laughter]
00:57:39 They're great.
00:57:40 Okay, here's a look at Gabriel Blumenthal.
00:57:42 Let's talk a little bit about him.
00:57:43 Now, he's had an illness this year
00:57:45 and lost a lot of time training.
00:57:47 So you may not see him.
00:57:48 He's maybe one of the best skaters,
00:57:50 if not the best.
00:57:51 I'm talking skating skills now, that you'll see in this.
00:57:54 But he is not in the shape that he needs to be.
00:57:56 He's been ill.
00:57:58 So that's unfortunate.
00:57:59 But he really wanted to compete,
00:58:00 so we'll see what he can do and do his best.
00:58:03 But just a beautiful, beautiful skater.
00:58:05 We take a look at Bruce Waddell,
00:58:07 former ice dancer as well.
00:58:08 Just two years ago was at Junior Worlds,
00:58:12 and I want to make sure I get this right,
00:58:16 was second in ice dance at Junior Worlds,
00:58:18 literally just two years ago.
00:58:19 Yeah, and there's Rio Morita from Ontario.
00:58:22 He has a quad.
00:58:23 We'll see that probably in the free program,
00:58:25 maybe in the short, I don't know.
00:58:27 It's not planned.
00:58:28 It's not planned.
00:58:29 It's not planned.
00:58:30 Okay.
00:58:31 I'm looking at the planned program, Steve.
00:58:32 [Laughter]
00:58:34 It changes.
00:58:35 The correct one this time?
00:58:36 I was looking at the wrong person on the last session,
00:58:38 last warm-up group.
00:58:39 I got a little confused, but we're okay.
00:58:41 Of course, Rio's first year senior,
00:58:44 fourth last year in junior.
00:58:46 So really just making his mark here on the senior stage.
00:58:49 Here's a look at Alec Ginsberg.
00:58:51 He's had a lot of experience on the Junior Grand Prix
00:58:54 and the great novice career.
00:58:57 His challenge, he's had a difficult time to deliver
00:59:01 what he's very capable of doing,
00:59:02 always in practice session, in competition.
00:59:05 He's the best here in the short program.
00:59:07 And there's a look at Anthony Paradis,
00:59:09 such an artistic skater.
00:59:12 If anything, his program is going to be entertaining.
00:59:15 Of course, he doesn't have a triple axel,
00:59:17 so technically he doesn't--
00:59:20 he needs to make sure that he skates clean.
00:59:23 Reminds me of Sean Sawyer.
00:59:24 Yes.
00:59:25 He has great flexibility, great creativity,
00:59:27 wonderful skating skills.
00:59:28 He's got all that.
00:59:29 And fully committed.
00:59:30 There's some cool things in this program.
00:59:32 Yeah.
00:59:33 Yeah.
00:59:36 Oh, nice triple-- last triple toe loop.
00:59:39 Well done.
00:59:40 Very good.
00:59:41 You can see just the--
00:59:43 Tracy Wilson on the left of the screen,
00:59:45 and Joey Russell with Rio Arita.
00:59:47 Rio went to Bangkok, Thailand for the Junior Grand Prix
00:59:50 this year, where that was an interesting competition,
00:59:52 where I saw a 12-foot python.
00:59:54 I was on the corner of the street,
00:59:56 and everybody was scattering.
00:59:57 And I'm going, where is everybody going?
00:59:59 I look down, and here's a 12-foot python coming towards me.
01:00:02 I would just die right there.
01:00:03 I ran.
01:00:04 Really rather quickly.
01:00:05 I think I-- you know that freeze, flight--
01:00:08 fight or flight or freeze?
01:00:09 There we go.
01:00:10 I would freeze and just drop.
01:00:12 No, I didn't freeze.
01:00:14 I simply leapt across the street.
01:00:16 But interesting Junior Grand Prix in that part of the world.
01:00:19 And the world of skating, funny enough,
01:00:21 although we don't have a lot of audience here,
01:00:22 it is growing around the world.
01:00:24 New countries are coming all the time.
01:00:26 They're hosting international competitions.
01:00:28 So that is at least good to see.
01:00:29 Looking at Europeans that are also happening at this time.
01:00:31 Countess Lithuania.
01:00:33 Yes, lots of people in the stands.
01:00:35 Yes.
01:00:36 Especially for the Pairs event.
01:00:37 Well, that's a university town,
01:00:38 and that town does not get a lot of energy.
01:00:40 I've been there before on a Junior Grand Prix.
01:00:43 I love that place, and I love the people,
01:00:45 and I love the restaurants.
01:00:46 It's fantastic.
01:00:47 Huge building.
01:00:48 And I think that's a big show in town right now.
01:00:50 So that's great to see.
01:00:51 Do we call last minute?
01:00:58 Everything seems to be slowing down here.
01:01:00 I don't know who I was talking to.
01:01:01 [LAUGHTER]
01:01:03 Those gaps.
01:01:04 Beautiful, smooth, double axel, great soft knees.
01:01:08 You'll watch his basic skating skills, the depth of edge.
01:01:11 There's the woman.
01:01:12 There's the one minute.
01:01:13 I handle the scene while I'm talking.
01:01:14 I can do sometimes two things at one time.
01:01:16 I apparently can't.
01:01:17 But rarely.
01:01:18 There's a look at the start order for the second group
01:01:21 here in the men's short program.
01:01:25 I said it in the women's event, and I'll say it again here.
01:01:28 The second warm-up group is always exciting
01:01:30 because it's a lot of skaters who have a lot of big tricks,
01:01:36 but they also have no pressure.
01:01:39 Or they do for themselves.
01:01:40 But no outside pressure because they're in this group.
01:01:43 It's a little calmer.
01:01:45 So they can go out there and just perform and really push.
01:01:51 And I think for skaters in this group and the first group
01:01:54 as well, it's not about podium.
01:01:55 No.
01:01:56 It could be.
01:01:57 They are.
01:01:58 That's not in their mind at this point.
01:02:00 It's about skating the best and gaining experience
01:02:03 and coming off the ice with a clean program.
01:02:06 The last group is different, battling for the podium.
01:02:09 It's a different mindset.
01:02:10 You would know that.
01:02:12 It is a different mindset.
01:02:13 And you can even feel the energy in the building
01:02:15 when that last leg gets on, especially for the free program.
01:02:20 But this group, maybe they're trying
01:02:22 to fight into that last group for the free program.
01:02:24 Yeah.
01:02:25 Could be.
01:02:26 Everyone's so focused.
01:02:31 I guess you kind of have to be.
01:02:33 Yeah.
01:02:34 I think you should know about that.
01:02:36 Focus.
01:02:37 Nah.
01:02:38 This world champion.
01:02:40 I was very focused.
01:02:41 I can't say anything.
01:02:44 Not right now, apparently.
01:02:45 OK.
01:02:46 I'm ready.
01:02:47 There is Tracy Wilson.
01:02:49 Pumped with Rio Morita, her student, 19 years old,
01:02:53 out of the Toronto Cricket Skating Academy,
01:02:56 qualified ninth at the Skate Canada Challenge.
01:03:00 It's choreographed in the short program by Rohin Ward,
01:03:03 just an incredibly innovative skater in the United States.
01:03:07 He's now coaching and choreographing.
01:03:09 But he was such a special skater, but was not a strong competitor.
01:03:12 But wonderful to see him in the choreography.
01:03:16 Rio will skate Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore.
01:03:20 [music]
01:03:40 Used to be so easy to give my heart away
01:03:49 But I found out the hard way the price you have to pay
01:03:58 I found out that love was no friend of mine
01:04:07 I should have known time after time
01:04:15 So long, it was so long ago
01:04:23 But I've still got the blues for you
01:04:30 [music]
01:04:59 So long, it was so long ago
01:05:15 But I've still got the blues for you
01:05:23 Though the days come and go
01:05:29 There is one thing I know
01:05:33 I've still got the blues for you
01:05:44 [music]
01:05:59 But I've still got the blues for you
01:06:07 [applause]
01:06:09 Wow, that was a nice clean program, Caitlin.
01:06:12 That was beautiful.
01:06:14 Those jumping passes were so solid.
01:06:17 And then the spins, they were a little bit slower
01:06:20 than probably he wanted, and what you'll see in the later flight today.
01:06:25 But that was a great way to start off this warm-up group.
01:06:28 Such a fast rotator, and really organized on the take-offs.
01:06:32 He had some challenging practice session this morning.
01:06:35 It was popping some things, but not bad at all.
01:06:39 Just part of the process. I think everybody has that.
01:06:41 He can rotate, and he's gaining confidence in his abilities in competition.
01:06:46 He has that in practice, for sure, but you can see he's really solid here tonight.
01:06:50 I always love when people get on the kiss and cry and play musical chairs a little bit.
01:06:54 Anyway, sorry. Back to aerial skate here.
01:06:57 Very nice connection with the choreography here.
01:07:00 Hitting those sharp movements.
01:07:03 And then here, beautiful, getting lots of height on this triple flip.
01:07:07 And beautiful triple toe combination afterwards.
01:07:10 Carrying lots of speed across the ice.
01:07:12 And then here, up into the air.
01:07:14 Deep landing. No doubt that that was clean there on that triple axel.
01:07:18 Little over-rotate of the upper body. That was great.
01:07:20 Triple lutz. So solid. Holding that landing position.
01:07:24 There's something just that I love about people holding their landing positions,
01:07:27 because you see that level of control that they have.
01:07:30 And then here, the step sequence.
01:07:32 Using the hands through the hairs choreography.
01:07:35 I call it hair-ography.
01:07:37 I think it's a good term. I love it.
01:07:40 You'll see a lot more of it, I'm sure.
01:07:43 Did you ever use any hair-ography?
01:07:45 My hair is always pinned to a bun. I don't want to do so much.
01:07:48 Okay.
01:07:51 So, he started skating because he had nothing to do in the summertime,
01:07:55 so his parents made him, the way he's written,
01:07:58 has written as "made me skate with a suggestion from my friend."
01:08:04 Started skating at the age of six.
01:08:08 Tracy's done such a wonderful job with this young man.
01:08:11 Very shy.
01:08:13 He doesn't seem too shy now.
01:08:15 No, no, no. But I mean, I've seen him a lot in the juniors,
01:08:19 and so he's really coming out of his shell and starting to sort of explore
01:08:23 a little bit more about how he wants to be as a performer.
01:08:25 Still lots to go, but it's starting to get there.
01:08:29 And a really beautiful jumper.
01:08:31 Of course, Joey Russell, working with so many skaters on choreography,
01:08:36 you're sort of beginning to think there's a typo on the bio sheets earlier.
01:08:39 Is this right? Joey Russell, number 50?
01:08:43 Oh, incredible.
01:08:46 Keeping that focus with the choreography and learning to do the jumps mixed in with it,
01:08:50 it's such a skill to have.
01:08:53 And then learning for the skater what they need to be able to get everything together,
01:08:58 because of course it's different for everybody.
01:09:01 Yeah, what they're comfortable with.
01:09:03 What's comfortable choreography for one may not be for another.
01:09:06 Exactly.
01:09:08 Order of the jumps and all that.
01:09:11 Which is always a playing game.
01:09:13 And then you'll see a lot of the top skaters in the world,
01:09:16 once they find an equation that fits,
01:09:19 you'll see a lot of the order of jumping and spins
01:09:24 not really change throughout the years.
01:09:26 Yeah, no, it just stays the same.
01:09:28 We can see somebody standing on the judges' stand,
01:09:30 so they're just swapping out sometimes.
01:09:33 Not an iPad, but a computer.
01:09:38 The score is 70.46, good score for Rio Morita.
01:09:43 Takes over first place at this stage of the competition.
01:09:49 Well done. Really well done.
01:09:55 Our next skater.
01:09:57 Our next competitor represents British Columbia, Yukon,
01:10:00 as we talked about, you know, Gabrielle Blumenthal being a little ill this season,
01:10:04 not having very much training time.
01:10:06 Made Nationals, wants to be here.
01:10:08 She's 22 years old, out of the Connaught Skating Club,
01:10:10 coached by Eileen and Keegan Murphy.
01:10:12 Just a beautiful skater. Watch the soft edges.
01:10:15 Choreographed again by Joey Russell.
01:10:23 And he'll skate to "Real Love."
01:10:27 (bells ringing)
01:10:30 (piano playing)
01:10:37 (piano playing)
01:10:40 ♪ I've been choosing ways ♪
01:11:03 ♪ In a heavenly state ♪
01:11:07 ♪ There's someone in that room ♪
01:11:14 ♪ That finds you in that gold boot ♪
01:11:22 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:11:27 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:11:32 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:11:35 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:11:39 ♪ In the silence of your eyes ♪
01:11:44 ♪ Is there a righteous prize ♪
01:11:51 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:11:56 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:12:01 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:12:04 ♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
01:12:08 ♪ I've been choosing ♪
01:12:12 ♪ I've been in love ♪
01:12:19 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
01:12:28 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
01:12:31 ♪ No, no ♪
01:12:55 ♪ We belong by the stream ♪
01:12:59 ♪ To the dog ♪
01:13:05 ♪ No, no ♪
01:13:09 ♪ We belong by the stream ♪
01:13:14 ♪ To the dog ♪
01:13:22 (audience applauding)
01:13:25 - Wow, that was such a magnetic performance.
01:13:29 I couldn't look away.
01:13:30 I had to look beyond the screen
01:13:31 to actually see it live and in person.
01:13:33 - Yeah, it's a very special skill.
01:13:35 Much like Patrick Chan had,
01:13:36 the run of the blade was, looks always effortless.
01:13:40 The soft knees, you know, the subtleness of the edge.
01:13:43 And this young man really does have
01:13:46 some of the best skating skills in the country.
01:13:48 Now, there's the technical part,
01:13:49 the jumps and the spins and whatnot,
01:13:51 but certainly from an edge perspective
01:13:53 and pure skating, just beautiful.
01:13:55 - So incredible.
01:13:57 Yeah, the ice coverage that he has,
01:14:00 the jumps, that comes with needing to have
01:14:04 the extra training that he hasn't had this year.
01:14:06 Only recently back on the ice consistently.
01:14:09 And you can only do so much with a little training.
01:14:13 But you can see that the performance
01:14:16 and the way he can move across the ice
01:14:19 is so natural to him.
01:14:21 There's no forced energy.
01:14:23 It's really beautiful.
01:14:26 - It's his own art.
01:14:27 It's really special.
01:14:28 And the beautiful triple lutz, of course,
01:14:29 and the triple axel, the triple flip goes down.
01:14:31 We'll see that in the replays.
01:14:33 And I know Keegan Murphy,
01:14:35 very proud of this young man to do what he did
01:14:38 with the lack of training his head cope with.
01:14:40 Take a look.
01:14:41 - Very focused at the beginning.
01:14:45 I love the way he can just do that move
01:14:47 and you're like, oh, okay, he's into this program.
01:14:51 And here's a look at that opening double axel.
01:14:56 So high into the air. - He has a triple.
01:14:58 He has a triple, but not enough time again.
01:15:00 - Here, the arm just got a little ahead of himself
01:15:03 on the flip, getting a little too tight on the pick.
01:15:07 And then here, beautiful triple lutz.
01:15:10 Nice and high, and there's that control again,
01:15:12 straight into the step sequence.
01:15:14 I love this move.
01:15:15 And then there's one more afterwards,
01:15:18 but I don't believe we'll have on the replay,
01:15:20 but it's just two skid stops.
01:15:21 Oh, actually we do have it.
01:15:22 Skid, and then straight into another skid.
01:15:25 That requires so much control.
01:15:28 It might look simple, but it's not at all.
01:15:32 - You can catch an edge.
01:15:34 - You can catch an edge so quickly,
01:15:35 and he did that so smoothly.
01:15:37 And then here, working on getting the speed up variation
01:15:43 in the combination spin.
01:15:45 - He has wonderful control of the knives
01:15:48 that he has on his feet.
01:15:50 - That's a great way to say it.
01:15:52 Also terrifying way to say it.
01:15:53 - I know, exactly.
01:15:56 He's like a chef with a knife.
01:15:57 It's just incredible.
01:15:59 - I get it.
01:16:00 - Just a beautiful skater to watch.
01:16:05 He's the type of skater you want to see in exhibition
01:16:08 or in a nice show.
01:16:09 Forget about the jumps.
01:16:10 You can do the jumps, it's not an issue,
01:16:11 but you just want to enjoy the purity of the skating.
01:16:14 This is one of the very, very special athletes
01:16:18 that have that.
01:16:19 - It's one of those programs that you can just sit back
01:16:22 and enjoy and get entranced by it.
01:16:25 - 58.72 for Gabriel Blumenthal.
01:16:33 A good score considering everything that he's gone through
01:16:36 in the recent wildings, currently in third place.
01:16:39 - He did it.
01:16:40 - Nice job.
01:16:41 - Our next competitor represents Ontario,
01:16:48 22-year-old Bruce Waddell,
01:16:50 former ice dancer,
01:16:51 qualified seventh at the challenge event in early December.
01:16:55 He's coached by Lee Barkel, Jessica Wyant,
01:16:58 and Jeffrey Buttle.
01:17:00 Of course, Jeffrey did the choreography
01:17:02 for this short program.
01:17:05 He also has wonderful skating skills.
01:17:07 Pay attention to that running edge.
01:17:09 It's your skate to battle cry.
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01:20:07 - Well, other than the mix-up, a little bit of the spin,
01:20:10 that was one of the better programs I've seen Bruce skate.
01:20:13 Great subtly in his edge work, in his knees,
01:20:16 and successful jumps today.
01:20:18 - Little mistake on the first jumping pass,
01:20:21 but overall very strong.
01:20:24 He just ran out of momentum on the first jump.
01:20:26 - Yeah.
01:20:27 - Um...
01:20:29 But you can see the dancing qualities in his skating,
01:20:32 the strong posture, the head control,
01:20:36 being able to move freely through the blade.
01:20:39 It's quite nice.
01:20:42 - He looks more organized now.
01:20:44 I mean, he's--every time I've seen him skate
01:20:46 in the last few years,
01:20:48 he's always had wonderful qualities
01:20:50 coming from the dance world,
01:20:52 but rushing or mistiming the jumps.
01:20:54 But now, the timing is better, the consistency is better.
01:20:58 - And it looks like there's a confidence going into the elements.
01:21:01 There wasn't any hesitation, and you'll see that here.
01:21:04 So very strong at the beginning of this program.
01:21:07 When his head rises up there,
01:21:11 he looks like he's ready for battle--
01:21:13 I guess the song's called "Battle Cry."
01:21:15 - There you go. - Okay, accurate for me.
01:21:17 Um... [laughs]
01:21:19 But then heading down the ice here for the triple lutz.
01:21:22 Plenty of height on it.
01:21:24 Just rushed the toe a little bit between the jumps
01:21:27 and didn't get the strong reload in between.
01:21:30 Um, and then here, nice double axel.
01:21:34 Great control out of it,
01:21:36 straight into the next element-- next movement.
01:21:39 And then the same thing on that triple lutz.
01:21:41 Look at that-- or triple flip, sorry.
01:21:43 Look at the long landing position there.
01:21:46 And then here is where being a strong dancer comes in handy.
01:21:50 That step sequence. - Yeah, no question.
01:21:52 And look at that beautiful camel position.
01:21:54 - Into the speed-up variation for the sit spin.
01:21:58 And to me, that was in a very clear--
01:22:01 so the speed-up is a little bit tricky at competitions
01:22:04 because it has to be a reasonable speed-up,
01:22:08 but it's left up to the discretion of the technical specialist.
01:22:11 - Yeah.
01:22:13 Well, his hobbies and interests--
01:22:19 fashion, skateboarding, piano.
01:22:21 - That's quite the array.
01:22:23 - Yeah, former sports were hockey and lacrosse.
01:22:26 Family history with skater brothers, parents, and grandparents.
01:22:30 I think his grandparents-- great-- Red Kelly.
01:22:33 - Oh. - Yeah.
01:22:35 And second at Junior Worlds, yeah, in 2023.
01:22:38 - A little earlier. - Mm-hmm.
01:22:41 - They began skating at the age of 1.
01:22:43 Are they missing the 2 or something?
01:22:45 - I know. - It says at the age of 1. Wow.
01:22:47 - Well, I guess if you have your family history in skating...
01:22:50 - Yeah, yeah. - ...you just get on the ice.
01:22:52 - Somehow they strap the blades on the ice--
01:22:54 or on the tiny little feet and put them on the ice.
01:22:57 - Yeah.
01:22:59 - Here's Tripurgam's score, 65.86 for Bruce.
01:23:02 And not of approval by Bruce.
01:23:05 - Good skate. Really nice to see tidiness.
01:23:09 Success in the jumps.
01:23:11 - All righty. - At a better rate.
01:23:13 Gaining confidence.
01:23:15 The next competitor represents Ontario.
01:23:20 19-year-old Mikael Mogulen
01:23:23 out of the York Region Skating Center.
01:23:25 Sixth at the Challenge event.
01:23:27 He's coached by Tracy Wayman and Gregor Filipovsky.
01:23:30 Choreographed in the short program by David Wilson.
01:23:33 - Gosh, we have great choreographers in Canada.
01:23:36 - No kidding.
01:23:38 - Choreographed not just Canadians. Around the world as well.
01:23:41 He'll skate the short program to Snowstorm Suite.
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01:26:40 - Okay, that was incredible, and you have an explanation,
01:26:43 at least part of it, as to why.
01:26:45 - I didn't see one weakness in his skating.
01:26:47 There were so many strengths,
01:26:49 but what I really love is what he really wrote,
01:26:53 um, as to--well, his interesting fact about himself
01:26:57 is, "My upbringing took place in Russia, Moscow,
01:27:00 "where I worked with many professionals in skating,
01:27:02 "which had a great influence on my development as a skater.
01:27:05 "Learning about the different cultures of skating
01:27:07 "has helped me understand the sport to an even greater extent
01:27:10 "than I ever did--than I ever did."
01:27:12 I think that is so educated.
01:27:15 - Well, the classics are so important in that country,
01:27:19 and when you're brought up with the classics,
01:27:22 in movement, in ballet, in music,
01:27:24 it's your core of who you are,
01:27:26 and you can clearly see that here in this skater.
01:27:29 Beautiful, absolutely a beautiful program.
01:27:31 Another clean one, Caitlin.
01:27:33 - And not just clean, but clean.
01:27:35 - Wonderful. - [laughs]
01:27:37 Wonderfully clean.
01:27:38 There's a way you can say it that has a tone.
01:27:40 - You mean the real clean program.
01:27:42 - The real clean program.
01:27:43 You can get all the elements done,
01:27:45 but it's doing the elements with positive GOEs,
01:27:48 no reviews. - Nope.
01:27:49 - It's just what you see is what you get.
01:27:52 I guess the only small little--oh, never mind.
01:27:57 I was looking at the wrong sheet. Maybe that's why.
01:28:00 But also no reviews.
01:28:02 Also no reviews. [laughs]
01:28:04 - There you go. - There we go.
01:28:06 So here is a look at that double axel to start the program.
01:28:11 Did have a planned triple axel.
01:28:12 I wouldn't be surprised if he can land that one very solidly.
01:28:16 Here, what an incredible height on that triple lutz.
01:28:19 I also wouldn't be surprised if he could try quad lutz
01:28:22 with that height, and then very solid,
01:28:24 strong back on that triple loop,
01:28:27 taking the time to really do the landing position.
01:28:30 And then here again, the spins.
01:28:33 That's a look at the change combination spin.
01:28:37 Really stretching through his legs.
01:28:41 Of course, he is coached by Tracy Wingman,
01:28:43 who is also the coach of Roman Sadovsky,
01:28:46 and, well, he also has amazing spins.
01:28:48 - Yeah. - So...
01:28:50 - Wow, that was really, really delightful.
01:28:53 Wonderful. Big smile on the face of both Tracy
01:28:56 and Mikhail.
01:28:58 I should see a pretty good score here.
01:29:01 That is quality skating.
01:29:03 - And with skating and what he wrote about
01:29:06 learning from different cultures,
01:29:08 he's also just very versed in a lot of things.
01:29:12 - Yeah.
01:29:14 72.88 for Mikhail Mogulin.
01:29:17 Big smiles and a big kiss and cry
01:29:19 as he takes over the lead.
01:29:21 And I think he may maintain that lead
01:29:23 for a little while yet in this competition.
01:29:25 We'll see.
01:29:27 Well done.
01:29:29 Our next competitor represents Ontario.
01:29:34 19-year-old Alec Ginsberg
01:29:36 out of the Granite Skating Club.
01:29:38 Coached by Eithar Kal, Jeffrey Buttle.
01:29:41 Of course, Lee coached Jeffrey Buttle
01:29:43 to a world championship in 2008.
01:29:46 Gothenburg.
01:29:50 I believe it was.
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01:32:49 Too bad about the triple flip, but that, for Alec,
01:32:53 was a good program.
01:32:55 Probably one of his better ones this season so far.
01:32:57 Opens up with a triple axel.
01:32:59 You can see he's not overly thrilled with it.
01:33:02 But I've seen such big improvement in him this year.
01:33:05 I used to think his programs were a little plain.
01:33:08 Yeah.
01:33:09 And now you can see there's a lot more
01:33:11 attention to detail.
01:33:13 There's a lot more speed across the ice.
01:33:15 That triple flip is really nagging at him there.
01:33:18 You can really see it.
01:33:20 And it looked like he was excited because the program
01:33:22 was so clean to that point.
01:33:24 He really went for it and then made a mistake.
01:33:26 He could do that easily.
01:33:28 Didn't tonight.
01:33:30 More sophistication in his skating now.
01:33:32 And you know that there is a--
01:33:34 that that triple flip doesn't make that mistake very often
01:33:37 as he was planned to do the combination later in the program
01:33:40 on that triple flip.
01:33:42 And you can see with the fall there also comes no combo.
01:33:45 Which is a risk of putting the jump last in the program
01:33:49 or later in the program, the last jumping pass.
01:33:52 It's a great risk when it happens.
01:33:56 Interesting fact.
01:33:58 He's a two-time Ontario champion in men's artistic gymnastics.
01:34:02 Wow.
01:34:04 Wow.
01:34:05 Good for him.
01:34:07 And then here is a look at that opening jump,
01:34:09 the triple axel.
01:34:11 The quickness of his feet getting together.
01:34:15 And then here, triple lutz.
01:34:18 I thought it was a two-foot, but I think it was just the snow
01:34:20 kicking up.
01:34:22 So get a little bit of direction on the GOE, but that is all.
01:34:26 And then this triple flip, the right arm just got a little wild
01:34:32 ahead of himself.
01:34:34 And you can see the angle of the jump just slowly tipping over
01:34:36 in the air.
01:34:38 So unfortunate for him there.
01:34:40 But really so strong, very much improved.
01:34:44 And very not pleased with himself.
01:34:47 No, because he's looking for that clean program, which he hasn't
01:34:50 found yet, but that was much better.
01:34:53 It's hard.
01:34:59 It's hard when you know what you can do.
01:35:01 You know how to do it.
01:35:03 And then you are just so close.
01:35:09 And Lee.
01:35:11 Minimally talking it through.
01:35:17 There's not a lot of discussion.
01:35:20 Both are kind of internal.
01:35:23 Alec, you know, he wants -- every skater wants to skate clean,
01:35:28 and he was close to that.
01:35:30 And I think that was what he's so disappointed.
01:35:32 But when he reflects back on the program, this is an improvement,
01:35:36 and he hasn't gotten that desired result yet.
01:35:39 Short program score is 62.31.
01:35:48 That is fourth in the short program.
01:35:50 That will put Alec Ginsberg currently in the fourth place.
01:35:53 I think your leaderboard will be top six skaters so far in the event.
01:36:03 Very innovative, creative, former junior champion of Canada,
01:36:07 16-year-old Anthony Paradis, qualified fourth in the senior men
01:36:11 at the challenge event, training location as well as a mayor,
01:36:14 and he's coached by Yvette Desjardins.
01:36:17 That's a lot of his own choreography as well.
01:36:21 He'll skate the short program to ace in the hole.
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01:39:21 Great program.
01:39:23 Definitely a fan favorite here so far with the reactions from the audience.
01:39:27 He seems to be extremely proud of himself there, which is very deserved.
01:39:32 That is such an interesting program full of very intricate movements.
01:39:38 Yeah, a lot of innovations in there,
01:39:40 and he doesn't want to just skate a plain program with three jumps and three spins.
01:39:43 He wants to create a piece of art,
01:39:45 and even if there's a risk or it takes more energy,
01:39:48 he's exploring all those possibilities, and we just saw it in front of us right now.
01:39:51 Exactly, and he has such a fight in him and a determination.
01:39:56 There's no hesitation going to those jumps,
01:39:58 which in the past has been a little unpredictable for him
01:40:02 with mistakes that tend to happen, but when it works, it works.
01:40:08 Well, we talked about that off air, that when you're that flexible,
01:40:11 it's a blessing and a curse.
01:40:13 It's a beautiful movement, but it also opens the door for looseness,
01:40:17 which is very well sometimes in jumps and whatnot.
01:40:19 Not tonight.
01:40:21 No reviews on any of these elements.
01:40:25 Look at that opening, that distortion of arm.
01:40:29 He can move. It's incredible.
01:40:31 And hitting these poses, it's really remarkable.
01:40:37 It's really hard to move that way and make it look good.
01:40:43 But here's a look at the jumping passes.
01:40:45 Beautiful triple lutz up into the triple toe.
01:40:48 I thought he was going to slide, and then he just kept going straight into the choreography.
01:40:53 And then here, the double axel.
01:40:55 He's working on the triple, but not quite there yet.
01:41:01 You can see he watches the judges as he passes.
01:41:07 One more jump. Here's a look at that triple loop also.
01:41:10 Sneaking out of it.
01:41:13 What I love about his skating is that he is doing all these intricate movements,
01:41:17 but he's doing it in also a different way.
01:41:21 I've seen cantilevers happen, but I've never seen anyone really put choreography into them.
01:41:26 And turn their head around.
01:41:28 The step sequence, I believe it's our first level four step sequence of the competition.
01:41:34 Getting all level fours on every spin.
01:41:37 It helps when you have the flexibility, and it helps when you have the innovation.
01:41:40 But he was also very focused in the control to make sure that there wasn't any missed points anywhere.
01:41:48 No, exactly. And he was motivated because he had a clean program going from a jump perspective.
01:41:52 A pretty clean program from a jump perspective.
01:41:54 And all of a sudden, the performance level went even higher.
01:41:57 But he never backs down. He loves to skate. He likes to be an artist.
01:42:01 He likes to be different, and he is.
01:42:04 Of course, last year in junior, he had that rough short and had to clamber and fight his way back up.
01:42:10 And he did. He found his way back onto the podium.
01:42:13 Today, I don't think he'll have to fight so much.
01:42:17 No, except for, can he get two programs back to back?
01:42:20 74.16 for Anthony Paradis, and they are thrilled with that number.
01:42:26 But more so with the skate, the consistency.
01:42:29 And hopefully he can pull that, move that forward into the free program and get two solid programs back to back.
01:42:37 The start has been good so far here in Calgary.
01:42:41 As we take a look at the final group coming onto the ice for their introductions.
01:42:46 Well, now I'm excited.
01:42:50 Okay.
01:42:51 Well, I was excited the whole time.
01:42:52 Oh, yes. Now you're backtracking a little bit here.
01:42:54 But that was exciting. There's been great events.
01:42:57 From your club, Ice Palace Figure Skating Club, Matthew Newnham.
01:43:01 And from British Columbia, Yukon, Lexa Rokic.
01:43:05 Former Canadian champion, Roman Sadovsky.
01:43:10 Back after a year off pretty much competing.
01:43:14 Steven Gogolev from the Granite Club, another student of Lee Barkell.
01:43:19 And Wesley Chu from the Granite Skating Club.
01:43:25 Conrad Orzeu will skate last.
01:43:27 He's had a great practice session.
01:43:29 He's posed and poised, maybe to take the title.
01:43:34 And you kind of don't want to think about it too much, but he might dream about it.
01:43:39 Well, it'll be interesting to see what he does as he's never been in this spot before.
01:43:43 With coming in as a silver medalist from last year, he will skate last.
01:43:48 And I think that's a first.
01:43:51 For him.
01:43:54 Yeah, not first ever.
01:43:56 Or not first yet. He might be first.
01:43:59 A first for him to skate last. That's what I meant.
01:44:02 I know, I know. I'm just joking.
01:44:04 Now you got me confused.
01:44:06 On the screen there you see Alexa, who's really improved this year.
01:44:13 He's really stood out for me a lot.
01:44:15 The jumps, he's always been a great jumper in my opinion.
01:44:20 But there's a lot more to his skating this year.
01:44:23 Yeah, and he's picked up speed because he's usually a slow skater.
01:44:27 But he has quad toe, and you'll see that in the short program.
01:44:31 And quad salchow, you'll see that in the free.
01:44:33 Here is Conrad. This really is such an athlete.
01:44:37 Quickness. Sometimes it gets a bit tight, but we'll see.
01:44:41 He's worked so hard balancing school in Toronto and training in Edmonton.
01:44:47 So bouncing back and forth.
01:44:49 And then of course Roman Sadovsky, who has so much incredible talent.
01:44:54 And hasn't been able to show it this year.
01:44:57 I'll wait to see the short program. It's really a piece of art.
01:45:00 It's beautiful and hopefully he jumps well and has a good outing.
01:45:05 Of course Matthew Noonan.
01:45:08 Managed to skate an amazing short program last year.
01:45:11 He was in second or something. Or third.
01:45:13 In third last year after the short program.
01:45:16 Mistakes in the free program put him back.
01:45:18 But great first year and this is his second year.
01:45:21 Wesley Chu, two-time national bronze medalist.
01:45:25 And there's your coach, giving the words of wisdom.
01:45:29 What do you think Rowdy said there?
01:45:31 I have no idea. It's been six years.
01:45:35 There's a look at Matthew's triple lutz.
01:45:38 He's been struggling with that a little bit in practice this week.
01:45:41 But this morning it was a different story.
01:45:44 He's got such a great back and posture. Matthew does.
01:45:48 And here's a...
01:45:51 Simple axel there.
01:45:55 By Steven Gogol. He had it...
01:45:58 Was it last year? Was it the short program was good and the free was bad?
01:46:01 No. Opposite.
01:46:02 The short program last season, I believe he did...
01:46:06 Not a lot.
01:46:08 Not a lot.
01:46:10 But then he skated an amazing free program.
01:46:14 And also ended up on the podium.
01:46:16 Yeah. Exactly.
01:46:18 He did the same thing at Skate Canada International.
01:46:21 Not this year, last year.
01:46:22 Didn't end up at the podium, but he had a disastrous short.
01:46:25 Wesley's triple axel.
01:46:28 Let's slip out there.
01:46:29 It's okay. We just got to get the jitters out in practice.
01:46:32 In warm up.
01:46:33 Yeah.
01:46:34 Alexa is not getting the jitters out.
01:46:36 That was beautiful.
01:46:37 We'll see.
01:46:39 I mean, you train all year round to get to this point.
01:46:43 International competition is a different feeling.
01:46:45 Sure, you're a little nervous, you want to skate well, blah, blah, blah.
01:46:47 And it's exciting.
01:46:48 But the national championships, particularly when everything's open...
01:46:52 I've seen Steven do these jumps just a few hours ago.
01:47:00 So now it's just making sure he's able to get those done in the program.
01:47:06 Sometimes you want them too bad.
01:47:08 I mean, you want them more.
01:47:10 You lose your timing, your technique, because you're muscling it a little bit.
01:47:14 Matthew performs this program so well.
01:47:19 I used the term "hair-ography" earlier, and Matthew does a lot of it.
01:47:23 Does a lot of...
01:47:25 Hair-ography.
01:47:26 Okay.
01:47:27 He has great hair to do it, so it's fine.
01:47:30 I have no such thing as hair-ography.
01:47:33 I mean, you don't have any.
01:47:35 Connor has been looking so strong in practices this week.
01:47:41 And at home.
01:47:43 And there's the quad toe by Alexa.
01:47:46 Not his best, but it's done.
01:47:48 You don't need your best yet.
01:47:50 In a few minutes, you need your best.
01:47:52 I believe that was a quad salchow.
01:47:56 I kind of missed the takeoff there.
01:47:57 No, it was.
01:47:58 I can verify it.
01:47:59 Thank you.
01:48:00 Beautiful quad salchow by Roman.
01:48:02 I'm so excited to see that short program.
01:48:05 Yeah, it was really cool.
01:48:06 He performed it so well.
01:48:08 Just parts of it today in practice.
01:48:10 He, of course, had a rough go at nationals last year.
01:48:16 And was showing super strong.
01:48:20 I was talking to high performance director Michael Slipchuk and said that Roman looked phenomenal in practice this summer.
01:48:28 And was ready to go for the year.
01:48:30 And then it was just one obstacle after another obstacle.
01:48:32 And random obstacles throughout the year.
01:48:35 You never know.
01:48:38 Maybe it all comes together here.
01:48:39 Maybe there's a reason.
01:48:41 Maybe he's like, finally I'm here.
01:48:44 My feet are on the ice.
01:48:45 Let's do this.
01:48:47 And there is a look at the start order for the final group.
01:48:52 I was going to say we're all over the map, but not really.
01:48:55 No.
01:48:56 Where they're from?
01:48:57 Yeah.
01:48:58 Yeah.
01:48:59 I'm terribly sorry.
01:49:00 Alberta.
01:49:01 Alberta.
01:49:02 Sorry.
01:49:03 Where's the blue flag?
01:49:04 We're in Alberta.
01:49:05 Okay.
01:49:06 It's been a long day.
01:49:07 We've started a long time ago.
01:49:13 That was 100% planned.
01:49:14 Yeah.
01:49:15 I think so.
01:49:16 Maybe.
01:49:17 He's got his vest on.
01:49:18 Like, you know, 33 below zero.
01:49:19 I think it's amazing that he can jump in a vest.
01:49:21 Yeah.
01:49:22 But he's also proven that he can do a triple Lutz in a full trench coat jacket.
01:49:25 So I don't think a coat bothers him.
01:49:27 No.
01:49:28 I don't think so.
01:49:29 Here we go.
01:49:30 Final group.
01:49:31 We're going to have a look at the final group.
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01:49:39 And then we're going to have a look at the final group.
01:49:41 So here we go.
01:49:42 Final group.
01:49:43 This will be fun.
01:49:44 This will be exciting.
01:49:45 Hopefully, we wish all the skaters the best.
01:49:47 I saw Matthew practice.
01:50:03 He was so solid and so good.
01:50:06 Beautiful classic lines.
01:50:10 He didn't miss anything of the time.
01:50:12 He has the ability.
01:50:15 It's there.
01:50:16 He doesn't have a quad, but he has a beautiful triple axel.
01:50:18 Matthew Noonan from Alberta, Northwest Territory.
01:50:20 He's Noonan, but 20 years old, out of the Ice Palace.
01:50:22 Figure skating club coach by Ravi Walia.
01:50:24 Choreography in the short program by Lance Vaipan.
01:50:28 He's skating too a lot.
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01:53:26 Well, I was a little nervous through that, but he looked more calm than me, so that's fine.
01:53:32 Such a great performance.
01:53:35 It started off so strong with that triple axel, and had a lot of great moves throughout the program.
01:53:42 I've seen him do it better, but...
01:53:44 Well, he's a very tidy jumper.
01:53:46 I mean, he had to step out of the triple lutz, but very tight in the air, fast rotation, wonderful straight back posture,
01:53:53 great extensions of the landing, so the quality of everything, all his positions are really at a high level.
01:53:59 And that little slip.
01:54:03 Ravi looks happy.
01:54:06 Yeah, that's a smile, isn't it?
01:54:08 It happens, I swear it does.
01:54:12 Very good program, though.
01:54:15 Yeah, my brain's malfunctioning.
01:54:18 I was a little too nervous, I think, through that program.
01:54:21 But very well executed. Let's look at some of it. That makes it easier for me.
01:54:26 Here, you can see his connection to the music. He's so artistic, and that's always been the way he skated.
01:54:34 Here's a look at that triple axel, getting plenty of height in the air, and keeping the speed and flow out of it.
01:54:40 And then heading down the ice into this triple flip, triple toe combination.
01:54:46 Keeping the control in between the elements, holding that landing position.
01:54:51 And then here, this has been a little bit of a struggle for him over the last few days.
01:54:56 Such a difficult entrance, got a little bit tight on the takeoff, so having to do that step out, but stayed on his feet.
01:55:04 Great flexibility and control in that change of edge camel position.
01:55:11 Matthew's also a university student.
01:55:17 Oop, there's that little trip in case you missed it.
01:55:20 He's a university student, so balancing school with skating.
01:55:25 He was actually at school this week and left school to drive here to do the competition.
01:55:30 So trying to balance that is definitely difficult, but he's managing it very well.
01:55:38 He also had to deal with a few injuries this year, got back more consistently training before challenge competition.
01:55:45 So he's had a lot of, the last month or so, of really consistent training.
01:55:50 Well, it's very good to have something else in your life, and scholastic is very important for all the athletes.
01:55:56 Also, fun fact, if you want to have a cheesecake, he apparently bakes really good ones.
01:56:02 Okay, doesn't look like he eats them.
01:56:04 20 years old, he's in school, high performance athlete as well.
01:56:11 Special.
01:56:14 Waiting patiently. I think this is the most stressful part for the skaters.
01:56:25 Their job is done at this point, and when you're sitting in the Kissing Car, you're just like,
01:56:29 "Okay, my job's done, but did I actually do it?"
01:56:31 Yeah, especially when you've done a good job. You want to say, "Well, what are you going to pay me for this job?"
01:56:35 "What are you going to pay me for this job?"
01:56:37 Well, you haven't done a, when you've done a poor job, you're going, "Okay, you know, I know I'm not going to get very much."
01:56:42 But right now, you're wondering, "How many points am I going to earn with that program?"
01:56:47 "Where will I be in the standings, shot at the podium at the end of this event?"
01:56:53 You'll be in the last group. That's always important, at least for the mindset of the skater.
01:56:58 So exciting seeing Matthew here. I trained with him for quite a while growing up,
01:57:10 and when I retired from competing, he was the height of up to my shoulder.
01:57:16 And then I came back and he's this.
01:57:19 There it is. 71.96 for Matthew Noonan from Alberta, Northwest Territories.
01:57:26 And Noonan, he is currently in third place.
01:57:29 But look at 74, 72, 71, 70. All very tight indeed.
01:57:34 As it was in the women's as well. It's going to come down, as it always does, usually.
01:57:39 The free program, our next competitor from British Columbia, Yukon section, 19-year-old Alexa Racket.
01:57:46 She was second at the challenge competition in December.
01:57:51 He's coached by Joanne McLeod.
01:57:55 He's choreographed in the short program by Mark Pillay, the great Canadian choreographer.
01:58:00 He'll skate the short program to biblical.
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02:01:10 What an impressive performance by Alexa.
02:01:14 He's improved so much in the last year.
02:01:17 You can really see his dedication to gaining that speed throughout his program.
02:01:21 And the way he moves throughout the choreography, it's really effective.
02:01:26 And it really draws you into the performance to the point that I almost forgot that he made that mistake.
02:01:32 Yeah, you know, there's a couple things.
02:01:35 One, he is a skater that feels that music.
02:01:37 He is emotional himself, and he loves to perform.
02:01:40 He loves to move, and you can see that naturally.
02:01:42 And he connects to the music and the song and all of that.
02:01:45 The triple axel is not a riding edge, so he does release that edge and skids that takeoff.
02:01:50 And when it gets too big of a skid, it stops the momentum, loses the flow and the takeoff.
02:01:54 He's learned the quad toe, so that's good.
02:01:56 So we'll see.
02:01:58 Well, here you go.
02:02:00 This is the beginning of this choreography.
02:02:03 He does really connect with this music really well.
02:02:05 The way the arms just softly move, the attention to the detail on the toe point there and the stretched fingertips.
02:02:12 Here's a look at the quad toe.
02:02:14 He does a little walkthrough beforehand, and it made me nervous thinking he was walking through the quad toe.
02:02:17 But there you see he hangs on to it, getting plenty of fight.
02:02:22 And then here, that triple axel, just as you said, Ted, that skid really happened.
02:02:25 The foot almost started turning before he could leave the ice.
02:02:28 So it's hard to catch up in that moment.
02:02:32 He's done some great work on trying to get through to these spins.
02:02:34 All level fours minus the last spin.
02:02:38 Level four camel spins there.
02:02:42 And then here, really focused going into this last jumping pass.
02:02:46 A little bit slower on the landing of the flip, but he can really pull off that triple toe from anything.
02:02:52 Which is an amazing skill to have for the just-in-case moments when that flip doesn't come down the way that you're anticipating.
02:03:00 The just-in-case moments. That's good.
02:03:02 He's also a pretty nice spinner. He can speed up everything he needs to.
02:03:09 And he's certainly sped up his skating skills across the ice.
02:03:12 So his ice coverage significantly improved from last season.
02:03:15 No question that'll help him in the score.
02:03:18 Top score so far is 74.16.
02:03:21 So he would need at least that to take the lead.
02:03:25 But with that fall, we'll see.
02:03:27 But he has other qualities.
02:03:29 There are so many great qualities.
02:03:30 That quad toe, the triple flip, triple toe, the spins.
02:03:34 All of that adds up.
02:03:36 But a fall does too.
02:03:38 75.49. That is first for Aleksa Rakic at this point of the competition.
02:03:47 That's a good score.
02:03:49 But very close. Very, very close.
02:03:53 Aleksa, what's going on? What do you have next?
02:03:55 Please welcome your next skater.
02:03:59 Our next skater, well, we know him.
02:04:01 But we don't know much about him this year.
02:04:03 This is his first time out in Canada that we've seen him at this level.
02:04:06 24-year-old Roman Sadovsky from the York Region Skating Centre.
02:04:10 This is a phenomenal program. He is a phenomenal skater.
02:04:14 He's had some issues this year and hasn't been able to compete that much.
02:04:17 He's coached by Tracy Wayman and Gregor Fiddleposky.
02:04:21 And he's got choreography in the short program by Nory Fonch-Dubre,
02:04:23 the great ice dance coach in Samuel Schwinard.
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02:05:14 No time in the unconscious, no rhythms, wires, or a force.
02:05:21 Mmm, made me wear a dead skin of ambivalence.
02:05:27 Dropping logic bombs like it's World War III.
02:05:33 You weigh me down as if there's nothing I can do.
02:05:39 No evidence of anger, no evidence of rage.
02:05:48 I'm gonna mind this mind, dive inside, terrified,
02:05:53 but I'm starting again.
02:05:58 You weigh me down, and now I'm really onto you.
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02:06:25 Don't expect me to be good, and let the games begin.
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02:06:42 No matter what it takes, no more for goodness sake.
02:06:50 I'm done with perfection, and the mess it makes.
02:07:00 Gonna weigh me down, no more.
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02:07:30 - An innovative program to unconscious. Challenges on the technical jumps.
02:07:37 Caitlin. - It's hard.
02:07:41 He has such incredible, incredible talent.
02:07:45 I've seen him do these jumps multiple, multiple times, and effortlessly.
02:07:51 But they just keep seeming to elude him in the competition.
02:07:54 - Well, and the muscle memory, of course, he's been off the ice for a lot this season.
02:08:00 And so the mileage and muscle memory is not there quite, especially under pressure.
02:08:04 Now, he may be able to do it in practice, but he hasn't been competing a lot.
02:08:07 So it's a new environment and new sensations and, I don't know, stresses, pressures, questions, whatever.
02:08:15 At least on this day, you know, he had mistakes in the jumps.
02:08:19 We'll see what happens with the free program.
02:08:20 What a beautiful skater, what a beautiful program.
02:08:23 - Exactly. And I can't imagine the first competition of the year being a national championship.
02:08:28 Skating in the last warm-up group. - I think he went to Europe.
02:08:30 I think he went to one just recently, a little while ago.
02:08:33 - Did I miss that? He was supposed to go to two, and he didn't make it to either.
02:08:37 This is his first competition.
02:08:39 The first competition there, his skates didn't show up.
02:08:42 It was a bad go, sent to another one.
02:08:45 And the flight got turned around, so he didn't make it.
02:08:48 But there's a look at that triple Lutz.
02:08:50 That was supposed to be his combination, the triple S, triple toe.
02:08:53 And then here, getting a double sow, double toe.
02:08:59 But unfortunately, you need to have a triple in the competition.
02:09:02 And then here, the triple axel got really swingy into the air, and he couldn't control the landing.
02:09:07 But he's always been an amazing spinner.
02:09:11 He's one of the best spinners in the entire world.
02:09:14 So many fantastic qualities.
02:09:19 And I know he's a fan favorite here.
02:09:22 A lot of people messaged me saying they were super excited to see Roman skate today.
02:09:26 So I hope he feels that and feels the love that everyone is still giving him.
02:09:32 - Yeah. He's still going to get a pretty good score because of his basic qualities.
02:09:37 And the spins, just amazing.
02:09:45 - The speed of that spin, the stretch, the turnout, the center.
02:09:49 And he seems to always keep the same speed on every position, if not increase.
02:09:54 - And that change combination spin at the end, he definitely increases per change of position.
02:10:05 - Yeah.
02:10:12 - Long time coach, Tracy William with him.
02:10:15 - Tracy, one of the youngest Canadian champions.
02:10:18 I think at the age of 13, she was the national senior champion.
02:10:22 - Such a great person to work with. - Oh, yeah.
02:10:27 - This is the most quiet I've ever seen her in a Kissing Car, though.
02:10:32 - What do you say?
02:10:35 There's nothing you can say that you're just filling air if you're talking
02:10:39 about the short program, because Roman's experience, he knows what he's supposed to do.
02:10:43 He knows what he did do.
02:10:45 - And now it's just to see where he will sit after the short program to see how he can fight in the free.
02:10:54 - He certainly has the weapons, that's not an issue.
02:10:57 But he'll need to bring it all. 68.29, that is sixth in the short program.
02:11:05 - As we take a look at the results, but it's really not that far, it was nine points.
02:11:10 Seven points behind Alexa Rakic at this point, but we've still got some skaters to come.
02:11:17 Steven Gogolev is up next. He represents Ontario.
02:11:21 He's 19 years old, out of the Grand Skating Club.
02:11:25 He's coached by Raphael Aradonian and also lead Barkel.
02:11:30 He's choreographed in the short by the great Shae-Lynn Bourne, 2003 World Ice Dance Champion with Victor Kratz.
02:11:37 Now doing incredible choreography around the world, skating to the sound of silence by Disturbed.
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02:14:47 Well I'm fortunate on those jumping passes, but to look at his skating over the last number of years
02:14:56 and then to look at the performance that he showed tonight, choreography wise, he looked outstanding that way.
02:15:03 This is the best he's skated from choreography.
02:15:05 This is the best he's looked, yes.
02:15:06 Great job by Shalynne Bourne. I suspect that he's injured, we've heard something we don't know, we don't have all the details.
02:15:13 He's been really stretching his back over the warm up and then here you see again.
02:15:19 This is an athlete in a little bit of distress, this is not 100% healthy and so that obviously is going to have an impact technically.
02:15:26 Of course and you saw it especially at the end of the quad sal, he was not comfortable after that and then it was making it through until the end of the program at that point
02:15:35 and greatly appreciated for the audience trying to encourage him along the way.
02:15:40 Yeah, and I give him a lot of credit for the effort, but more credit for the choreography and his commitment to enter that element of skating which he has really lacked
02:15:52 and you can see it growing so once he gets healthy, we'll see a different Steven Gogolev and there are improvements, no question, Gaben.
02:16:02 Here you can see the stretch, the movement with his head and then here unfortunately on the quad toe, just the arms get a little, it was really quick off the take off.
02:16:14 So forcing it into a double and then here, rotated the quad sal and then took a couple seconds there to stand back up.
02:16:22 And then not quite in the right space to be able to get himself up into the air for that triple axel.
02:16:29 Hard enough when you're healthy.
02:16:31 Extremely difficult when you're healthy.
02:16:33 A lot of the times in competition, adrenaline takes over and you don't necessarily feel the pain, but if you are injured and you can feel it while you're competing, it's very distracting.
02:16:49 But he really pushed through until the end of that program.
02:16:55 And like you said, this is the, well, both of us have said, this is the most attention to detail in choreography that I've ever seen from him, even from his junior days.
02:17:05 He may not take that as sort of a consolation, but in the building of an outfit, this is an important improvement.
02:17:12 You know, bad day, injured, not feeling well, all of that.
02:17:16 But I was never, I was always wondering, would he ever begin to discover and explore the space around him with his choreography and his body?
02:17:24 We saw that tonight and that's very, very good news for his future once he gets himself healthy.
02:17:31 And we talked about changing coaches a lot.
02:17:33 Well, often you've seen a different coach in the Kiss and Cry with Stephen at every competition this season.
02:17:37 He's worked a lot more closely with Lee and Lee's been more consistent with him.
02:17:42 Yeah.
02:17:43 It comes in handy consistency.
02:17:49 And, you know, as a coach and parents and friends and family, your heart just sinks and you don't want the skaters to feel what they're feeling right at the moment.
02:17:59 Part of the process, 53.80, that is 11th in the short program.
02:18:04 This is not unfamiliar territory for him, but I think with this injury, it's going to be hard in the pre-program to come back if he skates.
02:18:10 We'll see.
02:18:13 Improvement has been made.
02:18:15 Needs that health to help technically.
02:18:20 Our next competitor represents British Columbia, Yukon, 18-year-old Wesley Chu out of the Gannat Skating Club.
02:18:25 Spoked by Keegan and Eileen Murphy.
02:18:28 Started skating at the age of four.
02:18:35 Got a quad toe and combo.
02:18:40 We'll see whether that materializes.
02:18:41 Triple axel as well.
02:18:42 He has the weapons and the performance.
02:18:44 He'll need it all right now as he'll skate the short program to Kissing You by Sam Smith.
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02:21:45 Wesley Chu usually a double fist bump, a big smile.
02:21:50 >> More double fist bumps.
02:21:51 He's still going.
02:21:52 >> I know, going wild.
02:21:53 That was awesome.
02:21:54 What a great performance.
02:21:55 Clean, crisp, tidy.
02:21:58 >> Few standing ovations for Wesley and well deserved.
02:22:02 Such an incredible, solid program.
02:22:07 And I said it during his program, I'll say it again.
02:22:10 He's got the abilities that are so similar to that of Patrick Chan.
02:22:15 And you can see the detail in each step in the choreography to the stretch, to the emotion.
02:22:20 And then still able to get the hard tricks done.
02:22:23 >> Yeah.
02:22:24 He carries the skating skills that flow through the little hops and touch the boots and the little details that don't bring direct points, but they do impact the overall, obviously the skating skill program component mark.
02:22:37 >> Outstanding performance.
02:22:40 One that, well, obviously he's happy about, but he's deservedly happy about.
02:22:44 >> Yeah.
02:22:45 His best performance of his life at this moment in big competition.
02:22:49 >> Right off the top of the program there, you see the emotion and the connection to the music.
02:22:56 And then here, taking his time for this quad toe, but gets plenty of height in the air.
02:23:01 Quad toe, triple toe.
02:23:04 >> So much height even on the second triple toe there.
02:23:07 And then ending down the ice.
02:23:09 This is his only real mistake in the program, just skidded a little too much on the takeoff and then turned the almost step out into choreography.
02:23:18 And then here, beautiful triple lutz.
02:23:21 And you see the smile on his face right there.
02:23:23 >> Yeah, yeah.
02:23:26 And then he gained energy.
02:23:32 >> Really amazing performance.
02:23:34 See the stretch in the camel spin there.
02:23:38 Getting level four on each of his spins, except for that last change combination spin.
02:23:43 So, well, there's still room for improvement.
02:23:46 >> Well, he had a 2.5 point GOE score on the quad toe, triple toe.
02:23:51 That's huge.
02:23:52 >> Well, of course.
02:23:53 >> The total score of 16.14 for that one element to start the program.
02:23:57 >> It's not a bad way to start.
02:23:59 >> Yeah.
02:24:00 >> Fantastic performance.
02:24:05 That's all I can say about that.
02:24:07 >> And this is going to be interesting to get Conrad Orozal is next.
02:24:12 He will hear these scores.
02:24:14 Conrad certainly has the ability and the technical elements.
02:24:20 >> He said what got him into skating is a coach recommended that he tried figure skating.
02:24:26 I think that was a good recommendation.
02:24:28 >> A skating coach?
02:24:30 >> Yeah.
02:24:31 >> Come to the rink.
02:24:32 >> Come to the rink.
02:24:33 Let's try this.
02:24:34 >> Here's the scores.
02:24:36 88.98 for Wesley Chu as he clearly takes the lead in a big way.
02:24:44 There it is.
02:24:46 At least eight points over Alexa Rakic.
02:24:49 One skater to come, though.
02:24:51 Conrad Orozal so skilled.
02:24:53 So much ability.
02:24:55 Skates last.
02:24:56 Not easy.
02:24:58 The silver medalist from last season.
02:25:00 So he'll be looking to step one -- step higher on the podium.
02:25:05 But he's got some work to do.
02:25:07 First at the challenge event, coach by Ravi Walia, choreographed by Lance Vipon.
02:25:13 He'll skate.
02:25:15 Short program to the powerful music of Carmina Burana.
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02:28:27 You can see the disbelief on his face.
02:28:29 He's been skating so incredibly well since he's gotten here in Calgary.
02:28:35 But such a tough position to skate.
02:28:37 Last in the short program right after hearing an amazing score.
02:28:42 >> Yeah, that big score for Wesley Chu.
02:28:44 And he may not have thought of that or expected that.
02:28:48 >> Or how do you even prepare for that?
02:28:50 >> No, you can't.
02:28:51 We talked about that.
02:28:52 I mean, you can simulate a skate, but you can't simulate hearing a real score in front of you.
02:28:56 And that sometimes can impact your thought, oh, I'm going to need to --
02:29:01 you just need to skate what you skate.
02:29:03 But, well.
02:29:09 >> You can see the disappointment in him there.
02:29:12 >> Yeah.
02:29:16 >> Oh, Robbie actually beat him to the kiss and cry.
02:29:17 >> Yeah.
02:29:18 >> That's a first.
02:29:19 [ Laughter ]
02:29:21 >> Well, let's take a look at some of these elements.
02:29:25 Great into the performance here at the beginning of the program.
02:29:27 He's worked so hard on adding that aspect to his skating.
02:29:32 And then here he has such big entrances into his quads.
02:29:36 The arm just pulled a little bit and he turned it into a triple salchow, triple toe.
02:29:42 But here's where it gets tricky.
02:29:44 So planned quad toe.
02:29:45 You can see the feet get a little too far ahead.
02:29:47 And it turns into a triple, which is a repeated element.
02:29:51 Which becomes invalid into the program.
02:29:53 >> So does the single axel.
02:29:55 >> And the singled axel.
02:29:56 So two invalid elements in a short program.
02:30:04 It's really tough.
02:30:05 It's a tough place to be.
02:30:06 He's never been in this position before to skate.
02:30:10 The closest he's gone is after coming second last year in the short program.
02:30:14 And then maintaining that in the free.
02:30:19 >> But coming in to some degree as perhaps the heir apparent.
02:30:24 But you had to earn it.
02:30:27 We talked about this.
02:30:28 We didn't know what was going to happen.
02:30:30 You know, this was an open field because they're all capable.
02:30:33 But who would produce on the night tonight at least Wesley Chu.
02:30:37 >> There's a little bit of a toss of the dice because of that talent.
02:30:40 But also the unpredictability.
02:30:42 And so many people wanting to step up to that world to take the stage.
02:30:47 And sometimes we've talked about it that the desire can sometimes be too much.
02:30:53 >> Yeah, the desire changes your timing.
02:30:55 Changes your psychological feel as well.
02:30:58 You have to park all the things you can't -- that can't help you when you step on the ice.
02:31:04 And just focus on that.
02:31:05 But we're human.
02:31:06 And so you get affected.
02:31:10 >> You can see the emotion in Conrad there.
02:31:12 He's such a powerful jumper and quick to rotate.
02:31:17 And just --
02:31:19 >> 61.72.
02:31:22 That is 10th in the short program.
02:31:24 We have seen a lot of movement last season in the senior.
02:31:28 So there is hope there because he has the ability and he has the weapons.
02:31:31 But, you know, how far off the podium is he?
02:31:35 Well, he's 13 points.
02:31:36 But he's got quads.
02:31:37 He's got triple axles.
02:31:38 Anthony doesn't.
02:31:39 So there's a possibility here he can climb back up.
02:31:42 How far?
02:31:43 We'll find out tomorrow.
02:31:45 >> That's a tomorrow question.
02:31:46 >> Yeah.
02:31:47 There's nothing set here.
02:31:48 Yes, we've got the 1, 2, 3.
02:31:50 But lots can happen.
02:31:51 Wesley Chu, Alexa Rakic, and Anthony Paradis.
02:31:55 You would not have guessed that podium.
02:31:58 >> It's really remarkable.
02:32:00 >> Yeah.
02:32:01 Or not the podium, but those three on the top.
02:32:04 Maybe Wesley, obviously, he's been up there.
02:32:06 But for Alexa and Anthony Paradis, I mean, wow.
02:32:10 >> And Mikhail sitting right there.
02:32:11 >> Yes, Mikhail as well.
02:32:13 So there you go.
02:32:14 Interesting indeed.
02:32:15 Full day of competition tomorrow.
02:32:17 Let's take a look at the schedule here.
02:32:18 We will start tomorrow local time here in Calgary at 10 a.m.
02:32:22 with the senior women's free.
02:32:24 That will be followed by the senior free dance at 13.15, 1.15 in the afternoon.
02:32:29 And then we will move on to the senior pair at 16.25, 4.25 here at local time in Alberta.
02:32:35 And then we'll finish with the men's free program at 18.40, 6.40 tomorrow night.
02:32:41 That will conclude the competition.
02:32:43 Wow.
02:32:44 What a full day of skating.
02:32:46 Much more to come tomorrow.
02:32:47 For all of us here at Skate Canada Productions, Caitlin Osmond, Caitlin Weaver, Kirsten Moore-Towers,
02:32:53 thank you for watching.
02:32:55 Make sure you join us tomorrow.
02:32:56 Good night, everyone.
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