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Les Suprêmes Aim for Three-peat at 2024 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships

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OTTAWA, ON (March 26, 2024) – Canada’s top two synchronized skating teams are heading to Zagreb, Croatia for the 2024 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships taking place from April 5-6, 2024. 

Les Suprêmes Senior will be looking to retain their World Championship title after standing on top of the podium in 2022 and 2023. They have been enjoying a fantastic season thus far, winning gold at the Canadian Championships and the Budapest Cup in January, and silver at the Challenger Series Marie Lundmark Trophy in February. 

Nova Senior will be making their first journey to the World Championships since 2019 after capturing a silver medal at the 2024 Canadian Championships. They have been enjoying a strong season as well, securing a bronze medal at the PGE Hevelius Cup, and a fifth-place finish at the Marie Lundmark Trophy. 

The 2024 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships kick off on Friday, April 5 with the short program, and end on Saturday, April 6 with the free skate.  

Team Canada 

Team | Coaches | Training Location 

Les Suprêmes | Marilyn Langlois, Pascal Denis & Amélie Brochu | Saint-Léonard, Que.
Nova | Dominic Barthe & Nadine Tougas | St-Hubert, Que. 

 Team Leader – Shae Zukiwsky
Medical Team – Pat Stanzianzo & Jessica Curran
Official – Cynthia Alepin 

Canada’s Les Suprêmes repeat as Synchronized Skating World Champions

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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Les Suprêmes, from St-Léonard, Que., successfully defended its title on Saturday at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships while Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., took fourth spot.

There were no changes in the top-four after Friday’s short program, with Les Suprêmes taking top spot with a season best 240.98 points which was four points more than last year’s winning performance. The national bronze medalists entered the worlds with two international medals this season including a victory.

The Helsinki Rockettes from Finland won the silver with 239.56 and their compatriots Team Unique was third with 237.68.

Canada’s Nexxice was fourth for the second straight year with 228.08. Nexxice, the national champions, also collected two international podiums prior to worlds including a gold medal.

There were 23 entries in total at the championships.

Full results: ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2023

Teams Named for 2023 ISU Synchronized Skating Championships

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OTTAWA, ON (February 20, 2023) – Following the completion of several international competitions, Skate Canada has named its teams for the 2023 ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships and the 2023 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, both taking place in March.

Skate Canada has a robust selection criteria for each ISU Championships to undertake the selection of teams who will represent Canada at these events. Skate Canada’s selection criteria for ISU Championships can be found on skatecanada.ca.

2023 ISU WORLD JUNIOR SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
ANGERS, FRANCE – MARCH 10-11, 2023

Nexxice Junior
Coach: Trish Perdue-Mills

Les Suprêmes Junior
Coaches: Pascal Denis & Marilyn Langlois

2023 ISU WORLD SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAKE PLACID, USA – MARCH 31 – APRIL 1, 2023

Nexxice Senior
Coaches: Jennifer Beauchamp-Crichton & Shelley Simonton-Barnett

Les Suprêmes Senior
Coaches: Pascal Denis & Marilyn Langlois

Canada Reigns Suprêmes with Gold at ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships®

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HAMILTON – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., won the gold medal on Saturday for Canada’s first victory in seven years at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships.

The Canadian champions, coached by Marilyn Langlois, Pascal Denis and Amélie Brochu moved from second spot after Friday’s short program. They delivered a breathtaking free skate to a loud audience at First Ontario Centre which featured music from the movie The White Crow.

They totalled 236.31 points the highest score ever recorded at worlds since the current scoring system was implemented in 2005. They ranked first in all scoring areas including skating skills, transitions components and performance.

‘’It felt really good to be skating in front of our home crowd,’’ said team captain Laurie Désilet. ‘’We couldn’t do better than that. We are really proud. We wanted to be awesome tonight.’’

Marigold Ice Unity from Finland took the silver with 228.72 and their compatriots the Helsinki Rockettes were third at 226.20. The Rockettes were first after the short and skated last on Saturday. There was a costly mistake in their free skate when two skaters fell. It ranked fifth.

Les Suprêmes team members were Amelia Asparian, Anouk Begin, Karianne Begin, Julia Bernardo, Anne-Claude Champagne, Loriana Cocca, Marie-Ève Comtois, Laurie Désilets, Olivia Di Giandomenico, Lisanne Foley, Charlotte Grutter, Alessia Hart-Lewis, Giulia Hart-Lewis, Audrey-Ann Lajeunesse, Agathe Sigrid Merlier, Andréanne Paradis, Martha Maria Pietrasik, Florence Poulin, Olivia Ronca and Emmakaisa Tikkinen.

The last time les Suprêmes won a medal at worlds was a bronze in 2003.

Canada’s second entry, Nexxice, from Burlington, Ont., was fourth at 224.38 out of 23 entries, just missing a ninth worlds medal.

They delivered a memorable routine composed by Indigenous artist Jeremy Dutcher which combined the digitization voices of his ancestors with his own classically trained tenor. Nexxice took the last Canadian world crown in 2015 when the worlds were also in Hamilton.

Skating for Nexxice were Nyah Bay, Megan Brown, Emma Daigle, Denika Ellis-Dawson, Jasmine Gagnon, Abbey Glumpak, Carleigh Gorrigsen, Lauren Hatfield, Sadie Hoover, Taylor Johnston, Elizabeth McKenna, Emily Monaghan, Sarah Constance Moss, Tegan Orr, Robbie-Lynn Puspoky, Sophia Tong, Olivia Tworzyanski, Melissa Van Loon, Brynn Wilkinson and Chelsea Wong.

‘’Our free skate was very special to us,’’ said Daigle. ‘’It was a program we wanted to show to the world. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience with the hometown crowd and we felt their support.

The last two world championships in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the pandemic.

Full results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2122/wsysc2022/

Canadian Teams in Medal Position After Short Program at ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships®

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HAMILTON – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., and Nexxice from Burlington, Ont., delighted the home crowd Friday standing second and third after the short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships®, being held at the FirstOntario Centre.

The Helsinki Rockettes from Finland are first with 82.76 points. Les Suprêmes follow at 81.51 and Nexxice are next at 77.65. There are 23 teams entered.

The skaters for les Suprêmes are Amelia Asparian, Anouk Begin, Karianne Begin, Julia Bernardo, Anne-Claude Champagne, Loriana Cocca, Marie-Ève Comtois, Laurie Desilets, Olivia Di Giandomenico, Lisanne Foley, Charlotte Grutter, Alessia Hart-Lewis, Giulia Hart-Lewis, Audrey-Ann Lajeunesse, Agathe Sigrid Merlier, Andréanne Paradis, Martha Maria Pietrasik, Florence Poulin, Olivia Ronca and Emmakaisa Tikkinen.

‘’We are just so excited about our skate,’’ said Comtois. ‘’It was super fun to skate all together after two years and we are super proud. To represent our country at home means a lot to us and it’s wonderful to have our friends and family here.’’

Due to the pandemic these are the first synchro worlds since 2019. That year Helsinki was the host city and Nexxice narrowly missed the podium finishing in fourth place.

Skating for Nexxice are Nyah Bay, Megan Brown, Emma Daigle, Denika Ellis-Dawson, Jasmine Gagnon, Abbey Glumpak, Carleigh Gorrigsen, Lauren Hatfield, Sadie Hoover, Taylor Johnston, Elizabeth McKenna, Emily Monaghan, Sarah Constance Moss, Tegan Orr, Robbie-Lynn Puspoky, Sophia Tong, Olivia Tworzyanski, Melissa Van Loon, Brynn Wilkinson and Chelsea Wong.

‘’We felt like we laid down everything we possibly could have,’’ said Daigle. ‘’This is a special moment for us and for all the teams, it’s been three years since we had a world championship. We really wanted to show our programs to the world and to our home crowd.’’

Competition ends Saturday with the free skates at 1:40 p.m. (ET)

Full results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2122/wsysc2022/