OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Speed Skating Canada is excited to announce that our discount program with Air Canada – the country’s largest domestic and international airline – will continue for the 2024-25 season, helping members of the Canadian speed skating community save money on flight bookings to attend national and international events. As part of this… Read more »
Category: Events: National
11 different communities slated to host national-level speed skating competitions during the 2024-25 season
Speed Skating Canada and host organizing committees from 11 different communities across the country will partner to host a total of 16 national-level competitions during the upcoming 2024-25 season, which runs from September to March.
Hosting bids now being accepted for select national short track speed skating competitions
Speed Skating Canada is now accepting bids from interested host communities for several national-level competitions planned for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, including five national championships.
Medicine Hat and Rimouski gearing up to host this season’s Canadian Youth Short Track Championships
Canada’s next generation of short track skaters are gearing for their last competition of the season, a showdown on the national stage at a pair of Canadian Youth Speed Skating Championships presented by Intact Insurance.
Julia Snelgrove and Daniel Hall Crowned Canadian Junior Long Track Champions in Quebec City
Nova Scotia’s Julia Snelgrove and Alberta’s Daniel Hall were crowned national junior champions this past weekend in Quebec City, earning the best cumulative rankings across their four distances to capture the titles at the 2024 Canadian Junior Long Track Championships presented by Intact Insurance.
Gabriel Jones and Miao Qi Crowned Canadian Junior Short Track Champions
Results set the stage for naming of Canada’s team for the World Junior Championships and Youth Olympic Games CALGARY, ALBERTA – Quebec’s Miao Qi and Gabriel Jones were crowned Canadian Junior Short Track Champions at the Olympic Oval in Calgary last weekend. Each skater earned the most points among their respective fields of 40 skaters… Read more »
Valérie Maltais and Jordan Belchos crowned Mass Start national champions
Maltais captures third title of the weekend, winning 1500m, 3000m and Mass Start CALGARY, ALBERTA – Valérie Maltais and Jordan Belchos capped off the final day for the 2023 Canadian Long Track Championships presented by Intact Insurance by claiming their respective national titles in the Mass Start. Maltais captured her second consecutive Canadian title crown… Read more »
Valérie Maltais and Connor Howe earn 1500m national long track titles
Maltais and Howe win second gold medals of the competition CALGARY, ALBERTA – Valérie Maltais and Connor Howe skated to national titles in the 1500m on the third day racing at the 2023 Canadian Long Track Championships presented by Intact Insurance in Calgary. Maltais (La Baie, Que.) outraced 23 other skaters in the women’s 1500m… Read more »
Olympians Blondin, Howe, Weidemann and Bloemen atop podium at Canadian Championships
37-year-old Ted-Jan Bloemen captures second gold medal of the competition with 10,000m victory CALGARY, ALBERTA – Four different Olympians – Ivanie Blondin, Connor Howe, Isabelle Weidemann and Ted-Jan Bloemen – reached the top step of the podium on Friday at the 2023 Canadian Long Track Championships presented by Intact Insurance in Calgary. The second racing… Read more »
Laurent Dubreuil, Ted-Jan Bloemen and Carolina Hiller defend national titles at Canadian Long Track Championships
Valérie Maltais builds off last season’s progress, surprises with gold medal result in women’s 3000m CALGARY, ALBERTA – The opening day of the 2023 Canadian Long Track Championships presented by Intact Insurance saw four different skaters – Carolina Hiller, Laurent Dubreuil, Valérie Maltais and Ted-Jan Bloemen – earn a national title at the Olympic Oval… Read more »
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