To celebrate Canada and the World's first ever silver medal win in Team Figure Skating, this post, along with next week's is dedicated to introducing the figure skaters who worked their hardest in order to make Canada proud. (Which they did! Awesome job guys!) Our athletes this time, however, have one thing in common (other than taking part in the same sport). They all are in pairs AND Sochi serves as their Olympic debut!
Our first athlete is from St. Catharines, Ontario who is known to be a proud and funny hard worker. Here is Kirsten Moore-Towers! A fun story that is passed around is the story of how Moore-Towers became a figure skater. It all started when her mom brought Moore-Towers to skating at the age of two, thinking that it was an important skill to master. It was a typical child-parent scenario: The kid didn't like it, but the parent told her not to give up. By the time Moore-Towers grew into the sport, it found a very important place in her heart. From then on, she continued to train, always telling her mom that someday, she would go to the Olympics. Fast forward to 2014 Sochi serves as that dream, Olympic debut. With her and her beaming partner, Dylan Moscovitch, they have established a stong reputation of always pleasing a crowd and putting on a show.
Skating with the lovely Kirsten Moore-Towers mentioned above, Dylan Moscovitch is a Toronto-born athlete who is known for his charming sense of humour and passionate, energetic and fun performances. Moscovitch has had a long history with ice, learning how to skate right after he learned how to walk. Like his partner, Moscovitch has told his parents his dream of competing in the Olympics for as long as he can remember. One of his fondest memories is of him watching his now teammates Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win gold in Vancouver. As the clock ticked by 4 years later, he is in Sochi, skating and devouring his Olympic debut and working together with his partner and the teammates he admired all those years ago in BC.
Our next athlete was born in Sudbury, Ontario. Falling just short of making the cut in 2010, Meagan Duhamel is in Sochi, ecstatic about her Olympic debut. A bit of background about Duhamel, at the age of three she would skate with her sister, cousins and uncles during their breaks in family hockey games. There, she was taught so skate, and loved it. When her athletic career was growing, her previous partner, Craig Buntin, announced his retirement in late 2010. This left Duhamel unsure about her future. Then her coach, Coach Richard Gauthier, suggested that she try out with Eric Radford, her current partner. Both athletes were a bit hesitant... after all, they had went through a few partners and the results weren't that good. However, thanks to a bit of encouragement, the duo have had steady progress in their skills and have since greatly improved their international results.
Our last, but certainly not least skater is Eric Redford who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. An intersting tidbit about Radford, he started out as a solo skater, winning various titles and awards at young ages. However, as he grew (in height and in experience) he was starting to look better suited for pairs. At first, it didn't turn out too well until he paired up with Meagan Duhamel after the Vancouver Olympics. A thing to note about Radford is that he loves music. Growing up, he fell in love with the sport because it was a unique sport performed to music. Studying music in York University, Radford has even compiled many piano pieces, one of which is used in one of Radford and Duhamel's 2013-2014 event!
Did you know that Canada won silver in the WORLD'S FIRST EVER Team Figure Skating Event? Check out the details here!
http://letsfindsomethinginteresting.blogspot.ca/2014/02/the-2014-winter-olympics-in-sochi.html
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