Surlympics

Canada won 12 medals at four continents. Graeme fish looks to be back in form where he won medals at the world championships in 2020. Laurent Dubreuil , Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann and Connor Howe are picking up where they left off strong last season and both pursuit teams look as strong medal contenders as well on the World Cup circuit and championships. Also we are very strong in the men’s mass start as well instead of just the women’s. 

Canada won 12 medals at four continents. Graeme fish looks to be back in form where he won medals at the world championships in 2020. Laurent Dubreuil , Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann and Connor Howe are picking up where they left off strong last season and both pursuit teams look as strong medal contenders as well on the World Cup circuit and championships. Also we are very strong in the men’s mass start as well instead of just the women’s. 

Canada won 12 medals at four continents. Graeme fish looks to be back in form where he won medals at the world championships in 2020. Laurent Dubreuil , Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann and Connor Howe are picking up where they left off strong last season and both pursuit teams look as strong medal contenders as well on the World Cup circuit and championships. Also we are very strong in the men’s mass start as well instead of just the women’s. 

Thru half the Grand Prix season, we're probably about where we were expecting

Ice Dance: Gilles/Poirier won Skate Canada as expected. One of the few top teams to stay on their feet for their full skates. Lajoie/Lagha finished second, had a fall for weren't as close as we would have likes. Probably a safe bet we'll see both at the Grand Prix final. I'd kinda like to see Lajoie/Lagha get a big push, but this discipline unfortunately seems more about waiting their turn... imagine we'll see a bunch of retirements after Milan. 
 
Pairs: Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps had a rough long program but won easily. Also surely will be at the GP final. Pereira/Michaud had a nightmare of a skate at theirs. They still might be able to sneak into the final if they do well at their second event, pairs is wide open
 
Women: Schizas has two very good skates and almost snuck onto the podium at Skate Canada. Her ceiling is probably a top 8-10, and maybe qualifying Canada an extra spot (or opportunity for a spot). Ruiter had a rough outting. 
 
Men: The less said the better. We may not even qualify a man for 2026, and may have to rely on a pity spot for the team event. 
 
2026 Medal Outlook:

- Best chance is probably pairs. Stellato-Dudek are reigning World Champs, and while unpredictable the field isn't terrible deep (if they let the Russians back in, that will make it a lot tougher)
 
- Ice Dance is a bit of a coin flip. Politics still overwhelms the event even with the Russians out, and Gilles/Poirier seem to be able to get early season results, but not treated as well come Worlds and Olympics. Lajoie/Lagha will hopefully be nipping at their heels now. 
 
- Women's/Men's - No chance of a medal, hell, the men might not even qualify the skater
 
- Team - Assuming the Russians stay banned, bronze will be battled between Italy and Canada. Probably gonna get some home cooking, so I'd give the edge to Italy... but ultimately it will come down to avoiding a meltdown in the men's and women's short programs. Italy has stronger men, but inconsistent... and same goes for the Canadian women. If we can get strong short programs from our singles skaters, that could get us on the podium

Women’s team took down US 4-1 in match 3 of the rivalry series, and take a 2-1 overall lead!

Denis Shapovalov wins the Belgrade ATP 250 title, his second career title and first in five years, after defeating Medjedovic 6-4, 6-4! 

Canada takes Game 2 of the Rivalry Series against the US! Quite scary considering we gave up a 4-1 lead but we still held on with 17 yo Chloe Primerano scoring the shootout winner!

And they’ve done it, WTA Finals Champions! 
 
Dabrowski/Routliffe get it done in Ridyah, defeating Siniakova/Townsend 7-5, 6-3! Siniakova/Townsend were well off the level they showed all tournament long, but you can only beat the team put in front of you. 
 
History, as it’s the first WTA Finals title for a Canadian! 

A name to keep an eye out for the future: https://sirc.ca/news/kyleigh-whitwell-captures-the-jump-canada-medal-final/

Gaby Dabrowski and her partner Erin Routliffe defeated Krawczyk/Dolehide 4-6, 6-3, [10-6] to advance to the semifinals at the WTA Finals with a perfect 3-0 record!
 
34 winners to 14 UE’s 

Gold for our men’s 5000m relay at week two of the Montreal WC!
 
Yet again, it wasn’t even close. Complete dominance 

Marc Gagnon doing wonders to our team. 

Montreal Stop #1: 3 golds, 1 silver, 2 bronze
Montreal Stop #2: 5 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze
 
ETA; make that 6 GOLDS.
 
Obviously, I’ll wait until the non-Canadian stops before drawing to conclusions because home-crowd is usually a help but our short track program is looking good 

Gold for William Dandjinou and bronze for Jordan Pierre-Gilles in the men’s 1000m!

Canada wins gold in the mixed relay!!

Canada wins gold in the mixed relay!!

Brunelle blasted the field on the penultimate leg of the relay Saturday, it was surprising. Other than Boutin it's a young team, but surprisingly deep. They aren't favourites in individual races, but they contend regularly, it's not surprising to see them get into semi's and finals anymore
 
Nice change from the '98 thru '14 cycles when we might have one strong women, and everyone else just kinda hung on for dear life

The short track program has sure became a machine over the last decade. Incredible depth. Especially nice seeing so many good skaters on the women's side after a couple decades of being so far behind the likes of China and Korea. Which is good, cause now there are a lot of countries that are producing really good skaters now

Team Homan win gold at the Pan Continental Curling Championships, defeating Team Gim 6-5 with a steal in the 10th end!
 
 
 

Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps skate to gold in the pairs event in Halifax !

Steven Dubois and William dandjinou go 1-2 in the men’s 500m and dandjinou takes gold in the men’s 1500 :D

Steven Dubois and William dandjinou go 1-2 in the men’s 500m and dandjinou takes gold in the men’s 1500 :D

Amazing!!

And I’m now just reading Josh’s earlier messages I don’t see before lol

Gold for our women’s 3000m relay during the second week of the Montreal WC! Sweet sweet revenge on last week, they got a penalty in the final and crossed the line first. 

Gold and silver for Steven Dubois and William Dandjinou in the men’s 500m during the second week of the Montreal WC!