Olympic medallists Gilles, Poirier headline Canadian world championship team


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Newly minted Olympic bronze medallist ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will be part of the Canadian contingent at the figure skating world championships in March.

The event will be held in Prague, Czechia, from March 24 to 29.

Gilles of Toronto and Poirier of Unionville, Ont., captured their first Olympic medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Games. They have earned silver at the last two world championships.

A collage of Canadian figure skaters.
Stephen Gogolev, left, Madeline Schizas, centre, Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud will also be a part of Canada’s world championships team. (Katie Stratman/Imagn Images via Reuters, Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)

Joining them will be breakout star Stephen Gogolev. The 21-year-old from Toronto announced himself on the senior international stage in Milan with a fifth-place finish in the men’s event, delivering the second-best free skate.

Madeline Schizas will represent Canada in the women’s event. The 23-year-old from Oakville, Ont., was part of that fifth-place finish in the team event but failed to advance to the free program in the women’s event at the Games.

Lia Pereira, of Milton, Ont., and Trennt Michaud, of Trenton, Ont., will headline the pairs teams following their eighth-place finish at the Olympics.



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