Articles/News, Photos & Clips, etc. from Montreal -- 2024 Worlds

[Sylvia]

Getty Images (March 20): Pairs & Women SP photos

Getty Images (March 19): Practice & off ice photos

Getty Images (March 18): Practice photos

Credentialed photographers include:
Greg Kolz's kiss & cry shot of Deanna & Max reacting to their scores: https://twitter.com/gregkolz/status/1770559603652096303
Danielle Earl’s 4 photos of a delighted Isabeau in the kiss & cry: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4xrvZsL9iN/
MAO Yanzheng (posting quickly on X & Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/maoyanzheng/ & https://twitter.com/maoyanzheng

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting here - thanks for the gifted link to Les Carpenter's article @sk9tingfan ! :

The Washington Post continues to delight. Here's a front page article on Deanna Stellato:

https://wapo.st/3Tvgz7A

 

[skatingguy]

PRESS CONFERENCE
Pairs, Short Program ​

Deanna Stellato Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN) 1st after the Short Program

Stellato Dudek: We’re really pleased with our performance. We worked really hard with the support of our family. There was a lot of pressure from home ice and self imposed. A lot of family and friends came out to support. I wanted to do well as my friends who didn’t watch figure skating came out today. For tomorrow we have to remember to do our job and stay calm and think what we need to do one thing at a time. (on her passion for skating) I had stopped skating in my teens. When I came back, my only goal is to not leave prematurely and give it everything I got so I have no regrets when I’m 80 and sipping on my glass of wine. I
hope when people see me they believe anything is possible when you have passion for something. (on the citizenship progress) I received my PR card last year and I should be within the time frame to receive my citizenship for the 2026 Olympic Games. (on her age, 40) I don’t think about it and this is what I want to do and this is what I need to do to feel ready. There are no points for being older it really doesn’t matter. (On getting prepared) I work with a physiotherapist if I have a nagging or bothersome pain. It takes two to three hours when I do my own physio every night. My diet, nutrition and water intake never wavers or else I’ll feel
it the next day. The work I do at night is the most important to prepare my muscles. I owe it to myself and my partner to be ready to train the same capacity.

Deschamps: During the program the crowd was really loud. We were telling ourselves to stay calm or else it’s easy to lose focus. (on his partner) I am amazed by what Deanna is doing. We are training a lot of hours on and off ice on top of everything else she has to do. It’s incredible.

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) 2nd after the Short Program

Kihara: We did everything we could do to prepare for today’s competition and we are happy about today’s result. We would like to perform our best in the free program as well.

Miura: Ryuichi worked very hard to get himself back on the ice after his injury.

Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA) 3rd after the Short Program

Conti: We are so happy to be here. The tension was so high, there was a standing ovation for the Canadian team. We did our best in the Short Program in the season and we hope to do the best tomorrow.

Macii: (on coming back after some struggles earlier this season) We knew we had some problems but we didn’t take the time to fix them. After a very bad Europeans we sat down and said let’s start again tried more with mental coach worked on the ice with him repletion started again from zero bulding our cinfodne what we can do good sart it’s a blate start but we hope that fix the promel that we had hope to startto prepare the next seson strong and focused.

NOTE: This is copied directly from the ISU. I left the typos because I couldn't quite figure out what the words were supposed to be.

 

[Wyliefan]

Ilia says that he's been dealing with injury and only made the final decision to come last week.

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1770920265611878745

 

[airgelaal]

No Donovan in gala

https://twitter.com/x/status/1771734241967059030

 

[Rukia]

Maxime Deschamps shoots his partner's citizenship shot with the prime minister

https://twitter.com/x/status/1771298168375755152

 

[Sylvia]

Anthony Paradis, volunteer ice patcher :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1771686641876238448

 

[Sylvia]

Getty Images (March 20): Pairs & Women SP photos

Getty Images (March 21): Men SP & Pairs FS+podium photos

Getty Images (March 22): Rhythm Dance & Women FS+podium photos

Getty Images (March 23): Free Dance/Men FS+podium photos & redo of Pairs podium

ETA:

Getty Images (March 24): Exhibition Gala

 

[Wyliefan]

I promised y'all last night that I would dig up Babs's quote from after the RD, so here it is:

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1771304413585391965

I didn't see Chock and Bates skate. I saw them in practice. I have something to say. If they skated well, they deserve it. Fine, I'm happy for them. In practice, they were not that fast. But, if they did well today, fine. My team did really well. I'm happy for them. Nothing that I could say.I didn't see the Canadians so I couldn't say. I saw the practice of course and I like them, actually. I was expecting more for them because they are at home. Honestly, I was expecting a little bit more for Gilles Poirier. It's okay. Fine, I'm happy to be there [in second] of course with my team.

 

[Karen-W]

I have no idea how ChoBat were looking in practices but they skated their RD in competition the best they have all season and just attacked the program the entire way through. I'm not sure they deserved 1st by as wide a margin as they received from the judges but they definitely deserved 1st place.

 

[sk9tingfan]

Cross posting this:

Justin Trudeau showed up at the World's banquet to personally award Deanna Stellato her Canadian citizenship.

https://twitter.com/loopohater/status/1772107947214070155

 

[Sylvia]

Cross posting this:

Then why was the selfie photo taken by Burak Demirboga?

JSF posted a video of Team Japan heading to the banquet (irrepressible Kaori at the end): https://www.instagram.com/reel/C463t7hJA2l/

The 360 degree Photo Booth seems to have been very popular last night! Here are Beccari & Guarise: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C47RXH7OWAj/

 

[Sylvia]

The 360 degree Photo Booth seems to have been very popular last night!

Lewis Gibson & Tim Koleto: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C47bOTMuFhG/

 

[sk9tingfan]

Here's the Robin Roberts Good Morning America segment:

Ilia Malinin talks history-making victory after winning 1st World Figure Skating title

Ilia Malinin, 19, opens up about his history making-victory after winning his first world title.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Sylvia]

Best 360 degree video yet! Kimmy Repond with Isabeau, then joined by Lucrezia B. & Nikolaj M. (believe they are a couple?): https://www.instagram.com/reel/C48SJtLOKgs/

 

[Rukia]

Kimmy and Isabeau look like they are fun to party with

 

[airgelaal]

The 360 degree Photo Booth seems to have been very popular last night! Here are Beccari & Guarise: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C47RXH7OWAj/

ice dance technical committee joins the party (9 photo)

Kaitlyn Weaver on Instagram: "The World Championships in Montreal were MAGIC. ✨✨ Congratulations to the skaters, the ISU, and to @skate_canada for the most exciting competition I’ve ever witnessed. So proud and honoured to have debuted choreograph

103 likes, 2 comments - ka2sh on March 25, 2024: "The World Championships in Montreal were MAGIC. ✨✨ Congratulations to the skaters, the ISU, and to @skate_canada for the most exciti..."

www.instagram.com

 

[skatingguy]

Anything GOEs Recap

I've just started listening, and Corey Circelli mentions in the first couple of minutes that if people showed up day of they could buy tickets for the $50.

 

[Lanie]

You could only do that basically on the day of the gala. On Saturday it was pretty much sold out in the lower bowl.

I only know that because I bought my gala ticket at the day of, and the girl at the ticket office had mentioned that. lol

 

[Sylvia]

Found a TON of fan cam videos uploaded at this account: https://www.youtube.com/@stelladion/videos

 

[Wyliefan]

Ice-Dance.com has their event photos up.

2024 World Championships | 2023-2024 Season | Ice-Dance.com's Photography Section

March 18-24; Montreal, Quebec; Photos by Daphne Backman

photos2.ice-dance.com

 

[victorskid]

Scott Russell of CBC interviewed Tara - the full 7 & 1/2 minutes is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKNGAIqN3vc

There are several other CBC Sports interviews including with Patrick Chan, Joannie Rochette (the event ambassadors) and some of the skaters - check out the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDsQU3UFA4hUTBdzTJB85sBUx_I_v9LfT

 

[Sylvia]

Scott Russell also interviewed Patrick Chan: https://youtu.be/Vyk_v-1LrEc

And Joannie Rochette: https://youtu.be/g2_Ss7rXsE8

CBC Sports’ “That Figure Skating Show” Worlds recap & season finale with Asher Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuD2LgfkDp8

Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps are pairs world champions and hit one more milestone in Montreal en route to their ultimate goal of representing Canada at 2026 Olympics in Italy. Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier upgraded their 2023 world bronze to a silver medal and USA's Ilia Malinin nailed six quads in his world-record free program.
All this and more in the season finale episode of 'That Figure Skating Show.'

 

[victorskid]

I'm still catching up on things but thought I would share some articles by Bev Smith most of which she posted during her time in Montreal as part of the media (the last one was posted just today):

• https://bevsmithwrites.com/one-without- ... re-nobody/
• https://bevsmithwrites.com/pair-short-program-2/
• https://bevsmithwrites.com/loena-hendrickx-conquers/
• https://bevsmithwrites.com/forty-is-the-new-twenty/
• https://bevsmithwrites.com/mens-short-program/
• https://bevsmithwrites.com/rhythm-dance/
• https://bevsmithwrites.com/ilia-malinin ... -the-ages/
• https://bevsmithwrites.com/gilles-and-p ... to-silver/

Apologies if some have already been posted.

 

[Sylvia]

I intended to resume posting various Worlds article & recap links in this thread but hadn't gotten around to it yet, so thank you @victorskid!

Robert Brodie's first article from the Bell Centre with a Roman Sadovsky focus (March 19):

Worlds 2024: Bonjour from the Bell Centre

Four years after a global pandemic kept the planet's best figure skaters away from Montreal, it's finally this great Canadian city's turn to welcome the world.

rwbrodiewrites.substack.com

Brodie wrote 5 more articles in his Substack, all with a Canadian focus (in chronological order, like Bev Smith's articles above):
Pereira/Michaud before the SP: https://rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/worlds-2024-were-very-grateful-were (previously posted in the Canadian Pairs news thread in GSD)
S-D/D & Pairs SP/Women SP: https://rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/worlds-2024-our-best-short-program
S-D/D & Pairs FS/Sadovsky & Men SP: https://rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/worlds-2024-weve-got-a-hollywood
Lajoie/Lagha & RD/Schizas in FS: https://rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/worlds-2024-a-thriller-in-the-rhythm
G/P & FD/Men FS: https://rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/worlds-2024-we-gave-everything-that

 

[Sylvia]

La Presse articles by Simon Drouin (I posted the link to his March 18th article on Laurin/Ethier's Worlds debut with translated excerpts in the Canadian Pairs news thread):
Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps & Laurin/Ethier in the SP: https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...istique/le-plein-d-oxygene-au-centre-bell.php
S-D/D crowned: https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...que/stellato-dudek-et-deschamps-couronnes.php
Laurin/Ethier's FS: https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...ge-pour-kelly-ann-laurin-et-loucas-ethier.php
FB/S in RD; Lajoie/Lagha at the end: https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...-garde-la-tete-haute-dit-nikolaj-sorensen.php
Lajoie/Lagha's FD: https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...racle-pour-lajoie-et-lagha-les-super-kids.php (previously posted in LaLa's fan thread)

La Presse articles by Nicholas Richard (I posted the link to his March 18th article on Lajoie's concussion with translated excerpts in the Canadian Dance news thread, post #199):
Joannie Rochette (March 20): https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...de-patinage-artistique/une-releve-anonyme.php
Schizas (in FS): when the diamond shines a little less: https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...as-lorsque-le-diamant-brille-un-peu-moins.php
Chiu & Sadovsky in FS with Siao Him Fa & Malinin at the end: https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...es-canadiens-etaient-venus-pour-apprendre.php
Isabeau Levito's silver medal (updated March 26): https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/spor...tinage-americain-s-appelle-isabeau-levito.php (ETA that I have re-posted this link in Isabeau's fan thread with translated excerpts - post #81: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/isabeau-levito-fan-thread.110040/page-3#post-6581697)

 

[Sylvia]

Katia Kurakova had a good time at the closing banquet : https://www.instagram.com/p/C5EF_XXIbih/

Her 19-minute vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBNIsrUc6Ww

 

[Wyliefan]

One more from Robert Brodie that just went up: https://rwbrodiewrites.substack.com/p/worlds-2024-it-was-definitely-worth

 

[skatingguy]

Katia Kurakova had a good time at the closing banquet : https://www.instagram.com/p/C5EF_XXIbih/

Her 19-minute vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBNIsrUc6Ww

That's quite the 'shirt' that Ilia is wearing.

 

[Sylvia]

I enjoyed listening to Maya Bagriantseva's Worlds thoughts in this TSL video (March 26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji7i4abWI7k

Polina Edmunds' Worlds recap:

The Iron Butterfly: 2024 World Championships Recap

I recap all four disciplines in the 2024 World Championships in Montreal Canada.

bleav.com

Scoreography's Worlds recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Zu6ypT95Q

ETA that I've already posted the Worlds recap podcast episodes by The Runthrough & This Week in Skating in their respective threads in the trash Can and GSD.

Solene Mazingue is vlogging her Worlds experience and is still in the process of uploading daily episodes on her YT channel: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/solène-mazingue-marko-gaidajenko-est-their-journey-her-miracle.110669/#post-6573408