The 2009
Skate Canada International
The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating season. The location changes yearly. Medal ...
was the final event of six in the
2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex (also known as The Aud) is a multi-use municipally-owned facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The complex is located on East Avenue, near the Ottawa Street interchange on the Conestoga Parkway. The c ...
in
Kitchener, Ontario
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on November 19–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
2009–10 Grand Prix Final. The
compulsory dance
The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and ge ...
was the Tango Romantica.
Schedule
All times are
Eastern Standard Time
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(
UTC-5).
* Friday, November 20
** 11:50 - Pairs: Short program
** 13:20 - Ladies: Short program
** 18:30 - Ice dancing: Compulsory dance
** 19:55 - Men: Short program
* Saturday, November 21
** 12:00 - Ice dancing: Original dance
** 13:30 - Pairs: Free skating
** 16:00 - Men: Free skating
** 19:00 - Ladies: Free skating
* Sunday, November 22
** 12:15 - Ice dancing: Free dance
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Aliona Savchenko /
Robin Szolkowy
Robin Szolkowy (born 14 July 1979) is a retired German pair skater. With partner Aliona Savchenko, he is the 2010 and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a five-time World champion ( 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014), a four-time European champion ( ...
set a new world record of 206.71 points under the
ISU Judging System
The ISU Judging System (or the International Judging System (IJS)), occasionally referred to as the Code of Points (COP) system, is the scoring system that has been used since 2004 to judge the figure skating disciplines of men's and ladies' sin ...
for pairs combined total score.
Ice dancing
References
External links
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