Skate Canada – OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada has qualified five entries for a total of eight skaters for the ISU Grand Prix Finaltaking place in Marseille, France, from December 8-11, 2016. This is the first time that Canada has qualified a skater in every discipline and will be the biggest team Skate Canada has ever sent to the Final. The ISU Senior Grand Prix Final will be held jointly with the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.

In senior men, Patrick Chan, 25, Toronto, Ont., qualified in second. Chan won the gold medal at Skate Canada International and at the Cup of China.

Kaetlyn Osmond, 20, Marystown, Nfld./Edmonton, Alta., qualified fourth in senior ladies, having earned the silver medal at both Skate Canada International and the Cup of China.

Meagan Duhamel, 30, Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford, 31, Balmertown, Ont., qualified in first in the senior pairs discipline. Duhamel and Radford won gold at both Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy.

Also in senior pairs, Julianne Séguin, 20, Longueuil, Que., and Charlie Bilodeau, 23, Trois-Pistoles, Que., qualified sixth. Séguin and Bilodeau won gold at Skate America and placed fifth at the Rostelecom Cup.

Senior ice dancers Tessa Virtue, 27, London, Ont., and Scott Moir, 29, Ilderton, Ont., qualified in first place. Virtue and Moir won gold at Skate Canada International and at the NHK Trophy.

The ISU Senior Grand Prix Final is the concluding event of the ISU Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating circuit. The series hosts six stops: United States (Skate America), Canada (Skate Canada International), Russia (Rostelecom Cup), France (Trophée de France), China (Cup of China), and Japan (NHK Trophy). Skaters are awarded points based on their placements at their assigned events and the top six in each of the four disciplines advance to the final.

Canada did not qualify any entries for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.

For results and full entries please click here. For photos of Canadian entries, please contactmedia@skatecanada.ca.

For broadcast and live streaming schedules, click here.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT THE 2016 ISU GRAND PRIX FINAL

DISCIPLINE	NAME	AGE	HOMETOWN	CLUB	COACH
Senior Men	Patrick Chan	25	Toronto, Ont.	Granite Club	Marina Zoueva/ Oleg Epstein/ Johnny Johns
Senior Ladies	Kaetlyn Osmond	20	Marystown, Nfld. & Edmonton, Alta.	Ice Palace FSC	Ravi Walia
Senior Pairs	Meagan Duhamel/ Eric Radford	30/31	Lively, Ont./ Balmertown, Ont.	CPA Saint-Léonard/ CPA Saint-Léonard	Richard Gauthier/ Bruno Marcotte/ Sylvie Fullum
Senior Pairs	Julianne Séguin/ Charlie Bilodeau	20/23	Longueuil, Que./ Trois-Pistoles, Que.	CPA Longueuil/ CPA Chambly	Josée Picard
Senior Ice Dance	Tessa Virtue/ Scott Moir	27/29	London, Ont./ Ilderton, Ont.	Regroupement élite de patinage artistique de Montréal/ Regroupement élite de patinage artistique de Montréal	Marie-France Dubreuil/ Patrice Lauzon

 

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