2025–26 Canadian Women: News and Updates

[danafan]

Gabby with a huge jump combo (I can’t tell what the first jump is). From the comments and a reply from her she is really going for that Olympic spot. Hopefully she gets an international assignment soon.

Gabrielle Daleman 🇨🇦 on Instagram: "No idea what’s coming 😏"

5,097 likes, 22 comments - gabby_daleman on September 4, 2025: "No idea what’s coming 😏".

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[4rkidz]

Gabby with a huge jump combo (I can’t tell what the first jump is). From the comments and a reply from her she is really going for that Olympic spot. Hopefully she gets an international assignment soon.

Gabrielle Daleman 🇨🇦 on Instagram: "No idea what’s coming 😏"

5,097 likes, 22 comments - gabby_daleman on September 4, 2025: "No idea what’s coming 😏".

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I think she still just does a triple toe triple toe, she might need to upgrade that to be competitive. It’s really good the one she does do but hopefully she can do a flip or lutz with it?

 

[Andora]

I'd love to be wrong, but... come on... we're not seriously thinking a Canadian lady will land a 3A in competition are we?

I can't even be petty about Gabby Daleman still pushing that 3T-3T and hoping to go places with it. At least it's been landed in international competition, albeit 100 years ago.

 

[danafan]

Schizas is on the ISU entry list for the Denis Ten Memorial (not confirmed by Skate Canada yet). No other women entered.

 

[haribobo]

This will be Maddie's 47th competition of this season. It really is killing them to assign Uliana, Gabby, and Amy, which is confounding and exasperating. At least John Kim finally got something...

 

[RoseRed]

This will be Maddie's 47th competition of this season. It really is killing them to assign Uliana, Gabby, and Amy, which is confounding and exasperating. At least John Kim finally got something...

It will be the 2nd one SC has assigned her to. The other two were domestic events (not Canadian domestic events, but still domestic) that she chose to go to.

I want to see the other women get spots too, but seriously, that can said without the hyperbole about Maddie. Two CS assignments is not unreasonable, and they've done the same for Fabbri/Ayer, Lauriault/Le Lac, Hensen/Lickers, Roman, Stephen, and Aleksa.

 

[haribobo]

I really don't mind Maddie having 2 intl comps plus GP events upcoming but when you consider even Maddie herself was held back in the early days somewhat unfairly until she gave them no choice. Now she is competing every other weekend seemingly when you add in club comps, which is her strategy I guess. They just don't seem to learn their lesson and now they seem to be very stingy with the others, seemingly giving them 0-1 comps when Maddie gets 4. Just doesn't feel like smart strategy if you are trying to build confidence and experience with more than just 1 skater. Even Dupuis seems to not be getting all that much so far, but I know there are a few more senior B's to go...

And not to thread drift to a different discipline but I also feel like they rely too heavily on Gogolev and Rakic who seem to always just be going sideways with their results. I get there are not a lot of guys crushing it right now in Canada but even when there were other guys besides John Kim showing promise, they weren't getting that many chances internationally.

 

[RoseRed]

I really don't mind Maddie having 2 intl comps plus GP events upcoming but when you consider even Maddie herself was held back in the early days somewhat unfairly until she gave them no choice. Now she is competing every other weekend seemingly when you add in club comps, which is her strategy I guess. They just don't seem to learn their lesson and now they seem to be very stingy with the others, seemingly giving them 0-1 comps when Maddie gets 4. Just doesn't feel like smart strategy if you are trying to build confidence and experience with more than just 1 skater. Even Dupuis seems to not be getting all that much so far, but I know there are a few more senior B's to go...

And not to thread drift to a different discipline but I also feel like they rely too heavily on Gogolev and Rakic who seem to always just be going sideways with their results. I get there are not a lot of guys crushing it right now in Canada but even when there were other guys besides John Kim showing promise, they weren't getting that many chances internationally.

Right, but Maddie didn't 'get' 4 from SC. She got 2, and entered 2 others by her own choice. Gabby also competed in 2 club comps in the US (only the SP at the first one).

Domestic events in another country probably help a bit more with competition nerves I guess (for those not training in that other country), but they're still domestic events. Maddie has done 2 this summer. Gabby did 2 in the States and one in Ontario. Uliana did Quebec and BC, Sara-Maude did Quebec (and I know there are more I'm not remembering rn for some of them).

I'd be happy to see Sara-Maude get a 2nd CS, which she may (Warsaw for example would fit, since she only has the one early GP). And I certainly want Uliana and as many of the others as possible to get one. But I don't understand the need to overstate Maddie's assignments to make that point.

 

[haribobo]

Obviously we all know she didn't do 47 competitions. It was a joke, but fine you are not amused. I think we can move on now

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Obviously we all know she didn't do 47 competitions. It was a joke, but fine you are not amused. I think we can move on now

No one knows better than ANL there are certain people here that can’t take a joke, ignore them

 

[danafan]

ISU Grand Prix grid was updated and Uliana Shiryaeva got the Skate Canada TBD.

Good choice.

 

[victorskid]

ISU Grand Prix grid was updated and Uliana Shiryaeva got the Skate Canada TBD.

Good choice.

I got the impression from the "show must go on" comment from Gabby on X that she might have been expecting that assignment...

 

[haribobo]

Gabby can be first alternate for the spot

 

[4rkidz]

its getting very interesting with the Canadian women and their scores? I really like Sarah Maude's new program and presentation has really improved. I don't have the exact scores - but it seems for the short programs they are all in the 64/65 which is really good. Kaiya also doing well with her international and similar scores. Skate Canada and nationals will be so interesting.

 

[Coco]

I so wish countries that were close to earning an additional spot had another opportunity.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Sara-Maude fully rotated her triple axel. Will she get credit as Canada’s first woman then?

 

[danafan]

Sara-Maude fully rotated her triple axel. Will she get credit as Canada’s first woman then?

Skate Canada is claiming so: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DpoAf2NZV/

HISTORY MADE

Sara-Maude Dupuis becomes the FIRST Canadian woman to land a triple axel in international competition!

The Quebec skater etches her name in the history books at the Challenger Series Nepela Memorial in Bratislava, Slovakia.

 

[haribobo]

SENIOR WOMEN UPDATE
Minsol Kwon 179- Ontario August
Sara Maude Dupuis 178- Nepela
Lia Cho 178- Cranberry
Kaiya Ruiter 178- Nebelhorn
Madeline Schizas 175- Glacier Falls
Uliana Shiryaeva 174 - Quebec Summer
Gabrielle Daleman 169 - Philadelphia
Amy Shao Ning Yang 167 -Glacier Falls
Justine Miclette 163- Quebec Summer
Julianne Lussier 161 - Souv GE
Marie Maude Pomerleau 161- Souv GE
Breken Brezden 155- Quebec Summer
Fee Ann Landry 154- Quebec Summer
Jade Bouchard 152- Souv GE
Katherine Medland Spence 151- Nebelhorn
Bella Jia 151 - Quebec Summer

 

[Private Citizen]

I think it’s a bit much to claim that Dupuis landed that triple axel, but I’d love to see her or someone other than Schizas take the spot in Milan. Schizas has had such a lousy four years with pedestrian programs and skating. At this point, I think Dupuis or another skating pushing the envelope should get the benefit of the doubt, all else being equal.

 

[tony]

I think it’s a bit much to claim that Dupuis landed that triple axel, but I’d love to see her or someone other than Schizas take the spot in Milan. Schizas has had such a lousy four years with pedestrian programs and skating. At this point, I think Dupuis or another skating pushing the envelope should get the benefit of the doubt, all else being equal.

Sara-Maude has finished ahead in two of the last three Four Continents, also. Anyways, these early-season scores are clumped quite closely together so Nationals may be wide open.

 

[danafan]

Sara-Maude got 5.6 points for that triple axel. That's worth more than a double axel with all +5 GOE. It might be worth the risk to do it in the short program if she can consistently rotate it and not fall. Dupuis and Ruiter virtually tied this weekend at their events and have scores higher than Schizas. If scores remain similar all year I think it will go to whoever wins nationals. I don't think Schizas deserves any benefit of the doubt.

I hope Medland-Spence will be able to do better later in the season. I think I read she was injured this summer and Nebelhorn was her first event of the season. If she could match what she did in Warsaw last year she'd be right up there too.

 

[shutterbug]

Rob Brodie interview with Uliana Shiryaeva: Making time for a grand appearance

“She had a strong skate last year in Kazakhstan (Shiryaeva placed fourth and, more importantly, earned her technical minimums for the World Championships and, for this season, the Winter Olympics in Italy),” said Slipchuk. “At Canadians, she had a rough short, but had a better long (she finished ninth in Laval, Que.). We kind of looked at where people are at right now because we have to make the decision (on SCI) by the 15th of September.

“So it wasn’t like we had any luxury to wait until further events. We had to make a decision at that point. So we just went on summer events and how people skated at the high performance camp and we just made a decision from there.”

 

[honey]

Kaiya has one of the best music edits I’ve heard from a Titanic program. This music can easily pull cheesy, but for the most part hers stays away from that. I find it a little jarring when the Celine vocal comes in half way through, but overall I give huge kudos to whoever edited this music. The first part is great and the ending instrumental is really nice as well.

I’m surprised to read Joey Russell did both programs as I haven’t found him to be a particularly skilled choreographer in the past. But I think he’s given her two good programs that are well constructed and play to her strengths.

The jumps are still a problem, but I can see the work team Orser is doing. I think she’s headed in the right direction, though time will tell if the jumps ever materialize to a point where a 3/3 will be reliably rotated.

She is in the mix right now though for the Canadian women. As is Dupuis. On jumping strength alone, so is Sharyeva, and Daleman is probably hopping mad at not getting the SCI spot. A little anger can boost people in all kinds of ways.

Right now I see Schizas as probably the strongest short program skater of the bunch. But she’s typically middle of this pack for a free skate. And the three thus far this season have been complete messes. I know two were in the summer, but one was recent and just as poorly skated. She’s going to need to get it together now if there is to be any room for error at nationals for her.

I think at this point I’m fine with whoever gets sent. A team medal is extremely unlikely and making the team free skate would be a victory. And I don’t think any of the women in the mix are at a much higher level than any of the others that it matters much who gets sent.

 

[Sonata]

Right now I see Schizas as probably the strongest short program skater of the bunch. But she’s typically middle of this pack for a free skate. And the three thus far this season have been complete messes. I know two were in the summer, but one was recent and just as poorly skated. She’s going to need to get it together now if there is to be any room for error at nationals for her.

I think Schizas will do a clean SP, get over marked, then skate a less strong free, but the SP will help her win at nationals. I am probably cynical, but Skate Canada won’t let a potentially inconsistent lesser known skater be sent to Olympics with a team medal on the line. Timing is on Schizas’s side and she has a team who know how to craft the narrative that she is a contender and package her (except for last year’s second free). If this were one year from now, she would be surpassed by other skaters with better skills who are just starting to hit their stride now.

 

[Karen-W]

I think Schizas will do a clean SP, get over marked, then skate a less strong free, but the SP will help her win at nationals. I am probably cynical, but Skate Canada won’t let a potentially inconsistent lesser known skater be sent to Olympics with a team medal on the line. Timing is on Schizas’s side and she has a team who know how to craft the narrative that she is a contender and package her (except for last year’s second free). If this were one year from now, she would be surpassed by other skaters with better skills who are just starting to hit their stride now.

Except I don't think Canada has a realistic shot at a team medal in Milano. Maybe, if everything hit just so, they'd luck into the bronze but my gut says that TE bronze medal has Italy's name already engraved on it.

 

[Sonata]

Except I don't think Canada has a realistic shot at a team medal in Milano. Maybe, if everything hit just so, they'd luck into the bronze but my gut says that TE bronze medal has Italy's name already engraved on it.

I agree, it’s a maybe, especially with the games being in Italy. But all the more reason Canada would want to send a more “veteran” team.

 

[Colonel Green]

Except I don't think Canada has a realistic shot at a team medal in Milano. Maybe, if everything hit just so, they'd luck into the bronze but my gut says that TE bronze medal has Italy's name already engraved on it.

They're not favourites, but they have a realistic shot, and the fed is certainly not going to write that off in advance.

 

[Karen-W]

They're not favourites, but they have a realistic shot, and the fed is certainly not going to write that off in advance.

Fair enough. I think it's a three-way race for bronze between the other three teams that make the FS round of the TE - Italy, Canada and Georgia are the likely contenders, but it's entirely possible that France sneaks into that 5th place spot should one of those other teams have issues in one or more of the SP segments.

 

[jägerbomb]

Rob Brodie interview with Uliana Shiryaeva: Making time for a grand appearance

Shiryaeva doesn't do much for me, but I always enjoy seeing Joanne McLeod in the kiss and cry, so I approve.

I hope Medland-Spence will be able to do better later in the season. I think I read she was injured this summer and Nebelhorn was her first event of the season. If she could match what she did in Warsaw last year she'd be right up there too.

Same. I quite like KMS, she has a bit of an old-school quality to her, like she was teleported from 1997 (complimentary).

 

[Jonas]

Skate Canada is claiming so: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DpoAf2NZV/

I wouldn't count that, but good attempt! Now I gotta search the full clip of that FS.

IIRC, Dupuis beat Schizas head to head at Four Continents last season, so I'm hoping that Skate Canada isn't ruling out sending Dupuis if she wins Canadian Nationals fair and square.

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