2025–26 Canadian Men: News and Updates

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Rob Brodie's most recent interview with Wesley Chiu: 'I'm almost back to where I was'

The ankle injury that cut short his previous season back in November is indeed still a thing, but it’s a thing that keeps getting a little bit better with each passing day.

“Yeah, it’s still a thing. It’s not as big of a thing,” he said. “I’m able to train every day (with a ‘reduced load,’ Chiu adds), jump every day, and I’m almost back to where I was pre-injury, but I’m still doing a lot of rehab. It’s still going to be a top priority for this summer, just to really build strength in the ankle and prevent further injury.”

While choreography has been completed on two new programs for Chiu, he suggests there’s a possibility he might keep one or both of last year’s routines (Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” for the short, “Nuvole Bianche” and “Experience” by Ludovico Einaudi for the free) but that’s a decision that’s being kept under wraps for now.

“I’ve been working on new programs, and we have considered keeping old programs, but now I have two (new) programs that are ready to go for next season.,” he said. “I don’t want to specify on whether I’m keeping (last year’s programs) or getting new ones. Want to keep that a surprise.”

 

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Chiu had surgery on his ankle. He posted an update on instagram.

WESLEY CHIU on Instagram: "Over the past six months, I’ve been dealing with a sprain and small fracture to my ankle. Although much progress was made, healing was not linear nor predictable. I wasn’t able to train at 100%. I’m glad to share that my

wesleychiu_ on June 2, 2025: "Over the past six months, I’ve been dealing with a sprain and small fracture to my ankle. Although much progress was made, healing was not linear nor predictable. I wasn’t able to train at 100%. I’m glad to share that my surgery went smoothly and hopefully it...

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Over the past six months, I’ve been dealing with a sprain and small fracture to my ankle. Although much progress was made, healing was not linear nor predictable. I wasn’t able to train at 100%.

I’m glad to share that my surgery went smoothly and hopefully it should give us a clearer and quicker path to full recovery.

Special thanks to Dr. Penner and Dr. Gagne for their expertise.

Hope to see you all soon
Wes.

 

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Rob Brodie interview with David Bondar: 'I really want to establish myself'

It also marked the debut of his new free program, skated to the soundtrack from the hugely popular “Game of Thrones” series. Bondar is a fan of the show and the music, and felt Buttle was the perfect choice to craft the program (he is retaining his “Angelica” short program from last season, which was choreographed by Toronto-based ice dance coach Juris Razgulajevs, who is part of the team that guides world silver medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier).

Technically, the program will include a quadruple toe jump and two triple Axels, most notably. The quad is something that will get particular attention over the summer months, to gain more consistency in it before the fall season begins. There are also plans to add the quad toe into his short program when he steps up to senior domestically (it isn’t permitted at the junior level internationally).