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Canadian ice dancers Gilles and Poirier ride a long road to another Olympics

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Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier experienced the first real test of their partnership on a lonely stretch of Nebraska highway. The newly formed ice dance team was halfway through a long drive to move Gilles’ belongings from Colorado to Toronto the summer before the 2011-12 season, when the trip hit a considerable snag on the … Read more

Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas shares homework woes on social media

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Even Olympians have to turn in their homework. Madeline Schizas, a Canadian figure skater and student at McMaster University in Ontario, shared a post on social media revealing that she had to ask her professor for an extension on an assignment. She had a pretty good excuse though — “I was competing in the Olympic … Read more