The 4th and penultimate leg of the Challenger Series took place this weekend in Gdansk, Poland, at the Hevelius Cup. Two US teams took the gold. Teams Elite won the competition in the Junior category, while the Haydenettes (USA) scored another victory in the Senior category.
The 2024 Budapest Cup is the second of the 2023/24 season Challenger Series events, and it has been highly anticipated since many top teams gathered in Budapest since the last time it was held in 2019. Scores were close between some teams and winners were decided only by the end of the game. So what happened on the first day of the Cup?
At the 2024 Canadian National Championships in Calgary, the senior team Les Suprêmes from Saint-Léonard, Quebec, captured the senior national title with a total score of 216.79 points, affirming their status as reigning world champions.
Senior team Team Surprise (SWE) holds the record for gold medals at Worlds, despite retiring from the world stage almost five years ago.
Twenty-three teams from numerous country make their way to Lake Placid, New York to Skate at Synchro Worlds. This year, the scores ranged by over sixty points, making the competition fun to watch as a viewer!
The teams selected to represent Canada and the United States at the 2023 World Championships are known.
The Spring Cup ended on Sunday near Milan with a victory of the Canadian team Les Supremes Senior, the current world champions, and the Lexettes representing the USA.
The 2023 Spring Cup started on Saturday in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy. The two Canadian teams, Nexxice Junior and Les Suprêmes Senior, lead after the short programs.
On the second day of Mozart Cup 2023, teams in the Advanced Novice, Junior and Senior categories fought hard for the podium top. It was particularly tense for the top Junior and Senior teams who scored closely to each other after the Short Program.
The second 2022-23 Challenger Series Mozart Cup competition kicks off in the winter wonderland of Salzburg, Austria, on 20 Jan 2023. On the first day of the competition, one Basic Novice team, three Elite 12 teams, 13 Junior and 16 Senior teams showcased their programs.
Burlington's teams won gold in both the Junior and Senior divisions, outscoring the defending world champions, Les Suprêmes, by over 8 points.
The three leading teams after the short programs received on Friday evening a "small medal" which was followed by an official press conference with the team captains.