Holy heck I will love Keegan Messing until the day I die. #SCNats26

Enjoyed the short commute to work today, c/o CP24 live at the Royal Botanical Gardens Added bonus: a donut showdown featuring Cafe Baffico, Donut Monster & Sunshine Doughnuts (yes, an offer was extended to Grandad’s). And: a look at RBG’s new Bloomland in Oz 😍 #BurlOn #HamOnt

More from Skate Canada / Patinage Canada on status of Deanna Stellato-Dudek👑 & Maxine Deschamps: “Stellato-Dudek’s condition and readiness for the individual pairs event is being assessed on a day-by-day basis. Athlete health and safety is our number one priority.” (Pairs event starts Feb. 15)

In other pre-Games figure skating news, this is absolutely real & true. (More background here: ctvnews.ca/sports/article…)

🚨Figure Skating Alert 🚨 Toronto’s Stephen Gogolev secures Canada’s spot in the team figure skating finals, after skating like an absolute boss.

Update! Stephen Gogolev🇨🇦 finishes THIRD in men’s short (team event), behind Yuma Kagiyama🇯🇵 in first, and (surprisingly) Ilia Malinin🇺🇸 in second. #TeamCanada sitting 4th overall in the team event.

For those who have been following #Halton’s Madeline Schizas requesting an extension on a sociology assignment *because she’s at the Olympics*… Extension granted! McMaster University #HamOnt

Mayor Andrea Horwath also on board with McMaster University’s extension for Madeline Schizas 🇨🇦⛸️ #HamOnt

“Alexandra Paul was a decorated figure skating star at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, with her ice dance partner and husband Mitch Islam. The pair represented Barrie and Canada in ice dance at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.”

What in the world was that men’s event. And also - Hugest congratulations to Toronto’s Stephen Gogolev 🇨🇦🙌🏻

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Home just in time for Canada’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud 🇨🇦, skating in the pairs short program nowwwww.

In another “would not have called this,” here are the results of the pairs short program: 1. Hase / Volodin 🇩🇪 2. Metelkina / Berulava 🇬🇪 3. Pereira / Michaud 🇨🇦 (!!!) 14. Stellato-Dudek / Deschamps 🇨🇦