Skate Canada has announced its National Team for the Olympic season, comprising top five finishers at the senior level at the 2013 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. In dance, as was the case for the 2011-12 season, a sixth team has been included due to Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje’s Nationals bye — in this case Kharis Ralph & Asher Hill, who placed fifth in their absence.
Complete team bios can be found on the National Team page.
Pairs:
Meagan Duhamel, 27, Lively, Ont. & Eric Radford, 28, Balmertown, Ont.
Kirsten Moore-Towers, 20, St. Catharines, Ont. & Dylan Moscovitch 28, Waterloo, Ont.
Paige Lawrence, 22, Kennedy, Sask. & Rudi Swiegers, 25, Kipling, Sask.
Brittany Jones, 17, Toronto, Ont., and Ian Beharry, 21, Guelph, Ont.
Margaret Purdy, 18, Strathroy, Ont., and Michael Marinaro, 21, Sarnia, Ont.
Ice Dance:
Tessa Virtue, 24, London, Ont. & Scott Moir, 25, Ilderton, Ont.
Kaitlyn Weaver, 24, Waterloo, Ont. – Houston, TX. & Andrew Poje, 26, Waterloo, Ont.
Piper Gilles, 21, Toronto, Ont. – Colorado Springs, CO. & Paul Poirier, 22, Toronto, Ont.
Nicole Orford, 20, Burnaby, B.C. & Thomas Williams, 22, Vancouver, B.C.
Alexandra Paul, 21, Barrie, Ont. & Mitchell Islam, 23, Barrie, Ont.
Kharis Ralph, 21, Toronto, Ont. & Asher Hill, 22, Toronto, Ont.