Weekend roundup: Figure skating returns, Vancouver hosts rugby series

It was another memorable and successful weekend for Team Canada as competitions took place at home and abroad. In case you missed the action, here’s everything you need to know:

Skating to the Podium

READ: Gilles and Poirier win gold, James and Radford debut with silver

Canadian figure skaters opened the international season with two medals at the Autumn Classic International figure skating competition in Montreal. On Saturday, ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto won a gold medal posting 208.97 points. Vanessa James and Eric Radford launched their new partnership by skated to a silver medal in their first international competition.

Paddling to gold

READ: Vincent paddles to gold in Copenhagen

Coming off of a successful run at Tokyo 2020, Katie Vincent went on to secure the C1 200m gold in Denmark. She will now be the reigning World Champion when the competition returns to Halifax in 2022.

Women’s Rugby battle for bronze

After an exciting weekend at the Canada Sevens tournament in Vancouver, Team Canada came out with a bronze medal. The team battled to sweep Mexico 48-0 for the third-place finish.

Pitching Penny!

Canada’s all-time most decorated Olympian Penny Oleksiak threw the ceremonial first pitch before Saturday’s Blue Jays game against the Minnesota Twins. Team Canada is proud to report she threw that pitch with zero hesitation while showing off her seven Olympic medals.