Canada’s Gabrielle Daleman in Four Continents medal mix after skating to 4th in short program
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Gabrielle Daleman is in the hunt for a medal at the Four Continents Championships in Beijing.
The two-time Olympic figure skater from Newmarket, Ont., landed three triple jumps to score 67.69 points in a clean short program Thursday, placing fourth heading into Friday’s free skate.
Japanese skaters occupied the top three positions. Ami Nakai led the field with 73.83 points, followed by Yuna Aoki (71.41) and Mone Chiba (68.07).
Daleman is competing in just her second international competition since missing the 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons with a back injury and two ankle surgeries.
The 28-year-old returned this season with hopes of becoming the first Canadian woman to reach three Olympics in singles, but Madeline Schizas earned Canada’s lone spot for February’s Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., scored 67.69 points, to sit in fourth place following the women’s short program, at the ISU Figure Skating Four Continents Championships in Beijing.
Schizas won her fourth national title at the Canadian championships in Gatineau, Que., on Jan. 11, while Daleman claimed a silver medal. Several Olympic-bound skaters, including Schizas, are not competing at Four Continents because of its close timing with the Games.
Elsewhere, two-time national ice dance bronze medallists Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer sat fourth following the rhythm dance.
Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Ethier, who are three-time reigning Canadian pairs bronze medallists, were fifth after their short program.
Canadians Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer scored 73.20 points, to land in fourth place in the rhythm dance, at the ISU Figure Skating Four Continents Championships in Beijing.
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