The 2008
Skate Canada International
Skate Canada International is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organised and hosted by Skate Canada. The first Skate Canada competition was held in 1973 in Calgary, Alberta. When ...
was the second event of six in the
2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the
Scotiabank Place in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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on October 30 – November 2. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The
compulsory dance was the
Pasodoble.
Schedule
The switch from
daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (Daylight saving time in the United States, United States and Daylight saving time in Canada, Canada), or summer time (British Summer Time, United Kingdom, ...
to standard time was on November 2. Therefore, the events on Friday and Saturday were
UTC-4, and the events on Sunday were
UTC-5.
* Friday, October 31
** 12:05 Pairs' short program
** 14:10 Ladies' short program
** 18:30 Compulsory dance
** 19:45 Men's short program
* Saturday, November 1
** 10:45 Original dance
** 13:25 Pairs' free skating
** 16:05 Men's free skating
** 17:45 Medal ceremonies - Men and pairs
** 19:05 Ladies' free skating
** 20:50 Medal ceremonies - Ladies
* Sunday, November 2
** 12:15 Free dance
** 13:30 Medal ceremonies - Ice dancing
** 15:05 Exhibition gala
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
External links
2008 Skate Canada official siteSkate Canada Internationalat
Skate Canada
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