Meet Piper Gilles, a style savvy skater and partner Paul Poirier

Also taken into consideration, she said, was the “potential transmission of the virus to a significant number of people,” and the possibility the event “could contribute to a geographical dissemination of the virus. Skate Canada said in a statement that the Quebec government informed the organization of its decision to cancel the event on Wednesday. The figure skating is the latest sporting event that has been wiped out by the novel coronavirus.

The world women’s hockey championship, which was scheduled to start later this month in Nova Scotia, was cancelled on Saturday.

She began dating Spanish ice dancer Adrián Díaz in Continents Championships and finished ahead of Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier to take the gold medal.

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