Feb. 4, 2010: Athlete of the Week: Ice dancers Steven and Sarah Clarke

As brother and sister, Steven and Sarah Clarke feel they have a leg up on their competition with hopes of one day making it to the world stage. The pair is currently one of the top ice dancing teams in eastern Ontario. Carolyn Waldo explains. Watch

Extract from - CTV Ottawa Sports - Athlete of the Week: Ottawa’s sports enthusiasts are some of the best in the country. In a salute to those who play sports of all different disciplines, the CTV Sports team brings you the Athlete of the Week.

Congratulations to Allie Hann-McCurdy and Michael Coreno who won Silver for Ice Dance at the 2010 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Jeonju, Republic of Korea, January 25 - 30, 2010.

The International Skating Union established it in 1999 to provide skaters representing non-European countries with a similar competition to the much older European Figure Skating Championships and a chance to win prize money. The four continents of the event's name refer to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania (four of the continents represented in the Olympic rings, omitting Europe). Skaters compete in the categories of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing.

In 2011, the event will be held from February 15 through February 20 in Taipei, Chinese Taipei.


Congratulations to Hélène Létourneau & Kevin Boczar who were named Ottawa's Athletes of the Year for Figure Skating at the Ottawa Sports Awards Dinner, January 20, 2010.

The spotlight was on the city’s top amateur athletes and lifetime sporting heroes Wednesday night at Algonquin College for the annual Ottawa Sports Awards.

The event is in its 57th year. By coincidence, athletes from 57 sports were honoured for their performances in 2009. That’s in addition to 12 special awards, including Lifetime Achievement awards and plaques for some two dozen teams that won at the provincial, national or international levels last year.

Congratulations to Peter O'Brien - one of the top three skaters at Junior Nationals, January 11-14, 2010! His story... Most of you may know that this season I qualified for my fourth consecutive Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships. This season I was competing as a Novice Man, representing both the Eastern Ontario Section and the Stirling Figure Skating Club. This year my goal was a podium finish, as last year at the same level I finished 4th. I stayed in Novice for one more year with my sights set on that big maple leaf shaped podium that I so badly wanted to climb, as one of the best figure skaters in the country.