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Alex Duff of Pembroke carves his way through the gates on his way to third place in the slalom race at the season-ending Championship Races held recently at Mont Cascades.

Duff boys carve way to bronze

Calabogie’s hard-working U14 and U16 ski racers have completed the season-ending Championship Races with fantastic results. At championships, the athletes are divided by year of their birth for the final results.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skate during the exhibition gala at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ont., March 17, 2013. (CRAIG GLOVER/QMI Agency)

Virtue, Moir thank London

If they could, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir would've changed one thing about the World Figure Skating Championships. The hometown heroes would have switched the national anthem at Saturday's ice dance medal ceremony from the Star Spangled Banner to O Canada.

Patrick Chan holds up his gold medal after winning the Men's Freeskate at the World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ont. Friday, March 15, 2013. (Derek Ruttan/QMI Agency)

Chan deserved gold medal

Patrick Chan was barbecued by some in the American media, and by a few who forgot (or didn't know) that there is a short program in figure skating. But that doesn't mean he didn't deserve the gold medal at the world figure skating championships last week.