#maxime deschamps

[eggplantgifs]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek: 2000 Junior World Silver Medalist → 2024 World Champion

At the age of 40, Deanna Stellato-Dudek is the oldest woman to win a World Championships title in figure skating, with her pairs partner Maxime Deschamps for Canada. Deanna Stellato was the 1999 Junior Grand Prix Final Champion and 2000 Junior World Silver Medalist in the women's singles discipline. She retired from competitive skating in 2001, and returned as a pairs skater in 2016.

40 years is the new 20. That's what I'd like to say. [This record is] not something that I ever set out to do when I came back to skating, but I knew that if I were to accomplish my dreams, it would inevitably occur, because I'm the oldest everywhere. But it's something I carry with pride, and I'm very proud of it. I hope a lot of athletes stay around a lot longer. I hope it encourages people to not stop before they reach their potential. And I hope it transcends into other areas, not just in sports, but also in other areas of life [...] [My 15-year-old self] would say, why did we stop? We're still skating, you know, 25 years later? I think my younger self would think I'm crazy, so she wouldn't think much of it at all. And she wanted to win the 2006 Olympics [...]

-- 2024 World Championships Free Skate Press Conference

[figureskatingcostumes]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps's Interview with the Vampire costumes at the 2023 Skate Canada, 2024 World Championships and 2024 Four Continents, and below at the 2023 Autumn Classic International and 2023 Grand Prix Final.

Deschamps starts off just fine...

... but drama ensues and he comes out looking a little wounded:

(Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

[beautifulstorms]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps, All I Ask • Worlds 2024

[edgecallskating]

There's feeling your feelings, and then there's emoting like Deanna 8 feet in the air during a group 5 lift.

[crazykuroneko]

the Interview with The Vampire program just won gold in Worlds 2024

Congratulations 🎉🥳

They won in their home turf and she became the oldest World medalist

[aflawedfashion]

[bluespring864]

The face of a woman who does not dare to believe yet what just happened.

[multi-fandom-geek-blog]

Deanna is officially Canadian now!!! I'm so happy for her! That will probably have taken some pressure off their shoulders now that this is out of the way.

[allekha]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, World pair champions, in their exhibition gala at Worlds 2024

[habsforever]

oh yeah i went to worlds the other day

it was awesome

[figureskatingcostumes]

The Winners!

Congratulations to Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps for winning the coveted title of Favourite Costumes of 2023–2024! I'm sure this victory is even sweeter than their World title.

Kaori Sakamoto nabbed the silver medal and Shoma Uno the bronze.

Thank you to everyone who suggested costumes and everyone who voted. It was a lot of fun to put together and I'm looking forward to the 2024–2025 edition :D

[beautifulstorms]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps, Interview with a Vampire • Worlds 2024

[edgecallskating]

No one could convince me to do pairs as a teenager and you sure as hell couldn't convince me to do it now, but Deanna makes it look like the best time ever.

[lilfishiefigureskates]

Finlandia Trophy Review

Men:

Yuma Kagiyama (Japan) Total Score 263.09 - 1st in short, 5th in the free. The short was absolutely breathtaking, but the free was very rough. However, it's been a while since Yuma has had a disaster skate so I'm glad he got it out of his system because he has the Grand Prix Final and JNats coming up quick!

Kevin Aymoz (France) Total Score 259.15 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. Wayyyy overscored in the short, but it's very groovy and he moves so well to it. Free was okay, he went down on the first 4T but he kept it together. I still don't trust him tho.

Daniel Grassl (Italy) Total Score 258.55 - 6th in the short, 1st in the free. Why isn't his jumps getting rotation calls????? I really am not digging the Billy Elliot program. He doesn't have a lot of speed and there's a lot of music cuts and it makes the program feel like it goes on forever.

Sota Yamamoto (Japan) Total Score 249.91 - 4th in the short, 3rd in the free. I'm so sad he didn't make the podium. Both of his programs are so gorgeous. The 3A was very troublesome for him in this competition, as he went down on it in both the short and the free. I love him and that's all that matters. Can't wait to see him at JNats.

Lukas Britschgi (Switzerland) Total Score 246.7 - 5th in the short, 4th in the free. His short is very interesting, I just don't love the long voiceover, but that's just a personal preference. The free grew on me a little more. The music is very pretty, and I felt like I was traveling through space and time just a smidge.

Kazuki Tomono (Japan) Total Score 238.41 - 2nd in the short, 7th in the free. Great short program, but it's a shame that he fell apart a bit in the free. Both of his costumes are gorgeous. Japan's depth of field never fails to amaze me.

Aleksandr Selevko (Estonia) Total Score 214.15 - 8th in the short, 6th in the free. Meh

Vladimir Samoilov (Poland) Total Score 205.47 - 9th in the short, 8th in the free. In both the short and the free he absolutely nailed his first opening quad - the Salchow in the short, and Lutz in the free which is very impressive. However, after the first jump, he kinda fell apart in both programs. Needs to work on his consistency and PCS.

Camden Pulkinen (USA) Total Score 195.18 - 10th in the short, 9th in the free. Watching him continues to frustrate me. I just want him to do well, but he doesn't look that fazed that he isn't doing well. The music cuts in the free are weird. I wish he would just stay with the first song the whole time. Hopefully, he can get it together at US Nationals.

Maker Suntsev (Finland) Total Score 180.48 - 11th in the short, 10th in the free. "He is a samurai, and he is fighting for important things" lol. Yeah, the music for his free program has a lot going on, and yet he did not show a single emotion.

Valtter Virtanen (Finland) Total Score 166.25 - 12th in the short, 11th in the free. He's li37!?!?! And is a doctor!?!?! And has a child!?!?!? Good for him for going there and doing his thing in front of the home crowd.

Junhwan Cha (South Korea) WD - :(((( His ankle is bothering him again which is absolutely tragic. Maybe if the Korean federation didn't overwork their skaters he would be healthy. IDK why the judges are robbing him on his PCS. I love you Jun forever and always.

Women:

Hana Yoshida (Japan) Total Score 199.46 - 1st in the short, 2nd in the free. Both of her programs are a little weird but I like them for her. Went for the 3A in the free, but went down. So excited to see her at the Grand Prix Final!

Rino Matsuike (Japan) Toal Score 199.2 - 4th in the short, 1st in the free. She's just the free skate queen I guess. Who needs the short? JK, I need the short, because I love Moulin Rouge, and I want to see her skate it clean.

Lara Naki Gutmann (Italy) Total Score 198.49 - 2nd in the short, 3rd in the free. My creepy queen finally made the podium. I am actually so obsessed with the Squid Game program and the free is also very pretty. I love her so much.

Sarah Everhardt (USA) Total Score 191.17 - 3rd in the short, 5th in the free. Her jumps are great, but does not show a single emotion (sounds like someone else we know who is shaped by the same people lol). It's a little frustrating because I really like the Firebird program but it just feels like she is checking off the boxes as she goes through it. However, she is very young and has so much room to grow. SO excited to see her at US Nationals. She has the ability to shake things up a bit.

Ahsun Yun (South Korea) Total Score 187.68 - 5th in the short, 6th in the free. She surprised me (in a good way). The music in the short was a smidge fast for her but the costume was great. She also had a solid free, she had one boo-boo with the pop on the Lutz.

Lorine Schild (France) Toal Score 182.36 - 7th in the short, 7th in the free. She improved a lot from the Grand Prix de France which is great! However, neither one of her programs really stands out to me.

Niina Petrokina (Estonia) Total Score 178.66 - 11th in the short, 4th in the free. Struggled in the short again, but her free was pretty solid.

Mai Mihara (Japan) Total Score 174.74 - 6th in the short, 8th in the free. Her performance was pretty similar to her performance at Grand Prix de France. She keeps popping the 2F which is frustrating.

Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Total Score 170.64 - 8th in the short, 9th in the free. I'm glad that there was nothing on the ice to mess her up in the short, but she still went down on the 3Lz tho. 0A in the free was a shame

Janna Jyrkinen (Finland) Total Score 157.44 - 9th in the short, 11th in the free. Short was decent but fell apart in the free. Quite slow.

Nella Pelkonen (Finland) Total Score 155.22 - 12th in the short, 10th in the free. Only got a level 2 in the stsq because she didn't have twizzles. Did a good job of holding it together in the free, but she did pop the 3S.

Olivia Lisko (Finland) Total Score 153.67 - 10th in the short, 12th in the free. Had a decent short, but there were 2 pops in the free.

Pairs:

Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (Canada) Total Score 207.44 - 1st in the short, 1st in the free. 10 points higher than Skate Canada! I hate the cover in the short, but I think I liked the water program a little more this time around. Still have some things we need to clean up tho. Idk how they'll fare against Miura/Kihara.

Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko (Hungary) Total Score 184.21 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. I am an absolute sucker for a Pirates of the Caribbean program! That aborted lift sure was scary tho. I do not vibe with the short at all.

Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini (Italy) Total Score 181.59 - 2nd in the short, 6th in the free. I really like the short, and was disappointed that they changed the free from Phantom to Dracula. Free skate was quite rough, so I'm only gonna talk about the short. It was awesome and they were so dramatic. She was absolutely feeling it.

Ice Dance:

Lilah Fear /Lewis Gibson (Great Britain) Total Score 203.22 - 2nd in the short, 1st in the free. Them winning was not on my Bingo card, but I'm so glad that they won. Love the Beyonce program - especially the first half. I think they have too many cuts in their short.

Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (Canada) Total Score 200.79 - 1st in the short, 4th in the free. A FALL!?!?!?!?!? Still hate the backless suit. And I don't really like her dress either.

Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis (Finland) Total Score 196.6 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. Listen, I was not expecting them to do well but they kinda slayed. I really liked the free. Her dress was great and the emoting was wonderful.

[moon-soo-ah]

Skate Canada Results

[aflawedfashion]

The commentators are so invested in Deanna and Maxime. It's amazing.