Fiona Bombardier - 2023 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships FS (CBC)

Well, from Ontario, 17 year old Fiona Bombardier, coached by Ken Rose, choreographed by Danielle Rose. Lovely personality, great skills. I wish her the best as she'll skate to Alegria. Well, another brilliant performance here at the Nationals in the senior women's. And I just want to say that something special is happening here in Canada in both the junior and the senior women's and the other categories as well. And you don't have to trust our words. All you have to do is watch what's on the screen. And maybe if you're here in the building, what's on the ice? It's quite extraordinary. No promises for the future. But what we see at this moment is a deep pool of deep talent, feisty, strong, competitive passion. Caitlin, this is going to be so close. She put out so many amazing elements and we're going to see some of them. So here is a beautiful start to her program. Triple Lutz, double toe. She was a cat on that. You know that she wasn't going to go down without a fight and her foot was searching for that ice. Beautiful triple salchow. No hesitation. So quick into the air. Same thing on this triple loop. Boiler, triple salchow. Everything is just so quick. No hesitation. Beautiful triple flip. Once again, being a little bit of a cat. Refusing to let these jumps go. Beautiful triple Lutz later on in the program. And this performance, she built up so much speed. That last triple Lutz, before going into it, she performed straight to the judges and built up so much speed to carry through the ice. Her spins. Great positions. Had a fun little single toe at the end of her double axel at the end of the program. Just needing to get that combination in. Don't you feel something special is happening here? This is very special. And it's the depth. It's not just about any one of these skaters. And I have to say that, so Madeline, and she's a competitor and she'll respond, I'm sure. But she's not way down the highway. There's some cars chasing her here. She is not. They're nipping at her heels. And they're making sure she knows that they're here. Absolutely. Very loudly, they're here. There's still lots of work to be done. No question. We understand what the level is around the world. But our skaters are closing the gap. Let's take a look at the scores for Fiona Bombardier. 120.02. That's second in the free program. Big smile. Mission accomplished. 180.54 as Fiona takes over second. With two skaters to come. Top four finish, for sure. Very cool. Very cool.