Click on the video player above to watch the Skate Canada Autumn Classic International from Montreal.
The event will feature 24 Canadian skaters, including the international partnership debut of pairs skaters Vanessa James and Eric Radford.
Return on Friday for the senior men’s short program at 12:40 p.m. ET, the senior ice dance rhythm dance at 2 p.m. ET, the senior pairs free program at 3:45 p.m. ET and the senior women’s free program at 6:15 p.m. ET.
Coverage concludes on Saturday with the senior men’s free program at 11 a.m. ET and the senior ice dance free dance at 12:30 p.m. ET.
It is the second of nine stops on the International Skating Union Challenger Series circuit, a tune-up for the Grand Prix season that gives senior skaters an opportunity to compete internationally and earn world ranking points.
WATCH l James, Radford on coming out of retirement to compete in pairs together:
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The pairs skaters announced their partnership with less than a year to go until Beijing 2022. That Figure Skating Show hosts Dylan Moscovitch and Asher Hill interview both James and Radford about their return. 18:36
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