THE CANADIAN PRESS
KINGSTON, Ont. — An injury will keep Canadian pairs team Bryce Davison and Jessica Dube out of this week’s Skate Canada International.
Davison injured his knee last week and is having more tests done today, a Skate Canada official confirmed.
Davison, from Huntsville, Ont., and Dube, from St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Que., are former world bronze medallists.
Their withdrawal comes days after Canada’s Olympic and world ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir announced they wouldn’t compete at Skate Canada in Kingston, Ont. Virtue recently underwent surgery on both legs to alleviate chronic pain in her shins.
Joannie Rochette isn’t competing on this season’s Grand Prix circuit as she ponders her skating future. The Canadian won Olympic bronze in Vancouver days after the death of her mother.
The withdrawals leaves Patrick Chan of Toronto as the only reigning Canadian champion competing at Skate Canada.