Veteran pairs duo Vanessa James and Eric Radford were named to Canada’s Olympic figure skating team for Beijing on Sunday, despite withdrawing from the Canadian championships a day earlier.
James and Radford, who teamed up last spring, contracted COVID-19 just before Christmas. They pulled out of the competition Friday after their fourth-place finish in the short program.
The selection won’t be well-received by some in the sport after Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud won silver with an excellent skate.
The Canadian championships, however, are just one of the criteria for qualifying. Team selection also takes recent international results into account.
