Journey to the Roots of Performance Anxiety
This live seminar continues with Robert Durso and Dylan Moscovitch. Part 2 features Dylan's lecture.
The proudest moment of Dylan Moscovitch’s career came at Sochi 2014 where he and then-partner Kirsten Moore-Towers helped Canada win silver in the inaugural Olympic team event.
Despite him dealing with a painful infection in both feet, they were able to produce a fantastic free skate. They were also the top Canadians in the Olympic pairs’ event, cracking the top five. When that partnership ended after the 2013-14 season, Moscovitch teamed up with Lubov Ilyushechkina, who had won the 2009 World Junior pairs title for her native Russia. He made initial contact with her via Facebook and set up a tryout in Detroit because she had a valid visa for the United States. They felt immediate chemistry and got the paperwork together for her to move to Canada.
After the Russian skating federation released Ilyushechkina in the fall of 2014, their first competition together was an ISU Challenger Series event in Warsaw, Poland. They then qualified for the 2015 Canadian Championships where they won the silver medal and earned a spot on the world championship team. After their Grand Prix debut as a team in the fall of 2015, Ilyushechkina and Moscovitch won a pair of bronze medals at Skate Canada International and Cup of China in the fall of 2016.
They went on to win their first medal together at an ISU Championship, taking bronze at the Four Continents in February 2017. They followed up with a sixth-place finish at the world championships, making them Canada’s top-ranked pair at the event. Moscovitch had previously finished as high as fourth at the world championships with Moore-Towers in 2013 and 2014.
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16 мар 2024
