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Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps Cleared to Compete in Olympic Pairs After Head Injury

The pairs short program is Sunday with the free skate the following night.

Mar 26, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Deanna Stellato-Dudek (CAN) and Maxime Deschamps (CAN) compete in the Pairs Short Program during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images
MONTREAL, CANADA - MARCH 21: Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada pose with a Canadian flag and their gold medals after finishing first in the Pairs Free Program during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at the Bell Centre on March 21, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, of Canada, compete in the pairs' short program segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, central Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Overview

  • Skate Canada confirmed Tuesday that Deanna Stellato-Dudek completed required medical evaluations and was cleared to compete under medical guidance.
  • Stellato-Dudek said she has worked closely with the medical team, feels ready and excited to skate, and is focused on performing her best.
  • She struck her head on the ice during a Jan. 30 training session, leading the pair to withdraw from the figure skating team event.
  • Trennt Michaud and Lia Pereira skated both pairs segments for Canada in the team competition, and the country finished fifth.
  • The 2024 world champions and three-time Canadian titleholders are viewed as medal contenders in their first Olympics together, and Stellato-Dudek would be the oldest woman to compete in Olympic figure skating in nearly a century.