'A Long Time Coming': Figure Skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek Makes Olympic Debut at 42
Deanna Stellato-Dudek, 42, made her Olympic debut after a head injury in late January, scoring 66.04 points and ranking 14th with partner Maxime Deschamps in pairs skating.
- On Sunday, Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps competed in the pairs short program at Milano Cortina 2026, finishing with 66.04 points after a late fall, sitting 14th.
- After a late-January head injury, Stellato-Dudek was cleared by doctors and confirmed to compete on February 10, 2026, by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Skate Canada.
- Stellato-Dudek, who returned to the sport in 2016 after a 16-year hiatus, won the 2024 World Championships in pairs with Maxime Deschamps.
- Reacting after the mistake, Stellato-Dudek said `It was a complete surprise` about the fall on the reverse lasso lift, and Deschamps said `It's a new day tomorrow` as they planned to refocus.
- On Sunday, the German pair of Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin led with 80.01, while Stellato-Dudek debuted a gown reported at $100,000.
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A wound two weeks ago almost ruined everything for the pair of artistic skaters as a couple.
Figure skating-Stellato-Dudek proud after making long-awaited Olympic debut
MILAN, Feb 15 : Deanna Stellato-Dudek's long road to the Olympics culminated in Milan on Sunday, and the Canadian told reporters she was proud to be the oldest person to compete in figure skating at a Games in nearly a century. Stellato-Dudek, 42, stepped away from the sport for 16 years before returning in
Canada’s Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps make long-awaited Olympic debut in pairs figure skating
After missing the team event due to a head injury in training, 42-year-old Deanna Stellato-Dudek and partner Maxime Deschamps make Olympic debut in the pairs individual event short program on Sunday.
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