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Danielle Earl/Skate Canada Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov compete in the 2025 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, Japan.

Olympics-inspired Winnipeg pair looks to revisit past at world juniors

Laurie Nealin 5 minute read Yesterday at 9:55 PM CST

It’s been a long, yet exciting, season of new experiences for pair skaters Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov whose 2025-26 campaign has already seen them compete in Latvia, Turkey, Austria, Japan and China.

And, it’s not over yet.

Invigorated and informed by watching the Olympic competition in Milan, the Winnipeg athletes couldn’t wait to board the plane Saturday bound for Europe and the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

This week in the Baltic country of Estonia, Kemp, 17, and Elizarov, 22, will compete for the fourth time at the global meet.

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Winnipeg Jets defenceman Haydn Fleury returned to the lineup for the first time Sunday after suffering a freak injury on Jan. 6.
MATT SLOCUM / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILES Winnipeg Jets defenceman Haydn Fleury returned to the lineup for the first time Sunday after suffering a freak injury on Jan. 6.

Jets defenceman thankful to return seven weeks after crashing into boards

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Jets defenceman thankful to return seven weeks after crashing into boards

Mike McIntyre 5 minute read Yesterday at 5:11 PM CST

Haydn Fleury remembers the silence.

From his own mouth, unable to form any words after a devastating crash into the end boards. And from the crowd inside Canada Life Centre, stunned at what they had just witnessed.

Nearly two months after the freak accident that ended with him being stretchered off the ice, the Winnipeg Jets defenceman can finally talk about what happened — and the long, painstaking road back into the lineup.

“Happened fast. I was just going back for a puck, and just an unfortunate play, really,” Fleury said Monday, reflecting on the Jan. 6 collision with Vegas Golden Knights forward (and Winnipegger) Keegan Kolesar.

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