MANCHESTER, England :Canadian pair Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will launch their Olympic season this week at the ISU Grand Prix in France, aiming not only for medals but a trio of historic achievements.

"If we were to win Olympic gold, I would be the oldest (female champion in figure skating)," Stellato-Dudek said. "We'd be the oldest combined. And we'd be the first to do the backflip. So, we have three chances to make history."

At 42, Stellato-Dudek is already rewriting the narrative in figure skating, a sport long dominated by youth. But it is not just her age that is turning heads.

This season, she and Deschamps have become the first pair in history to incorporate a backflip into their program, a move banned by the International Skating Union until last season, and sti

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