How Swede It Is

So the last chapter has finally been written.
The book closed on another Canadian figure skating championships.
For 16 of the best this week in Vancouver, it's just the next step, though, on a journey that will hit its final stop in March in Gothenburg, Sweden — site of the 2008 world championships.
No surprises in the Canadian world team announced today:
Men — Patrick Chan, Toronto; Jeff Buttle, Smooth Rock Falls, Ont.
Women — Joannie Rochette, Ile-Dupas, Que.; Mira Leung, Vancouver.
Pairs — Anabelle Langlois, Gatineau, Que., and Cody Hay, Grande Prairie, Alta.; Jessica Dube, St. Cyrille de Wendover, Que., and Bryce Davison, Cambridge, Ont.; Megan Duhamel, Lively, Ont., and Craig Buntin, Kelowna, B.C.
Dance — Tessa Virtue, London, Ont., and Scott Moir, Ilderton, Ont.; Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, Waterloo, Ont.; Allie Hann-McCurdy, Orleans, Ont., and Michael Coreno, Delhi, Ont.
The same team heads to the Four Continents Championship, Feb. 11-17 in Goyang City, Korea, with two exceptions: Chan and Dube/Davison. Shawn Sawyer of Edmundston, N.B., and Edmonton's Vaughn Chipeur are the additions to the men's team; Cynthia Phaneuf of Contrecoeur, Que., gets a women's trip, and Jessica Miller of Villa Hills, Ky., and Montreal's Ian Moram are replacements in pairs.
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The team for the world junior championships, Feb. 25-March 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria, was also named today. It consists of the following:
Men — Kevin Reynolds, Coquitlam, B.C.; Elladj Balde, Pierrefonds, Que., and Jeremy Ten, Vancouver.
Women — Myriane Samson, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.
Pairs — Amanda Velenosi, Laval, Que., and Mark Fernandez, Brossard, Que.; Monica Pisotta, Barrie, Ont., and Michael Stewart, Mississauga, Ont.
Dance — Vanessa Crone, Aurora, Ont., and Paul Poirier, Unionville, Ont.; Joanna Lenko and Mitchell Islam, Barrie, Ont.; Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill, Toronto.