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Canadian pairs team Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps will compete at Olympics

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Canadian pairs team Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will get their at Olympic glory after all.

The pair will leave Montreal on Wednesday and arrive in Milan on Thursday after Stellato-Dudek was cleared to compete, Skate Canada announced Tuesday.

It will give the 2024 world champions two days of practice before the short program begins on Sunday.

Stellato-Dudek hit her head during a training accident just days before the start of the Games that at the time put her Olympics in jeopardy and the team was forced to withdraw from the team event.

At 42, Stellato-Dudek will become the oldest woman to compete in an Olympic figure skating event in almost a century.

More to come.

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