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On September 9, in the Megasport arena, Denis's memory was honored.

 

@ t.a.tarasova Today, all the guests, all spectators, all athletes, all the coaches honored the memory of Denis Ten. We will always remember him. "We remember you Denis, we love you Denis"

 

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Denis Ten murder case to be taken to court by end of month

 

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The trial into the murder of Kazakh figure skater Denis Ten is expected to begin by the end of September, according to officials.

 

“Two culprits have been charged with theft, mugging and murder, while a woman has been accused of withholding information about the crime. I think that by the end of the month the case will be brought to court,” Kazakh Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kasymov was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.

 

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Weaver, Poje to debut emotional free dance in their only competition of the fall

 

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Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje skated in a show last season in Astana, Kazakhstan, and on the flight home and for days afterward the Canadian ice dancers couldn't get a particular song out of their heads.

 

"SOS, d'un terrien en detresse," by Kazakh superstar Dimash Kudaibergen, was the song Denis Ten skated his free program to last season. The Kazakh skater had just stepped off the ice as Weaver and Poje were about to go on.

 

"And then we just couldn't get it out of our heads, kept humming this tune over and over," Weaver said.

 

They played the song for their coach Nikolai Morozov, and his response was quick.

 

"He said 'This is it,"' Weaver said.

 

The reigning world bronze medallists will debut their free dance to "SOS, d'un terrien en detresse" — they chose a different version by Los Angeles: The Voices — at this week's Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Ont.

 

Weaver and Poje couldn't have known the emotional wallop that would come with picking this piece of music. Ten was stabbed to death in July by a couple of men reportedly trying to steal his car mirror.

 

Ten was the best skater to come out of Kazakhstan, winning bronze behind Canada's Patrick Chan at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. His murder rocked the close-knit skating community.

 

"We were saying 'Thank you Denis for bringing this music to us.' And then following that tragedy it's with a heavy heart that we say we are now making this piece a tribute to him. It's our way of saying thank you to him," Weaver said, fighting back tears.

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Kaitlyn Weaver, Andrew Poje debut free dance tribute to Denis Ten

 

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“He was our dear friend. We found this music when we went to Kazakhstan and (saw) him skate to it this summer,” Weaver said. “We couldn’t get it out of our heads.  We came home and built a program around a different version (by Los Angeles: The Voices).”

 

The debut of the sensitive, yearning program earned Weaver and Poje 120.74 points and the title here in Oakville.  Canada’s world bronze medalists gained six Level  4 elements, the most valuable in figure skating’s scoring system, and judges also awarded high scores for interpretation and performance.

 

“When the tragedy struck, we knew our mission in this program was to do it for Denis,” Weaver said. “It’s about a person who is in distress and has a guardian there to care for him, and in the end,  they both understand it’s (the guardian’s) time to go. It’s the tragic sweetness and acceptance of it we’re trying to feel and portray.”

 

Doesn’t repeatedly training a program with such tragic connections get draining?

 

“That was the hardest thing,” Poje said. “But all of the memories we have of Denis bring us such joy. We had great laughs, especially the year we trained together. It made us feel at peace with going out there. We know how much he has touched people around the world.”

 

“This is our medium, our form of expression,” Weaver said. “We felt we needed to use it to pay tribute. We are able to channel our feelings into art, and that’s our way to deal with the tragedy.”

 

 

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Investigation of Denis Ten's murder completing: Ministry of Internal Affairs

 

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Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Kalmukhanbet Kasymov told about the investigation of the criminal case into the murder of figure skater Denis Ten in Almaty in July 2018.

 

He told reporters that the investigation is coming to an end. "Familiarizing with the criminal case is under way. After the investigation is fully completed, the case will be transferred to the court," the Minister said.

 

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