Piper Gilles skates with different perspective since cancer diagnosis
Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles is skating with a greater sense of peace since her cancer diagnosis last season and whenever she is struggling to walk out of her front door to attend practice, she thinks back to the many days she physically could not.
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![Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles, left, and Paul Poirier, right, are aiming for a gold medal at this week's figure skating worlds in Montreal, hoping to cap what has been perhaps the best season of their 12-year partnership. Canadian ice dancers practise on March 6, 2024 ahead of the world figure skating championships in Montreal.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7147105.1710772269!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/gilles-piper-poirier-paul-240306-1180.jpg)
Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles is skating with a greater sense of peace since her cancer diagnosis last season and whenever she is struggling to walk out of her front door to attend practice, she thinks back to the many days she physically could not.