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Post by Admin on Oct 26, 2019 6:04:13 GMT
In the pairs competition, Russians Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii skated the highest short program score of the season so far, 76.45, to take the lead. Skating to 'My Way', they wowed the crowd with a particularly impressive throw triple flip. "We are happy that it went well today, we are satisfied with our skate," said Kozlovskii. "Tomorrow is a big day and we will try to skate better for ourselves and for the public and be less nervous about it." Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were close behind, scoring 75.50 to delight the home crowd and strengthen their podium hopes for Saturday. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, also from Russia and silver medallists at the World Championships in Saitama earlier this year, finished third with 73.57.
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Post by Admin on Oct 26, 2019 20:13:10 GMT
LIVE 🔴 | Ladies Free Skating | Skate Canada 2019
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Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2019 0:36:35 GMT
There was delight for the home crowd as Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier performed an emotional free dance to earn 126.43, the highest score of the season so far. That meant 209.01 and first place for the duo, with Gilles ecstatically leaping to her feet in the kiss and cry when she heard the score. The success marks a first ever Grand Prix first place for the pair and follows an early-season win at Autumn Classic International last month. We’ve pushed so hard for this moment - Piper Gilles "I’m just so proud of what we’ve both done today," said Gilles. "We’ve pushed so hard for this moment and both of us have really dreamed of being on top of the podium, especially this year. "We’ve been wanting to win every competition this season and that’s what we’re planning on doing so it was a nice way to kick off." Poirier added: "This was a really special moment. It was such a joy to have the Kelowna audience behind us in both performances this week." Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, winners at Skate America last weekend and reigning world bronze medallists, came in second after receiving 123.10 in the free dance.
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Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2019 21:09:18 GMT
Russian teenager Alexandra Trusova announced herself onto the senior Grand Prix circuit in style, landing three quadruple jumps to win the ladies competition at Skate Canada. Sitting third after the short program behind Rika Kihira and Young You, the 15-year-old had ground to make up but her quad-heavy free skate always made her a favourite for the podium top-spot. There was early drama, however, as she fell on her opening jump, a quad Salchow. But Trusova came back in emphatic style, going on to land a quad Lutz, quad toe loop, triple toe loop combination and quad toe loop, Euler, triple Salchow combination. The performance earned her world-leading free and total scores of 166.62 and 241.02. Kihira took second place, You finished third in Kelowna, British Colombia. "I am very happy that I have won," said Trusova, who skated to the 'Game of Thrones' soundtrack. "I will keep working more once I am back home." On the opening fall she added: "It often happens that I fall on the first jump in practice. "After that I just pull myself together and carry on. There’s nothing special going on in my head, I just keep going. "It's ok, I will just have to keep working." The teenager said: "I love competitions and wait for them with excitement. I just love what I do." Asked if her coach, Eteri Tutberidze who was not present in Kelowna, had congratulated her yet, she replied: "It's night time there [in Russia]. I am sure she will congratulate me later." Trusova also said she continues to work on the triple Axel, the jump that helped to hand Kihira and You the advantage after Friday's short program. "The triple Axel is much better," she said. "As of now, I still haven’t landed a clean one but I’ve landed it with a step out. But it’s getting better."
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