“Today is extra special as it’s our first Grand Prix medal which is super exciting. It wasn’t a perfect skate, but we moved on and we did the best we could with what we had, and we’re really pleased with how our whole program went.”
Canada’s second silver medal of the competitors went to the ice dance staff of Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Saint-Hubert, Que., who had two strong skates to complete the competitors with a complete rating of 196.99.
They completed simply behind the American staff of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who received gold with a complete rating of 212.96, and simply in entrance of the French staff of Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud who took bronze with a complete rating of 193.47.
“This means a lot, we’re both really happy. We are both really starting to like skating in the USA — the crowd is good, the rink is nice, and it’s an honour to be with such fun competitors, and this just means a lot,” mentioned Lagha.
The staff is performing their free skate to the music “Roses” which has a particular significance to the staff which Lajoie defined following the competitors: “Since Worlds are in Montreal, we really wanted to find something that was from Montreal.
“We listened to a lot of music, and we both really like this song, and when we found out that it’s by Jean-Michel Blais who is from Montreal, we knew that’s what we wanted to pick — so that’s how we found the music.” Stephen Gogolev of Toronto, Ont., who took home a bronze medal from the Autumn Classic competitors earlier this fall in Montreal, was the lone Canadian skater within the males’s competitors and completed eleventh general with a complete rating of 210.48. Ilia Malinin of the U.S. received gold (310.47), whereas Kevin Aymoz of France took silver (279.09), and Shun Sato of Japan collected bronze (247.50).
The ISU Grand Prix collection strikes to Vancouver subsequent week for Skate Canada International, which is able to take place on the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre from Oct. 27-29.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 22, 2023.
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