MONTREAL (Sportcom) – Canadians Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford took the lead of the competition couple Thursday at the Grand Finale of the International Skating Union (ISU), played in Barcelona, Spain.
Both Ontarians, who train in Montreal under the leadership of Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte, have established themselves at the short program with a score 74.50, their best mark this season.
Earlier this fall, the pair of figure skaters had received identical scores of 72.70 Short Program Skate Canada International (Kelowna) and Trophy NHK (Osaka), two Grand Prix won by them.
“We just had our first perfect 10 for the artistic aspect. I do not know if it would happen to me one day in my career. This is a big step for us. We are really happy, “noted Radford.
” We were pretty nervous before the program. When the music began, we are immediately entered our area and we stayed from beginning to end. We executed the elements as well as we do in training, “he added.
Duhamel and Radford are ahead of the Russians Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, who earned 72.33 Points for their performance. Wenjing Sui and the Chinese Han Cong (66.66) are provisionally third.
A day of rest
The representatives of the Maple Leaf will be back on the ice Saturday for the presentation of the free program.
“The day off will help eliminate some all this adrenaline. We really struggled with our free program, there are two weeks in Osaka. We will be more hungry this time. We want to make an extraordinary performance, “said Radford.
On the women’s side, Russia’s Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (67.57) dominates ahead of fellow Julia Lipnitskaya (66.24), Elena Radionova (63, 89) and Anna Pogorilaya (61.34).
Junior
In junior, Julianne Séguin, Longueuil, and Charlie Bilodeau, Trois Pistoles have topped the short program in pairs with a score of 59.22 points.
Quebecers have just beat the Russians Lina Fedorova and Maxim Miroshkin (59.04) second. The third provisional rank is occupied by another Russian couple Maria and Egor Vigalova Zakroev (57,41).
Seguin and Bilodeau will be back in action Friday in Barcelona to present the free program.
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