(April 18, 2005)

Becky Cosford and Christopher Richardson won the bronze medal in the Junior Pair event at the 2005 Triglav Trophy.

The event was held April 13-17 in Jesenice, Slovenia.

Cosford, 18, of St. Clements, Ont., and Richardson, 21, of Cambridge, Ont., who captured the silver medal in the Junior Pair event at the 2005 BMO Financial Group Canadian Championships, placed first in the short program and third in the free skate to place third overall.

Cosford and Richardson’s marks for their free skate ranged from 4.3 to 4.7 for technical merit and from 4.4 to 4.6 for presentation.

Placing fourth in the event was the team of Theresa Mailling and Dominique Welsh. The 13-year-old Mailling, of Mississauga, Ont., and Welsh, 18, of Toronto, finished fifth in the short program and fourth in the free skate to place fourth overall.

Mailling and Welsh’s marks for their free skate ranged from 4.0 to 4.5 for technical merit and from 4.0 to 4.4 for presentation.

Skate Canada congratulates both Cosford and Richardson and Mailling and Welsh on their impressive accomplishments.