Chartrand rockets to seventh with powerful free skate
TAIPEI – Alaine Chartrand of Prescott, Ont., gained eight spots in the women’s singles standings on Saturday to place seventh at the ISU Four Continents Championships figure skating competition.
It was a remarkable finish to the 17-year-old’s first senior international assignment.
Chartrand was 15th after Friday’s short program but came out firing on all cylinders for the long earning a personal best 165.19 points. Performing to Dr. Zhivago she delivered a clean program lading her 10 jumps including three in combination.
Her long program performance was the fifth best of the day.
“I’m really with how I completed this competition,” said Chartrand. “After a hard short program I was happy to get back to where I should be with the long.”
Kanako Murakami led Japan to a 1-2 finish with Satoko Miyahara second and Zijun Li of China third.
Amelie Lacoste of Delson, Que., was 12th and Veronik Mallet of Sept-Iles, Que., 13th.
“For me it was a very successful competition,” said Mallet. “I had a super short program and while my long could have been better it was overall a great experience and I learned a lot.”
Canada ends the competition with a silver medal earned by ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto on Thursday.
Full results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/fc2014/index.htm
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