Canadian ice dancers fourth at ISU Junior Grand Prix
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of Greenfield Park, Que., took fourth spot in ice dancing on Sunday to conclude the third stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
Rachel Parsons and Michael Parsons of the U.S. took the gold with 160.42 points, Anastasia Shpilevaya and Grigory Smirnov of Russia were second at 151.50 and Angelique Abachkina and Louis Thauron of France third at 148.76
Lajoie and Lagha, world junior team members last season, followed at 137.14, their best-ever international score.
“Both programs went very well,’’ said Lajoie. “We are happy with our result and fell we are on the right track.’’
Olivia Han of Waterloo, Ont., and Grayson Lochhead of Sweaburg, Ont., were eighth.
Japan swept the podium in women’s competition: Kaori Sakamoto took the gold, Marin Honda the silver and Mako Yamashita the bronze.
Fourteen-year-old Emily Bausback of Vancouver produced the eighth best free skate to climb from 13th after the short program to 10th overall in her Junior Grand Prix debut.
On Saturday, Roman Sadovsky of Vaughan, Ont., landed his first career quadruple jump on international ice and was fifth. Eric Liu of Edmonton was 14th.
The fourth stop on the circuit is this upcoming weekend in Saranks, Russia.
Full results: ISU JGP Yokohama 2016
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