Canadian Skaters Score a Medal in Every Colour from Trophy Metropole

Nice, FRA (October 20, 2024) – The ISU Challenger Series Trophy Metropole Côte d’Azur wrapped up in Nice, France on Sunday with Canadian junior and senior skaters bringing home one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal, despite having to contend with severe thunderstorms that hampered competition.

The junior competition kicked off the event and saw 18-year-old Parker Heiderich of Calgary, Alta., win gold in the men’s competition in his first international assignment with a total score of 187.86. He placed first in the short program (61.76), and second in the free skate (126.10) and was the last skater to compete before the venue was shut down due to weather concerns on Thursday.

“I feel amazing,” said Heiderich following the competition. “Having the crazy weather, and it being the last performance because of the rain was very nerve wracking, but when I got onto the ice, my head just blanked and I did it. I felt so good about it, and I just wanted to perform it as good as I could because I wanted everyone to enjoy it as the last performance of the day.”

American skaters Lorenzo Elano and Nicholas Brooks took silver and bronze respectively with scores of 186.64 and 179.16.

The venue shut down on Thursday led the event organizers to award the medals for the junior women’s competition based on the results from the short program on Wednesday, leaving Reese Rose of Gananoque, Ont., with a silver medal for her short program score of 59.01. Aleksa Volkova of Lac Brome, Que., finished eighth overall (54.52). Stefania Gladki of France won gold (65.75), while Kira Baranovska of Latvia took bronze (58.95).

The senior competition saw Fée Ann Landry of Gatineau, Que., bring home a bronze from her first senior women’s competition after fighting back from a sixth-place finish in the short program to finishing third in the free for a total score of 169.03.

“I’m really happy (with the medal). The goal was to skate good and have good technical points, so the medal is just an added bonus and it was really fun to be here,” said Landry who skated at this competition last year as a junior and finished fourth. “We really worked on skating skills and being on the ice and feeling it after last season and I think that’s really helped with all of my programs and to have more energy at the end of the program.”

Breken Brezden of Dauphin, Man., was also skating in her first senior international competition and finished 10th (150.54) overall after performing an impressive free skate that moved her up from 20th after the short program. Chaeyeon Kim of Korea won gold (204.67), while Niina Petrokina of Estonia took silver (187.57).

The senior ice dance competition saw Nadiia Bashynska and Peter Beaumont of Ajax, Ont., finish seventh overall with a total score of 150.78. Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius of Lithuania won gold (189.93), Caroline Green and Michael Parsons of the USA took silver (186.47), while Eva Pate and Logan Bye, also of the USA took bronze (180.83).

The next stop on the Challenger Series Circuit is the Nepela Memorial taking place in Bratislava, Slovakia from October 24-26, 2024 but no Canadian skaters are planning to attend.

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