SASKATOON, CANADA (Nov. 2, 2025) – Piper Gilles (Toronto, Ont.) and Paul Poirier (Unionville, Ont.) kept up their momentum on Sunday at the ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International, climbing to the top of the ice dance podium for the sixth consecutive year with a total score of 202.89.

Last to get on the ice at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Gilles and Poirier earned 117.51 points for their free dance, which was enough for the world vice-champions to secure the gold medal in front of a passionate Canadian crowd.

“There’s always work to be done, but I think we’re proud of our competition, especially since it was our first of the season. The Olympics are getting closer and closer, and this is a good foundation for us. We had an excellent rhythm dance on Saturday, which gave us confidence going into the free dance,” said Gilles.

“We skated the right way. We train to compete and skate like this. We’re happy with what we delivered this weekend,” added Poirier.

Fourth in the rhythm dance, Marjorie Lajoie (Boucherville, Que.) and Zachary Lagha (Saint-Hubert, Que.) improved their standing in the free dance, climbing to third place on the podium with a score of 116.46, bringing their total to 192.41 points.

“I think we had a great performance today. We skated really well, we felt an excellent connection, and we had fun. We’re ready for our next competition,” said Lagha.

Lithuania’s Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius took second place with a total score of 200.92 points.

Marie-Jade Lauriault (Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que.) and Romain Le Gac (Laval, Que.) finished seventh (179.41 points).

In the men’s competition, Roman Sadovsky (Vaughan, Ont.) achieved the best result among Canadian skaters, placing sixth in the free skate with a score of 155.65 points. Tenth after the short program the day before, Sadovsky climbed to seventh place in the final standings with a score of 236.73.

“Even though I made a few mistakes in my program, I think there are positive aspects to take away from it. The crowd was very responsive, which is always a good sign. I’m already looking forward to getting back on the ice for my next competition,” said Sadovsky.

Just behind, Stephen Gogolev (Toronto, Ont.) finished the Grand Prix in eighth place (236.48), while Aleksa Rakic (Burnaby, B.C.) placed 12th (216.90).

American Ilia Malinin, the reigning world champion, remained in first place with a record-setting free skate of 228.97 to take top honors in the competition with 333.81 points. Estonia’s Aleksandr Selevko took second place (257.21), ahead of Japan’s Kao Miura (253.69).

The full competition results can be found here.