WARSAW, POLAND (Nov. 23, 2025) – The Canadian team won not one, but two gold medals at the ISU Challenger Series PGE Warsaw Cup, held November 19-23 in Poland.

Sara-Maude Dupuis (Montreal, QC) will long remember this event and the moment she won her first international gold medal. The Canadian skater led after the women’s short program with a score of 66.23. She maintained her lead in the free skate with 119.43 points to bring her total to 185.66, a new personal best score. Italy’s Marina Piredda (172.05) and Norway’s Mia Risa Gomez (161.96) completed the women’s podium.

“I feel so good! Winning an international event has been a dream for so long. Sometimes I didn’t think it was possible anymore, but today I’m glad I stayed focused and did what I had to do. I knew there was a chance for a medal and that was my goal, but I never thought it would be a gold medal, so this is even better,” said Dupuis, who earlier this season became the first Canadian woman to land a triple axel in international competition.

On Saturday, Deanna Stellato-Dudek (Chicago, USA) and Maxime Deschamps (Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC) were the first Canadian athletes to climb to the top of the podium in the pair competition. The national champions finished the Warsaw Cup with 194.92 points, thanks in large part to their best short program of the season, which earned them a score of 75.46. The silver medal went to Britain’s Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby (162.50), while the bronze was awarded to Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman (160.26) from the United States.

“We set ourselves a few goals for the short program and we achieved them. We had a little more difficulty in the free skate, but that’s okay, as we came here to practice for the Grand Prix Final,” said Deschamps.

In the men’s event, Wesley Chiu (Vancouver, BC) made a highly anticipated return to the ice after being sidelined last season due to injury. He finished the competition in 9th place with a total of 198.51. Poland’s Vladimir Samoilov won gold with 240.83 points, while Switzerland’s Lukas Britschgi (229.73) and France’s Samy Hammi (222.77) took silver and bronze.

Full competition results can be found here.