GDANSK, POLAND (Oct. 10, 2026) — Twelve Canadian figure skaters travelled to Gdansk, Poland to compete in the seventh and final stop of the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, with Lia Cho leading the way with a silver medal and several Canadian skaters recording personal bests. 

Women’s singles skater Lia Cho (Calgary, Alta.) reached the podium for the second time this season, following a bronze-medal finish at the JGP event in Bangkok. This time, she claimed silver while setting personal bests in all segments of the competition. 

Cho earned 69.42 points in the short program and 126.34 points in the free program, finishing with a personal-best total of 195.76 points. 

“I’m so happy I got through this program,” she said after the free. “It’s always a new learning experience, and I’m really happy I got to showcase this moment.” 

Japan’s Sumika Kanazawa won gold with 196.37 points, while Switzerland’s Elisabeth Dibbern took bronze with 189.11 points. 

In ice dance, Chaïma Ben Khelifa (Laval, Que.) and Julien Lévesque (Boucherville, Que.) narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth overall. The pair set personal bests in both segments, earning 58.80 points in the rhythm dance and 92.01 points in the free dance for a total of 150.81 points. 

“We’re really happy with how it turned out,” Lévesque said. 

“Yes, we skated together and we had such a real moment on the ice, so it makes everything,” Ben Khelifa added. 

Teammates Laurence Brière (Carignan, Que.) and Earl Jesse Celestino (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que.) finished seventh overall. The duo, who placed fourth earlier this season in Riga, scored 56.44 points in the rhythm dance and 80.44 points in the free dance, for a total of 136.88 points. 

“I think there is some work to do, but overall it was a really fun experience and we got to travel and see a lot of new people,” Celestino said after the competition. 

Italy’s Arianna Soldati and Nicholas Tagliabue took home the gold medal with 154.22 points. USA’s Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin won silver with 153.03 points, and Italy’s Melissa Cachova and Ivan Morozov won bronze with 151.10 points.  

In pairs, Miroslava Oreshkin (Mont Royal, Que.) and Vladimir Furman (Saint-Hubert, Que.) placed eighth overall. The pair scored 48.36 points in the short program and 83.30 points in the free program, for a total score of 131.66 points.  

“I think it went really well, especially compared to the last time,” Oreshkin said. “I think we’ve improved a lot in a lot of elements, and we did our personal best so I think we’re quite happy with it.” 

Teammates Kaydee Kallay (Boisbriand, Que.) and Étienne Lacasse (Sainte-Thérèse, Que.) followed closely in ninth place. Kallay and Lacasse set personal bests in both segments, scoring 49.42 points in the short program and 78.36 points in the free program to finish with 127.78 points overall. 

“I think if we talk about the whole week in general, I think it went really, really well,” Lacasse said after the free program. “For the program today, we made some mistakes, but I think we managed to perform the program and it showed in the [performance component score], so I think we can be proud, and even though we can improve, we did our job all week.” 

Alia Tang (Milton, Ont.) and William Bocskay (Brantford, Ont.) placed 13th overall with a total score of 114.03 points, after earning 44.23 points in the short program and 69.80 points in the free program. 

Spain’s Anita Mapelli and Noah Quesada Grau won gold with 166.81 points. Georgia’s Zlata Kamalova and Danil Panov won silver with 163.95 points and China’s Rui Guo and Yiwen Zhang won bronze with 151.91 points.  

In men’s singles, William Chan (Vancouver, B.C.) placed 15th overall. He scored 58.70 points in the short program and 106.49 in the free program, for a total of 165.19 points.  

Belgium’s Denis Krouglov won gold with 228.64 points. Latvia’s Janis Znotins won silver with 206.56 points, and Ukraine’s Yehor Kurtsev won bronze with 198.84 points. 

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