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Canada wins two bronze medals at ISU Junior Grand Prix

YEREVAN, Armenia – Canadians won two bronze medals on Saturday at the seventh stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.

In men’s competition, Iliya Kovler of Richmond Hill, Ont., hung on to third place despite the fifth best free skate on Saturday with a personal best international score of 201.20 points. Adam Siao Him Fa of France took the gold at 205.83 and Yuma Kagiyama of Japan was second at 202.02.

‘’I felt like my free program was a big improvement on what I did in Richmond (at the fourth Grand Prix stop) ,’’ said Kovler, 15, second after the short program. ‘’I was able to learn a lot and gave it my all. I reached my goal here to do two clean skates and get improvements on my components.’’

Thirteen-year-old Alec Guinzbourg of Kingston, Ont., in his junior Grand Prix debut, was 11th out of 21 entries.

In ice dancing, there was no change in the top-three with Arina Ushakova and Maxim Nekrasov of Russia first at 172.81, Masia Kazakova and Georgy Riviya of Georgia second at 164.65 and Ellie Fisher and Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette of Montreal third at 152.46. The Canadians were fifth at last week’s stop in Slovenia.

‘’It was definitely difficult to do two competitions back-to-back,’’ said Malette-Paquette. ‘’But at the same time it was good preparation keeping the high intensity in training throughout the week.’’

The couple was also feeling sore after a collision before Friday’s short dance in the warm-up.

‘’We had to fight for this one,’’ said Malette-Paquette.

Emmy Bronsard and Aissa Bouaraguia of Montreal made an impressive jump from ninth to sixth overall with the sixth best free dance at 138.73.

This was the last junior event before the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final set for December 6-9 in Vancouver.

Full results: ISU JGP Armenian Cup 2018

Canadians in medal position at ISU Junior Grand Prix

YEREVAN, Armenia – Iliya Kovler of Richmond Hill, Ont., and the ice dance team of Ellie Fisher and Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette of Montreal are in medal positions heading into their free skates at the seventh stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.

In men’s competition, Ivan Shmuratko of Ukraine is first after the short program with 72.08 points. Kovler, 15, follows at 71.38 and Adam Siao Him Fa of France is third at 70.50. KOvler as seventh last month at the fourth stop in Richmond, B.C.

Thirteen-year-old Alec Guinzbourg of Kingston, Ont., in his junior Grand Prix debut, stands ninth out of 21 entries.

In ice dancing, Arina Ushakova and Maxim Nekrasov of Russia are first after the short dance with 69.18. Masia Kazakova and Georgy Riviya of Georgia are second at 65.42 and Fisher and Malette-Paquette are third at 60.34. The Canadians were fifth last week in Slovenia.

Emmy Bronsard and Aissa Bouaraguia of Montreal are ninth.

The men’s free skate and the free dance are on Saturday.

Full results

Junior Skaters headed to Armenia for final stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix

OTTAWA, ON: Canada’s junior skaters will be competing at the final ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) of the season this week in Yerevan, Armenia from October 10-13. This event will mark the final grand prix of the season before ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in December.

In the men’s field, Alexei Guinzbourg and Iliya Kovler will be representing Canada. Guinzbourg will be making his JPG debut after finishing second in the novice men at the Egna Spring Trophy in April.

Kovler is looking to build off his seventh place finish at the JGP Canada which took place in Richmond, B.C., in September.

In the ice dance, Ellie Fisher and Simon-Pierre Malette will compete at their second JGP in a row, after finishing fifth in Slovenia last week.

Also in the ice dance, Emmy Bronsard and Aissa Bouaraguia are coming off a fourth place finish at the ISU JGP Czech Skate 2018 in Ostrava and are looking for a medal finish.

Canadian Entries at JGP #7- Yerevan, Armenia

Discipline Name Age Hometown Club Coach
Men Alexei Guinzbourg 13 Kingston, Ont. Quinte FSC Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev
Men Iliya Kovler 15 Richmond Hill, Ont. Richmond Hill Training Centre Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev
Ice Dance Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette Paquette 17/20 Montreal, Que. / Montreal, Que. CPA Loraine / CPA Loraine Marie-Frane Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal Denis
Ice Dance Emmy Bronsard / Aissa Bouaraguia 14/17 Montreal, Que. / Montreal, Que. CPA Gadbois / CPA Gadbois Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal Denis

Andre Bourgeois, Next Gen Director and Holly Henderson of Lethbridge, Alta. will be the Canadian team leaders at the event. Doctor Ghislaine Robert of Montreal, Que. and physiotherapist Agnes Makowski of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian medical staff onsite. Beth Crane of Burnaby, B.C., and Nicole Leblanc-Richard of Dieppe, N.B., will be the Canadian officials at the event.

For more information, please visit www.isu.org.