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Canadians win two more medals at Bavarian Open

OBERTSDORF, Germany – Conrad Orzel of Toronto won the silver medal in men’s competition and Aurora Cotop of Thornhill, Ont., added a bronze in the women’s event to conclude the Bavarian Open figure skating competition.

Both skaters were competing for the first time at the senior international level and both achieved a major goal by posting world-ranking scores.

In men’s competition, Koshiro Shamada of Japan took the gold with 210.80 points. Orzel, fourth after the short program on Friday, finished second with 200.51 while Peter-James Hallam of Britain was third at 192.10. There were 12 entries.

“Landing the two quad toes and my triple Axels were a big highlight for me,” said Orzel, 18. “Still there were costly mistakes on triple jumps so I didn’t get the score I wanted but it was a world ranking score which means I got the job done.”

Japan was 1-2 in the women’s event with Satoko Miyahara first at 204.56 and Yuna Aoki second at 182.90. Cotop ranked third in both programs and totalled 162.56. There were 18 entries.

“I feel pretty good about my skate,” said Cotop, 16, on the comeback from injury. “I achieved some of my goals including my technical scores and levels. Still I need to get my Lutz more consistent and add more triples to the program.”

Canada ended the competition with three gold, three silver and two bronze.

On Saturday, Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of St-Hubert, Que., and Alicia Fabbri of Terrebonne, Que., and Paul Ayer of Calgary were 1-2 in junior ice dancing.

Canada was 1-2 in Novice I ice dance with Sophia Kaglovskaya and Kieran MacDonald of Wellesley, Ont., winning gold and Kiera Kam of Burnaby, B.C., and Mathew Carter of Langley, B.C., the silver.

Wesley Chiu of Richmond, B.C., won gold in men’s advanced Novice I and Kaiya Ruiter of Calgary won the bronze in women’s advance Novice I.

Full results: http://www.deu-event.de/results/BO2019/index.htm

Lajoie and Lagha lead Canada to 1-2 finish at Bavarian Open

OBERTSDORF, Germany – Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of St-Hubert, Que., led Canada to a 1-2 finish in junior ice dancing Saturday at the Bavarian Open figure skating competition.

Lajoie and Lagha, tuning up for next month’s world juniors, posted a decisive win with 169.34 points.  Alicia Fabbri of Terrebonne, Que., and Paul Ayer of Calgary followed for silver at 144.64. There were 22 entries.

“This is really a test run for the world juniors when you include the travel and time management,” said Lagha. “It’s a great learning experience for us and we reached our objectives for this event. Now we need to go back home for the next three weeks and keep polishing the program.”

Fabbri and Ayer are also headed to the juniors worlds March 4-10 in Zagreb.

“We’ve gained some confidence here with another international event under our belts,” said Ayer. “We were able to put down a solid program and stay together through the whole thing.”

In senior competition, Aurora Cotop of Thornhill, Ont., is third after the women’s short program and Conrad Orzel of Toronto is fourth after the men’s short program but he is less than five points from the lead.

Their free skates are on Sunday.

Canada added five medals in novice competition:

  • Canada was 1-2 today in Novice I ice dance with Sophia Kaglovskaya and Kieran MacDonald of Wellesley, Ont., winning gold and Kiera Kam of Burnaby, B.C., and Mathew Carter of Langley, B.C., the silver.
  • In the men’s event Wesley Chiu of Richmond, B.C., won gold in advanced Novice I.
  • In the women’s event Kaiya Ruiter of Calgary won the bronze in advance Novice I while in advanced Novice II Mélaurie Boivin of Alma, Que., took silver, Doriela Lugo-Mayrand of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., was fourth and Melody Zhu of Vancouver sixth.

Full results: http://www.deu-event.de/results/BO2019/index.htm

Fifteen Canadian skaters headed to 2019 Bavarian Open

OTTAWA, ON: Team Canada is sending two senior skaters, four junior skaters and eight advanced novice skaters for a total of 15 skaters to Oberstdorf, Germany for the 2019 Bavarian Open. The event will take place from February 5-10.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT BAVARIAN OPEN 2019

Discipline Name Age Hometown Club Coach
Senior Men Conrad Orzel 18 Toronto, Ont. Toronto Cricket, Curling and Skating Club Lee Barkell
Senior Women Aurora Cotop 16 Thornhill, Ont. Ice Palace SC Ravi Walia
Junior Ice Dance Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 18/19 Boucherville, Que. / St-Hubert, Que. Montreal International Skating School Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Junior Ice Dance Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer 17/20 Terrebonne, Que. / Calgary, AB. CPA Terrebonne / Calalta SC Mylene Girard, Julien Lalone
Advanced Novice Men Wesley Chiu 13 Richmond, BC Connaught SC Eileen Murphy
Advanced Novice Women Kaiya Ruiter 12 Calgary, A.B. Glencoe Club Scott Davis, Jeff Langdon
Advanced Novice Women Doriela Lugo Mayrand 13 Rouyn-Noranda, Que. CPA du Cuivre de Rouyn-Noranda Violaine Émard
Advanced Novice Women Mélaurie Boivin 15 Alma, Que. CPA Chicoutimi Marlène Picard
Advanced Novice Women Melody Zhu 14 Vancouver, BC Sunset FSC Joanne McLeod
Advanced Novice Ice Dance Sophia Kagolovskaya / Kieran MacDonald 13/15 Wellesley, Ont. / Wellesley, Ont. Ayr SC / Ayr SC Carleigh MacDonald
Advanced Novice Ice Dance Kiera Kam / Mathew Carter 14/16 Burnaby, BC / Langley, BC Inlet SC / Champs International Skating School of British Columbia Aaron Lowe, Megan Wing

André Bourgeois, Next Gen Director, and Manon Perron of Boucherville, Que., will be the team leaders at the event. Physiotherapist Pat Stanziano of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian medical staff onsite. Karen Butcher of Ottawa, Ont., Cynthia Benson of Saint John, N.B., and Janice Hunter of Vancouver, B.C., will be the Canadian officials at the event.

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