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Canadian ice dancers skate personal best for fourth at ISU Junior Grand Prix

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MINSK, Belarus – Canadians Ashlynne Stairs and Lee Royer posted a personal best to finish fourth this weekend in ice dancing at the fourth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko of the U.S., won the gold medal with 150.05 points with Anastasia Skoptcova and Kirill Aleshin of Russia second at 143.64 and Arina Ushakova and Maxim Nekrasov of Russia third at 142.94

Stairs and Royer, from Calgary and St. Albert, Alta., skated to music by Sean Lennon and followed at 126.97 to improve upon their fifth place at the second Junior Grand Prix earlier this month.

‘’We skated really well,’’ said Stairs. ‘’We improved our footwork a lot and got higher levels. Everything was just a lot better.’’

Nina Mizuki and Veniamins Volskis of Burnaby, B.C., were 12th.

Russian couples swept the medals in the pairs event with Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin taking the gold.

Chloe Panetta Laval, Que., and Steven Lapointe of Laval, Que., soared from 10th to sixth while Lori-Ann Matte and Thierry Ferland of Levis, Que., were eighth.

Meanwhile at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy in Bratislava, Slovakia Natasha Purich of Sherwood Park, Alta., and Davin Portz of Calgary placed fifth in pairs; Nicolas Nadeau of Blainville, Que., sixth in men’s singles and Larkyn Austman of Coquitlam B.C. was 12 in women’s singles.

Full results Junior Grand Prix: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/jgpblr2017/index.htm

Full results Ondrej Nepela Trophy: http://www.kraso.sk/wp-content/uploads/sutaze/2017_2018/20170921_ont/

Canadian ice dancers in medal hunt at ISU Junior Grand Prix

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MINSK, Belarus – Canadians Ashlynne Stairs and Lee Royer are in fourth place after the short dance on Friday at the fourth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko of the U.S., lead the field with 63.77 points slightly ahead of Anastasia Skoptcova and Kirill Aleshin of Russia at 61.71. Arina Ushakova and Maxim Nekrasov of Russia are third at 59.62.

Stairs and Royer, from Calgary and St. Albert, Alta., follow at 55.58 as they look to improve upon their fifth place at the second Junior Grand Prix earlier this month.

Nina Mizuki and Veniamins Volskis of Burnaby, B.C., are ninth.

‘’We were disappointed,’’ said Volskis.

In pairs after the short program, Lori-Anne Matte and Thierry Ferland of Levis, Que., are in sixth place.

Ferland had his passport stolen in the stopover in Frankfurt and was forced to spend two days there to sort out the issue. They only had one day of practice together before the competition.

‘’All things considered, I think we got the job done,’’ said Ferland. ‘’We were very happy with how synchronized we were despite not skating together much this week.’’

Chloe Panetta Laval, Que., and Steven Lapointe of Laval, Que., were 10th as they made their junior Grand Prix debut.

‘’We didn’t do as well as we had hoped,’’ said Lapointe. ‘’I don’t think we were extra nervous we just made two errors that we normally don’t make. We plan on coming back stronger in the free skate.’’

Meanwhile at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy in Bratislava, Slovakia Natasha Purich of Sherwood Park, Alta., and Davin Portz of Calgary placed fifth in pairs.

Full results Junior Grand Prix: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/jgpblr2017/index.htm

Full results Ondrej Nepela Trophy: http://www.kraso.sk/wp-content/uploads/sutaze/2017_2018/20170921_ont/

Skate Canada skaters headed to Slovakia for Ondrej Nepela Trophy

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OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have three entries, for a total of four skaters at the 25th annual Ondrej Nepela Trophy, the fourth event on the 2017 ISU Challenger Series. Canada will have one entry per discipline in men, ladies and pairs at the competition which runs from September 21-23, 2017, in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Nicolas Nadeau, 19, Boisbriand, Que., will be Canada’s entry in men’s. Last season, he placed 11th at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, fourth in senior at the 2017 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, won the junior level at the Bavarian Open, and placed 12th at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Nadeau trains in Rosemère, Que., and is coached by Yvan Desjardins.

Larkyn Austman, 19, Coquitlam, B.C., will represent Canada in the ladies discipline. Last season, she finished 12th at the 2016 Autumn Classic International and fourth at the 2017 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. She is coached by Zdenek Pazdirek and Liz Putnam in Coquitlam, B.C.

Natasha Purich, 22, Sherwood Park, Alta., and Davin Portz, 21, Calgary, Alta., will be the Canadian pair entry at the event. This will be their first international assignment since teaming up in the offseason. Purich and Portz are coached by Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay in Calgary, Alta.

Cody Hay of Calgary, Alta., will be the Canadian team leader at the event. Physiotherapist Shirley Kushner of Westmount, Que., will be the Canadian medical staff onsite. Véronique Gosselin of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., will be the sole Canadian official at the event.

For results and full entries please visit www.isu.org.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT 25th ANNUAL ONDREJ NEPELA TROPHY

Discipline Name Age Hometown Club Coach
Men Nicolas Nadeau 19 Boisbriand, Que. CPA Boisbriand Yvan Desjardins
Ladies Larkyn Austman 19 Coquitlam, B.C. Coquitlam SC Zdenek Pazdirek / Liz Putnam
Pairs Natasha Purich/ Davin Portz 22/21 Sherwood Park, Alta. / Calgary, Alta. Calalta FSC / Calalta FSC Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay