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Canadian ice dancers edged for bronze at ISU Junior Grand Prix

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RIGA, Latvia – Natalie D’Alessandro and Bruce Waddell of Toronto missed a bronze medal by only 0.67 points on Saturday to place fourth in ice dancing at the third stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit.

Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Andrey Filatov of Russia won the gold with 165.59 edging Maria Kazakova and Georgy Reviya of Georgia in second at 165.26. Sofya Tyutyunina and Alexander Shustitskiy of Russia overtook the Canadians for third spot at 152.79.

D’Alessandro and Waddell were third after the rhythm dance on Friday and set personal bests for the rhythm, free dance and overall score at 152.12.

Isabel McQuilkin and Jacob Portz of Calgary were 11th.

In men’s competition, Joseph Phan of Laval, Que., was third after the short program but struggled in his free skate earning the eighth best score to finish sixth overall at 189.72. Andrei Mozalev of Russia won the gold medal with 223.72.

Phan, 18, started his free skate to Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto landing a quad-double toe loop combo but fell on his following triple Axel. He never seemed to recover from that mistake.

The fourth stop on the circuit is this Thursday to Saturday in Cheliabinsk, Russia. Also next week is the Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Ont.

Full results: ISU JGP Riga Cup 2019

Canadians in medal hunt at ISU Junior Grand Prix

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RIGA, Latvia – Natalie D’Alessandro and Bruce Waddell of Toronto are third after the rhythm dance while Joseph Phan of Laval, Que., also stands third in men’s competition as the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit continued on Friday.

In ice dancing, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Andrey Filatov of Russia are first with 65.13 points, Maria Kazakova and Georgy Reviya of Georgia second at 63.25 and D’Alessandro and Waddell follow at 61.68, a personal best.

Isabel McQuilkin and Jacob Portz of Calgary stand 10th.

In Thursday’s men’s short program, Andrei Mozalev of Russia leads at 78.42, Sihyeong Lee of South Korea follows at 77.30 and Phan totalled 74.09.

Thirteen-year-old Canadian novice champion Kaiya Ruiter of Calgary was 12th in the women’s short program and 11th in Friday’s free skate for 11th overall.

“It’s been a great experience,” said Ruiter, in her international debut. “I just loved to skate out there and enjoyed every moment even though I didn’t have my best skate.”

Competition ends Saturday with the free dance and men’s free skate.

Full results: ISU JGP Riga Cup 2019