Canada's Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps win pairs title at Four Continents
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Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps captured the pairs title on Saturday at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai, China.
The duo posted the best short program result on Thursday and clinched their first win at the Four Continents with the best free program on Saturday.
Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps put together a total score of 198.90 to claim the gold medal, ahead of Japanese silver medallists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (190.77), and third-place Americans Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea (187.28).
"We're very pleased with the result but we're not thrilled with our skate," Stellato-Dudek said. "We know we can do a lot better than that."
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The 2023 Four Continents bronze medallists opened with a triple twist and went on to complete a throw triple salchow and loop.
Deschamps stumbled on the side-by-side triple salchow but the Canadians scored 129.32 points for a total of 198.80, comfortably ahead of world champions Rika Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan who were second with 190.77.
Fellow Canadians Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud (182.05) finished fifth, while teammates Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Ethier (174.47) ended up in eighth.
In men's action on Saturday in Shanghai, Beijing Olympic silver medallist Yuma Kagiyama put the finishing touches on a dominating performance. The Japanese skater won the men's gold medal with a total score of 307.58.
First after the short program, Kagiyama landed two quadruple jumps and four triple jumps on his way to scoring 200.76 points in the free skate for a total of 307.58.
Kagiyama's only mistake was when he fell on his second jump, a quad flip.
"I wanted to try the quad flip but unfortunately I stepped out of it," Kagiyama said. "But I didn't let it bother me and was glad that I performed well for the rest of my routine."
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