LAVAL, Que. — Madeline Schizas captured her third Canadian figure skating title on Sunday.
The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont., debuted her “Butterfly Lovers Concerto” program and scored 133.87 points in the free skate, bringing her total to 203.87.
Montreal’s Sara-Maude Dupuis wowed the hometown crowd and finished with 182.61 to claim silver. Ottawa’s Katherine Medland Spence took bronze with 181.55.
Later Sunday, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won their fourth ice dance title. They totalled 229.55 points after scoring 137.71 in their free dance to "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Annie Lennox.
Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha took silver (218.52) and Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer earned bronze (195.88).
World champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps won their third consecutive Canadian pairs title Saturday despite posting the second-best free skate. Roman Sadovsky became a two-time champion with a gold in the men’s event.
Schizas also won the event in 2022 and 2023 before Calgary’s Kaiya Ruiter spoiled her three-peat last year. Ruiter climbed from eighth to fourth (179.41) on Sunday.
Skate Canada factors results into its selection for the Four Continents championship Feb. 19 to 23 in Seoul and the world championship set for March 24 to 30 in Boston.
Canada has three entries in each discipline for Four Continents. Three ice dance teams, three pairs teams, one men’s skater and one women’s skater will go to Boston.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 19, 2025.
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