Canada got its storybook finish in figure skating on Day 5 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, as Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier secured a place on the podium in ice dance.
Gilles and Poirier earned their long-awaited Olympic medal, capturing bronze with a season’s best 131.56 in the free dance for a total of 217.74.
Skating to Govardo’s cover of “Vincent,” the veteran Canadians broke down in tears as their score confirmed a podium finish.
The bronze is Canada’s fourth medal of the Games, and its first in ice dance since Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won gold at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang.
The Toronto-based pair have been skating together for 15 years. In that time, they’ve amassed four Canadian championships, two silvers at the world championships and one Grand Prix Final. This is their first Olympic medal in their third Winter Games, also competing in 2018 and 2022.
This is expected to be their final season.
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the gold medal, while Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won silver.
Two other Canadian teams competed in the ice dance competition. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha placed 10th with a score of 199.80, while Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain le Gac were 14th with a score of 187.18.
Canada got its storybook finish in figure skating on Day 5 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, as Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier secured a place on the podium in ice dance. Gilles and Poirier earned their long-awaited Olympic medal, capturing bronze with a season’s best 131.56 in the free dance for a total of 217.74. Canada
Canada got its storybook finish in figure skating on Day 5 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, as Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier secured a place on the podium in ice dance.
Gilles and Poirier earned their long-awaited Olympic medal, capturing bronze with a season’s best 131.56 in the free dance for a total of 217.74.
Skating to Govardo’s cover of “Vincent,” the veteran Canadians broke down in tears as their score confirmed a podium finish.
The bronze is Canada’s fourth medal of the Games, and its first in ice dance since Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won gold at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang.
The Toronto-based pair have been skating together for 15 years. In that time, they’ve amassed four Canadian championships, two silvers at the world championships and one Grand Prix Final. This is their first Olympic medal in their third Winter Games, also competing in 2018 and 2022.
This is expected to be their final season.
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the gold medal, while Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won silver.
Two other Canadian teams competed in the ice dance competition. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha placed 10th with a score of 199.80, while Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain le Gac were 14th with a score of 187.18.