Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., were in third place after the short dance on Friday at the Rostelecom Cup, the third stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S., the Skate Canada International silver medallists last week, led at 75.04, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev of Russia were second at 74.92 while Weaver and Poje earned 69.81 with the debut of their Michael Jackson flavoured routine.
“We are very pleased with our performance,” Weaver said. “This is our first competition of the season for us and we underwent many changes through the summer including this brand new short dance. We came out today feeling calm and excited to perform.”
Weaver, Poje sit 3rd after short skate at Rostelecom Cup7:26
The Canadians skated a program that included three Michael Jackson tunes (The Way You Make Me Feel, Dangerous and Jam) and received an ovation from the crowd for their performance. Weaver and Poje will try to extend their Grand Prix event winning streak to seven in Saturday’s free dance.
“We were treated like hometown athletes from the crowd here,” Weaver said. “We had an error on our twizzle and lost points there but we are taking away a lot of positives. We can’t wait to show of our free skate.”
Just have a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVmOfQaZsxQ
SOURCE: CBC
