Piper Gilles, left, and Paul Poirier of Canada won ice dance gold at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Cup of China on Saturday. (Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images/File - image credit)Two Canadian pairs finished atop the ice dance podium on Saturday at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Cup of China. Gilles and Poirier earned 126.79 points in the free dance to bring their total to 207.83, edging Lajoie and Lagha for gold by just 1.81 points. Later on Saturday, Canadian pairs team Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will look to secure their second straight Grand Prix victory after also winning Skate Canada. Stellato-Dudek, the 40-year-old born in Chicago, and Deschamps, a 31-year-old from Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., entered the day with the lead after scoring 70.39 points during the free dance on Friday.

Source: CBC News November 11, 2023 19:49 UTC