Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud won the pairs competition at the Skate Canada International figure skating event in Kelowna.
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Lia Pereira of Milton, Ont., and Trennt Michaud of Belleville, Ont., won the pairs competition at the Skate Canada International figure skating event in Kelowna on Saturday.
Pereira and Michaud placed first in Friday’s short program and won the long program as well, finishing with a combined score of 202.17.
Americans Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov were second with 191.90, while Oxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart of Switzerland were third with 183.12.
Other Canadian teams included Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov in fifth (163.07) and Miyu Yunoki and Tristan Taylor in seventh (152.41).
In the women’s short program, Mao Shimada of Japan won with 82.11. Isabeau Levito of the United States finished with 78.50, and Niina Petrokina of Estonia was third with 77.24.
Canadians Sara-Maude Dupuis was seventh (64.58), Madeline Schizas ninth (57.95) and Fee Ann Landry 10th (57.27).
In the rhythm dance, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Britain won with 81.37 points, ahead of French couple Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud at 77.90.
Americans Caroline Green and Michael Parsons were third with 74.24, while Canadians Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain le Gac finished fifth with 72.10. Alyssa Robinson and Jacob Portz were ninth (60.22), and Layla Veillon and Alexander Brandys finished 10th (59.72).
In the pairs final, Sofiia Holichenko and Artem Darenskyi of Ukraine won with a score of 160.73 after placing sixth in the short program with 58.34 points.
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