Overview
- Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier scored 82.89 points, trailing leaders Madison Chock and Evan Bates at 88.74, with Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron second at 87.56.
- Poirier said the team felt in control and skated with confidence, calling the performance something they were pretty happy with.
- The Grand Prix Final fields the top six teams from the series in each discipline, setting tight margins after the short and rhythm segments.
- In pairs, Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara lead the short program with 77.32, while Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps are sixth with 71.07.
- Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama leads the men’s event after the short, with Shun Sato second and world champion Ilia Malinin third as competition continues through the weekend.