Canadian ice dancers Weaver, Poje take gold medal at Autumn Classic
OAKVILLE, Ont. — Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje won the gold medal in ice dance behind a new program on Saturday at the Autumn Classic International figure skating competition.
The Canadian world championship bronze medallists from Waterloo, Ont., unveiled an emotional new free dance to a piece from the Quebec rock opera Starmania. It was also a tribute to figure skater Denis Ten of Kazakhstan, who skated to the same music last season. Ten was killed in July. He was 25.
”It felt good to get out there and really perform this program,” said Poje. ”It’s been special for us since the beginning. We just wanted to go out, take it easy and feel the environment.”
Olivia Smart and Adrian Diaz of Spain finished second with 171.41 points while Canadian pair Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus were third with 166.24.