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Canadians stay put at ISU Junior Grand Prix

LOGRONO, Spain – Canada’s two ice dancing entries at the sixth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit placed sixth and seventh on Saturday.

Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of France won the gold medal with Betina Popova and Yuri Vlasenko of Russia second and Elliana Pogrebinsky and Alex Benoit of the U.S. third.

Mackenzie Bent of Uxbridge, Ont., and Dmitre Razgulajevs of Ajax, Ont., were sixth and Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha seventh.

Bent and Razgulajevs, a new partnership this season, won the silver medal at the season’s second stop in Colorado.

“We achieved our goals this weekend,” said Bent, 17. “The result wasn’t what we had hoped for so we have to examine why that happened. But our goal for these junior Grand Prix is to show improvement and combined with our hard work in practice that is definitely happening.”

Lajoie and Lagha were pleased with their international debut. They produced the sixth best free dance of the day.

“It went super well, and I didn’t expect us to do this well,” said Lajoie, 14. “But we’ve been skating together for four years so I think that showed today. We weren’t as nervous as a couple which may have been together for a short time.”

Canada had no entries in men’s and women’s competition and there is no pairs event at this stop.  The seventh and last stop before the Final is this Thursday to Saturday in Zagreb, Croatia.

Full results: 2015 Logrono

Canadian ice dancers need to play catch-up at ISU Junior Grand Prix

LOGRONO, Spain – Canada’s two ice dance entries at the sixth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit are in sixth and seventh place after the short dance on Friday.

Mackenzie Bent of Uxbridge, Ont., and Dmitre Razgulajevs of Ajax, Ont., silver medallists earlier this season, are in sixth place with 55.76 points while Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha, at their first international assignment,  are seventh at 52.20.

Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of France lead with 61.83, Betina Popova and Yuri Vlasenko of Russia are second at 60.40 and Elliana Pogrebinsky and Alex Benoit of the U.S. third at 59.13.

Canada has no entries in men’s and women’s competition and there is no pairs event at this stop.
The free dance is on Saturday.

Full results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/jgpesp2015/index.htm

Canadian skaters prepared for sixth stop on ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in Spain

OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have two entries, for a total of four skaters at the sixth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit in Logrono (La Rioja), Spain. The event takes place from September 30 – October 4, 2015, and will feature two Canadian teams in the ice dance category.

Mackenzie Bent, 17, Uxbridge, Ont., and Dmitre Razgulajevs, 18, Ajax, Ont., are the first of two Canadian ice dance teams competing in Spain. This will be their second international assignment together. Earlier this season, they won silver at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Colorado Springs, USA. Training at Scarboro Ice Dance Elite, they are coached by Carol Lane, Jon Lane, and Juris Razgulajevs.

Marjorie Lajoie, 14, Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha, 16, St.-Hubert, Que., will also represent Canada in ice dance. This will be their first international assignment. Last season, the representatives of CPA Boucherville and CPA St.-Lambert won the gold medal in the novice category at the 2015 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. Lajoie and Lagha train in Montreal, Que., with coaches Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer and Pascal Denis.

Petra Burka of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian team leader at the event. Physiotherapist Shirley Kushner of Westmount, Que., will be the Canadian medical staff onsite. Jodi Abbott of Edmonton, Alta., will be the only Canadian official at the event.

The ISU will be live streaming the competition via the ISU Junior Grand Prix YouTube channel. For results and full entries please visit www.isu.org.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT ISU JGP #6 – Logrono (La Rioja), Spain

Discipline Name Age Hometown Club Coach
Ice dance Mackenzie Bent / Dmitre Razgulajevs 17/18 Uxbridge, Ont. / Ajax, Ont. Uxbridge SC / Scarboro FSC Carol Lane / Jon Lane / Juris Razgulajevs
Ice Dance Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 14/16 Boucherville, Que. / St.-Hubert, Que. CPA Boucherville / CPA St.-Lambert Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon / Romain Haguenauer / Pascal Denis