Now I can go back home and train without that extra pressure.” I’m happy about landing the triple Lutz and the main goal here was to get the spot for worlds. “It wasn’t a very strong performance,” Lacoste said in a news release. Lacoste earned 147.65 points and Phaneuf 147.47. Lacoste, of Delson, Que., won the Canadian title last month in Moncton, N.B., but needed to beat Cynthia Phaneuf of Contrecoeur, Que., again this week to get her ticket to worlds.

Meanwhile, Amelie Lacoste clinched the final Canadian berth for the worlds on Saturday night with a seventh-place finish in the women’s event. Paige Lawrence of Kennedy, Sask., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., were seventh with 158.66 and Jessica Dube of Saint-Cyrille de Wendover, Que., and Sebastien Wolfe of Terrebonne, Que., were one spot back with 154.79. Americans Caydee Denny and John Coughlin were second with 185.42 and their teammates Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker were third with 178.89.ĭuhamel, of Lively, Ont., and Radford of Balmertown, Ont., were eighth after the short program but rocketed up to third finishing with 171.76 points. The Chinese pair of Wenjing Sui and Cong Han skated away with the gold, scoring 201.83 points. In that aspect we’re happy but we know it can be better.” “Despite the mistakes, we gave a performance which is what we had lacked in the short program. “We had to dig deep to put it together today,” said Duhamel. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford nearly won a fourth Canadian medal, finishing fourth in the pairs event on Sunday. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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Almost Free Gold by Eric Michael