Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje take bronze at Rostelecom Cup
MOSCOW — Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., won the bronze medal on Saturday to conclude the third stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit.
Russia’s Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev won the gold with 186.68 points. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States were second at 182.13 while the Canadians followed at 178.57.
“We are really pleased with how the performance went,” said Poje. “We really wanted to come out there and show the work we’ve put into creating our story and our emotion. We felt really connected to the audience. It’s early in the season but we wanted a strong technical score and to feel like we are on the right track.”
Weaver and Poje’s new Spanish-flavoured long program was ranked second on the day as they nearly reeled in the Americans for the silver. They ended a six Grand Prix event winning streak dating back to 2014.