Pyeongchang 2018: Canada close to skating gold, Medvedev’s record

Dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir scored a full streak for Team Maple Leaf and athletic pair Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford. In the soloist short program, Canadian Kaetlyn Osmond took third place, and the winner was 18-year-old Yevgenia Medvedev from the Russian Olympic team, achieving the highest score in the history of the discipline – 81, 06 dots.

Ten teams consisting of two pairs and a soloist and a soloist participated in the team competition, contested at the Olympics for the second time. After the last of the short programs (soloists), there are five groups left on the field.

The medals will be distributed on Monday after the programs of the potential soloists, soloists and pairs of dancers.

Results:

dance pairs – short program
1. Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue (Canada) 80.51 points
2. Alex Shibutani, Maia Shibutani (USA) 75.46
3. Dmitry Soloviev, Ekaterina Bobrowa (Olympians from Russia) 74.76
4. Anna Cappellini, Luca Lanotte (Italy) 72.51
5. Chris Reed, Kana Muramoto (Japan) 62.15
6. Marie-Jade Lauriault, Romain Le Gac (France) 57.94
7. Liu Xinyu, Wang Shiyue (China) 56.98
8. Kavita Lorenz, Joti Polizoakis (Germany) 56.88
9. Min Yura, Alexander Gamelin (South Korea) 51.97
10. Adel Tankova, Ronald Zilberberg (Israel) 44.61

soloists – short program
1. Evgenia Medvedev (Olympians of Russia) 81.06 points
2. Carolina Kostner (Italy) 75.10
3. Kaetlyn Osmond (Canada) 71.38
4. Satoko Miyahara (Japan) 68.95
5. Bradie Tennell (USA) 68.94
6. Choi Dabin (South Korea) 65.73
7. Li Xiangning (China) 58.62
8. Nicole Schott (Germany) 55.32
9. Mae Berenice Meite (France) 46.62
10. Aimee Buchanan (Israel) 46.30

sports couples – free program
1. Meagan Duhamel, Eric Radford (Canada) 148.51 points
2. Valentina Marchei, Ondrej Hotarek (Italy) 138.44
3. Natalia Zabijako, Aleksander Enbert (Olympians from Russia) 133.28
4. Chris Knierim, Alexa Scimeca Knierim (USA) 126.56
5. Miu Suzaki, Ryuichi Kihara (Japan) 97.67

Classification:

1. Canada 45 points
2. Russian Olympians 39
3. United States 36
4. Italy 35
5. Japan 32

6. China 18
7. Germany 16
8. Israel 13
9. South Korea 13
10. France 13

AŁ, PAP

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