LAVAL, Que. - Roman Sadovsky is a Canadian champion again.
Sadovsky captured gold in the mensa国际传媒 competition Saturday at the Canadian figure skating championships, regaining the title after last winning in 2020.
Skating to music from the movie 鈥淚nterstellar,鈥 the 25-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., scored 158.91 points in his free program, boosting his total to 240.35 overall.
Local favourite Anthony Paradis of Boisbriand, Que., claimed silver with 225.56 and David Li of Richmond, sa国际传媒, totalled 197.99 to take bronze.
Reigning world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps went for their third consecutive national pairs title later Saturday. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps were 5.88 points ahead of second-place Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud in Fridaysa国际传媒 short program.
Earlier, two-time womensa国际传媒 champion Madeline Schizas took the lead after the short program.
The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 70 points with a stellar performance to her joyous 鈥淟ion King鈥 program Saturday at Place Bell.
鈥淪olid skate,鈥 Schizas said. 鈥淚 think today I did have quite a lot of energy. I heard the crowd getting into it behind me and that was exciting.鈥
Ottawasa国际传媒 Katherine Medland Spence had 61.99 points in second, while Montrealsa国际传媒 Sara-Maude Dupuis was third with 59.81.
Schizas won the event in 2022 and 2023 before Calgarysa国际传媒 Kaiya Ruiter spoiled her three-peat last year. Ruiter stumbled on her triple flip, triple toe loop combination and placed eighth Saturday (57.17).
Three-time ice dance champions Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won the rhythm dance, scoring 91.84 in their Beach Boys-themed routine. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha placed second (86.42) and Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer were third (78.53).
The womensa国际传媒 free program and the free dance are scheduled for Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 18, 2025.
