Skoptcova and Aleshin land gold in Nagoya

“Overall, I am happy with the performance,” said Ushakova. “The step sequences are the area we need to work for the improvement (serpentine level two). This was our first time at the Grand Prix Final and I thought we did what we could do for both Free and Short Dance. Because we experienced several big competitions before this, we didn’t get that nervous. The Final is another great opportunity to watch the senior skaters. We need to fix what we missed today and continue practicing for Russian Nationals.”

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“We felt pretty good with how well we trained considering I was injured,” said Lajoie. “We trained two weeks before coming here and we felt pretty good with the limited time we had. The crowd was amazing and it’s really good to be here in Japan for the Grand Prix Final. We will review our videos and watch our skate and see what we have to improve.”

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