In Vancouver, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier made good on their sentiment that they were over settling for the bronze medal at Canadian Nationals. The duo clenched the silver medal thanks to a brilliant short dance that created enough of a gap to compensate for a third-place free dance. Earning a score of 192.08, the competition marked their first and long-awaited ranking over teammates Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje.
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Carol Lane on Gilles and Poirier:
What do think of their new routine?
Here's a link to the first outing of their James Bond FD at 2018 Canadian Nationals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd1YpwpGaEE
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“It’s the right step forward,” said Poirier of their finish, where they performed their new free dance to music from James Bond. “It was definitely a bit scary to debut a new program at this point in the season and we have had our fair share of doubts throughout the last month.”
Carol Lane on Gilles and Poirier:
Looking ahead, Lane was blunt in the training plan from now to Olympics. “We worked our asses off, basically,” she firmly stated. “Small tweaks here and there, but we are basically very happy with everything, so now we just train the ever-loving s*** out of it.”
What do think of their new routine?
Here's a link to the first outing of their James Bond FD at 2018 Canadian Nationals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd1YpwpGaEE
:yes:
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