Fresh off winning their first national title, Canadian ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje recently competed at the 2015 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships where they captured the gold. The last time they won gold was in 2010 after they had missed the Vancouver Games.
Although 2010 Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are sitting out this season, Weaver and Poje are certainly not placeholders.
“In the past, we’ve always tried to get as close as we could to Tessa and Scott,” said Weaver. “Never really knowing when they would retire, we always want to be ready. All those years of always striving to be at the top has paid off. It’s very exciting.
The last time they won gold was in 2010 after they had missed the Vancouver Games.
“That was definitely at a different point in our career,” offered 27-year-old Poje. “We felt deflated. The Four Continents served as our turning point then, and it was our way to prove to ourselves that we wanted to fight and come back from that disappointment. We knew what we wanted from that point on. We are a different team from back then and now things have come full circle.”
What are your thoughts?
Although 2010 Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are sitting out this season, Weaver and Poje are certainly not placeholders.
“In the past, we’ve always tried to get as close as we could to Tessa and Scott,” said Weaver. “Never really knowing when they would retire, we always want to be ready. All those years of always striving to be at the top has paid off. It’s very exciting.
The last time they won gold was in 2010 after they had missed the Vancouver Games.
“That was definitely at a different point in our career,” offered 27-year-old Poje. “We felt deflated. The Four Continents served as our turning point then, and it was our way to prove to ourselves that we wanted to fight and come back from that disappointment. We knew what we wanted from that point on. We are a different team from back then and now things have come full circle.”
What are your thoughts?