Boston, USA (March 29, 2025) – Last year’s world silver medalists Piper Gilles (Toronto, Ontario) and Paul Poirier (Unionville, Ontario) once again stood on the second step of the ice dance podium on Saturday at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships taking place in Boston. This is their fourth world medal since teaming up.
The Ontario duo, who were in second after Friday’s rhythm dance, retained their ranking in the free dance. The team scored 130.10 points to bring their final score to 216.54. Last to take to the ice, world champions for the last two seasons Madison Chock and Evan Bates, from the USA, held onto their top spot to finish with a total score of 222.06. Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (207.11), from the Great Britain, won the bronze medal.
“We’re so proud of ourselves!,” said Gilles. “We wanted to be at the top of the podium, so it’s a bit of a disappointment, but we can’t be that disappointed because we skated two wonderful programs. We skated with joy and with our hearts. The Olympic Games are approaching and our eyes will still be on the top step of the podium.”
“We’ve been working on these routines for a year, and everything fell into place and developed just as we wanted it to,” added Poirier. “It’s incredible! We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished and can’t wait to build on this momentum going into the Olympic Games.”
Marjorie Lajoie (Boucherville, Quebec) and Zachary Lagha (Saint-Hubert, Quebec) finished the ice dance competition in seventh place (200.41). Their score of 118.64 in the free dance saw the duo move from fifth place to seventh in the final ranking.
“I was very happy after the performance,” said Lajoie. “I was in the moment, I had a lot of fun and I felt good, but at the same time, we are disappointed with the scores. We will have to review the video, but I am still happy with what we did.”
The third Canadian ice dance team in the event, Alicia Fabbri (Terrebonne, Quebec) and Paul Ayer (Brossard, Quebec), finished the competition in 20th place (170.88). It was their first time participating in the world championships.
Later in the evening, in the men’s free program, Roman Sadovsky (Vaughan, Ontario) concluded the competition with a total score of 240.38 points, his best score this season. He moved up one place and finished 14th in the final ranking.
American Ilia Malinin (208.15) won gold in the men’s competition ahead of Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov (192.70) and France’s Adam Siao Him Fa (188.26).
Full competition results are available here.