Seoul, South Korea (February 23, 2025) – Sara-Maude Dupuis achieved two personal bests this weekend at the ISU Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
The athlete from Montréal, QC, who gave Canada its best finish in the women’s event on Sunday by placing tenth, set a new record for herself in the short program on Friday with a score of 62.35. She hoped to set another one in Sunday’s free skate—and she did. The Canadian Championships silver medallist added 116.01 points to her total, finishing with 178.36—the highest overall score of her career.
South Korea’s Chaeyeon Kim claimed the crown with 222.38 points, followed by Americans Bradie Tennell (204.38) and Sarah Everhardt (200.03) in second and third place, respectively.
“I feel pretty good. I’m a bit annoyed at myself because I made two errors, but I’m satisfied with the score I received for the performance I delivered and the quality of my elements. My presence was good throughout the program, and that was one of the objectives I had set for myself coming here, to avoid being overly focused and to be faster and more comfortable on the ice. I think I achieved that today,” said Dupuis.
Her countrymate Madeline Schizas (Oakville, ON), who was feeling under the weather, received a score of 116.77 for her free program and finished the event in twelfth place, with 176.47 points.
“There’s a virus that’s been going around the Canadian team for the past few days, so I’m happy that I was at least able to skate today. I managed to get some sleep, and I pushed myself to compete. I’d like to thank the Canadian team staff, who helped me be able to skate today. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to do it,” said the reigning Canadian champion.
Katherine Medland Spence (Ottawa, ON) finished fourteenth with 156.95 points, after receiving 103.93 for her free program.
The complete results of the ISU Four Continents Championship can be found here.