ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2024: Pairs, Women's Short Program Results
It was a great day for some figure skating on Wednesday in Montreal.
The pairs short program and women's short program were on the slate, and the pairs program had some hometown stars take first place.
The Canadian pair of Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps took first place with a score of 77.48. Stellato-Dudek said that the pair felt like the performance went smoothly and that they are looking forward to building off the gained momentum.
"We were really happy with how the short program went and we look forward to the long tomorrow, by keeping up with the same momentum," Stellato Dudek said, per the International Skating Union. "I need to stay calm. I tend to over-try and that never works. So we just need to stay calm and do what we do every day."
Deschamps reflected on the experience and the chance to represent his country on home soil.
"It was special," Deschamps said, per the ISU "We came here (to the arena) two weeks ago practicing, and we took so many pictures on the ice on the (Canadian) logo. So it's very special."
Riki Miura and Ryuich Kihara of Japan took second place and Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii of Italy placed third. The highest finishing American duo was Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, who finished 10th.
The Women's short program saw Loena Hendrickx of Belarus finish first with a score of 76.98. Isabeau Levito of the U.S. finished second and Haein Lee of South Korea finished third.
These results were just from Day 1 of the competition and plenty lies ahead. On the slate for Thursday will be the men's short program and the pairs free skate.
