Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver, Andrew Poje capture world ice dance bronze
ASSAGO, Italy — Canadian ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andre Poje of Waterloo, Ont., captured bronze at the world figure skating championships on Saturday, making up for their Olympic disappointment in Pyeongchang.
“I don’t have words for this moment right now,” Weaver said. “The program went by so fast and before we knew it we were standing on the podium.”
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, runners-up to Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in Pyeongchang, won the gold with 207.20 points. Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue claimed the silver with 196.64. Skating their popular program to “Je Suis Malade,” Weaver and Poje collected their third career world championship medal with a personal best 192.35.
“We will remember this moment,” said Poje. ”We really wanted to have that last one go and have a smile on our face at the end of it.”