World champions Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps skate to 3rd straight pairs national title

Reigning world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps won their third consecutive national pairs title despite a shaky free skate, by their standards.

Stellato-Dudek scored 207.06, edging silver medallists Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud (204.96).

Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps's 130.75 was the second-best score in the free program behind Pereira and Michaud's 134.53.

Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Ethier took bronze, matching the order of last year's podium.

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Roman Sadovsky is a Canadian champion again.

Sadovsky captured gold in the men's competition, regaining the title after last winning in 2020.

Skating to music from the movie "Interstellar," the 25-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., scored 158.91 points in his free program, boosting his total to 240.35 overall.

Local favourite Anthony Paradis of Boisbriand, Que., claimed silver with 225.56 and David Li of Richmond, B.C., totalled 197.99 to take bronze.

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Reigning world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps went for their third consecutive national pairs title later Saturday. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps were 5.88 points ahead of second-place Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud in Friday's short program.

Earlier, two-time women's champion Madeline Schizas took the lead after the short program.

The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 70 points with a stellar performance to her joyous "Lion King" program Saturday at Place Bell.

"Solid skate," Schizas said. "I think today I did have quite a lot of energy. I heard the crowd getting into it behind me and that was exciting."