Ashley Wagner wows on the ice during her free program at the 2014 Trophee Eric Bompard ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating held at the Meriadeck Ice Rink on Saturday night (November 22) in Bordeaux, France.
The 23-year-old Olympian came in 3rd overall, claiming the bronze medal just after Russians Elena Radionova and Julia Lipnitskaia claimed the first and second spots. Team mates Courtney Hicks and Samantha Cesario placed 4th and 7th.
Team USA Pairs team Alexa Scimea and Chris Knierim placed 4th in the pairs competition with Canadians Kirsten Moore Towers and Michael Marinaro taking 7th place.
Meanwhile, ice dance team Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won bronze after their free program.
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Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier make it hard to look at anything else during the Pairs Short Program at the 2014 Hilton HHonors Skate America held at the Sears Centre Arena on Saturday afternoon (October 25) in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
The US Pairs team quickly topped the leader board for their program and finished 3rd overall after the short, earning 61.08 points.
Teammates engaged Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim and Madeline Aaron and Max Settlage placed fourth and fifth, respectively with 60.61 and 58.41 points.
“Haven Denney says adding Ingo Steuer to her and partner Brandon Frazier‘s coaching team has taught them how to train harder than ever,” correspondent Tanith Belbin tweeted just before the duo hit the ice.
Haven Denny and Brandon Frazier – Short Program – 2014 Skate America
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Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Team Canada stand proud with their bronze medals during the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships held at Budweiser Gardens on Friday evening (March 15) in London, Ontario, Canada.
The two claimed the third spot after Russia’s Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov and Germany’s Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy.
Team USA’s Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir and Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim are also heading to Sochi next year.
Both teams needed to finish with a combined placement of 28 to secure two Olympic spots. Alexa and Chris placed ninth and Marissa and Simon nabbed the 13th spot.
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