Junior Ice Dancing FD highlights - 2008 World Juniors


"We felt very, very strong during our performance," said
Bates. "We trained very well at home, so when we come to
competition we can be relaxed and trust each other. We
went out there and skated the program like we do in
practice every day. That's all what we needed to do. It's
very exciting to come through. All the elements were
executed very well tonight; it wasn't just technical
elements one after another. We put together a performance
that we're very proud of."

Their program was highlighted by excellent diagonal and
circular footwork, as well as difficult lifts, and the
Canadians earned a personal best of 86.86 (45.45/41.41)
points for a second place finish in the FD and overall
(178.09 points).

"We were very pleased with our free dance performance
tonight," said Poirier. "At the beginning of the season,
we were told we needed to work on more speed. I think the
free dance had a lot more speed tonight. Altogether I was
very happy with the performance because I think it went
to the audience as well."

"It still hasn't kind of sunk in yet," Crone told the
press. "We worked really hard to get this. Our original
goal was the top five, so this is just the icing on the
cake to come second."

"After the Junior Grand Prix Final, we went home and
trained really hard and focused on what we needed to work
on," added Poirier. "I think all our hard work has paid
off here."

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