PRAGUE — Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are silver medallists once again at the world figure skating championships.
The Canadian ice dancers reached the podium’s second step for a third consecutive season Saturday, scoring 125.07 points to their “Wuthering Heights” routine for a total of 211.52. Gilles and Poirier also won bronze in 2021 and 2023.
Olympic champions Laurence Fournier Beaudry, a Montreal native now representing France, and Guillaume Cizeron comfortably captured gold with 230.81.
Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik took bronze (209.20) in a field that did not include three-time reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States.
Gilles and Poirier brought back their successful “Wuthering Heights” free dance from 2023-24 for the world championships, after winning that segment at worlds that season in Montreal. They had skated to Govardo’s cover of “Vincent” for the rest of this season, claiming Olympic bronze with a heartfelt performance at last month’s Milan Cortina Winter Games.
The world championships marked the end of their 15th season as a duo. Both 34, Gilles and Poirier have not definitively said whether this season will be their last.
Canada's Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha finished ninth, while Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac placed 13th.
Canada finished the world championships with two medals after Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud also won bronze in pairs Friday.
