Duhamel, Radford take bronze in Olympic pairs figure skating
Posted February 14, 2018 11:33 pm.
Last Updated February 14, 2018 11:40 pm.
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Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford have won a bronze medal in pairs figure skating at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The two-time world champions, who are competing in their final season, scored 153.33 points for their program to Adele’s “Hometown Glory,” and 230.15 total points.
Germany’s Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, who started the day just 0.23 points behind the Canadians, won gold with 235.90 while reigning world champions Sui Wenging and Han Cong of China took silver with 235.47.
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, representing Russia, were second after Wednesday’s short program but fell to fourth place Thursday.
Duhamel and Radford were third after the short program, five-and-a-half points behind the leaders.
It is Canada’s 11th medal of the Games and second in figure skating.
Canada now has three gold, four silver and four bronze.
