Duhamel, Radford punch ticket to Grand Prix Final

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford secured a spot in next month’s Grand Prix Final by taking bronze in the pairs competition at Skate America on Saturday in Lake Placid, N.Y.

The Canadian duo led after Friday’s short program but slipped to third place with their free skate and finished with a total score of 215.68, well off their personal best of 231.99. 

Meagan Duhamel, Eric Radford end up with bronze at Skate America8:07

Duhamel and Radford earned gold at Skate Canada International in October. 

Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany stormed from third to the top of the podium with a winning score of 223.13, while China’s Xiaoyu Yu and Hao Zhang earned 219.20 total points to hold on to second place.  

Germans Aljona Savchenko, Bruno Massot golden at Skate America9:04

Canadian pair Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were also in the field and placed sixth at 187.81.

Chen wins 2nd straight

American skater Nathan Chen locked up a spot in his second straight Grand Prix Final, winning the men’s competition at Skate America despite a disappointing free skate Saturday.

Countryman Adam Rippon finished second and also qualified despite falling and dislocating his right shoulder on his first jump.

Chen struggled on a few of his five quad jump attempts, including a fall on a quad flip early in the program. The 18-year-old emerging star was second behind Rippon in the free skate with 171.76 points and won with a two-day total of 275.88s.

Chen finished second at last year’s Final. This year’s event is next month in Japan.

Rippon skated almost flawlessly after popping his arm back into place on the ice, punching his Final ticket with a 177.41 and 266.45 total.

Russia’s Sergei Voronov was third at 257.49 and also earned a Final spot.

Liam Firus was the top Canadian skater, finishing in eighth place.

Israel’s Daniel Samohin withdrew after dislocating his left shoulder on a fall. Samohin’s arm dangled at his side as he skated off, and at least one young girl in the stands cried as he left.

Live coverage on CBCSports.ca continues with the short in both ice dance (7:30 p.m. ET) and ladies (9:20 p.m. ET).

The event wraps on Sunday with the free programs in ice dance (1:55 p.m. ET) and ladies (4 p.m. ET) and the gala exhibition (7:30 p.m. ET).

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