Canada kicks off Day 6 at Pyeongchang with bronze in figure skating
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford ended a dry spell for Canada in pairs figure skating, capping their final Olympics with a bronze medal on Day 6 of competition at the Pyeongchang Games.
Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Radford of Balmertown, Ont., finished third Thursday to give Canada its first Olympic pairs medal since Jamie Sale and David Pelletier captured gold in 2002 in Salt Lake City.
Duhamel and Radford, two-time world champions 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 won gold with 235.90 while reigning world champions Sui Wenging and Han Cong of China took silver with 235.47.