Saturday, January 26, 2002
Duo mines Korea for silver
By ROB BRODIE -- Ottawa Sun
Next stop, Salt Lake City.
Anabelle Langlois and Patrice Archetto head home from the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships with silver medals in their pockets.
And their thoughts squarely on the next destination -- the Winter Olympics.
Langlois, 20, of Hull, and Archetto, 29, of Montreal, turned in a solid free skate yesterday in Jeonju City, South Korea, to place second behind China's Qing Pang and Jian Tong.
For the second straight day, Langlois and Archetto earned a pair of first-place ordinals.
Their marks yesterday were impressive: All 5.3s for technical merit, with 5.3s-5.6s for presentation.
Gatineau's Valerie Marcoux and Bruno Marcotte of Beloeil, Que., finished their season on a high note, moving up one spot to fourth. They had three third-place ordinals.
Marcoux and Marcotte were two places better than Olympians Jacinthe Lariviere and Lenny Faustino.
Also yesterday, Windsor's Jennifer Robinson placed fifth in the ladies' short program. Annie Bellemare of St-Eustache, Que., and Joannie Rochette of Ile-Dupas, Que., were sixth and 10th, respectively.
Vancouver's Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe remain third following yesterday's original dance. The other Canadian entry, Josee Piche and Pascal Denis, is fifth.
JR. NATIONALS UPDATE:
At St. John's, Jessica Barrow and Joseph Baker just missed a medal at the Skate Canada Junior Nationals, placing fourth in the pre-novice pairs event. They had been fifth after the short program. Gloucester's Jennifer-Ashley Scott is 10th after yesterday's novice ladies' free skate. Minto's Tommie-Amber Pirie placed 16th. Perth's Erin Gillespie and John-Paul Nagle skate for a medal in today's juvenile dance variation final. They stand second after the compulsories.
SANDHU CAN DO:
A soft tissue injury in his right knee forced figure skater Emanuel Sandhu out of this week's Four Continents competition, but the injury is not expected to prevent the Canadian silver medallist from competing in the Olympic Games. Sandhu, 21, was examined by an orthopedic surgeon Thursday. He will continue to receive treatment for the injury and should be able to start training again in the middle of next week, according to the Canadian Figure Skating Association. Sandhu, 21, flew home to Vancouver on Wednesday after suffering the injury during a practice session.
-- With files from CP
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