Pereira And Michaud In Third After Short Program - Beritaja

MILAN – Canadian champions Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud vanished 3rd successful the pairs short program, while Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps beryllium 14th aft a costly autumn Sunday astatine the Milan Cortina Games.

Pereira, of Milton, Ont., and Michaud, of Trenton, Ont., produced a season’s champion 74.60 — shattering their erstwhile people of 70.66 — aft a beautiful skate to “Say You Love Me” by Jessie Ware, lifting their arms successful elation erstwhile the people was announced.

Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin stood successful first spot pinch 80.01 points, while Georgia’s Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava placed 2nd pinch 75.46. Pereira and Michaud held a 0.73-point lead complete Hungary’s Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko.

At 42, Stellato-Dudek became the oldest female fig skater to compete astatine the Olympics successful about a century, a small much than 2 weeks aft she deed her caput connected the crystal during a training convention successful Quebec.

She and Deschamps, the 2024 world champions, scored 66.04 to the epic “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff, losing points erstwhile Stellato-Dudek tripped connected the exit of their lasso lift. She and Deschamps appeared to touch skate blades earlier she went down successful an different beardown program.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Feb. 15, 2026.