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Mailling and Welsh capture bronze medal in Slovakia

(September 7, 2005 - Ottawa, ON) - The pair team of Theresa Mailling and Dominique Welsh earned the bronze medal at the 2005 International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix event in Bratislava, Slovakia, which took place Sept. 1-4.

Mailling, 14, of Mississauga, Ont., and Welsh, 18, of Toronto, the 2005 Canadian Novice Pair silver medallists, were awarded a total of 119.85 points, which placed the duo third overall. They placed third in both the short program and the free skate.

In the Ice Dance event, the team of Allie Hann-McCurdy, 18, of Waterloo, Ont., and Michael Coreno, 21, of Delhi, Ont., placed third in the compulsory dance, fourth in the original dance and third in the free dance to finish fourth over with 160.11 points. Hann-McCurdy and Coreno’s teammates, Andrea Chong, 18, of Toronto, and Spencer Barnes, 19, of Pickering, Ont., finished fifth in the compulsory dance, sixth in the original dance and eighth in the free skate for a combined points total of 129.20, which placed them sixth overall.

Patrick Chan, the 2005 Canadian Junior Men’s Champion, placed fourth overall in the Men’s event. Chan, 14, of Toronto, placed eighth in the short program, but finished the event with a strong third-place finish in the free skate to earn a total of 147.99 points. Matt McEwan, 16, of Surrey, B.C., finished 13th in the short program and 12th in the free skate to place 12th overall with a total of 113.50 points.

In the Ladies event, 2005 Canadian Junior Women’s Champion Amelie Lacoste placed fifth overall. Lacoste, 16, of Delson, Que., earned a total of 128.11 points after placing fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate. Eighteen-year-old Mylene Brodeur, of Stanbridge Station, Que., finished 14th overall with 94.95 points.

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The next ISU Junior Grand Prix event will take place Sept. 8-11 in Canillo, Andorra.

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