Piper Gilles and Paul PoirierB次元官网网址檚 dream season continued on Sunday at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai, China.

The Canadians won their first ISU Championships title in the ice dance competition.

B次元官网网址淚t has been a long wait, but itB次元官网网址檚 been worth the wait,B次元官网网址� said Gilles of the win after having come so close several times in the past to a win at this level. B次元官网网址淵ou have to earn these moments, and I feel like weB次元官网网址檝e finally timed things right and have finally earned it.

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Poirier added: B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e really proud of ourselves. We had two really solid, enjoyable skates for the two of us. We really enjoyed our skating here and are proud of how we skated.B次元官网网址�

MontrealB次元官网网址檚 Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Danish-Canadian partner Nikolaj Soerensen captured silver for the second year in a row.

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States captured the bronze medal to round out the podium with a total score of 194.14.

TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Gilles and Poirier of Unionville, Ont., led the competition from start to finish, making their performance to B次元官网网址淲uthering HeightsB次元官网网址� look effortless in their free skate, earning a score of 128.87 and a total score of 214.36.

Skating a dramatic love story to B次元官网网址淣otre Dame de Paris,B次元官网网址� Fournier Beaudry and Soerensen earned a seasonB次元官网网址檚 best free skate score of 125.52 for a total of 207.54 B次元官网网址� enough for a second silver of the season.

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B次元官网网址淲e really felt free today and it was super fun to just perform. I think we stepped it up this week and we just will have a lot of motivation back home to build up towards Worlds,B次元官网网址� added Fournier Beaudry.

Canadian skaters had all three of the top scores in the free dance as Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of Ste-Anne-des-plaines, Que., scored 119.57 for their performance to B次元官网网址淐orpse Bride.B次元官网网址�

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