US couple leads after Ice Dance short program at World Figure Skating Championship

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Last edited Wed Mar 25, 2015, 03:36 AM - Edit history (1)

SHANGHAI

Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates took the lead in ice dancing at the world figure skating championships on Wednesday with a career-best score in the short dance.

Chock and Bates, the reigning U.S. champions, scored 74.47 to outpace Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada in second and defending world champions Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy in third.

Chock and Bates are attempting to become just the second American ice dancers to win gold at the world championships after Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who took the title in 2011 and 2013.

Weaver and Poje were the favorites coming into Shanghai having won all five international events they competed in this season, including the Grand Prix Finals and Four Continents Championships.

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/article16248836.html

1 Q Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 74.47
2 Q Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 72.68
3 Q Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 72.39
4 Q Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 71.94
5 Q Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS 69.46
6 Q Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA 69.32
7 Q Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 65.90
8 Q Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM CAN 64.38
9 Q Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN DEN 62.40
10 Q Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS 62.36
11 Q Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA 61.43
12 Q Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 61.02
13 Q Federica TESTA / Lukas CSOLLEY SVK 60.07
14 Q Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 59.62
15 Q Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ ESP 59.16
16 Q Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR TUR 56.07
17 Q Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR 55.08
18 Q Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU CHN 54.38
19 Q Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS HUN 53.05
20 Q Allison REED / Vasili ROGOV ISR 51.12

http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2015/SEG007.HTM

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