Roman Sadovsky: “Don’t feel that I fully performed my programs the way I could”

Roman Sadovsky
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Canada’s Roman Sadovsky has won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and represented Canada at three World Junior Championships. Last week, he placed 3rd with 222.23 points at The 2019 Finlandia Trophy, which is the sixth in a series of ten events of the 2019-20 Figure Skating Challenger Series.

After the free skate, Roman commented on his performance. 

Are you satisfied with your performance here in Finland?

I think yes and no. I was really happy with the short program, with a small mistake at the end. The long one went similarly, where the first half was really good, but the second half not so much. So I just hope that I can keep my training going.

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Madison Chock/Evan Bates: “We’re happy to put on a good skate and head to the Grand Prix”

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Photo by David W. Carmichael

U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates are two-time World medalists (silver in 2015, bronze in 2016), two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalists (2014–15, 2015–16), the 2019 Four Continents champions, and the 2015 U.S. national champions. At Finlandia Trophy, which took place in Espoo last week, they placed first both in the rhythm dance and in the free dance to win the gold medal with 198,26 points.

After the free dance, Madison and Evan commented on their performance. 

Are you satisfied with your performance here in Finland?

Madison:

Yes, it’s been a fun weekend. We got to compete our programs again, and we’re very happy with how the free skate went today. It felt like a very good performance, very engaged with each other and the audience, so we’re very happy to put on a good skate and head to the Grand Prix soon.

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Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz: “With so many teams, it doesn’t feel too competitive. We all hold each other”.

Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz
Photo by Maria Kateshova

Olivia Smart and Adrian Diaz paired up in 2015 and have since won silver at the 2017 Spanish Championships, their first national title at 2018 Spanish Championships, and bronze at 2018 Skate Canada International. Last week, they took 5th place at Nebelhorn Trophy, which was held in Oberstdorf, Germany. After the free dance, Olivia and Adrian commented on their performance. 

Adrian:
It was a little bit of everything. We made a few mistakes. They probably cost us a lot of GOE, some of them – levels. But then the other elements were really good, so it was a bit of a roller coaster.

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