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Canadian pair Pereira, Michaud fall to eighth at Milan Cortina Olympics
Canadian pair scored 199.66 after free skate errors, dropping from third to eighth at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, nearly 14 points below their season best.
- On Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud finished eighth in the Olympic pairs competition at Milano-Cortina 2026, The Canadian Press reported from Milan.
- Pereira and Michaud entered the night in third after Sunday’s short program but fell after mistakes on the jump sequence, throw triple loop, side-by-side triple salchow, and death spiral.
- They scored 192.61 in the free program to the Gladiator soundtrack and posted a personal-best 199.66 overall.
- The result meant national champions Pereira and Michaud missed the individual pairs podium despite helping Canada to fifth in the team event last week.
- A tight fight for the podium left only five points between second and ninth, with two-time world champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara winning gold and Georgia’s Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava taking silver.
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Canadian pair Pereira, Michaud fall to eighth at Milan Cortina Olympics
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Spirited performance for Michaud and Pereira in Milan
It was solid performance in Pair Figure Skating for the duo of Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud at the Winter Olympics. They wrapped up their competition with a score of 125.06 in the free skate on Monday. That gave them a combined total of 199.66, which had them 8th in a very talented and packed field of competitors. They were third after the short program earlier in the weekend, after posting an impressive score of 74.60. Their performance in the …
Personal best for Michaud and Pereira at Olympic games
Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud lived out their Olympic dreams over the last two weeks at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games. The pair competed in the Free Program on Monday and scored a 125.06, which was 10th overall for the day. On Sunday, the pair had the skate of their lives in the Short Program (our story here). They finished third with a personal best score of 74.60. Their combined score of 199.66 gave them an eighth-place finish in their…
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