Gilles, Poirier Second After Rhythm Dance at Figure Skating World Championships

Gilles, Poirier second after rhythm dance at figure skating world championships

PRAGUE - Olympic bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished second in Friday's rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships.

Gilles and Poirier Sit Second After the Rhythm Dance at the 2026 ISU World Championships - Skate Canada

PRAGUE (CZECHIA) March 27, 2026 – Day three of competition at the 2026 ISU Figure Skating World Championships resumed on Friday, with Canada’s top ice dancers hitting the ice at O2 Arena in Prague, Czechia for the rhythm dance. Fresh off their bronze medal win at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games, Piper Gilles (Toronto, Ont.) and Paul Poirier (Unionville, Ont.) put out a season’s best performance, earning 86.45 points. “It was a reall…

Canada's Gilles, Poirier sit second after rhythm dance at figure skating worlds

Olympic bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished second in Friday’s rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships. Gilles, from Toronto, and Poirier, from Unionville, Ont., scored 86.45 points for their routine to RuPaul’s “Supermodel” and “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred. Olympic champions Laurence Fournier Beaudry, a Montreal native representing France, and partner Guillaume Cizeron held a commanding lead heading into…