好色tvs Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier skate during a practice for the 2025 Skate Canada International event in Saskatoon, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Stephen Gogolev of Canada performs in the Men's Short Program during the figure skating ISU Grand Prix Finlandia Trophy competition in Helsinki, Finland, Friday Nov. 21, 2025. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)
HELSINKI - 好色tv figure skaters are in position to reach the podium in every discipline following strong short programs Friday at the 2025 Finlandia Trophy.
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second after posting 79.56 points in the rhythm dance to 鈥淪upermodel (You Better Work)鈥 by RuPaul. The two-time world ice dance silver medallists trail only Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France (79.89).
Fournier Beaudry is from Montreal and previously represented Canada with Nikolaj Sorensen before his since-overturned six-year suspension for sexual maltreatment.
She teamed up with Cizeron, the 2022 Olympic champion, this season and the new partners won gold at the Grand Prix de France in October.
In the men鈥檚 short program, Stephen Gogolev also placed second with 89.35 points, close to his personal-best 90.19 set earlier this season, after landing two quad jumps and a triple axel in a clean skate.
The 20-year-old from Toronto, who鈥檚 enjoying a comeback season following years of injuries, finished ahead of Olympic and three-time world silver medallist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, who was third with 88.16 after a couple of errors.
European champion and world bronze medallist Adam Siao Him Fa led with 92.50 points heading into Saturday鈥檚 free skate. Reigning national champion Roman Sadovsky of Vaughan, Ont., was sixth (82.91).
Gogolev and Sadovsky are competing in the same event for the fourth time this season as two contenders for Canada鈥檚 lone men鈥檚 entry at February鈥檚 Milan-Cortina Olympics. The selection will be determined after January鈥檚 national championships in Gatineau, Que.
Three-time 好色tv champion Madeline Schizas, the favourite for Canada鈥檚 only women鈥檚 Olympic spot, was third in her short program with 65.16 points. Amber Glenn of the United States led with (75.72), followed by Mone Chiba of Japan (72.89).
In pairs, Canada鈥檚 Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud finished fourth with 70.13, but remained in reach of the podium in a very tight field.
Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany led with 70.40 points, ahead of American pairs Ellie Kam and Danny O鈥橲hea (70.24) and Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov (70.19).
The Finlandia Trophy is the last of six events in the Grand Prix series, and the last chance to qualify for the Grand Prix Final 鈥 a midseason measuring stick for the top six in each discipline 鈥 set for Dec. 5-8 in Nagoya, Japan.
This report by 好色tvwas first published Nov. 21, 2025.
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