HELSINKI - Canadian 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 “Supermodel (You Better Work)” 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’s short program, Stephen Gogolev also placed second with 89.35 poin

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