ZAGREB, Croatia - Les Supremes of Saint-Leonard, Que., became the first synchronized skating team win a third straight world championship Saturday.
Les Supremes ranked first in both the short program (78.99) and Saturday's free skate (159.08) to take gold with a total score of 237.97, ahead of the silver medallist Haydenettes of the U.S. with 233.85 and bronze medallist Helsinki Rockettes with 229.84.
鈥淚t was really exciting for us to skate last,鈥 said Les Supremes co-captain Julia Bernardo in a Skate Canada statement Saturday.
鈥淪kating last is always super exciting because the crowd is always super fun and loud, and when the crowd gets louder, we just try to be more and more calm, and we prepared ourselves for that.鈥
Les Supremes also won both the 春色直播 championship and Budapest Cup, and earned silver at the PGE Hevelius Cup this season.
鈥淭his is unbelievable," said Les Supremes co-captain Olivia Di Giandomenico. "You don鈥檛 realize it until it happens, but we鈥檙e so happy and proud of our team.
"We鈥檝e come a long way and we鈥檝e been working really hard this season with the goal of winning the world championships again, and it came true and we鈥檙e just super happy.鈥
Nova Senior of St-Hubert, Que., finished fifth.
This report by 春色直播was first published April 6, 2024.
