Gold Ice Juniors win silver in synchronized skating
Guest 5 April 2008 05:24:56
Tue Apr 01, 2008
DURHAM -- A pair of local skaters brought home a couple of nice shiny silver medals recently. Oshawa's Aleisha Furlotte and Whitby's Carly Smith, both members of the Whitby Figuring Skating Club, captured a silver medal at the at the World Challenge Cup for junior skaters.
They were representing Skate Canada as a part of the Brampton-Chinguacousy Gold Ice Juniors team and were the only two members of the 20 person synchronized skating team to hail from Durham Region.
This season has been an exhilarating one for the 17-year-old Furlotte and 15-year-old Smith.
Earlier this season the two young skaters travelled with their team to Chilliwack, B.C. to compete at the BMO Canadian Synchronized Skating Championships, where the team captured the gold medal as Canadian champions.
They returned home early last month before heading to Rouen, France to represent Canada at the World Challenge Cup for Juniors where the team captured a silver medal.
There were 18 teams in total at the world competition representing 14 countries. Their short program was skated to 'A Prayer in the Night' by composer James Shearman and their long program was skated to the 'Blood Diamond Village Attack' theme.
In January the team also travelled to Germany where they participated in the Cup of Berlin earning a bronze.
