Lajoie & Lagha CAN ISU Free “Roses”

ISU World’s Montreal “Roses”
IceDance Bell Center
Free
March 23 2024 #worldfigure #figureskating #usfigureskating
July 30 2024
Lajoie 💜 Lagha 2024 Free Dance Worlds Intro • Unforgettable Figure S...
Lajoie 💜 Lagha 2024 Free Dance Worlds Parellel Lift • Unparalleled Elegance ...
Lajoie 💜 Lagha 2024 Free Dance Worlds Exquisite • Lajoie & Lagha Breatht...
Marjorie Lajoie (born November 6, 2000) is a Canadian ice dancer. With her partner Zachary Lagha, she is the 2023 Four Continents bronze medalist, a four-time Grand Prix medalist, 2022 CS Nepela Memorial champion, 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion, and a three-time Canadian national medalist. Lajoie and Lagha represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
2024 ISU Worlds Monteal
Ice Dance Feel Dance
Marjorie Lajoie (born November 6, 2000) is a Canadian ice dancer. With her partner Zachary Lagha, she is the 2023 Four Continents bronze medalist, a four-time Grand Prix medalist, 2022 CS Nepela Memorial champion, 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion, and a three-time Canadian national medalist. Lajoie and Lagha represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Zachary Lagha (born April 15, 1999) is a Canadian ice dancer. With his skating partner Marjorie Lajoie, he is the 2023 Four Continents bronze medalist, a four-time Grand Prix medalist, 2022 CS Nepela Memorial champion, 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion, and a three-time Canadian national medalist. Lajoie and Lagha represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
2023-2024 season: Injury and home World Championships
Lagha suffered a shoulder injury in May 2023, hindering their preparations for the 2023-24 season, further complicated by subsequent back strain.Lajoie would later say "we kind of didn't have an off season."[69] To fit the 1980s rhythm dance theme, they settled on Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Lagha citing Jackson as one of his favourite singers. Wanting to use a Montreal artist for their free dance, in celebration of the World Championships being held in their home city that year, they eventually settled on "Roses", a piece by local pianist Jean-Michel Blais.
The team was initially assigned to the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International, but withdrew. They were able to participate in their second Challenger assignment, the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial, coming fifth.[70] Lajoie said that "we will take the situation how it is and will work from here."[69] They first appeared on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, where they placed second in the rhythm dance, 0.60 points clear of French training mates Lopareva/Brissaud in third, despite getting only a level 1 on the midline step.They were second in the free dance as well, winning their first Grand Prix silver.At the 2023 Cup of China, they unexpected won the rhythm dance over pre-event favourites and fellow Canadians Gilles/Poirier after the latter had a twizzle error.[73] They placed second in the free dance, and second overall. Lagha said afterward that it "was a struggle at the beginning of the season, as I had a few injuries. But we handled it like professionals and came ready for the Grand Prix."
The team's results qualified them to their first senior Grand Prix Final, held in Beijing, where they came sixth. Lagha described it as "a new experience to skate first and only with the best of the best."The team was unable to compete at the Canadian Championships after Lajoie was placed in concussion protocol.They subsequently withdrew from the 2024 Four Continents Championships as well. Lajoie was sidelined from training from months during recovery.Lagha continued to train by himself in the interim.
Lajoie was able to resume training for their hometown World Championships, having received full clearance from her physicians a week beforehand. They placed an unexpected fifth in the rhythm dance, following errors by fellow Canadians Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen, and thus skated in the final flight of the free dance for the first time. Lajoie/Lagha were fifth in that segment as well, setting new personal bests in all categories, and finished fifth overall. They called the result their proudest moment of the season. Lagha concluded that "we still have work to do and we're just going to focus on that. If the judges want to put us on top, they will. We're just going to continue our performances and let the world appreciate what we're doing, hopefully."
Roses" by Jean-Michel Blais; "Roses" arranged by Karl Hugo, choreo by Roman Haguenauer
IceDance Bell Center
Free Dance
Saturday March 23 2024
Taken by Kate L #worldfigure #figureskating #usfigureskating #worldsmtl24
From Wikipedia
#worldsmtl24 #worldfigure #shorts
Thumbnail image courtesy of Robin C @currie.us on Instagram - go follow on Instagram and check her out - she is another mom with a phone who loves skating !

[@jeanw9892]

A mesmerizing performance. It would have been wonderful to have seen it "live", Thanks for posting this video,

[@ISUskatingfan]

I love this program and was very thankful to have seen it live

[@almiranara]

it's Lajoie / Lagha btw ;) great video!

[@ISUskatingfan]

omg I will have to change that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im not good with the names sometimes
thank you