THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ice dancers Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam of Barrie, Ont., climbed to second place with an impressive performance in the original dance Thursday at the world junior figure skating championships.
Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia are first with 97.46 points, Paul and Islam, fifth after the compulsory dance, have 89.22, and Russians Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin are third with 87.72 heading into Friday's free dance.
Olivia Martins of Toronto and Alvin Chau of Richmond Hill, Ont., are 14th, while Abby Carswell, also of Toronto, and Andrew Doleman of Dundas, Ont., are 23rd.
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won the men's singles gold with 216.10 points. Nan Song of China was second with 205.25, while Artur Gachinski of Russia was third with 199.19.
Richmond Hill's Andrei Rogozine finished sixth after climbing up from a 13th-place finish in Wednesday's short program. Ronald Lam of Coquitlam, B.C., was 20th.
"I was a bit angry at myself after messing up the short program," said Rogozine. "I came into the long ready to fight and with a lot of energy. I trained well for this event and I just went out and duplicated what I've been doing in practice."
The free dance and women's short program is Friday.
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