Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Vaudreuil, Quebec, won the bronze medal in the pairs competition at the 2024 International Skating Union Grand Prix Final in Beijing, China, on Friday. This was her first ever Grand Prix Final medal. Last year they placed fourth in Turin, Italy.
Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps had 204.3 points. Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany won the gold medal with a score of 206.43 points, and Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii of Italy won the silver medal with a score of 205.88 points. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps reached the podium with 12.28 points. Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko from Hungary took fourth place with 192.02 points.
The free skate wasn’t the best performance for Stellato-Dudek, who had two touchdowns. So far this season, Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps have won the International Skating Union Challenger Series Autumn Classic International in Pierrefonds, Quebec, the Skate Canada Grand Prix in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the Cup of China in Chongqing.
The next two major competitions for Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps will take place in Canada. Calgary, Alberta will host the 2024 Canadian Figure Skating Championships from January 8-14, and Montreal, Quebec will host the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships from March 18-24. Montreal was scheduled to host the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships, but it was canceled due to coronavirus.
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