Junior Duet gets things started at Junior World’s

 OTTAWA - Canada faces tough competition on the opening day of the 9th World Junior Championships in Moscow, Russia.

 The event kicked off with duet preliminaries. A total of 24 international entries entered the five-day event. Canada’s Eve Lamoureux, of Longeuil, QC, and Annie-Claude Lemay, from Montreal, QC, sit fifth with a score of 91.600.

 The Canadians will need to catch Russia’s Alexandra Eltchinova and Svetlana Romashina who sit first with a routine score of 95.700, while Japan’s Chisa Ichikawa and Takako Konishi are in second with a score of 93.800. The American duet of Christina Jones and Annabelle Orme make up the top three with a score of 92.100. China currently sits fourth.

 Canada’s team was also in action Wednesday as the team preliminaries took place.

 Canada is currently tied for fifth with Italy with both receiving a routine score of 91.600.

The Russians are first with a score of 95.800, Japan is second with 94.100 and the U.S. holds third place with a routine score of 92.700. China is in fourth with a score of 91.800

 Canada returns to action Thursday with the solo preliminaries featuring Canada’s Elise Marcotte, who is in her first year with the national team. The Free routine combo will also take place later in the day.

 Canada is represented by:

 Eve Lamoureux, Longeuil, QC

Annie-Claude Lemay, Montreal QC

Anastasia Polonska, Montreal, QC

Elise Marcotte, Ancienne-Lorette, QC

Dominika Kopcik, Surrey, BC

Karelle Diotte, Blainville, QC

Kate Latter, Calgary, AB

Marie-Line Linteau, Quebec City, QC

Belinda Potvin-Serres, Montreal, QC

Sarah-Eve Pelletier, Quebec, QC