Soucisse and Firus 28th In World Rhythm Dance
Carolane Soucisse (30) and Shane Firus (31) have finished in 28th place in the rhythm dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, United States of America.
The two-time Irish national champions took to the ice in the home arena of the Boston Celtics as the first to skate in Warm-Up Group 4. They began their James Brown medley programme with a Level 2 midline step sequence. For the sequential twizzle sequence Soucisse was given a Level 3 while Firus was Level 2. They earned a Level 1 for their pattern type step sequence, followed it with their choreographic rhythmic sequence and closed with a rousing Level 4 rotational lift. Their score of 58.68 points was not what they had hoped for coming into the event and was unfortunately not enough to advance to tomorrow’s free dance.
“We thought the energy was very good,” Firus said. “Obviously we had two small errors – an error on the twizzle and on the pattern type step sequence. Overall though we are very happy with how we attacked it. It was unfortunate that we did have the errors on those two elements. We couldn’t have been more prepared for this event, so we’ll just have to go back, go home and start working again and hop to it.”
“I think besides our own personal goal also a goal we have had since we started representing Ireland is to bring awareness of the sport and help the next generation to get a better shot,” Soucisse said.
