Weaver, Poje hope the ‘road less travelled’ leads them to world podium
HELSINKI — Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje arrived at last year’s world figure skating championships armed with the No. 1 ranking and two seasons of rock-solid results.
But the ice dancers stumbled to a gutting fifth place in Boston that left them wondering and searching. It was a pursuit of something better that eventually took them all the way to Moscow.
Weaver and Poje, who have spent almost half of the season training in Russia, have their eyes on the podium at this week’s world championships, and talked about the necessity for a complete overhaul.
“I think that when you make a change you have to believe in yourself, believe in the new environment. You can’t tiptoe into change. You have to go full-force,” Weaver said.