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Duhamel and Radford win second straight world gold

Lively’s Meagan Duhamel and her pairs skating partner Eric Radford won their second straight word title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on Saturday.
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Lively's Meagan Duhamel (seen here competing with partner Eric Radford in 2012) says she's achieved every figure skating goal she's set for herself. Now, skating is just pure joy. File photo

Lively’s Meagan Duhamel and her pairs skating partner Eric Radford won their second straight word title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on Saturday.

The pair surpassed China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong with a nearly perfect free skate to take the gold medal.

"It's been frustration after frustration after frustration for us this season," Duhamel told the Canadian Press. "You work so hard, and that frustration — it hurts you so deeply. It just feels so good when it all comes together.

"And I can't keep anything inside of me. I was waiting for him to put up that last lift because I was going to explode."

They scored a personal-best 153.81 points in their final performance, set to Adele’s “Hometown Glory”, for 231.99 total points.


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