They're A Heavy Medal Pair

Two medals in their pocket, and a ticket to the Grand Prix final.
Not a bad start for Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison. Not bad at all.
"That should be a lot of fun," Davison, 21, of Cambridge, Ont., said as he pondered the December trip they'll take to Torino, Italy, to skate among the world's finest pairs teams. "The Grand Prix final is now on our schedule and we're excited about that.”
A surprising gold medal they earned last weekend at Skate America in Reading, Pa., combined with the silver they'll cart back to Montreal from HomeSense Skate Canada, has the reigning national champions riding high. Davison admitted they've already outdone themselves with their efforts in the past week or so.
"When sat down this spring, our initial thoughts, our goals (for the season) were to medal on the Grand Prix circuit," said Davison, 21, of Cambridge, Ont. "Just one medal anywhere, really. We thought that would be a good progression going toward the (2010) Olympics in Vancouver. Finding ourselves here, we're a little bit ahead of schedule, which is great because we have even more time.
"It's an advance on ourselves, which is always good, and we can look to expand our skating even further.”
Actually, Dube and Davison have been ahead of the curve almost from the day they first joined forces, winning the Junior Grand Prix final back in 2003 during their initial season together. Since then, they've been tabbed to be the next great Canadian pairs team, following in the footsteps of Olympic champs Jamie Sale and David Pelletier (who happen to be mentors for Dube and Davison these days).
They didn't arrive in Quebec City as favourites — the gold here was won by Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, the reigning world bronze medallists — but Dube and Davison are clearly back in the fast lane. An improvement on their seventh-place standing at the 2007 worlds in Tokyo appears in the offing when the figure skating world reconvenes next March in Gothenburg, Sweden.
They didn't buckle under the weight of home-province pressure this weekend.
"We like the pressure and we enjoy competing, and I think for an athlete, there's nothing like it,” said Davison. "Especially being at home, or what will be our home for awhile. It's so much fun.
"To hear the crowd react and be with us in the program, whether it's good or whether it's bad, it's feels like they're on the ice with us and they're living every moment with us.”
Added Dube, 20, of St. Cyrille de Wendover, Que.: "We (made) some stupid mistakes. It happens and we're going to work harder to (correct) them next time. Overall, we're really pleased with our performances. The crowd was so good, and it really gave us energy.”