Weaver, Poje keep ice dance title at Grand Prix Final

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje successfully defended their ice dance title at the Grand Prix Final on Saturday.

The Canadian couple earned 109.91 points from a free dance to ''On the Nature of Daylight'' by Max Richter, and ''Run'' by Ludovico Einaudi.

''Today we skated with our hearts,'' Weaver said. ''That was our goal, we were connected, and that is the best zone for us to be in.''

Their winning total of 182.66 points left Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States runners-up with 177.55 for the second straight year in Barcelona.

Bates said they fell short again because they ''changed about 50 percent'' of their free skate routine in the last month.

''We have never faced that challenge before,'' Bates said. ''(But) it will push us to match the intensity of the music and help us grow as a couple.''

Italians Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte were third with 176.37.

The men's and women's free skates were later at the temporary rink inside the International Convention Center.

Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia won the pair's title on Friday.