The Toronto ice dancers scored 121.81 points after amassing 81.35 in Friday’s rhythm dance to music by Elton John.
”This week was a success,” said Poirier. ”We didn’t have our strongest rhythm dance, but we felt like the free was really a great improvement. Our scores were lower this week so we are going to have to really listen to the feedback and see what we can to do raised them.”
WATCH | Gilles, Poirier add to early-season success in France:
Toronto’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier from Unionville, Ont., skated to a silver medal in ice dance at the ISU Grand Prix event in Grenoble, France and also qualified for the ISU Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan.8:05
Papadakis and Cizeron claimed gold with 221.25 points, while Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin of Russia, who were third after the short program, rounded out the medal podium on Saturday with a total of 200.29.
Gilles and Poirier were victorious at their first two international events this season including Skate Canada International in Vancouver last month.
In the pairs event, fellow Canadians Vanessa James and Eric Radford just missed the podium with a fourth-place finish. The duo finished with 196.34 points for their best score since forming a partnership in April.