Canada's Lia Pereira, Trennt Michaud lead pairs event at Skate Canada International - CBC

Canadian duo Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud lead the pairs competition at Skate Canada International in Kelowna, B.C., after their performance in Friday night's short program.

Pereira of Milton, Ont., and Michaud of Brantford, Ont., skated to a score of 77.06 points.

Winnipeg's Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov were third with 64.94 points.

Japan's Rio Nakata led the 12-skater men's field with 92.64 points in the short program Friday. David Bodnar of Richmond Hill, Ont., was the top Canadian (77.48) in seventh place.

Skate Canada is the second stop on the ISU's Grand Prix circuit, the top series in figure skating.

Live coverage of the event continues on Saturday at 3:25 p.m. ET with the women's short program. Every event will stream live on CBC Gem and CBCSports.ca.

The competition will also be part of the CBC Sports Primetime broadcast on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET (CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca).

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