Sometimes, you have to follow your heart, even if it makes you sad.
That’s what Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje thought when they chose to perform their free dance to “SOS, d’un terrien en detresse” this season. The tender Kazakh ballad was used by their friend, Denis Ten, who trained alongside them in Hackensack, New Jersey for a time. Ten died on July 19 in his home city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, after being stabbed by robbers attempting to vandalize his car.
“He was our dear friend. We found this music when we went to Kazakhstan and (saw) him skate to it this summer,” Weaver said.