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BARCELONA, Spain - A couple of Canadian duos picked a good time to come through with personal-best performances.Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford broke their Canadian record to win the pairs competition Saturday at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Later in the day, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje also had a personal best for the victory in ice dancing.In the pairs, the world bronze medallists received 146.22 points for their free skate performed to a medley of tunes from the rock band Muse, giving them a total of 220.72. Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were second with 213.72, followed by Chinas Wenjing Sui and Cong Han with 194.31.Our goal coming here was to stand on the podium, so to win is a bonus, said Duhamel.Duhamel, from Lively, Ont., and Radford, from Balmertown, Ont., are enjoying a standout season, with victories in both their Grand Prix events — Skate Canada International and NHK Trophy in Japan.In ice dancing, Weaver and Poje, from Waterloo, Ont., bettered their score from last seasons silver medal performance at the worlds with 181.14 points. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. were second at 167.09 and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France third at 162.39.Its definitely our strongest performance yet and its great to see the program is still growing, said Poje. We really brought across the emotion and we were so connected on the ice that the story really came through.The Canadians skated to excerpts from Vivaldis Four Seasons.Its hard to pick out a moment that really stands out for us from what we did on the ice because we were so focused, said Weaver. My best memory was probably our lift because it got such a reaction from the crowd.Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Toronto were fifth in the free dance and sixth overall.Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won the mens gold. Spains Javier Fernandez took the silver and Russias Sergei Voronov won bronze. Russian skaters finished 1-2 in the womens competition. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won gold and Elena Radionova earned silver while American Ashley Wagner won bronze.It was the first time Canada reached the top of the podium at the Grand Prix Final since Patrick Chan won the mens competition in 2011 and the first double victory in pairs and ice dance since 2001. At that event in Kitchener, Ont., Jamie Sale and David Pelletier took the pairs crown and Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz won the ice dance.Duhamel and Radford topped their old mark of 213.62 set at the Canadian championships last January. It also ranks fourth all-time on the ISU scoring list.The highlight of their free skate was landing the throw quadruple Salchow. It came just after Duhamel touched down on the side-by-side triple Lutz.We were so confident in our quad Salchow that it didnt matter that I touched on the Lutz, said Duhamel. Its (the quad) has been so consistent for us in practice that we were going for it no matter what.Radford was certainly pleased the green light was on.Weve been waiting to have a skate like this all season, said Radford, who mentioned he was in the audience when Sale and Pelletier won their gold in 2001. This was the first time that we actually hit the quad like we do in practice. It is so exciting.———With files from The Associated Press. 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After falling 5-0 on home ice in a game that could have tied them for second in the wild card standings, Washington head coach Adam Oates had some strong words for Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin.SAN DIEGO - There appears to be no stopping Philip Rivers and the rest of the San Diego Chargers.And Rivers wants to be clear a€” while the Chargers have been called San Diego soft in past seasons, theres none of that with this group.Rivers threw two touchdown passes to Antonio Gates and rookie running back Branden Olivers big day included his first two NFL touchdowns as the Chargers earned the leagues first shutout this season in beating the hapless Jets 31-0 Sunday for their fourth straight win.The Chargers (4-1) heaped more pain on the Jets (1-4), who lost their fourth straight game and turned to Michael Vick. Vick replaced Geno Smith on New Yorks first possession of the second half, but wasnt any more effective.The Chargers lost their third centre and third running back in five games, yet kept playing hard. Oliver started the season as the No. 4 running back, and on Sunday, he became No. 1 after Donald Brown went out with a concussion.Rivers said the Bolts biggest trait after five games is toughness.For whatever reason, whether its Southern California, or the vibe that you get out here of just a finesse group of guys that like to throw it around in 75-degree weather, I think weve shown our toughness, Rivers said We talk about it all the time. Not just being tough, but whos going to be the toughest the longest, through four quarters, through 16 games, through a tough stretch, they arent all going to be like this. We might hit a bump in the road going forward, but I think our toughness has been shown the last five weeks.Weve dealt with injuries and just played tough on both sides and thats just awesome to see.Other than being sacked three times, Rivers had his way with the Jets. He was 20 of 28 for 288 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception.The Chargers last shutout victory was 31-0 against Kansas City on Dec. 12, 2010. The Jets were blanked for the first time since losing 34-0 against San Francisco on Sept. 30, 2012.New York didnt make it across the 50-yard line until 7:35 left in the fourth quarter, thanks to a 33-yard gain on a pass interference call against Richard Marshall. The Jets had only four first downs through three quarters.First off, I apologize to our fans a€” those that are left, coach Rex Ryan said. This is on one person and thats it. Its certainly not on a quarterback and one individual that way. Its on me. Clearly got outccoached.dddddddddddd I thought we had a good plan going in and obviously that wasnt the case.Smith said he didnt like getting benched but I had to change my mindset to support these guys. I understand these days will happen.He said it was a pathetic show on my part. I didnt help at any point during the game, so Im going to look myself in the mirror.Vick was sacked on his second play. In the fourth quarter, Vick was called for intentional grounding on one drive and later was whistled for throwing a pass while beyond the line of scrimmage, negating a touchdown catch by Greg Salas. That left the Jets with fourth-and-goal from the 16 and Vicks completion was short.Rivers threw scoring passes of 8 and 12 yards to Gates in the first half. Theyve combined for 65 touchdowns, the most in NFL history between a quarterback and a tight end. They were Gates first scores since he caught three touchdown passes in a 30-21 upset victory against Seattle in Week 2.Gates has 92 career TD catches, moving him into 10th place all-time.On third-and-17 from the San Diego 27 late in the second quarter, Rivers avoided a sack and threw a short pass to Oliver, who made two Jets defenders miss before he was finally brought down by David Harris at the Jets 23. Branden scored on a 15-yard run up the middle three plays later.Oliver had a 9-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter on a drive he kept going with a 52-yard run.Oliver, a free agent from Buffalo, helped jumpstart San Diegos weak running game with 19 carries for 114 yards. He caught four passes for 68 yards.Oliver came up big on a day when the Chargers lost yet another running back. Donald Brown was knocked out of the game with a concussion in the first half. The Chargers already have lost Danny Woodhead for the season with a broken lower right leg and Ryan Mathews indefinitely with a sprained right knee.Smith completed only four of 12 passes for 27 yards with one interception for a rating of 7.6. Vick was 9 of 20 for 47 yards.NOTES: Rivers passer rating was 125, giving him a career-best four straight games of 120.0 or higher. ... Chargers C Doug Legurksy left the locker room on crutches after injuring his left knee. RT D.J. Fluker had an ankle injury and WR Malcom Floyd a calf injury. ... The Jets top-ranked run defence allowed 162 yards rushing.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '