The story behind Lajoie & Lagha's jersey numbers at Worlds

Watching the rhythm dance at Worlds? Take a closer look at the costumes of 🇨🇦 Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha.

Their 90s rhythms have a sports theme, so their costumes feature their names along with numbers — just like football or basketball jerseys.

Marjorie's number is 90 (fitting the decade's theme), but Zachary's story is more interesting:

Our coach, Marie-France Dubreil, suggested we play with numbers on the costumes. I immediately chose 19 — that number is special to me.

In 2019, I was 19 years old, I won the Junior World Championships, and that year was a very happy one for me — for personal reasons too. So whenever I need to pick a number or make a wish — I always go with 19.

By the way, when Marjorie and Zachary stand next to each other, the numbers read exactly 1990.