2018 Internationaux de France

2018 Internationaux de France
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 23 – 25
Season:2018–19
Location:Grenoble
Host:French Federation of Ice Sports
Venue:Patinoire Polesud
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Nathan Chen
Ladies' singles:
Japan Rika Kihira
Pairs:
France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Ice dance:
France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
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The 2018 Internationaux de France was the sixth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble on November 23–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
 Canada Nicolas Nadeau Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
 China Jin Boyang
 North Korea Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
 France Kévin Aymoz
Romain Ponsart 		Laurine Lecavelier
Maé-Bérénice Méité
Léa Serna 		Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
 Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
 Israel Daniel Samohin
 Japan Keiji Tanaka Marin Honda
Rika Kihira
Mai Mihara
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs
 Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
 Russia Dmitri Aliev
Alexander Samarin 		Stanislava Konstantinova
Evgenia Medvedeva
Maria Sotskova 		Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
 Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
 Sweden Matilda Algotsson
 Switzerland Alexia Paganini
 United States Jason Brown
Nathan Chen 		Bradie Tennell Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 		Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
July 9 and 31 Pairs China Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Foot injury (Yu) [2][3]
July 19 and August 2 Pairs Canada Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Canada Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Split [4][5]
July 27 and September 28 Pairs France Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov United States Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Split; host pick [6][7]
September 14 Men N/A France Kévin Aymoz Host pick [8]
Ladies France Léa Serna
Ice dance France Adelina Galayavieva / Louis Thauron
October 20 and 24 Ladies Italy Carolina Kostner Switzerland Alexia Paganini Hip injury [9][10]
November 14 Pairs United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier N/A [11]
November 15 Men France Chafik Besseghier N/A [12]

Records

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Ice dance Rhythm dance France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 84.13 23 November 2018 [13]
Free dance 132.65 24 November 2018 [14]
Total score 216.78 [15]

Results

Men

The three men medallists with their flags
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen  United States 271.58 3 86.94 1 184.64
2 Jason Brown  United States 256.33 1 96.41 3 159.92
3 Alexander Samarin  Russia 247.09 2 90.86 4 156.23
4 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 237.82 9 75.15 2 162.67
5 Kevin Aymoz  France 231.16 6 81.00 5 150.16
6 Romain Ponsart  France 229.86 4 84.97 6 144.89
7 Deniss Vasiljevs  Latvia 221.26 5 82.30 7 138.96
8 Keiji Tanaka  Japan 216.32 8 79.35 8 136.97
9 Boyang Jin  China 208.89 7 79.41 10 129.48
10 Daniel Samohin  Israel 205.99 10 72.33 9 133.66
WD Nicolas Nadeau  Canada withdrew 11 61.46 withdrew from competition

Ladies

The ladies' podium
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Rika Kihira  Japan 205.92 2 67.65 1 138.28
2 Mai Mihara  Japan 202.81 1 67.95 3 134.86
3 Bradie Tennell  United States 197.78 6 61.34 2 136.44
4 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 192.81 3 67.55 5 125.26
5 Stanislava Konstantinova  Russia 189.67 10 54.91 4 134.76
6 Marin Honda  Japan 188.61 4 65.37 6 123.24
7 Maria Sotskova  Russia 177.59 5 61.76 7 115.83
8 Maé Bérénice Méité  France 168.02 7 60.86 8 107.16
9 Laurine Lecavelier  France 157.24 11 51.66 9 105.58
10 Alexia Paganini  Switzerland 156.51 8 56.88 10 99.63
11 Léa Serna  France 149.49 9 55.31 12 94.18
12 Matilda Algotsson  Sweden 146.35 12 48.58 11 97.77

Pairs

Pairs podium
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 205.77 3 65.24 1 140.53
2 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea  United States 191.43 4 63.45 2 127.98
3 Aleksandra Boikova / Dimitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 189.84 1 68.83 3 121.01
4 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik  North Korea 187.95 2 67.18 4 120.77
5 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe  Canada 164.10 5 58.25 5 105.85
6 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov  United States 157.28 6 56.71 7 100.57
7 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany 154.77 7 52.61 6 102.16

Ice dance

Ice dance podium
Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 216.78 1 84.13 1 132.65
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 200.38 2 77.91 2 122.47
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 188.74 3 74.25 3 114.49
4 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 181.47 4 69.85 4 111.62
5 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 171.17 6 68.14 6 103.03
6 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  France 170.64 7 64.94 5 105.70
7 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 165.69 5 68.16 8 97.53
8 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov  Russia 163.18 8 63.64 7 99.54
9 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 153.27 9 59.77 9 93.50
10 Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron  France 146.05 10 55.21 10 90.84

References

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  14. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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