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.
| 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:  Nathan Chen | |
Ladies' singles:  Rika Kihira | |
Pairs:  Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | |
| Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Previous: 2017 Internationaux de France | |
| Next: 2019 Internationaux de France | |
| Previous GP: 2018 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Next GP: 2018–19 Grand Prix Final | |
Entries edit
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 9 and 31 | Pairs |  Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao
|
 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
|
Foot injury (Yu) | [2][3] |
| July 19 and August 2 | Pairs |  Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
|
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
|
Split | [4][5] |
| July 27 and September 28 | Pairs | Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov
|
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov
|
Split; host pick | [6][7] |
| September 14 | Men | N/A | Kévin Aymoz
|
Host pick | [8] |
| Ladies | Léa Serna
| ||||
| Ice dance | Adelina Galayavieva / Louis Thauron
| ||||
| October 20 and 24 | Ladies |  Carolina Kostner
|
 Alexia Paganini
|
Hip injury | [9][10] |
| November 14 | Pairs | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
|
N/A | [11] | |
| November 15 | Men | Chafik Besseghier
|
N/A | [12] |
Records edit
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
84.13 | 23 November 2018 | [13] |
| Free dance | 132.65 | 24 November 2018 | [14] | ||
| Total score | 216.78 | [15] |
Results edit
Men edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2018 Internationaux de France.
- ^ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (July 1, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. July 9, 2018.
- ^ "Eiskunstlauf: Zwei Grand-Prix-Einladungen für Vize-Meister Hase/Seegert" [Figure Skating: Two Grand Prix Invitations for Vice Champion Hase / Seegert] (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. July 31, 2018.
- ^ "Canadian pair skaters Séguin and Bilodeau end skating partnership" (Press release). Skate Canada. July 19, 2018.
- ^ "Skate Canada Event Schedule". Skate Canada. August 2, 2018.
- ^ Esbrat, Lola (July 27, 2018). "Sorry to announce the end of my partnership with Andrey" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- ^ "ISU GP Internationaux de France 2018: Pairs". International Skating Union. September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Internationaux de France de Patinage artistique & Danse sur glace – Grenoble" (in French). French Federation of Ice Sports. September 14, 2018. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
- ^ Villa, Stefano (October 20, 2018). "Pattinaggio artistico, infortunio per Carolina Kostner! La Reginetta salta il Grand Prix" [Figure skating, accident for Carolina Kostner! The Queen skips the Grand Prix] (in Italian). OA Sport.
- ^ "ISU GP Internationaux de France 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 24, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. November 14, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. November 15, 2018.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
External links edit
- 2018 Internationaux de France at the International Skating Union