The 2019 Internationaux de France was the third event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble, France from November 1–3. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.
| 2019 Internationaux de France | |
|---|---|
 2019 Internationaux de France champions during the exhibition gala | |
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 1 – 3 |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Location: | Grenoble |
| Host: | French Federation of Ice Sports |
| Venue: | Patinoire Polesud |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Nathan Chen | |
Ladies' singles:  Alena Kostornaia | |
| Pairs: Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | |
Ice dance:  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Previous: 2018 Internationaux de France | |
| Next: 2021 Internationaux de France | |
| Previous GP: 2019 Skate Canada International | |
| Next GP: 2019 Cup of China | |
Entries edit
The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Pairs | September 13 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
September 16 |  Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
|
Personal reasons | [2][3] |
| Men | — | September 13 | Adrien Tesson
|
Host picks | [4] | |
| Ladies | Léa Serna
| |||||
| Ice dance | Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet
| |||||
| Pairs | September 27 | Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
|
September 27 |  Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
|
||
| October 1 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
|
October 7 |  Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
|
Health (Enbert) | [5] | |
| Ladies | October 9 | Ting Cui
|
October 14 | Starr Andrews
|
Injury | [6][7] |
| Ice dance | October 10 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
|
October 11 |  Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
|
Injury | [6][8] |
| Ladies | October 14 |  Loena Hendrickx
|
October 15 |  Nicole Schott
|
Injury | |
| Men | October 28 | Adrien Tesson
|
— | |||
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
|
88.69 | November 1, 2019 | [9] |
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen |  United States
|
297.16 | 1 | 102.48 | 1 | 194.68 |
| 2 | Alexander Samarin | Russia
|
265.10 | 2 | 98.48 | 3 | 166.62 |
| 3 | Kévin Aymoz | France
|
254.64 | 3 | 82.50 | 2 | 172.14 |
| 4 | Morisi Kvitelashvili |  Georgia
|
236.38 | 5 | 78.79 | 5 | 157.59 |
| 5 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States
|
227.43 | 10 | 68.70 | 4 | 158.73 |
| 6 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
220.98 | 7 | 76.60 | 7 | 144.38 |
| 7 | Nicolas Nadeau | Canada
|
217.68 | 9 | 69.42 | 6 | 148.26 |
| 8 | Shoma Uno |  Japan
|
215.84 | 4 | 79.05 | 9 | 136.79 |
| 9 | Romain Ponsart | France
|
215.64 | 6 | 77.48 | 8 | 138.16 |
| 10 | Daniel Samohin |  Israel
|
193.66 | 8 | 70.84 | 10 | 122.82 |
| 11 | Anton Shulepov | Russia
|
183.98 | 11 | 63.67 | 11 | 120.31 |
Ladies edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia
|
236.00 | 1 | 76.55 | 1 | 159.45 |
| 2 | Alina Zagitova | Russia
|
216.06 | 2 | 74.24 | 3 | 141.82 |
| 3 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
212.89 | 3 | 70.25 | 2 | 142.64 |
| 4 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan
|
199.24 | 6 | 64.08 | 4 | 135.16 |
| 5 | Starr Andrews | United States
|
180.54 | 4 | 66.59 | 5 | 113.95 |
| 6 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan
|
174.12 | 5 | 64.78 | 7 | 109.34 |
| 7 | Nicole Schott | Germany
|
166.89 | 10 | 54.43 | 6 | 112.46 |
| 8 | Léa Serna | France
|
166.02 | 8 | 62.43 | 8 | 103.59 |
| 9 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Japan
|
161.71 | 7 | 63.12 | 10 | 98.59 |
| 10 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France
|
157.45 | 9 | 56.35 | 9 | 101.10 |
| 11 | Maria Sotskova | Russia
|
144.89 | 11 | 50.38 | 11 | 94.51 |
| WD | Laurine Lecavelier | France
|
withdrew | withdrew from competition | |||
Pairs edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia
|
207.58 | 2 | 73.77 | 1 | 133.81 |
| 2 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia
|
206.56 | 1 | 76.59 | 3 | 129.97 |
| 3 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States
|
199.40 | 3 | 68.65 | 2 | 130.75 |
| 4 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | United States
|
195.78 | 4 | 66.12 | 4 | 129.66 |
| 5 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer |  Austria
|
181.26 | 8 | 57.30 | 5 | 123.96 |
| 6 | Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe | Canada
|
166.15 | 7 | 57.90 | 6 | 108.25 |
| 7 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany
|
163.09 | 6 | 59.13 | 7 | 103.96 |
| 8 | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Italy
|
157.92 | 5 | 59.62 | 8 | 98.30 |
Ice dance edit
The rhythm dance scores for the last two teams, Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac of France and Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius of Lithuania, were revised several hours after the event due to an unspecified error.[10]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France
|
222.24 | 1 | 88.69 | 1 | 133.55 |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
204.84 | 2 | 80.69 | 2 | 124.15 |
| 3 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
203.34 | 3 | 79.65 | 3 | 123.69 |
| 4 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz |  Spain
|
188.18 | 4 | 76.09 | 4 | 112.09 |
| 5 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia
|
184.44 | 5 | 75.05 | 5 | 109.39 |
| 6 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev |  Poland
|
183.42 | 6 | 74.19 | 6 | 109.23 |
| 7 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada
|
175.80 | 7 | 68.61 | 7 | 107.19 |
| 8 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | France
|
166.28 | 9 | 63.42 | 8 | 102.86 |
| 9 | Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet | France
|
161.99 | 8 | 63.55 | 10 | 98.44 |
| 10 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania
|
161.73 | 10 | 60.99 | 9 | 100.74 |
References edit
- ^ "Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20" (Press release). International Skating Union. June 20, 2019.
- ^ Russell, Susan D. (September 16, 2019). "James, McGrattan Ready for a Competitive Battle". International Figure Skating Magazine.
James and Ciprès will not be competing on the Grand Prix or Challenger circuits this season.
- ^ "Internationaux de France de Patinage artistique & Danse sur glace 2019 – Grenoble" (in French). French Federation of Ice Sports. September 16, 2019. Archived from the original on September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ "Internationaux de France de Patinage artistique & Danse sur glace 2019 – Grenoble" (in French). French Federation of Ice Sports. September 13, 2019. Archived from the original on September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ Selenkova, Maria (October 1, 2019). "Серебряные призеры Игр-2018 Забияко и Энберт пропустят серию Гран-при. Партнер приостановил карьеру по рекомендации врачей" [Silver medalists of the 2018 Games Zabiyako and Enbert will miss the Grand Prix series. Enbert suspended his career on the recommendation of doctors]. R-Sport.
- ^ a b "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Grand Prix Series Withdrawals". U.S. Figure Skating. October 10, 2019.
- ^ "Andrews and Wessenberg Added to Grand Prix Series Events". U.S. Figure Skating. October 14, 2019.
- ^ Ambrulevicius, Saulius (October 11, 2019). "Morning surprise, we just got invited to another Grand Prix event this season in France!" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. November 1, 2019.
- ^ @SkatingScores (November 1, 2019). "Looks like the scores for the two last-place teams (Lithuania & France) have jumped about 2 points each" (Tweet) – via Twitter.