2018 Internationaux de France

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
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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	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

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	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

1. ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (July 1, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. July 9, 2018.
3. "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.
4. "Canadian pair skaters Séguin and Bilodeau end skating partnership" (Press release). Skate Canada. July 19, 2018.
5. "Skate Canada Event Schedule". Skate Canada. August 2, 2018.
6. Esbrat, Lola (July 27, 2018). "Sorry to announce the end of my partnership with Andrey" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
7. "ISU GP Internationaux de France 2018: Pairs". International Skating Union. September 28, 2018.
8. "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.
9. 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.
10. "ISU GP Internationaux de France 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 24, 2018.
11. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. November 14, 2018.
12. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. November 15, 2018.
13. "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
14. "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
15. "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

External links

• 2018 Internationaux de France at the International Skating Union