2018 Internationaux de France explained

2018 Internationaux de France
Comptype:	Grand Prix
Startdate:	November 23
Enddate:	25
Skatingseason:	2018–19
Location:	Grenoble
Host:	French Federation of Ice Sports
Venue:	Patinoire Polesud
Championmen:	Nathan Chen
Championladies:	Rika Kihira
Championpairs:	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Championdance:	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Previouscomp:	2017 Internationaux de France
Nextcomp:	2019 Internationaux de France
Previousgp:	2018 Rostelecom Cup
Nextgp:	2018–19 Grand Prix Final

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
	Nicolas Nadeau		Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
	Jin Boyang
			Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
	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
			Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
	Daniel Samohin
	Keiji Tanaka	Marin Honda Rika Kihira Mai Mihara
	Deniss Vasiļjevs
				Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
	Dmitri Aliev Alexander Samarin	Stanislava Konstantinova Evgenia Medvedeva Maria Sotskova	Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii	Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
				Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
		Matilda Algotsson
		Alexia Paganini
	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

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

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Nathan Chen		271.58	3	86.94	1	184.64
2	Jason Brown		256.33	1	96.41	3	159.92
3	Alexander Samarin		247.09	2	90.86	4	156.23
4	Dmitri Aliev		237.82	9	75.15	2	162.67
5	Kevin Aymoz		231.16	6	81.00	5	150.16
6	Romain Ponsart		229.86	4	84.97	6	144.89
7	Deniss Vasiljevs		221.26	5	82.30	7	138.96
8	Keiji Tanaka		216.32	8	79.35	8	136.97
9	Boyang Jin		208.89	7	79.41	10	129.48
10	Daniel Samohin		205.99	10	72.33	9	133.66
WD	Nicolas Nadeau			11	61.46	colspan=2

Ladies

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

Pairs

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

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron		216.78	1	84.13	1	132.65
2	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov		200.38	2	77.91	2	122.47
3	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier		188.74	3	74.25	3	114.49
4	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker		181.47	4	69.85	4	111.62
5	Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons		171.17	6	68.14	6	103.03
6			170.64	7	64.94	5	105.70
7			165.69	5	68.16	8	97.53
8	Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov		163.18	8	63.64	7	99.54
9			153.27	9	59.77	9	93.50
10	Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron		146.05	10	55.21	10	90.84

External links

• 2018 Internationaux de France at the International Skating Union

Notes and References

1. 1013419285417426950 . Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced. . ISU_figure . ISU Figure Skating . International Skating Union .
2. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs. International Skating Union. July 9, 2018.
3. Web site: Eiskunstlauf: Zwei Grand-Prix-Einladungen für Vize-Meister Hase/Seegert. Figure Skating: Two Grand Prix Invitations for Vice Champion Hase / Seegert. de. Eurosport Deutschland. July 31, 2018.
4. Canadian pair skaters Séguin and Bilodeau end skating partnership. Skate Canada. July 19, 2018 .
5. Web site: Skate Canada Event Schedule . Skate Canada. August 2, 2018.
6. Web site: Sorry to announce the end of my partnership with Andrey. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bluv1uIjuWf . 2021-12-24 . limited. Instagram. Lola. Esbrat. Lola Esbrat. July 27, 2018 .
7. Web site: ISU GP Internationaux de France 2018: Pairs. International Skating Union. September 28, 2018.
8. Web site: Internationaux de France de Patinage artistique & Danse sur glace – Grenoble. fr. French Federation of Ice Sports. September 14, 2018. September 22, 2018. June 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621114538/https://ffsg.org/evenement/isu-grand-prix-figure-skating-grenoble-fra/. dead.
9. Web site: Pattinaggio artistico, infortunio per Carolina Kostner! La Reginetta salta il Grand Prix. Figure skating, accident for Carolina Kostner! The Queen skips the Grand Prix. it. Stefano. Villa. OA Sport. October 20, 2018.
10. Web site: ISU GP Internationaux de France 2018: Ladies. International Skating Union. October 24, 2018.
11. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs. International Skating Union. November 14, 2018.
12. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men. International Skating Union. November 15, 2018.
13. Web site: Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score . 24 November 2018 . . 24 November 2018.
14. Web site: Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score. 24 November 2018 . . 24 November 2018.
15. Web site: Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score . 24 November 2018 . International Skating Union. 24 November 2018.