|
Post by Admin on Nov 2, 2019 18:21:29 GMT
Ice Dance Free Dance | Internationaux de France 2019 France’s four-time World Champions Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron claimed their seventh Grand Prix series gold medal on Saturday at the Internationaux de France in Grenoble. Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) took the silver medal and the bronze went to Italy’s Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri. It was smooth sailing for Papadakis/Cizeron in their avant-garde Free Dance to the poem ‘Find Me’ by Forest Black and to music by Olafur Arnalds. The five-time European Champions produced effortless-looking footwork, lifts and twizzles, collecting a level four for five elements. The French Champions scored 133.55 points for their Free Dance and racked up 222.24 points overall. Ice Dance Final Results - Internationaux de France 2019
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Nov 3, 2019 5:20:44 GMT
Alena Kostornaia is now the third straight first-year senior Russian woman to win on the Grand Prix season. The past two weeks, 15-year-olds Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova did it while landing quads at Skate America and Skate Canada, respectively. Kostornaia did it sans quads, but with three triple Axels across two programs Friday and Saturday in Grenoble, France. Kostornaia, 16 and skating in her Grand Prix debut, opened her free skate with a clean triple Axel in combination, followed by a solo triple Axel and a double Axel. She was accompanied by music from the Twilight soundtrack and Muse. Despite an edge call on a triple flip, she scored 159.45 points in the free skate for a total of 236.00 points. “I can’t answer that question because Alina’s a great sportsman,” said Kostornaia, after being asked if she was happy she defeated Alina Zagitova (the interview was conducted in English and posted on Twitter). “She wins all competition you can imagine and I’m very happy that she can go to the podium.” (Note for fans just getting acquainted with Kostornaia: She pronounces her first name “al-YON-ah,” while Zagitova’s first name is “ah-LEE-nah.”) Kostornaia trains alongside Zagitova, the reigning world and Olympic champion. Zagitova scored 141.82 points in the free skate (actually third in the phase) for a total of 216.06 points and the silver medal. Zagitova is 17 and in her third season as a senior skater. Zagitova skated to a “Cleopatra” medley and was called for three under-rotations: the opening triple Lutz (which also received an unclear edge call), her double Axel in combination with a triple toe, and her triple Lutz, triple loop combination.
|
|