Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won gold in Ice Dance at the 2017-18 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating on Saturday. Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir took the silver, while USA's Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani pocketed the bronze.
It came down to component scores in the battle for first place between the French and the Canadians.
What are your thoughts on the Ice Dance results at this event?
It came down to component scores in the battle for first place between the French and the Canadians.
"This is also the first time for us to win the Grand Prix Final," noted Cizeron, "so it is one more thing off our list. It was not perfect yet; there are still some things that we can improve in both programs, technically, and also to make it more consistent."
"Tessa and I, we are proud about what we did this week and it was a lot of fun at this competition," said Moir, adding that it was an honor to compete against and share ice with Papadakis and Cizeron. "Now it is important to be ready for the Olympic Games and we are pretty motivated. It was a pretty intense competition. We made a couple of mistakes, but overall, we are pleased with our week and we are stepping to a good direction."
More"We extremely happy with the result today," said Cappellini. "It was our season’s best. We skated the best we could. We made a step forward at this Grand Prix Final. I thought this was a good competition to do. Less to lose, and great preparation for the Olympics. We definitely want to keep improving for the points, and we will go home and will get prepared for the Olympics."
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