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2019 Internationaux de France: Senior GP Predictions Game Round 3

Daniel1998

Final Flight
Joined
Aug 4, 2015
Men

1. Nathan Chen
2. Kevin Aymoz
3. Shoma Uno
4. Alexander Samarin
5. Morisi Kvitelashvili
6. Sergei Voronov

Ladies

1. Alena Kostornaia
2. Alina Zagitova
3. Mariah Bell
4. Kaori Sakamoto
5. Yuna Shiraiwa
6. Wakaba Higuchi

Pairs

1. Mishina / Galliamov
2. Pavliuchenko / Khodykin
3. Cain-Gribble / Leduc
4. Hase / Seegert
5. Denney / Frazier
6. Ziegler / Kiefer

Dance

1. Papadakis / Cizeron
2. Chock / Bates
3. Guignard / Fabbri
4. Smart / Diaz
5. Zagorski / Guerreiro
6. Kaliszek / Spodyriev
 

SubRosa

I love Lussi
Final Flight
Joined
Mar 22, 2004
Country
Canada
Ladies:

1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA
3. Mariah BELL
4. Kaori SAKAMOTO
5. Yuna SHIRAIWA
6. Starr ANDREWS

Men:

1. Nathan CHEN
2. Kevin AYMOZ
3. Shoma UNO
4. Morisi KVITELASHVILI
5. Alexander SAMARIN
6. Anton SHULEPOV

Pairs:

1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
3. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Dance:

1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
3. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
4. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
 

Dreamer57

Record Breaker
Joined
May 20, 2018
Before I make my predictions... ganbatte Shoma! Wakaba! Alena! :)

Ladies:
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Alena Kostornaia
3. Kaori Sakamoto
4. Mariah Bell
5. Wakaba Higuchi
6. Yuna Shiraiwa
7. Starr Andrews

Men:
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Kevin AYMOZ
4. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Morisi KVITELASHVILI
6. Tomoki HIWATASHI
7. Nicolas NADEAU

Pairs:
1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
3. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER
7. Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE

Dance:
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
6. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
7. Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC
 

text_skate

🇺🇦
Medalist
Joined
Jan 17, 2014
Country
European-Union
Men
  1. Nathan CHEN
  2. Shoma UNO
  3. Kevin AYMOZ
  4. Alexander SAMARIN
  5. Sergei VORONOV
  6. Tomoki HIWATASHI
  7. Morisi KVITELASHVILI

Ice dancing
  1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
  2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
  3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
  4. Olivia SMART / Adria DIAZ
  5. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
  6. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV

Ladies
  1. Alena KOSTORNAIA
  2. Alina ZAGITOVA
  3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
  4. Mariah BELL
  5. Wakaba HIGUCHI
  6. Yuna SHIRAIWA

Pairs
  1. Anastasia MISHINA / Alexander GALLYAMOV
  2. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
  3. Ashley CAIN / Timothy LEDUC
  4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
  5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
  6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Edit: typo
 

jg212

Spectator
Joined
Oct 25, 2019
Ladies:
1. Alena Kostornaia
2. Alina Zagitova
3. Kaori Sakamoto
4. Mariah Bell
5. Wakaba Higuchi
6. Yuna Shiraiwa


Men:
1. Nathan Chen
2. Shoma Uno
3. Kevin Aymoz
4. Alexander Samarin
5. Tomoki Hiwatashi

Pairs:
1. Mishina / Gallyamov
2. Cain / Leduc
3. Pavliuchenko / Khodykin
4. Denney / Frazier
5. Hase / Seegert

Dance:
1. Papadakis / Cizeron
2. Chock / Bates
3. Guignard / Fabbri
4. Smart / Diaz
5. Zagorski / Guerreiro
 

jenaj

Record Breaker
Joined
Aug 17, 2003
Country
United-States
Ladies:
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Wakaba HIGUCHI
5. Yuna SHIRAIWA
6. Mariah BELL



Men:
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Kevin AYMOZ
4. Tomoki HIWATASHI
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Alexander SAMARIN


Pairs:
1. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
2. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
3. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
4. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER

Dance:
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
 

casualfan

On the Ice
Joined
Jun 14, 2011
MEN
1. Nathan Chen
2. Kevin Aymoz
3. Shoma Uno
4. Alexander Samarin
5. Morisi Kvitelashvili
6. Daniel Samohin

LADIES
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Alena Kostornaia
3. Kaori Sakamoto
4. Mariah Bell
5. Yuna Shiraiwa
6. Wakaba Higuchi

PAIRS
1. Mishina / Galliamov
2. Cain-Gribble / Leduc
3. Pavliuchenko / Khodykin
4. Denney / Frazier
5. Hase / Seegert
6. Ziegler / Kiefer

ICE DANCE
1. Papadakis / Cizeron
2. Chock / Bates
3. Guignard / Fabbri
4. Smart / Diaz
5. Zagorski / Guerreiro
5. Lauriault / Le Gac
6. Kaliszek / Spodiriev
 

Ice Diva

On the Ice
Joined
Sep 10, 2012
MEN:
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Kevin AYMOZ
3. Shoma UNO
4. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Tomoki HIWATASHI
6. Morisi KVITELASHVILI

LADIES:
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Mariah BELL
5. Yuna SHIRAIWA
6. Starr ANDREWS

PAIRS:
1. MISHINA/GALLIAMOV
2. CAIN-GRIBBLE/LEDUC
3. PAVLIUCHENKO/KHODYKIN
4. DENNEY/FRAZIER
5. HASE/SEEGERT
6. ZIEGLER/KIEFER

DANCE:
1. PAPADAKIS/CIZERON
2. GUIGNARD/FABBRI
3. CHOCK/BATES
4. SMART/DIAZ
5. ZAGORSKI/GUERREIRO
6. SOUCISSE/FIRUS
 

Koatterce

On the Ice
Joined
Feb 20, 2018
Country
Canada
Ladies:
  1. Alena Kostornaia
  2. Alina Zagitova
  3. Kaori Sakamoto
  4. Mariah Bell
  5. Wakaba Higuchi
  6. Yuna Shiraiwa

Men:
  1. Nathan Chen
  2. Shoma Uno
  3. Kevin Aymoz
  4. Alexander Samarin
  5. Tomoki Hiwatashi
  6. Morisi Kvitelashvili

Pairs:
  1. Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
  2. Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
  3. Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy Leduc
  4. Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
  5. Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
  6. Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer

Dance:
  1. Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
  2. Madison Chock / Evan Bates
  3. Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
  4. Olivia Smart / Adrian Diaz
  5. Tiffani Zagorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
  6. Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
 

Wilhelmina

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 5, 2012
Men:
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Kevin AYMOZ
4. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Morisi KVITELASHVILI

Ladies:
1. Alena KOSTORNAIA
2. Alina ZAGITOVA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Mariah BELL
5. Yuna SHIRAIWA
6. Starr ANDREWS

Pairs:
1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
3. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
4. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
5. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Ice Dance:
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
3. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
4. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5. Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS
6. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
 

Puchi

On the Ice
Joined
Sep 26, 2010
Ladies:

1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Mariah BELL
5. Yuna SHIRAIWA
6. Wakaba HIGUCHI

Men:

1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Kevin AYMOZ
4. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Morisi KVITELASHVILI

Pairs:

1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
3. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Ice Dance:

1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS
 

nipman

On the Ice
Joined
Feb 21, 2010
Ladies

1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Mariah BELL
5. Wakaba HIGUCHI
6. Yuna SHIRAIWA

Men

1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Tomoki HIWATASHI
4. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Kevin AYMOZ

Pairs

1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
3. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Dance

1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
5. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
6. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
 

Eigenvalue

Spectator
Joined
Feb 29, 2016
Ladies:

1. Alena KOSTORNAIA
2. Alina ZAGITOVA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Mariah BELL
5. Wakaba HIGUCHI
6. Yuna SHIRAIWA
7. Nicole SCHOTT


Men:

1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Kevin AYMOZ
4. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Tomoki HIWATASHI
6. Nicolas NADEAU
7. Sergei VORONOV


Pairs:

1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
3. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER


Dance:

1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
 

lady_bee

Medalist
Joined
Nov 3, 2013
Men
1 Nathan CHEN
2 Shoma UNO
3 Kevin AYMOZ
4 Sergei VORONOV
5 Tomoki HIWATASHI
6 Alexander SAMARIN

Ladies
1 Alena KOSTORNAIA
2 Alina ZAGITOVA
3 Kaori SAKAMOTO
4 Wakaba HIGUCHI
5 Mariah BELL
6 Maria SOTSKOVA

pairs
1 Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
2 Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
3 Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
4 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Ice Dance
1 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4 Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5 Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
6 Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
 

Cherryy

On the Ice
Joined
Aug 27, 2012
Ladies
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Alena Kostornaia
3. Kaori Sakamoto
4. Mariah Bell
5. Wakaba Higuchi
6. Starr Andrews
7. Laurine Lecavalier


Men
1. Nathan Chen
2. Shoma Uno
3. Kevin Aymoz
4. Alexander Samarin
5. Tomoki Hiwatashi
6. Nicolas Nadeau

Ice Dance
1. Papadakis/Cizeron
2. Chock/Bates
3. Smart/Diaz
4. Guignard/Fabbri
5. Kaliszek/Spodyriev
6. Lauriault/Le Gac


Pairs
1. Pavliuchenko/Khodykin
2. Mishina/Galliamov
3. Cain-Gribble/Leduc
4. Denney/Frazier
5. Hase/Seegert
 

cohen-esque

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 27, 2014
MEN
1 Nathan CHEN
2 Shoma UNO
3 Kevin AYMOZ
4 Alexander SAMARIN
5 Tomoki HIWATASHI
6 Sergei VORONOV

LADIES
1 Alina ZAGITOVA
2 Alena KOSTORNAIA
3 Kaori SAKAMOTO
4 Mariah BELL
5 Yuna SHIRAIWA
6 Wakaba HIGUCHI

PAIRS
1 Anastasia MISHINA/Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2 Daria PAVLIUCHENKO/Denis KHODYKIN
3 Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE/Timothy LEDUC
4 Haven DENNEY/Brandon FRAZIER
5 Miriam ZIEGLER/Severin KIEFER
6 Minerva Fabiene HASE/Nolan SEEGERT

DANCE:
1 Gabriella PAPADAKIS/Guillaume CIZERON
2 Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES
3 Charlene GUIGNARD/Marco FABBRI
4 Olivia SMART/Adrian DIAZ
5 Natalia KALISZEK/Maksym SPODYRIEV
6 Tiffani ZAGORSKI/Jonathon GUERREIRO
 

lost3iron

More Rock & Roll please!
On the Ice
Joined
Feb 10, 2014
MEN
1.Nathan CHEN
2.Shoma UNO
3.Kevin AYMOZ
4.Alexander SAMARIN
5.Morisi KVITELASHVILI
6.Tomoki HIWATASHI

LADIES
1.Alena KOSTORNAIA
2.Alina ZAGITOVA
3.Kaori SAKAMOTO
4.Mariah BELL
5.Wakaba HIGUCHI
6.Yuna SHIRAIWA

DANCE
1.Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2.Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3.Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4.Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5.Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
6.Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC

PAIRS
1.Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2.Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
3.Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
4.Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5.Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6.Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER
 

thatbeatingheart

On the Ice
Joined
Oct 18, 2018
Country
Germany
Ladies
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Mariah BELL
5. Wakaba HIGUCHI
6. Starr ANDREWS

Men
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Kevin AYMOZ
4. Alexander SAMARIN
5. Morisi KVITELASHVILI
6. Tomoki HIWATASHI

Pairs
1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
3. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER

Ice Dance
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
5. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
6. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
 

Anni234

Ina Bauer
Record Breaker
Joined
Jan 29, 2015
Country
Estonia
Ladies:
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO
4. Mariah BELL
5. Wakaba HIGUCHI
6. Yuna SHIRAIWA

Men:
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Alexander SAMARIN
4. Kevin AYMOZ
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Tomoki HIWATASHI

Pairs:
1. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
2. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN
3. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
5. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER
6. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT

Ice Dance:
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
4. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO
5. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV
6. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
 

CaroLiza_fan

EZETTIE LATUASV IVAKMHA
Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 25, 2012
Country
Northern-Ireland
Before I go into my analysis, just a bit of background context. This will be the first Senior GP of the season that I am going to be watching this LIVE. So, a couple of days ago, I started watching Skate America with the aim of getting it watched before the action in Grenoble began (I was working on the theory that I would be safe enough not having seen Skate Canada, as surely nobody would be mad enough to do back-to-back GP’s when they are on different continents).

Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get the Ladies FS watched. But, I have seen all the segments before that.

For the Ladies here, there was no question who I was going to put in the Top 2 places. And, in my mind anyway, there was no question which way round I was going to put them either.

Based on what I had seen in the Skate America SP, there was no question over who I was going to put into the next 2 places either. I did toy with putting Wakababy ahead of Kaori, but I decided that on the whole it would be safer to go with Kaori.

My fifth position is likely to be my downfall, because she is not anywhere near her best form. But, I just couldn’t bear to not put Maria in my scoring positions. It already pained me enough not to be putting her on the podium.

For the rest, their recent form actually followed the same pattern as their absolute PB order, albeit with different numbers. So, I was happy enough to just go with this.

As with the Ladies, so with the Men. I knew who I was putting into the Top 2 positions, and what order as soon as I saw the entries. Of course, as a fan of all things Japanese, I would have liked to put Shoma on top. But, you just can’t argue with Nathan after what he did in Vegas.

I thought I knew who I was going to have filling the remaining spaces in my Top 5. But the new absolute PB that Kevin Aymoz achieved when he won the Masters de Patinage last month kinda put a spanner in the works. And it was not as if it was down to home advantage, because he also achieved an impressive score at the Autumn Classic a couple of weeks earlier.

So, my plan to go all nostalgic and put Voronov onto the podium went out the window. Instead, I swapped Voronov and Aymoz around so that Kevin was in bronze and Sergei was my alternate, and kept the other guys where I was going to put them.

What I had seen at Skate America presented me with a dilemma when it came to Pairs. If I had not seen Skate America, I wouldn’t have hesitated to put Ash and Tim on top. However, they had a disappointing FS in Vegas, which dropped them down the order.

But, who cares?! I’m sticking up for my “daughter” / “wife”! :biggrin: (Boys, but my family situation has got very complicated! :slink: )

Who to put with them on the podium also presented a problem. Everything was saying to put Pavliuchenko / Khodykin ahead of Denney / Frazier, so that was easy enough. But, the problem was where to slot in Mishina / Galliamov. Because, I haven’t seen them this season yet. For that matter, I haven’t seen them in an international Senior competition at all yet.

Since Mishina / Galliamov seem to consistently achieve higher scores than Pavliuchenko / Khodykin, I put the newer partnership ahead.

The final scoring position was also tough. My heart wanted to go for Ziegler / Kiefer, but my head was saying to go for Hase / Seegert. In the end, my head won and I went with the Germans.

When it came to Ice Dance, I knew who I was going to put on each step of the podium. But, there were 4 partnerships that I wanted to put in the remaining 2 scoring positions. :p

Well, if I am totally honest, the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] and 5[SUP]th[/SUP] positions were always going to be between the partnerships that include British girls. And, I was always going to go for Tiff and Jon anyway, because I always do go for them.

But, choosing my alternate was tough. Lauriault / Le Gac have the much higher absolute PB, but it came from the Masters de Patinage, which consistently scores them about 20 points higher than any other competition does. When you take out the Masters de Patinage scores, their scores are very similar to Kaliszek / Spodyriev. And I have always had a soft sport for this partnership. So, Mr. and Mrs. Le Gac were dropped out of my Top 6.

Can’t wait for competition to start!

CaroLiza_fan


TROPHÉE DE FRANCE

Ladies

1. Alina ZAGITOVA, RUS
2. Alena KOSTORNAIA, RUS
3. Kaori SAKAMOTO, JPN
4. Wakaba HIGUCHI, JPN
5. Maria SOTSKOVA, RUS
6. Mariah BELL, USA
7. Laurine LECAVELIER, FRA
8. Yuna SHIRAIWA, JPN
9. Starr ANDREWS, USA
10. Mae Berenice MEITE, FRA
11. Nicole SCHOTT, GER
12. Lea SERNA, FRA


Men

1. Nathan CHEN, USA
2. Shoma UNO, JPN
3. Kevin AYMOZ, FRA
4. Alexander SAMARIN, RUS
5. Morisi KVITELASHVILI, GEO
6. Sergei VORONOV, RUS
7. Anton SHULEPOV, RUS
8. Tomoki HIWATASHI, USA
9. Daniel SAMOHIN, ISR
10. Romain PONSART, FRA
11. Nicolas NADEAU, CAN


Pairs

1. Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC, USA
2. Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV, RUS
3. Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN, RUS
4. Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER, USA
5. Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT, GER
6. Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER, AUT
7. Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE, CAN
8. Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI, ITA


Ice Dance

1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON, FRA
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES, USA
3. Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI, ITA
4. Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO, RUS
5. Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ, ESP
6. Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV, POL
7. Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC, FRA
8. Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS, CAN
9. Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS, LTU
10. Julia WAGRET / Pierre SOUQUET, FRA
 
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