The Grand Prix of Figure Skating will be held in Paris The fourth stage of the Figure Skating Grand Prix series starts on Friday in Paris. MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. The fourth stage of the Figure Skating Grand Prix series starts on Friday in Paris. Among the Russian participants in the tournament are world champion Evgenia Medvedeva and the sports couple Natalya Zabiyako - Alexander Enbert, who shone at the stage in Moscow a week ago. The Russian team in Paris will feature four singles players and three pairs. In addition to Medvedeva, Alena Leonova and Maria Sotskova, who have not yet taken to the ice at the 2016 Grand Prix stages, have been announced for the women's tournament. Medvedeva won the tournament in Mississauga, Canada, and has an excellent chance of reaching the Grand Prix final, where she became first last year. The main rivals of Russian figure skaters in Paris will be three-time world champion Japanese Mao Asada and Gracie Gold from the USA. In the men's tournament, the Russian national team will be represented in the French capital by Artur Dmitriev Jr. The son of two-time Olympic champion Arthur Dmitriev, the 24-year-old figure skater finished only 10th at the stage in Moscow and actually lost his chances of reaching the final. The main favorite in this event is the two-time world champion Spaniard Javier Fernandez, who also won in Moscow. In addition to Zabiyako and Enbert, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov will perform in pair skating. Having taken second place in the Russian capital, Zabiyako and Enbiert made an excellent bid to reach the finals, while the position of Tarasova and Morozov was slightly worse - at the opening stage of the season in American Chicago they were third. The main competitors of the Russian couples will be Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot from Germany, who won the stage in Moscow. The last attempt of the Ilinykhs and Zhiganshin The dance couples competition will feature Elena Ilyinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin, who, after fifth place in Chicago, still have little chance of getting into the final six. The main stars in this event in Paris are the 2015 and 2016 world champions. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron from France. The Grand Prix series in figure skating consists of six stages. In October, stages were already held in the USA and Canada, and a tournament was held in Moscow on November 4-6. The tournament will take place in Beijing on November 18-20, and in Sapporo, Japan, on November 25-27. The final is scheduled for December 8-11 in Marseille, France, where the top six participants in each of the four types of figure skating will perform. At the moment, Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno and two dance duets - Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov from Russia and Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates - have guaranteed their participation in the finals. Source Paris, Moscow, MIR, GRAN, November

The fourth stage of the Figure Skating Grand Prix ended in the capital of France, in which the Russians won one gold and two silver awards.

The only gold for Russia was won by the world champion. She continues her winning streak in international competitions and, after her success in Canada, had no equal in Paris. In the short program, the Russian scored 78.52 points and gained a five-point advantage over her closest pursuer.

On the second day of the competition, Medvedeva left no chance for her competitors, although she suffered a fall.

The figure skater made a mistake at the beginning of the free program on the triple Lutz. She first took off from the wrong edge and then failed to land. The judges punished Medvedeva to the fullest extent, but even with such a mistake, the Russian woman received 143.02 points, and the final sum in Paris was 221.54. This is almost one point more than the result she showed in Canada. Medvedeva's advantage over her compatriot who took second place was almost 21 points.

Despite the best result of the season in the world, the champion was dissatisfied with her free program performance.

“I am very pleased that I made it to the Grand Prix final, for me this is a step forward. However, I am not satisfied with my performance today.

But the mistakes I’ve made make me work even harder,” the official website of the International Skating Union (ISU) quotes Medvedeva.

16-year-old Maria Sotskova was happy with second place, but also complained about mistakes.

“I’m happy that I won a medal, but it was very difficult for me today. I didn’t perform the program very well and I’m going to start training with redoubled force to improve the result. At the next stage in Japan I want to show everything I’m capable of,” said the Russian.

Sotskova was third after the short program, but on the second day of the competition she set a personal best (131.64). The only mistake happened on the triple Lutz, which the silver medalist of the Junior World Championship performed with an under-rotation.

Such a high score in the free program allowed the skater to move up one place and win silver.

The top three were closed by a very young 15-year-old Japanese woman, Wakaba Higuchi (194.48). It is curious that Higuchi stood on the same podium with Sotskova at the last world junior championship, also winning bronze.

In the sports pairs competition, two Russian duets - / and / Alexander Enbert, who took second and third places, respectively, claimed medals after the short program. Tarasova and Morozov were less than one and a half points behind the leaders Alena, and they were quite capable of making up this gap.

The main intrigue was whether the Russians would decide on a quadruple twist, due to an error in which they missed the victory at the first stage of the Grand Prix in the USA. The duo began their program with precisely this element, which they performed imperfectly, but without obvious blemishes.

Tarasova and Morozov performed complex jumps and throws well, but unexpectedly made mistakes during a relatively simple 2-1-1 cascade. And although the Russian couple received more points for the elements than their main rivals, the judges gave significantly fewer points for the components.

Vladimir Morozov shared his impressions of the tournament with the press.

“We won silver, but the performance still wasn’t clean. However, we are on the right track and performed a quadruple twist for the first time at the Grand Prix. We performed better than in America,”

— the skater summarized.

Savchenko and Massot also made a number of mistakes when performing their free program. First, instead of the 3-3-1 cascade, the Germans performed 3-2-1, which led to the loss of two points, and then Savchenko could not resist throwing a triple Axel. Despite the large number of defects in the elements, the judges rated the components of the German duet very highly. Through artistry, composition, and interpretation of music, the couple from Germany compensated for the shortcomings in the technical component of the box office.

As a result, Savchenko / Massot scored a total of 210.59 and won their second victory of the season, qualifying for the Grand Prix final in Marseille. Morozov also won silver (206.94), and the fight for bronze brought the greatest pleasure to the spectators in the Bercy hall, which is memorable for our men's tennis team. To the delight of the French fans, the hosts of the tournament, Vanessa James, were ahead of Zabiyako in the free program and rose to third place on the podium, leaving the Russians in a disappointing fourth place.

Another loss of awards befell Russian figure skaters in ice dancing.

Those who were in second place after the short program were immediately ahead by two pairs after the free program, scoring 167.40 points, which allowed them to finish the Paris stage only in fourth position.

The winners were expectedly local favorites Gabriela Papadakis (193.50). The two-time world champions won with an overwhelming advantage, leaving their opponents not the slightest chance. Americans Madison Habell and Zachary Donohue won silver medals, but lost to the winners by almost 19 points (174.58). The Canadian pair Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier climbed to the third step of the podium with a total of 170.78 points.

In men's single skating, the current world champion Javier Fernandez won a landslide victory (285.38).

He performed all three declared quadruple jumps, but unexpectedly fell while performing a triple Axel. But even this mistake did not allow the opponents to hope that they would be able to compete with the Spaniard. The bronze medalist of the World Championship won silver (269.26), and the American finished in the top three in a bitter fight with a Kazakh skater with a total of 367.53 points.

But the 17-year-old, who was second after the first day of competition, aroused the most emotions among the spectators.

The young American performed five jumps in four rotations in his free program, which is unique even for super-technical modern skating.

Chen performed two jumps cleanly, he had to repeat one, and while performing two more the skater fell. Despite so many mistakes, the American lost only three points in the elements thanks to the prohibitive basic difficulty. But due to the lack of experience, yesterday’s junior was much inferior to his rivals in components. Nevertheless, it is already clear that in a few years Chen will compete for top awards at all prestigious international tournaments.

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Russian Evgenia Medvedeva won the Grand Prix of figure skating in Paris, setting the best result of the season in the world. Second place was taken by recent junior Maria Sotskova. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov became silver medalists in the pairs competition and, following Medvedeva, qualified for the Grand Prix Final.

Last year the Grand Prix stage in France took place only half of the time. Free skates were canceled due to the Paris terrorist attacks. This season, there was no threat to the regular holding of starts, and Saturday was entirely devoted to the skaters’ crown numbers.

In Paris, where the French stage moved from Bordeaux, a very representative composition of participants gathered. The current world champions were represented in three types of skating. There were no winners of the Boston championship only in the pairs competition. Canadians Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford, in addition to their native stage, decided to enter the Japanese stage.

The main competitors at the moment - the German couple Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot - took advantage of their absence. They recently won a competition in Moscow, but left an ambiguous impression of themselves - there were too many falls to talk about an unconditional triumph. The first place did not go away only because Savchenko and Masso’s opponents were young Russian couples, and not world championship medalists.

According to exactly the same scenario, representatives of Germany spoke in Paris. Their program is undoubtedly complex and may in the future bring Savchenko the long-awaited Olympic title. However, the couple is unable to complete it completely. The nervousness of Massot, who failed one jump after another, was eventually transferred to his partner, who failed to make a very expensive triple Salchow on the release.

However, the components compensated so much for all the technical losses that Savchenko and Massot scored even more points than in the Russian capital, although they made more mistakes. Judging by the expressions on the skaters' faces after the scores were announced (210.59), they themselves were not happy about such a strange victory.

The rest of the couples, including two Russian ones, could not count on the same judging. Evgenia Morozova and Vladimir Tarasov should rejoice in second place (206.94), retained after the short program. Not only because silver in this case is the highest reward of all possible. The Russian couple also secured their participation in the Grand Prix Final ahead of schedule. There are only six possible trips to Marseille, and one by default went to Savchenko and Massot.

Natalya Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert were unable to repeat the result of the Moscow stage - they were pushed off the podium by the French Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres, whose technical base turned out to be even higher than that of the Germans. Nina Moser's team finished fourth (192.56) without serious hopes of getting into the Final.

Following the pairs, duets took to the Parisian ice. The first place of world champions Gabriela Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron was not in doubt, even taking into account the fact that this was their first show of the season. Maybe this was their secret - it was impossible to lose face in front of their native audience. The new French programs were a real discovery, valued at an exorbitant amount of 193.50 points. This is the third best result in figure skating history and the highest this season.

Hardly a single dance podium can do without North American duets. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donehue from the USA took second place (174.58), and third place went to Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (170.78). Of the Russian dancers, only Elena Ilyinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin made it to Paris, and then with adventures - their participation was in question until the very end due to the girl’s injury.

In the short program they were still able to become second, but in the end they received a virtual tin medal, which is awarded at the US championships for fourth place (167.40). Ilyinykh was left without medals at the Grand Prix stages for the first time in her adult career. In the Final, Russia will be represented only by Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov.

The men's singles competition was shaping up to be another showcase of Javier Fernandez's dominance. However, a young American, Nathan Chen, tried to challenge him. The 17-year-old skater included as many as five quadruple jumps in his free program. However, he fell from the Salchow and sheepskin coat, and at the same time performed the cascade with errors.

There was no sensation. Fernandez, although he fell on the triple Axel, remained first. His “free” score can be called quite modest (188.81), but the total was a solid 285.38 points, with which he will definitely be guaranteed another gold at the European Championship. And before the continental championship, the Spaniard will definitely perform in the Grand Prix Final. One of his rivals is known - the Japanese Soma Uno.

Based on the results of four stages, we have to state with regret that it will be unrealistic for the Russians to get into the coveted six. Artur Dmitriev used his last attempt and remained only ninth (218.70), without earning any qualifying points. Mikhail Kolyada and Sergei Voronov still have a chance, but they at least need to get into the prizes at the two remaining stages, where the competition will be very high.

For girls, the situation is completely different - Russians have to fight almost with each other to get to Marseille. However, not everyone can withstand this competition. The start of the free program was overshadowed by the terrible performance of Alena Leonova. The 2010 Olympics participant was not herself and showed one of the worst performances in her career. Not only almost every jump ended in a fall, but even the usual steps. For the free program alone, she scored 77.49 points - this is less than Evgenia Medvedeva had in the short program. Of course, the 25-year-old athlete completed the stage last.

The current world champion also caught the epidemic of falls. At the very beginning of her free program, Medvedeva made an unusual mistake on a triple Lutz. It was no longer possible to dream of a world record, which was achieved after a short skate. However, the 16-year-old Russian woman still performed above all praise, scoring a total of 221.54 points - more than at her winning Canadian Grand Prix. Now she will soon have to defend her victory in last year’s Grand Prix Final.

Maria Sotskova, who made her debut at the adult level, took second place. The vice world champion among juniors and the Youth Olympics improves from tournament to tournament. In Paris, a 16-year-old native of the Moscow region Reutov managed to score more than 200 points in total for the first time. Third place went to a prodigy from Japan, 15-year-old Wakaba Higuchi.

There are two more stages left in the Grand Prix calendar - in China (November 18-20) and Japan (November 25-27). Based on their results, the list of participants in the main tournament of the first half of the season will be finalized.

MOSCOW, November 13 - R-Sport, Elena Dyachkova. Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva reached the Final of the Grand Prix series, winning the stage held in Paris. The Russian woman, who will turn 17 in a few days, secured her participation in the decisive round of the competition with the maximum possible number of points scored - she had previously won at the stage in Mississauga, Canada.

Last season, which was Medvedeva’s first “adult” season, the skater won all possible trophies - the Grand Prix Final, and then the Russian, European and World Championships. After the victory in Paris, a new campaign will begin for Medvedeva - the defense of all previously won titles.

The record was 0.14 points short!

In the short program at the stage in France, Medvedeva was only 0.14 points short of updating the world record. For a clean skate, the Russian figure skater received an incredible 78.52 points from the judges. In the free program, Medvedeva fell for the first time in competitions since the European Championships in Bratislava. This time, the leader of the Russian team did not submit to the triple Lutz. But, despite this, the Russian woman retained her unconditional leadership, even if so far without record scores - 143.02 points for the free skate and 221.54 in total. For two victories in the Grand Prix standings, Medvedeva received the maximum possible 30 points and became the first single skater to secure participation in the Series Finals in Marseille.

Tarasova and Morozov are second, but qualify for the final

In the free program, the chances of Zabiyako and Enbert, who took second place in Moscow, to reach the final of the series became only theoretical - the partner fell on a triple sheepskin coat and was unable to perform a cascade, and instead of a triple Salchow, which failed at the previous stage, this time the duo performed double. As a result, the Russian couple scored 121.20 points in the free skate, and 192.56 in total, missing the French Vanessa James/Morgana Cipres (198.58) to the third step of the podium.

Savchenko and Masso were the penultimate ones on the ice and skated the free program with a lot of mistakes - first their partner broke the combination, then doubled the sheepskin coat. The five-time world champion fell during the triple Axel throw, and at the end of the program the pair lost points after Savchenko landed with a double-leg triple Salchow throw. But, even despite all these flaws, the judges generously awarded the duo scores for the components - 133.04 points for the free program and 210.59 in total.

Tarasova and Morozov needed to show a clean performance in order to come out on top, but they were unable to complete this task. On the quadruple throw, the partner made a mistake during landing, which cost the Russian pair lost points, as well as an error in the cascade. The Russian duo lost the free program (130.70) to both the Germans and the French, but based on the sum of the two skates, they retained second place - 206.94.

Premiere of Papadakis/Cizeron

The free dance, this time and without scores close to the world record, was won by Papadakis and Cizeron, becoming the winners of their first Grand Prix stage of the season (193.50). The next start of the French will take place in Sapporo, Japan. Americans Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (174.58) took second place, securing access to the Marseille final - they had previously been second at Skate America. Third - Canadians Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (170.78).

Fernandez - in the final

Two-time world champion Spaniard Javier Fernandez, like Medvedeva, secured his entry into the Grand Prix Final with the highest possible result - a week after winning the stage in Moscow, he won the start in Paris. In the short program, Fernandez fell from a quadruple sheepskin coat, but otherwise skated cleanly, receiving 96.57 points from the judges and taking first place. American Nathan Chen, who amazed everyone with his jumping ability at the Challenger in Finland, on the first day became the first skater in history to perform quadruple lutz and flip purely in one program, and took second place (92.85). Third was the bronze medalist of the Sochi Olympics Denis Ten from Kazakhstan (89.21).

In the free program, Fernandez fell from a triple Axel, but retained the lead - 188.81 points and 285.38 in total. Chen, out of five declared quadruples, fell on the Salchow and sheepskin coat and became only fourth (264.80). Thanks to his pure performance, Ten rose to second place (269.26), and third place in Paris went to the American Adam Rippon, who performed only one quadruple in the free program - a sheepskin coat, but was otherwise impeccable (267.53).

Russian Artur Dmitriev, after an unsuccessful short program, in which he finished only 11th (64.48), showed the seventh result in the free program (154.22) and ultimately finished ninth at the French Grand Prix (218.70).