| 2025 Grand Prix de France | |
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| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | 17 – 19 October |
| Season: | 2025–26 |
| Location: | Angers, France |
| Host: | French Federation of Ice Sports |
| Venue: | Angers IceParc |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Ilia Malinin | |
Women's singles: Ami Nakai | |
| Pairs:Riku Miura andRyuichi Kihara | |
Ice dance: Laurence Fournier BeaudryandGuillaume Cizeron | |
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| Previous: 2024 Grand Prix de France | |
| Next: 2026 Grand Prix de France | |
| Next Grand Prix: 2025 Cup of China | |
The2025 Grand Prix de France is afigure skating competition sanctioned by theInternational Skating Union (ISU). Organized and hosted by theFrench Federation of Ice Sports (French:Fédération française des sports de glace), it was the first event of the2025–26 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held from 17 to 19 October at theAngers IceParc inAngers.[1] Medals were awarded inmen's singles, women's singles,pair skating, andice dance. Skaters earned points based on their results, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline at the end of the season will be invited to then compete at the2025 Grand Prix Final inNagoya, Japan.Ilia Malinin of the United States won the men's event,Ami Nakai of Japan won the women's event,Riku Miura andRyuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs event, andLaurence Fournier Beaudry andGuillaume Cizeron of France won the ice dance event.
TheISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of seven events sanctioned by theInternational Skating Union (ISU) and held during the autumn: six qualifying events and theGrand Prix of Figure Skating Final. This allows skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the same skaters whom they would later encounter at the World Championships. Skaters earn points based on their results at their respective competitions and after the six qualifying events, the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.[2] TheGrand Prix de France debuted in 1987,[3] and when the ISU launched the Grand Prix series in 1995, the Grand Prix de France was one of the original qualifying events.[4] It has been a Grand Prix event every year since, except for 2020, when it was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5] The Grand Prix de France has been held inAngers since 2022.[6]
TheInternational Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 6 June 2025.[7]
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Men | — | 30 July | Host picks | [8] | ||
| Women | ||||||
| Pairs | ||||||
| Women | 2 September | [9] | ||||
| Pairs | ||||||
| Ice dance | ||||||
| Pairs | 29 September | 29 September | — | [10][11] | ||
| Women | 7 October | 9 October | Medical reasons (Petrõkina) | [12][13] | ||
Men competing insingle skating performed theirshort programs on Saturday, 18 October, while women performed theirs on Friday, 17 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[14] the short program had to include the following elements:
For men: onedouble or triple Axel; onetriple or quadruple jump; onejump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; oneflying spin; onecamel spin orsit spin with a change of foot; onespin combination with a change of foot; and astep sequence using the full ice surface.[15]
For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; onelayback spin,sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[15]
Women performed theirfree skates on Saturday, 18 October, while men performed theirs on Sunday, 19 October.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[14] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and achoreographic sequence.[16]
Couples competing inpair skating performed theirshort programs on Friday, 17 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[14] the short program had to include the following elements: onepair lift, onedouble or triple twist lift, onedouble or triple throw jump, onedouble or triple solo jump, onesolo spin combination with a change of foot, onedeath spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[17]
Couples performed theirfree skates on Saturday, 18 October.[1] The free skate performance could last no more than 4 minutes,[14] and had to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one has to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; onepair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[18]
Couples competing inice dance performed theirrhythm dances on Saturday, 18 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[14] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s". Examples of applicable dance styles and music included, but were not limited to:pop,Latin,house,techno,hip-hop, andgrunge.[19] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: onepattern dance step sequence, onechoreographic rhythm sequence, onedance lift, one set ofsequential twizzles, and onestep sequence.[19]
Couples then performed theirfree dances on Sunday, 19 October.[1] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[14] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, onedance spin, one set ofsynchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and threechoreographic elements.[19]
For the 2025–26 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such asjumps andspins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of seven or nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[20] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating thetrimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[21] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments.[22] The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[23]
| Discipline | Short progam orRhythm dance | Free skate orFree dance |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 1.67 | 3.33 |
| Women | 1.33 | 2.67 |
| Pairs | 1.33 | 2.67 |
| Ice dance | 1.33 | 2.00 |
Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[25] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[26]
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Ilia Malinin | Adam Siao Him Fa |  Nika Egadze |
| Women | Ami Nakai | Kaori Sakamoto | Rion Sumiyoshi |
| Pairs | |||
| Ice dance |
Ilia Malinin of the United States won the men's event overwhelmingly, defeating second-place finisherAdam Siao Him Fa of France by a margin of over forty points. The last time that Malinin had been defeated in competition was by Siao Him Fa at the2023 Grand Prix de France; he had not lost a competition since.[28] Malinin took a commanding lead after hisshort program, which included aquadruple Lutz-triple toe loop jump combination and his signaturebackflip.[29] Malinin'sfree skate featured aquadruple flip,triple Axel, and quadruple Lutz, among other elements. "One of the things that I have done differently this year than all the other years was not to worry about being at my best shape so early on," Malinin said afterward. "This year I’m really able to understand how much I need to do in order for me to be one hundred percent that I want to be for the Olympics.”[28]Nika Egadze of Georgia won the bronze medal; it was Egadze's firstGrand Prix medal.[28]Maxim Naumov placed ninth in what was his first Grand Prix competition since his parents died in thecrash of American Airlines Flight 5342.[29]
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ilia Malinin |  United States | 321.00 | 1 | 105.22 | 1 | 215.78 |
 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 280.95 | 5 | 84.87 | 2 | 196.08 |
 | Nika Egadze | Georgia | 259.41 | 2 | 95.67 | 4 | 163.74 |
| 4 | Lukas Britschgi |  Switzerland | 249.04 | 7 | 78.68 | 3 | 170.36 |
| 5 | François Pitot | France | 233.98 | 8 | 78.50 | 6 | 155.48 |
| 6 | Andrew Torgashev | United States | 233.36 | 12 | 71.52 | 5 | 161.84 |
| 7 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Japan | 232.78 | 4 | 87.04 | 9 | 145.74 |
| 8 | Mihhail Selevko |  Estonia | 232.17 | 6 | 80.17 | 7 | 152.00 |
| 9 | Maxim Naumov | United States | 226.74 | 9 | 75.27 | 8 | 151.47 |
| 10 | Kao Miura | Japan | 209.57 | 3 | 87.25 | 12 | 122.32 |
| 11 | Luc Economides | France | 208.86 | 10 | 75.20 | 10 | 133.66 |
| 12 | Gabriele Frangipani |  Italy | 197.99 | 11 | 71.81 | 11 | 126.18 |
It was a Japanesesweep of the women's podium at the Grand Prix de France.Ami Nakai, in her first season on the senior skating circuit, won the women's event, defeating her teammate and skating idol,Kaori Sakamoto. "I came here aiming for a podium, so when I saw the score and realized I was first, my brain froze and stopped working and then the tears came flowing," Nakai said afterward.[31] Sakamoto finished in second place; it was her first defeat at aGrand Prix event in two seasons. "I am not going to leave it at this, and I plan to get better and better throughout the season," Sakamoto stated afterward.[31]Rion Sumiyoshi won the bronze medal.[31]
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ami Nakai | Japan | 227.08 | 1 | 78.00 | 1 | 149.08 |
| Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 224.23 | 2 | 76.20 | 2 | 148.03 |
| Rion Sumiyoshi | Japan | 216.06 | 4 | 71.03 | 3 | 145.03 |
| 4 | Isabeau Levito | United States | 212.71 | 3 | 73.37 | 4 | 139.34 |
| 5 | Lorine Schild | France | 189.31 | 5 | 62.45 | 5 | 126.86 |
| 6 | Kim Chae-yeon |  South Korea | 187.59 | 6 | 62.24 | 6 | 125.35 |
| 7 | Shin Ji-a | South Korea | 182.33 | 8 | 59.23 | 7 | 123.10 |
| 8 | Elyce Lin-Gracey | United States | 172.07 | 7 | 59.30 | 9 | 112.77 |
| 9 | You Young | South Korea | 171.82 | 10 | 54.40 | 8 | 117.42 |
| 10 | Léa Serna | France | 164.79 | 9 | 57.06 | 10 | 107.73 |
| 11 | Clémence Mayindu | France | 136.91 | 11 | 48.05 | 12 | 88.86 |
| 12 | Livia Kaiser | Switzerland | 134.83 | 12 | 42.30 | 11 | 92.53 |
Riku Miura andRyuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs event by a margin of over twenty points. "In the last competition [the2025 Kinoshita Group Cup], in the second half of the program, we had two mistakes so we tried coming into this event to completely erase those mistakes. Today, we were able to land those two elements cleanly, so we are very happy about that," Miura said afterward.[33]Deanna Stellato-Dudek andMaxime Deschamps of Canada finished in second place, whileMaria Pavlova andAlexei Sviatchenko of Hungary finished third.[34]
Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps performed an assistedbackflip during theirshort program.[35] Stellato-Dudek performed the actual backflip with an assist from Deschamps, who pulled up one of her skates. Stellato-Dudek, who citedSurya Bonaly of France as an inspiration, became the first woman to perform the backflip since it became a legal element in figure skating in 2024.[36] Bonaly had performed a backflip at the1998 Winter Olympics when it was an illegal maneuver, for which she received a point deduction.[37] An error on their openingtwist lift in theirfree skate – Stellato-Dudek clipped Deschamps' boot with hertoepick – disrupted their momentum, leading to a series of small errors on their next few elements. Deschamps stated afterward: "For every athlete, missing the first element, especially when it’s a solid one, it’s always hard. The first one usually is the element that gives you the mood for a program, gives you the rhythm and everything, and to not have it is more difficult."[33]
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 219.15 | 1 | 79.44 | 1 | 139.71 | |
|  Canada | 197.66 | 2 | 74.26 | 2 | 123.40 | |
|  Hungary | 192.76 | 3 | 70.15 | 3 | 122.61 | |
| 4 | United States | 178.08 | 4 | 63.31 | 4 | 114.77 | |
| 5 | United States | 173.30 | 5 | 61.79 | 5 | 111.51 | |
| 6 | France | 160.62 | 6 | 59.00 | 6 | 101.62 | |
| 7 | France | 148.10 | 7 | 54.09 | 7 | 94.01 | |
| 8 | France | 139.21 | 8 | 50.41 | 8 | 88.80 | |
Laurence Fournier Beaudry andGuillaume Cizeron of France, who had been in third place after therhythm dance, rallied back in thefree dance to win the ice dance event. Their 133.02 score in the free dance was also the fourth highest score ever in the free dance. "We're really happy with the performance and the feeling that we had today," Cizeron stated afterward. "It's the kind of performance that we train and live for... It felt amazing remembering how much we love competing and doing this first competition together."[39] Cizeron had competed for years withGabriella Papadakis, winning fiveWorld Championship titles and the gold medals at the2022 Winter Olympics before they ended their partnership in December 2024.[40] Cizeron had also previously won sixGrand Prix de France titles with Papadakis.[39] Fournier Beaudry had competed for Canada withNikolaj Sørensen before Sørensen received a six-year suspension from competitive skating for sexual misconduct in October 2024. Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron announced their new partnership in March 2025 with a stated goal of competing at the2026 Winter Olympics inMilan.[41]
Lilah Fear andLewis Gibson of Great Britain had been in the lead after the rhythm dance, but finished in second place. "It’s nice to win, but we’re also just so proud of that performance," Fear said afterward. "Having that added layer of a crowd that is so supportive and wants to be entertained; it’s just such a joy and something that we love more than anything in the world, so we’re really holding on to that feeling and also definitely fired up for the next Grand Prix.”[39]Allison Reed andSaulius Ambrulevičius of Lithuania finished in third place.[39]
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 211.02 | 3 | 78.00 | 1 | 133.02 | |
|  Great Britain | 210.24 | 1 | 84.38 | 2 | 125.86 | |
|  Lithuania | 201.05 | 2 | 80.98 | 3 | 120.07 | |
| 4 | Italy | 195.98 | 5 | 77.25 | 4 | 118.73 | |
| 5 | Georgia | 194.27 | 4 | 77.80 | 5 | 116.47 | |
| 6 | Canada | 186.49 | 6 | 73.75 | 6 | 112.74 | |
| 7 | United States | 178.68 | 7 | 71.32 | 8 | 107.36 | |
| 8 | United States | 172.80 | 9 | 65.09 | 7 | 107.71 | |
| 9 | France | 171.80 | 8 | 68.08 | 9 | 103.21 | |
| 10 | France | 148.92 | 10 | 56.92 | 10 | 92.00 | |
