ISU Grand Prix Final 2024 - Grenoble, FRA - 5-8 December 2024 - including qualifying skaters (via GPs)

[Elizabeth]

Moving now to Senior competition on Day 1 - the SP results for Senior Pairs


The leaders



Danielle Earl photos of top 3

Press Conference:

Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/952m3RlQkI

[Elizabeth]

Women SP results


The leaders



Danielle Earl photos of top 3

Press conference

Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/T5KnxxNlI9

[Elizabeth]

ISU's Day 1 recap articles:

• Women's SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...w ... rix-final/
• Pairs SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...- ... rix-final/
• Junior RD: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...t ... rix-final/
• Junior Women SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...i ... -grenoble/
• Junior Pairs SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...- ... rix-final/

[Elizabeth]

[Elizabeth]

Results of first event of Day 2 - the Jr Men SP


The leaders



Press conference photo

Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/6WDL6OYVH9

[Elizabeth]

The first medallists have been determined...

Jr Women FS results


Overall results


The medallists



Press conference

Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/S3SE6pPsfH

[Elizabeth]

Up next - the Senior Rhythm Dance - before that starts here is a little retrospective of one of our CDN teams provided by Skate Canada

2013 and 2024

[Elizabeth]

Rather shocking results after the Sr. RD - Paul had a "wipeout" during the pattern steps and they lost the value of the element plus had the related deductions



The leaders



Press conference

Piper & Paul's costume choices today (there were glitter scuba tanks on each of their backs)

Skate Canada/Danielle Earl photos of the two Canadian teams in action


Studio Mao's Sr RD photos: https://t.co/N3gWoF3I2s

[Elizabeth]

The 4th of 5 events on Day 2 - the Sr. Pairs Free Skate - the results


Overall results


The medallists



Press conference

Studio Mao Sr FS photos: https://t.co/Obs2ExdHK9

[Elizabeth]

The final event of Day 2 - the Men SP - the results


The leaders





Press conference photo

[Elizabeth]

Skate Canada press release after Day 2 of competition: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/12/lajoie-l ... rix-final/

Lajoie & Lagha Post Top Canadian Result on First Day of Ice Dance Competition at the Grand Prix Final
December 6, 2024/by Skate Canada

Grenoble, France (December 6, 2024) – The senior ice dance competition at the ISU Grand Prix Final kicked off Friday in Grenoble, France and saw Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha post the top Canadian result after an uncharacteristic fall by Paul Poirier left he and Piper Gilles in sixth place.

Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Lagha of Saint-Hubert, Que., came into the competition fresh off silver medal performances at Skate Canada International and the Cup of China and skated first with their Austin Powers inspired rhythm dance. They posted a score of 77.73 to finish the day ranked fourth.

“We’re very happy, it was really good. We just had fun. We would much rather do our best performance and then score whatever, then feel like we didn’t do our best and get an amazing score,” said Lagha as he referenced their performance at Skate Canada International where they felt they didn’t skate as well but received a higher score.

Gilles of Toronto, Ont., and Poirier of Unionville, Ont., came into the competition ranked third in the Grand Prix standings after capturing their fifth-straight Skate Canada International title and a silver medal at the Finlandia Trophy, but after Poirier caught his foot on the board and fell during their rhythm dance, the team scored a 72.15 to finish the day ranked sixth.

“You never want to come out and make large errors so that’s disappointing for us, but we have to focus on the job for tomorrow and I think when we get home, focus on the positives of this event – there were some improvements that were made in the program,” said Poirier following the competition. “When we get home, we’ll look at how we’re training and making sure that we’re prepared to not make mistakes in competition when we go into the second half of the season.”

The reigning World Champions, Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA, are sitting in first heading into the free dance on Saturday with a score of 87.73. Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy sit second (83.12), while Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain sit third (82.31).

The competition wraps up tomorrow with the senior free dance and the junior pair free program for the Canadian team.

[Elizabeth]

ISU press releases after Day 2:

• Jr Men SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/ ... rix-final/
• Jr Women FS: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/ ... -grenoble/
• Rhythm Dance: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/ ... rix-final/s
• Pair FS: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/ ... -grenoble/
• Men SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/ ... -grenoble/

[Elizabeth]

The first medals were awarded at the end of Day 2

Junior Women


Senior Pairs


Danielle Earl caught these photos of one of the Pairs gold medallists taking photos of the silver medallists

[Elizabeth]

The 3rd and final day of competition has begun with 6 events scheduled.

[Elizabeth]

The first event of the day is complete - Women FS results


Overall results


The medallists



Kiss 'n cry reaction (caught by Danielle Earl)

Press conference

Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/hZflvGg0jG

A tribute to Amber's closing position by the Japanese ladies in the "green room" awaiting the final results


Trivia: Amber Glenn is the first American woman to win the Grand Prix Final since Alissa Czisny in 2010!

The medallists celebrating and practicing some "tree balancing"

[Elizabeth]

Event #2 of Day 3 - Jr Men Free Skate results


Overall results


The medallists



The medallists celebrating


Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/yhbSDOouKK

Trivia: Jacob Sanchez becomes the 10th American to win the JGP Final men’s title. He is the first U.S. man to win the Junior Grand Prix Final title since Alex Krasnozhon won in 2017.

[Elizabeth]

Jr Free Dance results


Overall results


The medallists



The medallists celebrate


Press conference

Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/lhU7CEsdSH


Trivia: Noemi Maria Tali / Noah Lafornara are the first Italian ice dance team to win the JGP Final since Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo in 1997!

[Elizabeth]

NOTE: For those wishing to see the medal ceremonies for the first 3 events of day 3, they are at the end of the video of the Jr Free Dance.

[Elizabeth]

Event #4 of Day 3 - the Jr Pairs Free Skate - the results


Overall results


The medallists





Press conference

Studio Zao photos: https://t.co/8J6ynTCMQY
Trivia: Jiaxuan Zhang / Yihang Huang are the first Chinese pair team to win the JGP Final since Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin in 2013!

[Elizabeth]

Quite the comeback from Piper and Paul - they finished off the podium but they were 2nd in the Free Dance



Overall results


The medallists





Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/64AWDQjQ9c

Trivia: Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won ice dance bronze at the Grand Prix Final - the first ever GB medal at the event!

[Elizabeth]

The final event in the last day of competition the Men Free Skate - results


Overall results


The medallists





Press conference

Ilia Malinin's FS protocol

All 7 of Ilia Malinin’s quad attempts were penalized for under rotation issues as he finished second to Yuma Kagiyama of Japan in the free skate but still won a second straight GP Final gold medal. He did all 6 types of quad and repeated the lutz, having fallen on the first 4 lutz. It’s unprecedented to attempt 7. He attempted 6 at the Worlds in Montreal.

[Elizabeth]

With the Jr and Sr GPF complete and the 24 medallists decided- the final medal table by country:










=================

Looking at the full standings (all 6 in each discipline represented by their flags) and the medallists showing their flags
‪
GPF final standings (in flags)
WOMEN
MEN
PAIRS
DANCE

JGPF final standings (in flags)
WOMEN
MEN
PAIRS
DANCE

[Elizabeth]

Skate Canada press release post GPF: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/12/bronze-f ... rix-final/

Bronze for Desrochers and Thrasher to Close-out ISU Grand Prix Final
December 7, 2024/by Skate Canada

Grenoble, France (December 7, 2024) – The ISU Grand Prix Final wrapped up Saturday in Grenoble, France and saw the Canadian junior pair of Jazmine Desrochers and Kieran Thrasher capture the bronze medal for the second year in a row while Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier bounced back from a difficult showing on Friday to post the second-highest score of the day in the senior ice dance competition to finish fifth overall, just behind Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha in fourth.

It was a difficult skate for Desrochers of Mississauga, Ont., and Thrasher of Amherstburg, Ont., with falls on both of their throws amidst some other challenges, but their final score of 152.82 was enough to secure them the bronze medal behind Jiaxuan Zhang and Yihang Huang of China who won gold (176.09), and Olivia Flores and Luke Wang of the USA who took silver (155.82).

“We thought our performance was decent, but that’s the best word to describe it,” said Thrasher following the competition. “I think we showed some good elements, and there were other elements that had mistakes unfortunately, but overall I think we showed a good performance to everyone.”

Making their Grand Prix final debut, Julia Quattrocchi of Laval, Que., and Simon Desmarais of Carignan, Que., skated a beautiful, clean program to finish the competition ranked sixth in the world with a new personal best total score of 139.13.

The senior ice dance competition wrapped up the weekend for Canada and saw Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Lagha of Saint-Hubert, Que., finish as the top Canadians, just off the podium in fourth with a total score of 199.84.

“We don’t control results, we control how we skate, and we skated both programs very well and the results came, so it’s a cherry on top – we’re happy for sure,” said Lajoie of their accomplishment.

Gilles of Toronto and Poirier of Unionville, Ont., were the first to skate after sitting in sixth following their rhythm dance and skated a flawless program to “A Whiter Shade of Pale” to post the second-highest score of the day, moving them up to finish fifth overall with a total score of 199.27.

“Today was challenging just because we had an error yesterday in the rhythm dance. It’s always hard after a mistake to come into the next program the next day and not doubt yourself, so being able to come out here and do a strong performance is a testament to our training and we’re really proud of what we accomplished today,” said Poirier.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA repeated as gold medallists for the second year in a row with a total score of 219.85. Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy took silver (206.11), while Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain took bronze (205.18).

This wraps up the Grand Prix season for 2024. Next up on the competition calendar are the Canadian National Skating Championships taking place from January 14-19 at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec.

[Elizabeth]

The Exhibition Gala will be streamed on Sunday at 8 a.m. Eastern Time. The program is devoid of any Canadians.


Studio Mao photos: https://t.co/EnMtqpPf0p

[Elizabeth]

The "selfie" and "the winners leap" at the conclusion of the Gala Exhibition.






The Grand Prix season is now over. Up next? Some remaining national championships followed by the European and Four Continents Championships and Worlds for the seniors. The juniors have some national championships left and then Junior Worlds.