On this week's episode of This and That, Evgenia Medvedeva, Nathan Chen, Rika Kihira, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron and Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres headlined the 2018 Internationaux de France (GP France).
Evgenia Medvedeva (Евгения Армановна Медведева) showed up looking stronger in practice, needing a second-place finish to earn a trip to the Grand Prix Final, yet her confidence appeared absent during the competition. Her work with Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson continues to be a source of scrutiny in the Russian media, yet Tatiana Tarasova defended the choice on television this week.
Rika Kihira (紀平 梨花) popped a triple axel in her short program, yet she skated a strong free skate to capture her second gold medal of the Grand Prix series.
Jason Brown won the short program and finished second place overall with improved jumps and strong grades of execution on a majority of his elements.
Nathan Chen won gold despite a fall in the short program. His quads were particularly strong in the free skate, though some of his choreography and performance level appeared absent.
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron debuted two new programs and some jaw-dropping +5 elements.
Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres earned their second gold medal of the season with two solid skates that were not quite up to the level of their performance at Skate Canada.
Marin Honda, Bradie Tennell, Kevin Aymoz, Tarah Kayne & Danny O'Shea and Viktoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov also highlighted the field.
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8 сен 2024