Siao Him Fa and Nakai win as the Grand Prix opens in Angers
Adam Siao Him Fa won the men's event at the 2026 Grand Prix de France by 36 points, Ami Nakai repeated as women's champion, and Olympic champions Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron won the ice dance.
The 2026-27 Grand Prix season opened with the Grand Prix de France in Angers, October 23-25, in front of a sold-out crowd.
Men
Home favorite Adam Siao Him Fa led from the short program and landed three quads in his free skate to win by 36 points with 284.24, his fifth Grand Prix title. Japan's Kao Miura climbed from ninth after the short program to take silver (247.96), and South Korea's Minkyu Seo won bronze (244.90) in his senior Grand Prix debut. Olympic champion Mikhail Shaidorov had a difficult event and finished tenth.
Women
Ami Nakai of Japan won the event for the second year in a row. Third after the short program, she landed a triple Axel in her free skate and won with 219.74 points. Georgia's Anastasiia Gubanova took silver (202.82) and Italy's Lara Naki Gutmann bronze (202.37).
Pairs and ice dance
Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, the Olympic silver medalists, won the pairs with 204.65 points despite a fall on a throw. Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii, competing as neutral athletes, took silver after trying a throw quad Salchow (197.66), and Germany's Annika Hocke and Robert Kunkel won bronze (179.74) on their return from injury.
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, the reigning Olympic, World and European champions, won the ice dance on home ice with 207.57 points. Georgia's Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin won their first Grand Prix medal, silver (193.93), and Americans Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko took bronze (189.36).