Overview

• The duo captured gold in Angers with 211.02 points, edging Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson by 0.78 after a 133.02-point free dance set to music from The Whale.
• They had sat third following the rhythm dance on 78.00 points after Cizeron touched a knee to the ice, an error their coach said cost six to eight points.
• Fear and Gibson led the rhythm dance on 84.38 with Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius second on 80.98 before finishing second and third overall, respectively.
• Cizeron, the 2022 Olympic champion, is contesting his first international event with partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry after forming the team earlier this year.
• In the men’s event, Ilia Malinin led the short program with 105.22 points ahead of Nika Egadze, while France’s Adam Siao Him Fa was fifth after a fall.