Overview
- Ilia Malinin dominated in Angers with a 321.00 total after a free skate featuring five quadruple jumps and only a slight under-rotation noted.
- He skipped his signature quadruple axel yet still won by about 40 points, extending an unbeaten run approaching two years.
- France’s Adam Siao Him Fa climbed to silver with 280.95, and Georgia’s Nika Egadze secured bronze with 259.41.
- In ice dance, Olympic champion Guillaume Cizeron and new partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry took gold on 211.02, edging Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson at 210.24, with Lithuania’s Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius third on 201.05.
- Japan’s Kao Miura fell twice and dropped from third to 10th as compatriot Tatsuya Tsuboi slipped from fourth to seventh at the season-opening event that leads toward December’s Grand Prix Final.