2018 Internationaux de France Men's Preview
Nathan Chen, Boyang Jin, Jason Brown, and Dmitri Aliev face off in last Grand Prix
The Internationaux de France will be this season's last Grand Prix event, and it will determine the top six skaters to qualify for the Grand Prix Final in Vancouver this year.
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan and Shoma Uno of Japan have won both of their events and qualified for the Final. Michal Březina of the Czech Republic has also qualified with two silver medals, and Sergei Voronov of Russia will mostly likely be in with one silver and one bronze. Cha Junhwan of South Korea is waiting in the wings with two bronze medals, the only other skater this season with two Grand Prix medals.
The men's event in Grenoble this weekend will likely be a face-off between Nathan Chen of the United States, the reigning World champion, and Boyang Jin of China, the two-time World bronze medalist. Chen decided to simplify the number of quads in his programs from a total of eight (two in the short program and six in the free skate) at his peak to only five for this event.
Jason Brown of the United States is coming off a less-than-stellar showing at his events earlier this season following a big coaching change this summer. He left his long-time coach of 18 years, Kori Ade, to join the Toronto Cricket Club and train under Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson. The change was made after Brown finished off the podium at last year's Nationals and missed out on a spot for the US Olympic team. Brown, the 2015 US National champion, is hoping to improve upon a sixth place finish at Skate Canada earlier this season.
Dmitri Aliev of Russia is similarly hoping to improve upon his fifth place finish at the NHK Trophy earlier this year. The 2018 European silver medalist finished seventh at both the Olympics and Worlds last season.
Also in the mix are Nicolas Nadeau of Canada, Kevin Aymoz of France, Romain Ponsart of France, Daniel Samohin of Israel, Keiji Tanaka of Japan, Deniss Vasiljevs of Latvia, and Alexander Samarin of Russia.
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan and Shoma Uno of Japan have won both of their events and qualified for the Final. Michal Březina of the Czech Republic has also qualified with two silver medals, and Sergei Voronov of Russia will mostly likely be in with one silver and one bronze. Cha Junhwan of South Korea is waiting in the wings with two bronze medals, the only other skater this season with two Grand Prix medals.
The men's event in Grenoble this weekend will likely be a face-off between Nathan Chen of the United States, the reigning World champion, and Boyang Jin of China, the two-time World bronze medalist. Chen decided to simplify the number of quads in his programs from a total of eight (two in the short program and six in the free skate) at his peak to only five for this event.
Jason Brown of the United States is coming off a less-than-stellar showing at his events earlier this season following a big coaching change this summer. He left his long-time coach of 18 years, Kori Ade, to join the Toronto Cricket Club and train under Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson. The change was made after Brown finished off the podium at last year's Nationals and missed out on a spot for the US Olympic team. Brown, the 2015 US National champion, is hoping to improve upon a sixth place finish at Skate Canada earlier this season.
Dmitri Aliev of Russia is similarly hoping to improve upon his fifth place finish at the NHK Trophy earlier this year. The 2018 European silver medalist finished seventh at both the Olympics and Worlds last season.
Also in the mix are Nicolas Nadeau of Canada, Kevin Aymoz of France, Romain Ponsart of France, Daniel Samohin of Israel, Keiji Tanaka of Japan, Deniss Vasiljevs of Latvia, and Alexander Samarin of Russia.
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