Ami Nakai wins her second consecutive title with a come-from-behind victory at the Figure Skating Grand Prix France.

Ami Nakai performing in the women's free skate at Ange (Kyodo)

Ami Nakai performs her free program at the Grand Prix France figure skating competition on November 24 in Angers (Reuters/Kyodo).

Ami Nakai smiles after winning a medal with her hand in the opposite direction at the Grand Prix of figure skating in France on the 24th in Angers (Reuters/Kyodo).

Laurence Fournier-Baudry and Guillaume Cizeron, who achieved their second consecutive victory in ice dance at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating France, on November 24 in Angers (Reuters/Kyodo).

　[Angers, France, Kyodo] The second day of the first event of the Grand Prix (GP) series in figure skating, the French competition, was held in Angers on the 24th. In the women's competition, Ami Nakai (TOKIO Inkarami), the bronze medalist at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and third place in the short program (SP), landed a triple Axel (3.5 rotation jump) to take first place in the free skate and win her second consecutive title with a total score of 219.74 points.
　Yuna Aoki (Nippon Building Management), the Four Continents champion who was first in the SP, made several mistakes in her jumps, including falls, and finished fifth in the free skate, placing fourth overall with a total score of 200.62 points. Rion Sumiyoshi (Oriental Bio) was sixth with 190.70 points.
　In ice dance, Olympic gold medalists Laurence Fournier Baudry and Guillaume Cizeron (France) won their second consecutive title with a total score of 207.57 points, taking first place in both the rhythm dance (RD) and the free skate.

Source: TEAM JAPAN

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