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■France International Highlights

The Grand Prix (GP) series of figure skating, which travels to six countries around the world, started with Skate America (October 22-24) and ended with the fourth round, NHK Cup (November 12-14). Only the France International and the sixth round, the Russia Cup (opening on November 26), remain. After that, the GP Final, which will conclude the series, will be held from December 9. The top six finishers (six pairs) of the GP series will advance to the GP Final in Osaka.

Two Japanese athletes will compete in France International, two in Men's Singles and two in Women's Singles. Yuma KAGIYAMA (Oriental Bio/Seisa) won the Men's Single at the Grand Prix of Italy (Nov. 5-7), the third round of the competition, where he was placed 7th in SP, but made a brilliant comeback in FS. At this competition, she will try to win her second gold medal in a row. Also entered in the competition are Shun Sato (Fuji Corporation), 4th in Skate America, and Shinba Higuchi (Meiji University/Noevia) and Yuhana Yokoi (Chukyo University) in Women's Singles.

One of the international contenders is Anna Scherbakova (RUS) in women's singles, a runner-up in the 2019-20 season GP Finals and a winner of the 2021 World Championships. She is also in good form, winning the GP of Italy, and is expected to do well at the Beijing Olympics coming up next year. (Source: International Olympic Committee article)

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Figure Grand Prix Series Round 5 "France" starts on 11/19! Rivalry showdown between Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato! 

Figure Skating Grand Prix Series Round 5 "France" will start on November 19th! In Men's Single, Yuma KAGIYAMA, who made a great comeback in Italy, and his rival, Shun SATO, will compete! In Women's Single, Shinba Higuchi, the winner of Austria Trophy held on November 13th, and Yuhana Yokoi will compete! Related videos are available on TV Asahi Figure Skating official Twitter.

 (Source: from navicon article)

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Men's Single Athletes to Watch

Yuma Kagiyama (Japan)

Shun Sato (Japan)

Keegan Messing (Canada)

Jason Brown (USA)

Kevin Amos (France)

Women's Single Athletes to Watch

 Higuchi, Shinba (Japan)

 Yuhana Yokoi (Japan)

 Anna Scherbakova (Russia)

 Alyona Kostornaya (Russia)

 Mariah Bell (USA)

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ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Internationaux de France 2021

Location: Patinoire Pôlesud, Grenoble

Dates: Thursday, November 18 - Sunday, November 21, 2021 (Japan time)