Surprise leaders in Paris

No one saw Kiira Korpi coming! The Finnish beauty who was 4th at NHK trophy this year made her bid for a long shot entry to the Grand Prix Final. Mirai Nagasu is close behind in second (hopefully NOT being in first after the short programme will be a good thing for her!) Alissa Czisny is within reach of the medal that will secure her place in the final, and Mao Asada once again in the disappointing posistion of having to fight back up the rankings after her jumps betrayed her again. Her legs collapsed under her on the landing of her triple axel and a second fall on her triple toe dropped her down to 7th place.

The Men also have a battle on their hand to the final ticket to Beijing. Takahiko Kozuka leads the pack but it closely followed by Florent Amodio and Brandon Mroz. All 3 have a medal in the bag from the circuit already (gold, bronze and silver respectively). Brian Joubert singled the second jump of his combination and stepped out of his triple axel putting him well behind the pack in 5th behind fellow Frenchmen Amodio and Besseghier.

The Ice Dance competition went more according to plan with Pechalat & Bourzat taking the lead in front of a home crowd. The pair are virtually assured of a final place provided they step on the ice tomorrow.

 

See the full results here, competition wraps up tomorrow.