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Ami Nakai Defends Grand Prix de France Title with Identical Score
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Grand Prix de France Title Defense
Teenage skater Ami Nakai captured the women’s singles title at the Grand Prix de France in Angers, repeating the feat she achieved the previous year. The 18-year-old entered the competition after earning a bronze medal at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics earlier in the season and succeeded in retaining her crown on Saturday’s free-skate segment.
Performance Details
Nakai delivered a free-skate program that earned exactly 149.08 points—the same total recorded when she won the event last season. Although she placed third after the short program, she overtook Anastasiia Gubanova and Yuna Aoki in the free skate to finish with a combined score of 219.74 points, securing first place overall.
Competitive Field
The French Grand Prix featured Olympic champions Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, who triumphed in the ice-dance discipline, as well as strong contenders Gubanova and Aoki in the women’s segment. Nakai’s ability to climb from third to first highlighted the depth of the field and underscored her consistency across both program segments.
Significance of the Victory
Defending a Grand Prix title with an identical score is a rare accomplishment in figure skating, emphasizing Nakai’s technical precision and artistic stability. The win reinforces her status as a leading post-Olympic competitor and positions her as a strong contender for upcoming international events, including the next World Championships.