The 2016 Grand Prix Final played out in the southern city of Marseille, France in early December. Here are some of our exclusive backstage and on-ice images from the event.
Yuzuru Hanyu and Brian Orser laughed about his short program miscue. Hanyu claimed the title with an outstanding long program.
The top six seniors pairs in the World attended the draw for the short program.
The 2016 senior and junior gold medalists posed for photos at the end of the exhibition gala in Marseille.
A fun moment at the senior men’s medal ceremony with Nathan Chen (left – silver), Yuzuru Hanyu (center – gold), and Shoma Uno (bronze)
Australia’s junior pairs team Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor made history in Marseille as the first skaters from “downunder” to ever compete at a Grand Prix Final at any level. The finished fifth.
Japan’s silver medalist Satoko Miyahara congratulates Russia’s gold medalist, Evgenia Medvedeva.
The six junior ice dance teams backstage at the draw. Three American teams went up against two Russian and one French team. Rachel Parsons and Michael Parson of the U.S. mined gold.
American ice dancers claimed three spots at the Final in the junior division.
Senior ladies medalists: Satoko Miyahara (Japan – silver), Evgenia Medvedeva (Russia – gold) and Anna Pogorilaya (Russia – bronze)
Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir mined gold ahead of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France and Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the U.S. in the senior ice dance competition.
Javier Fernández and his coach Brian Orser at the draw for the senior men’s short program.
Javier Fernández, Nathan Chen and Adam Rippon attended the draw for the men’s free skate.
The top six junior men in Marseille. Jun-Hwan Cha of Korea (left)) and Alexei Krasnozhon of the U.S. (right) were the only two non-Russian men to qualify.
Backstage with the top six junior pairs teams.
