Montreal (Canada) (AFP) – French skater Kevin Aymoz won the gold medal at Skate Canada on Saturday, his second title at a Grand Prix, ahead of young Japanese Rio Nakata.

Published on: 01/11/2026 - 06:09

The 29-year-old veteran delivered a stylish free skate in Kelowna, western Canada, which finished second and earned him 168.17 points.

Added to the 90.26 points won the day before thanks to his good performance in the men's short program, the tricolor accumulates 258.43 points and is ahead of Rio Nakata, 18, who only finished fourth in the free program after winning the short program on Friday (249.25 points in total).

Kevin Aymoz thus won his second Grand Prix title, after last year at Skate America.

Canadians Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud, for their part, won the gold medal in pairs, finishing first in the free program after dominating the short program, for a total of 202.17 points.

Americans Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov took second place with 191.90 points, while Swiss Oxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart finished third with 183.12 points.

18-year-old Japanese Mao Shimada placed first in the women's short program, and Britain's Lila Fear and Lewis Gibson took the lead in the ice dancing competition, with a second place for France's Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud.

Men's free program score:

1. Mihhail Selevko (EST) 169.08

2. Kevin Aymoz (FRA) 168.17

3. Stephen Gogolev (CAN) 165.99

4. Rio Nakata (JPN) 156.61

5. Genrikh Gartung (GER) 149.03

Men's final score:

1. Kevin Aymoz (FRA) 258.43

2. Rio Nakata (JPN) 249.25

3. Mihhail Selevko (EST) 248.66

4. Stephen Gogolev (CAN) 232.72

5. Kyrylo Marsak (UKR) 226.40

Pairs free program score:

1. Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud (CAN) 125.11

2. Oxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart (SUI) 121.66

3. Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov (USA) 121.58

4. Anna Valesi and Martin Bidar (CZE) 106.22

5. Sofiia Holichenko and Artem Darenskyi (UKR) 102.39

Final couples score:

1. Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud (CAN) 202.17

2. Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov (USA) 191.90

3. Oxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart (SUI) 183.12

4. Anna Valesi and Martin Bidar (CZE) 166.66

5 Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov (CAN) 163.07

Women's short program score:

1. Mao Shimada (JPN) 82.11

2. Isabeau Levito (USA) 78.50

3. Niina Petrokina (EST) 77.24

4. Saki Miyake (JPN) 71.95

5. Sofia Samodelkina (KAZ) 71.84

Ice dance program score:

1. Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (GBR) 81.37

2. Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA) 77.90

3. Caroline Green and Michael Parsons (USA) 74.24

4. Oona Brown and Gage Brown (USA) 72.69

5. Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain le Gac (CAN) 72.10

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