U.S. National Team Launches Grand Prix Campaign in France – U.S. Figure Skating

U.S. National Team Launches Grand Prix Campaign in France  U.S. Figure Skating

2026 Grand Prix de France kicks off a new quad and the 2026 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series this week with the event slated to take place Oct. 23-25 in Angers, 2026 Grand Prix de France kicks off a new quad and the 2026 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series this week with the event slated to take place Oct. 23-25 in Angers, France. 2026 Olympians Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko will lead the charge for the United States. The team, on the hunt for the top ice dance spot in the United States this season, will take the ice in France fresh off an international gold at the 2026 Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany.

Also competing in the ice dance event are Eva Pate and Logan Bye and Leah Neset and Artem Markelov. Pate and Bye, who train in Novi. Michigan, launched their season by securing a silver medal at the 2026 Lake Placid Ice Dance International. They followed that performance with a top-10 finish at the 2026 Nepela Memorial last month. Neset and Markelov, who are competing in their third Grand Prix Series this season, joined Pate and Bye on the podium at the 2026 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, earning the bronze medal. The team most recently placed fifth at Nebelhorn Trophy. Sarah Everhardt