Team USA Brings Home Three Medals from Grand Prix de France | U.S. Figure Skating

Amber Glenn captured her first Grand Prix gold medal, while Andrew Torgashev and the ice dance team of Emilly Bratti and Ian Somerville each earned bronze medals; it was their first Grand Prix medals, respectively.

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Team USA had another successful weekend competing in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Series, collecting three medals on the final day of 2024 ISU Grand Prix de France in Angers, France.

Reigning U.S. champion Amber Glenn captured her first Grand Prix gold medal, while Andrew Torgashev and the ice dance team of Emilly Bratti and Ian Somerville each earned bronze medals; it was their first Grand Prix medals, respectively.

With Glenn’s first Grand Prix gold, she is now the oldest U.S. women’s singles skater to win her first Grand Prix title at 25 years old.

Glenn’s free skate to “I Will Find You” by Audiomachine and “The Return” by CLANN featured a triple flip-triple toe loop combination that was awarded 11.17 points and a triple loop-double Axel sequence that generated 10.42 points in the second half of the program. Glenn also received Level 4 marks on two of her spins and received positive grades of execution on 10 of 12 elements en route to a free skate score of 132.30.

Despite dropping to third in the free skate, Glenn’s lead of more than seven points in her record-breaking short program secured her spot on top of the podium with a total score of 210.44.

Sarah Everhardt capped her Grand Prix Series debut with a fifth-place finish. Her program to “The Firebird” by Igor Stravinsky earned its highest points for a triple Lutz-double toe-double loop combination worth 10.13 points. Everhardt tallied 129.99 points in the free skate and 196.94 points overall.

In the men’s event, Torgashev posted an overall score of 233.64.

The 2023 U.S. bronze medalist opened his skate to "Scheherazade" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov with a quadruple toe loop that was awarded 10.45 points followed by three triple jumps. His highest scoring element was a triple Lutz-single euler-triple Salchow in the second half of his program, contributing 11.18 points to a segment score of 152.10.

Camden Pulkinen finished 11th with a free skate score of 129.12 and 193.60 points overall.

Bratti and Somerville, who train in Canton, Michigan, finished second in the free skate with 113.07 points, scoring 13.62 points for their Level 4 curve lift. Their second lift also received Level 4 marks. Another shining moment of their performance to “Ne Me Quitte Pas” by Celine Dion came in their circular step sequence that was awarded more than 10 points. The team secured bronze with 185.88 points.

In their second Grand Prix event of the season, Leah Neset and Artem Markelov clinched a sixth-place finish. Their Game of Thrones-inspired free dance set to a medley of “My Love Will Never Die” by AG and Claire Wyndham, “Hold Your Breath” by Astyria and “Gloria Regali” by Tommee Profitt and Fleurie, received Level 4s for their stationary lift and dance spin.

Eva Pate and Logan Bye placed ninth, collecting 97.29 points in the free dance and 168.76 points overall.

Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov represented the United States in the pairs event and placed fourth overall.

While skating to “Je Suis Malade” by Forestella, the 2024 Skate America bronze medalists opened with a triple twist lift and a triple Salchow-double Axel sequence which contributed a combined 14.22 points to a free skate score of 107.84. The program concluded with a Level 4 group 4 lift and a Level 4 pairs spin combination. The duo tallied 171.92 points overall.

For full results from 2024 Grand Prix de France, visit the Grand Prix Series Competition Central on the U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone.