Ilia Malinin, dressed in dark blue and dark gray, performs at the World Championships. He is smiling, pointing with one arm extended out and one arm extended up.
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Ilia Malinin performs at the 2025 World Championships.

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Malinin Leads U.S. Into Grand Prix de France

First of Six Grand Prix Events Gets Underway Friday

Two-time and reigning World champion Ilia Malinin leads a strong U.S. contingent into 2025 Grand Prix de France, the kick-off event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, Oct. 17-19 in Angers, France.

The United States National Team will send two women, three men, two pairs and two ice dance teams to the competition at Angers IceParc.

Malinin is the two-time and defending ISU Grand Prix Final champion. He went undefeated last season and hasn't lost a competition since 2023 Grand Prix de France. Malinin kicked off the current campaign with a convincing performance at Lombardia Trophy in Italy, where he won by more than 20 points.

He'll be joined in the men's event by the reigning U.S. silver and pewter medalists, Andrew Torgashev and Maxim Naumov, respectively. Torgashev earned his first Grand Prix medal last season with bronze at 2024 Grand Prix de France and started this season with a silver medal at 2025 Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany.

Naumov, the three-time and reigning U.S. pewter medalist, launched the current season at Lombardia Trophy, where he finished ninth.

In the women's competition, Isabeau Levito and Elyce Lin-Gracey will represent the United States.

Levito, who placed fourth at the 2025 World Championships after missing the majority of last season due to injury, has competed twice this season, winning 2025 Cranberry Cup International before finishing fourth at Nebelhorn Trophy. Levito is the 2024 World silver medalist and 2023 U.S. champion. She secured bronze at her sole Grand Prix event last season.

The reigning World Junior bronze medalist, Lin-Gracey begins her second season competing in the Grand Prix Series. She jump-started the current season with an 11th-place finish at 2025 Nepela Memorial in Slovakia.

Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman and Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy will carry the torch for the U.S. National Team in the pairs competition.

McBeath and Parkman, the reigning U.S. silver medalists, have competed twice already this season, including earning the bronze medal at the 2025 John Nicks Pairs Challenge and finishing fifth at Nebelhorn Trophy.

Shin and Nagy, who became partners in May 2024, kicked off this season by placing seventh at the John Nicks Pairs Challenge Invitational and sixth at the ISU Skate to Milano Olympic Qualifier 2025.

In ice dance, veteran teams Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville and Eva Pate and Logan Bye will look to turn some heads this Grand Prix season.

Bratti and Somerville begin their third season competing in the Grand Prix Series. They earned the bronze medal at Grand Prix de France in 2024 and are the 2024 U.S. bronze medalists.

The married couple of Pate and Bye will compete at Grand Prix de France for the third time. They'll enter the competition with momentum, having won Lombardia Trophy this fall.

Competition kicks off Thursday with the women's and pairs short programs. The rhythm dance starts the full day of action on Saturday, followed by the women's free skate, where the first medals will be awarded. The day finishes with the men's short program and pairs free skate. Competition wraps up Sunday with the free dance and men's free skate. The exhibition gala follows that evening.

NBC Sports will include a recap show of Grand Prix de France on Sunday, October 18. In addition, Peacock will livestream every skater with all events available for 72 hours following their conclusion. The full broadcast schedule can be found on the U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone and the Peacock streaming schedule is available at peacocktv.com/skating.

The Grand Prix Series, which started in 1995, consists of six international events in a cumulative point-scoring format. Each athlete or team is eligible to score points in up to two of the six scheduled events. The top six point-earners in each discipline qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2025, set for Dec. 4-7 in Nagoya, Japan.

For a full schedule, results, news and more, visit the 2025 Grand Prix Series Competition Central.
 
U.S. ENTRIES AT 2025 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE
Athlete | Hometown | Training Town
 
Women
Isabeau Levito | Mount Holly, N.J. | Mount Laurel, N.J.
Elyce Lin-Gracey | Arcadia, Calif. | Colorado Springs, Colo.

Men
Ilia Malinin | Vienna, Va. | Reston, Va.
Maxim Naumov | Norwood, Mass. | Norwood, Mass.
Andrew Torgashev | Irvine, Calif. | Irvine, Calif.

Pairs
Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman | Garfield Heights, Ohio; Saint Petersburg, Russia | Irvine, Calif.
Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy | Northport, N.Y. ; Budapest, Hungary | Toronto, Canada

Ice Dance
Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville| McLean, Va.; Cabin John, Md. | Canton, Mich.
Eva Pate and Logan Bye| Cleveland, Ohio; Colorado Springs, Colo.| Novi, Mich.
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Players Mentioned

  Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy

#114   Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy

March 12, 2004 | July 9, 1998
Senior/Pairs
Islip, N.Y. | Budapest, Hungary
  Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

#8   Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

June 11, 2002 | Sept. 1, 2000
Senior/Ice Dance
Washington D.C. | Washington D.C.
  Eva Pate and Logan Bye

#98   Eva Pate and Logan Bye

May 11, 2000 | March 2, 1998
Senior/Ice Dance
Cleveland, Ohio | Colorado Springs, Colo.
  Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman

#83   Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman

Dec. 2, 1994 | April 17, 1999
Senior/Pairs
Garfield Heights, Ohio | Saint Petersburg, Russia
Isabeau Levito

#72 Isabeau Levito

March 3, 2007
Senior/Ladies
Philadelphia, Pa.
Elyce Lin-Gracey

#73 Elyce Lin-Gracey

June 7, 2007
Senior/Ladies
Arcadia, Calif.
Ilia Malinin

#79 Ilia Malinin

Dec. 2, 2004
Senior/Men
Fairfax, Va.
Maxim Naumov

#91 Maxim Naumov

Aug. 1, 2001
Senior/Men
Hartford, Conn.
Andrew Torgashev

#123 Andrew Torgashev

May 29, 2001
Senior/Men
Coral Springs, Fla.

Players Mentioned

  Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy

#114   Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy

Senior/Pairs
Islip, N.Y. | Budapest, Hungary
March 12, 2004 | July 9, 1998
  Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

#8   Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

Senior/Ice Dance
Washington D.C. | Washington D.C.
June 11, 2002 | Sept. 1, 2000
  Eva Pate and Logan Bye

#98   Eva Pate and Logan Bye

Senior/Ice Dance
Cleveland, Ohio | Colorado Springs, Colo.
May 11, 2000 | March 2, 1998
  Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman

#83   Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman

Senior/Pairs
Garfield Heights, Ohio | Saint Petersburg, Russia
Dec. 2, 1994 | April 17, 1999
Isabeau Levito

#72 Isabeau Levito

Senior/Ladies
Philadelphia, Pa.
March 3, 2007
Elyce Lin-Gracey

#73 Elyce Lin-Gracey

Senior/Ladies
Arcadia, Calif.
June 7, 2007
Ilia Malinin

#79 Ilia Malinin

Senior/Men
Fairfax, Va.
Dec. 2, 2004
Maxim Naumov

#91 Maxim Naumov

Senior/Men
Hartford, Conn.
Aug. 1, 2001
Andrew Torgashev

#123 Andrew Torgashev

Senior/Men
Coral Springs, Fla.
May 29, 2001