Amber Glenn is on track for her first figure skating Grand Prix victory after taking a big lead in the short program in the French round of the series on Friday.
Glenn, of the United States, was the only skater in the women's event to land a triple axel on her way to 78.14 points, taking a lead by more than seven points over Kim Chaeyeon of South Korea with 70.90.
Wakaba Higuchi of Japan, winner at Skate America last month, is third with 66.98. Former European champion Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia dropped to ninth place after a fall.
SEE | China's Jin leads after men's short program:
A score of 88.12 in his short program was enough to earn China's Boyang Jin a spot in Friday's qualifying at the French Grand Prix.
Jin Boyang led the men's short program in search of his first Grand Prix victory since his home Cup of China in 2020. Jin landed a quadruple toeloop and scored 88.12, with Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia scoring 85.73 and Kazuki Tomono from Japan with 83.45.
There were a number of falls among the top contenders, with two-time European champion and native favorite Adam Siao Him Fa of France only eighth in 74.90 after falling on his last two jumps.
SEE | Canadians Pereira and Michaud are in third place after the short program in pairs:
64.38 was the score of Canadians Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud, who took third place on Friday after the pairs short program at the French Grand Prix.
Minerva Fabienna Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany, bronze medalists from last season's world championships, led the pairs with 73.72, ahead of Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii of Italy and Lia Pereira and Trent Michaud of Canada .
In ice dance, two-time European champions Charlene Guignard and Entorno Fabbri of Italy led with 82.20, with France's Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud second and Lithuanians Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius third.
All four disciplines conclude with a free skate on Saturday.
SEE | The Germans Hase and Volodin lead in pairs:
German skaters Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin earned a score of 73.72 after Friday's short program at the French Grand Prix.
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