Metelkina and Berulava of Georgia lead after pairs short program at Grand Prix de France

So last to go, the team that finished in second place in the Olympic Winter Games, the World Championships, the reigning European champions. Anastasia Metalkina and Luka Berulava for Georgia. Oh, she did well there. Didn't like the takeoff there, but clean on the Salcos. Enormous triple twist. And she makes the triple flip look easy. Quite brilliant. Eteri Tutberidze looking on. from the side there something else these two and i tell you what i'm going to stick my neck on the line here a little bit i felt that anastasia was a little bit off sorts there the triple salchow at the beginning of the program i don't think she got a great takeoff on that she got a little bit deep on the back inside edge and it looked a bit uncomfortable but she found a way through it and even in the step sequence at the end there there was a little wobble on a twizzle She is such a fighter and it always makes me think back to Sir Alex Ferguson in the great heydays of Manchester United. Just find a way to win and those boys back then, they had that will. They always managed to find a way to win and I felt like she dug really deep throughout that program and found a way to keep it clean. Here's the Salchow at the beginning. Yeah, the back inside edge, just a little bit deep. magnificent they're not a murmur in that so confident Fantastic footwork there from luca really deep in the pivot here low she is that deep knee bend enables him to keep the momentum going on that dead spiral to get it up to a level four wonderful in the spins yeah she's seen it all before it's uh nothing more than she would expect incredible loved it so 75.86 they need to go to the lead they've got uh 80.01 in the Trialetti Trophy this year let's see yes 77.34 it is the lead for Anastasia and Luca very very well done Stanislav Morozov sat alongside he'll be pleased with that I think he's pleased