Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava take pairs gold at Grand Prix de France

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Oct 25, 2026
...representing Georgia, Anastasia Metelkina and Luca Berulava.
So here we go, the team in the lead.
After a stunning short program yesterday,
the reigning European champions,
silver medalists in Olympics and Worlds last year,
it's Anastasia Metelkina and Luca Berulava for Georgia.
Yep, the perfect start.
That was a triple twist.
They ticked all the boxes there.
That's going to get a level four, I think.
And they keep
the momentum going.
Triple Salchow, double axel.
A lean on the toe loop.
How she found that right foot.
Goodness me.
Heart in the mouth moment.
But nothing wrong with that at all.
A monster of a throw triple flip.
On
the
loop,
that
could
be
critical.
Well, she's got her head in her hands, but I think they've done enough.
It's going
to be close.
I think for me on the second score as well,
I would definitely give it to these two.
They are amazing
competitors.
Yeah, she went down on the throw triple loop,
but she didn't let it affect the rest of the performance.
The speed these two have across the ice is second to none.
Quality and the way they finish everything off,
I think, has them out in front.
Great choice of music for them.
That from Peter Gabriel.
The feeling begins.
I love it.
Morozov greeting them at the door.
Transitions to in Moscow.
Such a great technique on that.
Level four all day long.
So there's the Salcos.
and double axel cue given on the double axel
so losing a bit there i don't know how she found
the right foot on that and made the rotation
as well technical panel did take a look at it
they've given it the thumbs up amazing balance
point there really difficult dismount and this
a key moment in the program she makes it clean
but you can see couldn't maintain control on the
landing of the throw triple loop
so down she went there lost about two and a half points there on
the element and of course a one-point deduction for the fall
so it's three and a half points
they've given away to the challengers but the great
thing is they they didn't let the mistake
affect the rest of the program pushed hard right
the way through to the end great to see Dimitri
there just leading the applause
they expect nothing but the best
from themselves and it wasn't the
best today but it was enough I'm pretty sure yeah indeed 127.31 will
do it Anastasia Metalkina
Luka Berulava will win gold here in France.
And there's confirmation of that.
So the Georgians win.
Aleksandra Budkova and Dmitry Kozlovsky in second place.
And the German team, Anika Hocker and Robert Kunkel,
will take a very well-deserved bronze medal there.
What a performance they gave.
And the top three really out on their own.
But you've got to take your hat off to Megan and Dennis
They've leapfrogged a couple of places to finish
in a very well-deserved fourth place there.
They'll be thrilled with that.
