Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin: Grand Prix Final dominance

The short version of the pairs’ event in Grenoble?

Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin repeated as Grand Prix Final champions, Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara finished second, while Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava won the bronze in the first senior Grand Prix Final of their career, after winning the junior GPF last season.

Italy’s Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii finished 4th, the Americans Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea were 5th, while the second Italian pair, and first alternate of the event, Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini, ended on the 6th place.

We’re now showing you how it happened, through the lens of Alberto Ponti, Inside Skating photographer in Grenoble.

Enjoy the photos we selected for you – each and every one tells a story, capture the very essence of the partnerships, the stages they are in, their goals and their ambitions. Just look.

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Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin, SP

Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin, FS

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, SP

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, FS

Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, SP

Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, FS

Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii, SP

Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii, FS

Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, SP

Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, FS

Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini, SP

Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini, FS

PAIRS at 2024 Grand Prix Final, Grenoble

Gold: Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin, Germany
Silver: Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, Japan
Bronze: Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, Georgia
4th place: Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii, Italy
5th place: Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, United States of America
6th place: Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini, Italy

[All photos by Alberto Ponti, Grenoble]

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