Skate Canada International 2026, the program's best Composition mark so far. Video on YouTube.
Elements
Skate Canada International 2026, rhythm dance · 5 elements · 43.41 technical points- 1CiStW3+CiStM2Circular step sequence No. 5 of 33 this season7.83+2.9910.82
- 21GW3+kpYYYNPattern dance element, Golden Waltz No. 4 of 30 this season8.70+2.2410.94
- 3SqTwW4+SqTwM3Sequential twizzles6.97+0.917.88
- 4CDE4Choreographic dance element No. 5 of 30 this season5.75+0.996.74
- 5RoLi4Rotational lift5.45+1.587.03
Points are the base value plus the GOE, the judges' mean grade of execution without the highest and lowest mark. Each square is one judge's grade, -5 to +5. ★ marks an execution among the season's five best of its kind, out of at least 10. ◆ marks an element at most three teams skate this season and worth at least the usual base value of its kind.
About the program
Lopareva and Brissaud turned Rhythm and Waltz into a clown act: a waltz-based program on Raphael Beau's "Droit de Cite" and "A Motley Crew," with "Can-Can" as the second rhythm. Lopareva told coach Marie-France Dubreuil they wanted to be clowns, Dubreuil helped pick the music, and a Cirque du Soleil clown named David helped shape the performance.
At Skate Canada it scored 77.90, second, with an 8.61 composition mark and a level 3 Golden Waltz (three of four key points).
Fans on r/FigureSkating nicknamed them the funky French, and plenty in the live thread thought they should have led over Fear/Gibson. Brissaud's twizzle dropped a level, which a few viewers caught.
