The 2021 Internationaux de France was the fifth event in the 2021âÂÂ22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble on November 19âÂÂ21. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021âÂÂ22 Grand Prix Final.
The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.
For the 2021âÂÂ2022 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performancesuch as jumps, spins, and liftswere assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution. The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score. At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program componentsskating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the musicand assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.
Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.