Kaetlyn Osmond is looking to follow up her gold medal at Skate Canada International earlier this season and leads after Friday's ladies' short program at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating's Internationaux de France in Grenoble. Skating to Sous le ciel de Paris, the 21-year-old Canadian from Marystown, N.L., scored 69.05 points heading into Saturday's free skate. Kaetlyn Osmond leads after short skate at Internationaux de France6:53Maria Sotskova of Russia turned in a season-best 67.79 to sit in second place, while Japan's Yuna Shiraiwa is third heading into Saturday's free skate at 66.05. This is the fifth of six Grand Prix series culminating in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, Japan, next month — the last competition featuring the world's top skaters before the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The last Grand Prix event is Skate America at Lake Placid next week.

Source: CBC News November 17, 2017 16:00 UTC