Siao leads after Olympic champ Shaidorov falls on figure skating Grand Prix return

Mikhail Shaidorov fell in his biggest competition since winning Olympic figure skating gold, leaving Adam Siao Him Fa with a commanding lead at the Grand Prix de France on Saturday.

Siao delighted the home crowd, which also saw the French Olympic champion team of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron dominate and win the ice dance.

Siao landed two quadruple jumps in his jazzy short program as he scored 102.46 points for a vast 17-point advantage over Estonia's Aleksandr Selevko in second on 85.49 ahead of Sunday's free skate. South Korea's Seo Min-kyu was third on 83.83.

France's Adam Siao Him Fa leads after short program at the ISU Grand Prix de France

Shaidorov of Kazakhstan, who won Olympic gold in February after favorite Ilia Malinin missed the medals, fell on his opening jump combination and put a hand down on his next jump as he ended up fourth.

That continues a low-key start to Shaidorov's reign as Olympic champion after he skipped last season's world championships — a redemption skate for Malinin — and placed third in a lower-level event to begin this season.

Olympic bronze medallist Ami Nakai overcame self-doubt to win the women's title in France for the second year running, moving up from third as short program leader Yuna Aoki fell and dropped to fourth.

Skating to music from classic movie "An American In Paris," Nakai began with a statement triple axel, a day after messing up the same jump, in a polished skate to leapfrog the competition and score a total of 219.74.

Ami Nakai of Japan defends her women's title at Grand Prix de France

Last year's win was the first on the Grand Prix circuit for Nakai. This one confirms her as a star skater for Japan after four-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto