Olympic ice dance silver medalists Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron will miss this week’s NHK Trophy after Cizeron hurt his back in a practice fall on Wednesday, their agent said.
The injury is not serious, and the French couple is still confirmed to compete in their other Grand Prix in France in two weeks. They are expected to return to training on the ice as soon as later Tuesday for limited training.
NBC Sports Gold airs live streaming coverage of every men’s, women’s, pairs’ and dance program at NHK Trophy in Japan this week.