Figureskating: French ice dancers deal first loss to Virtue/Moir since comeback

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec 9 (Reuters) - French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron ended the comeback winning streak of Canadian team Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to take gold in the Grand Prix Final on Saturday.

Two-time Olympians Virtue and Moir, who topped the podium in Vancouver in 2010, had racked up win after win since their return to competition with Skate Canada 2016. At Skate Canada this year they set a new record score.

In Japan, the French team edged ahead with an elegant, passionate routine to "Moonlight Sonata," winning with 202.16 to 199.86 for the Canadians.

Germany's Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot took gold for pairs with an ambitious, elegaic free skate to "La Terre Vue du Ciel" by Armand Amar, snagging a season's best 236.68 overall. China's Wenjing Sui and Cong Han won silver with 230.89 after a wobble on a triple Salchow, while Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada came third with 210.83.

In the short programme of women's skating on Friday, Canadian Kaetlyn Osmond eked out a win over Russian teenager Alina Zagitova, with barely a point between them. Japan's Satoko Miyahara, making a comeback after a serious hip injury, was third. (Reporting by Elaine Lies; editing by Clelia Oziel)