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MARSEILLE, France -- Bidding to win the Grand Prix Final for the fourth straight year, Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan faces stiff competition as two-time defending world champion Javier Fernandez of Spain looks to upstage him again. Hyun-jin Ryu Dodgers Jersey .The Final, which is being held at the Palais Omnisport in Marseille, features the top six qualifiers in each discipline from the International Skating Unions GP series.The 22-year-old Hanyu is a multiple world record holder and improved on two of his own records on his way to victory last year, where he was particularly strong in free skate. He also heads to the southern French seaport with the seasons best score on the GP circuit, too, posting a whopping 301.47 points at NHK Trophy on home ice in Sapporo two weeks ago.But Fernandez knows he can beat Hanyu when it counts.He clawed back a considerable deficit on Hanyu to win the world title in April, despite skating with a swollen heel that prevented him from practicing. Fernandez got his seasons best score at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow -- reeling off three quads in the free skate.Patrick Chan is bidding to win the Final for the third time, meanwhile, having clinched consecutive wins in 2010 and 2011.The elegant Canadian skater recorded his best points tally at the Cup of China in Beijing, where he landed a quadruple-triple toe combination, quadruple toe and two triple Axels in the free skate to seal victory.Japans Shoma Uno will be looking to improve on his bronze medal from last year, while American teen Nathan Chen -- last years Junior Grand Prix champion -- is competing in the event for the first time at senior level, having missed the worlds earlier this year through injury.The favorite among the women appears clearer, with defending champion Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia in top form.She leads the standings and boosted her confidence with a timely win at the Trophee de France in Paris last month -- the sixth and last event on the calendar before the Final.Countrywoman Anna Pogorilaya missed last years Final but will be confident after winning the two events she entered this season.In the pairs, two-time defending world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada bid to reclaim the title they won convincingly two years ago. They have two victories on the circuit this season and also the seasons leading score.Canadians will be strongly represented in the ice dance, too, with former Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skating with supreme confidence, despite taking a break of two years from the sport.The two-time world champions won their two events of the season, clinching the NHK Trophy with a record score of 195.84 points.But the home crowd will be hoping that Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron -- who have also won the worlds twice -- can challenge strongly after winning impressively in Paris last month. They then finished second in Sapporo behind Virtue and Moir.A strong U.S. presence also poses a threat. For the second straight season, three American couples made the Final.World silver medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani -- who are brother and sister; 2015 national champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates -- runners-up for the past two years (check) -- and Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue make up half the field.The pairs and mens short program get underway Thursday, while the womens short is Friday, along with short dance in the ice dance and free skate in pairs. Dodgers Jerseys 2019 . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. Los Angeles Dodgers Pro Shop . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. https://www.cheapdodgersonline.com/ . - After leading the Saints to a fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, Drew Brees expressed confidence in the direction of his team and, perhaps more importantly, showed a willingness to listen to contract proposals if the team needs his help getting under the NFLs salary cap. CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs fans are hoping for the party of the century -- or more than a century -- on Wednesday night.Fans crowded outside Wrigley Field on Tuesday night and sang Go Cubs Go after the teams 9-3 win in Cleveland over the Indians in Game 6 of the World Series. The win forced a Game 7 on Wednesday in Cleveland, and Cubs fans are looking for the teams first World Series title since 1908.Anything can happen, Cubs fan Joe Debald of Michigan City, Indiana, told the Chicago Sun-Times while joining other fans outside the historic stadium in Chicago.Ive been living and dying with every pitch, said Peter McCleery, a 58-year-old writer and Cubs fan since 1970 who watched the game with his brother about 300 miles away in the Mississippi River city of Quiincy, Illinois. Los Angeles Dodgers Gear. Its been a dream so far. I hope we can beat them, he said.In Cleveland, elated Cubs fans who watched the game at Progressive Field unfurled W flags marking the Chicago win and stayed long after as Indians fans left after Game 6.One of those fans was Greg Ellis, a 29-year-old Cubs fan who made the trip to Ohio for both games.Im basically putting my bank account at zero, Ellis told the Chicago Tribune. But Ill figure it out later.Cubs fan Jim Fischer, 72, was in Cleveland, too -- after his son bought tickets at $900 each.I dont want any more of this `next year stuff, he said. This has got to be the year. ' ' '