Bermudian Vanessa James and her partner Morgan Ciprès, representing France, won the pairs short programme at the World Team Trophy in Tokyo last weekend.

James and Ciprè were victorious in their event with 146.87 points, with Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, of Russia, in second, while China’s Peng Cheng and Jin Yang were third with 133.13 points.

The World Team Trophy includes the top six nations from this season: the United States, Russia, Canada, France, Japan and China.

The results from the women’s, men’s, ice dance and pairs programmes are added up to determine the winning nation.

James, whose father Kevin is Bermudian, was born in Ontario, Canada but lived in Bermuda until the age of ten when her family moved to Virginia.

During her time on the island she attended Mount St Agnes. Her twin sister Melissa is also a figure skater.

James and Ciprès finished eighth at the Figure Skating World Championships in Helsinki last month.