2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final explained

2008–09 Grand Prix Final
Comptype:Grand Prix
Startdate:December 10
Enddate:14, 2008
Skatingseason:2008–09
Location:Goyang, Korea
Venue:Seongsa Ice Rink
Prizemoney:$272,000.00 USD (senior)
$105,000.00 USD (junior)
Championmen: Jeremy Abbott (S)
Florent Amodio (J)
Championladies: Mao Asada (S)
Becky Bereswill (J)
Championpairs: Pang Qing / Tong Jian (S)
Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (J)
Championdance: Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (S)
Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (J)
Previouscomp:2007–08 Grand Prix Final
Nextcomp:2009–10 Grand Prix Final
Previousgp:2008 NHK Trophy

The 2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was the senior and junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2008–09 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition. The junior and senior finals were hosted together for the first time.

Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2008 Skate America, the 2008 Skate Canada International, the 2008 Cup of China, the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, the 2008 Cup of Russia, and the 2008 NHK Trophy. Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the junior Grand Prix Final at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final.

Hosted by the Korea Skating Union, the Grand Prix Final was held in Goyang, South Korea from December 10 to 14, 2008. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[1] [2] [3] [4]

MenLadiesPairsIce dancing
1 Patrick Chan Kim Yuna Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
2 Takahiko Kozuka Joannie Rochette Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
3 Johnny Weir Mao Asada Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
4 Brian Joubert Carolina Kostner Pang Qing / Tong Jian Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
5 Jeremy Abbott Yukari Nakano Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Meryl Davis / Charlie White
6 Tomáš Verner Miki Ando Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
Alternates
1st Alban Préaubert Fumie Suguri Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
2nd Evan Lysacek Rachael Flatt Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
3rd Yannick Ponsero Alissa Czisny Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Sinead Kerr / John Kerr

Junior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[5] [6] [7] [8]

MenLadiesPairsIce dancing
1 Richard Dornbush Kristine Musademba Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
2 Michal Březina (WD) Yukiko Fujisawa Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3 Armin Mahbanoozadeh Alexe Gilles Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
4 Alexander Johnson Kanako Murakami Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro
5 Florent Amodio Amanda Dobbs Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue (WD)
6 Ivan Bariev Becky Bereswill Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun
7 Denis Ten Angela Maxwell Zhang Yue / Wang Lei Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
8 Elladj Baldé Diane Szmiett Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev
Alternates
1st Artur Gachinski (called up) Stefania Berton Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov (WD) Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev (called up)
2nd Keegan Messing Sarah Hecken Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
3rd Cheng Gongming Shoko Ishikawa Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák

Senior-level results

Men

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1237.72 2 78.26 1 159.46
2224.63 1 83.90 3 140.73
3215.50 4 72.50 2 143.00
4206.65 5 69.34 4 137.31
5205.16 6 68.00 5 137.16
WD3 74.55

Ladies

This was Mao Asada’s second win.[12]

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1188.55 2 65.38 1 123.17
2186.35 1 65.94 2 120.41
3168.01 4 55.88 4 112.13
4166.36 6 50.48 3 115.88
5161.93 3 62.08 6 99.85
6158.25 5 55.44 5 102.81

Pairs

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1191.49 3 66.24 1 125.25
2188.22 2 68.34 2 119.88
3185.09 1 70.14 3 114.95
4175.83 4 64.08 5 111.75
5167.45 6 55.42 4 112.03
6153.16 5 61.56 6 91.60

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTotal pointsODFD
1156.10 1 60.35 1 95.75
2152.95 2 59.33 2 93.62
3148.04 5 55.89 3 92.15
4145.12 3 57.89 4 87.23
WD4 57.33
WD

Junior-level results

Men

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1199.58 1 68.20 1 131.38
2193.48 2 67.05 2 126.43
3183.93 3 66.50 4 117.43
4180.65 5 63.75 5 116.90
5180.34 7 60.59 3 119.75
6178.40 4 64.85 6 113.55
7170.34 8 59.89 7 110.45
8168.68 6 62.20 8 106.48

Ladies

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1146.69 4 48.68 2 98.01
2145.92 7 44.48 1 101.44
3144.49 1 54.24 4 90.25
4141.63 2 51.04 3 90.59
5131.75 3 48.84 5 82.91
6122.86 8 43.04 6 79.82
7117.07 5 47.48 7 69.59
8Diane Szmiett 113.25 6 45.64 8 67.61

Pairs

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
1149.38 1 56.88 1 92.50
2137.92 4 50.22 3 87.70
3137.22 2 51.54 5 85.68
4137.03 3 50.60 4 86.43
5134.91 5 46.04 2 88.87
6126.40 6 44.84 6 81.56
7106.04 8 34.24 7 71.80
WD7 43.46

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTotal pointsODFD
1131.15 1 51.84 1 79.31
2124.68 6 47.98 2 76.70
3124.30 2 50.85 4 73.45
4120.60 7 47.05 3 73.55
5120.35 5 48.59 5 71.76
6120.09 4 48.72 6 71.37
7119.38 3 49.45 7 69.93
8Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev 111.43 8 43.64 8 67.79

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  7. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  8. Web site: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating. www.isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  9. Web site: SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Men. isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  10. Web site: Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating. www.usfigureskating.org. 19 April 2018. 13 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110613143219/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=42263. dead.
  11. Web site: SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Junior Pairs. isuresults.org. 19 April 2018.
  12. News: Asada, Abbott win gold at finals in South Korea. The New York Times. 14 December 2008.

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