2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final explained

2016–17 Grand Prix Final
Comptype:Grand Prix
Startdate:December 8
Enddate:11, 2016
Skatingseason:2016–17
Location:Marseille, France
Host:FFSG
Venue:Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est
Championmen: Yuzuru Hanyu (S)
Dmitri Aliev (J)
Championladies: Evgenia Medvedeva (S)
Alina Zagitova (J)
Championpairs: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (S)
Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev (J)
Championdance: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (S)
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons (J)
Previouscomp:2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Nextcomp:2017–18 Grand Prix Final
Previousgp:2016 NHK Trophy

The 2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from 8 to 11 December 2016 at the Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est in Marseille, France. Marseille was announced as the host on 27 October 2015. The combined event is the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Records

See also: List of highest historical scores in figure skating and List of highest historical junior scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Junior ladiesShort program Alina Zagitova70.928 December 2016[1]
Free skating Anastasiia Gubanova133.779 December 2016
Alina Zagitova136.51
Total score Alina Zagitova207.43
Ice dancingShort dance Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir80.50[2]
LadiesShort program Evgenia Medvedeva79.21[3]
Junior menTotal score Dmitri Aliev240.0710 December 2016[4]
Ice dancingTotal score Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir197.22[5]
Two consecutive world records has been set in back to back performances during the junior ladies free skating segment by russian ladies Anastasiia Gubanova, who became the first junior lady to break the 130-points barrier, and Alina Zagitova, who outscored her by almost 3 points.

Zagitova also became the first junior lady to break the 70-points barrier in the free skate, Dmitri Aliev the first junior man to break the 240-points barrier for the total score, while Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became the first ice dancers to break the 80-points barrier in the short dance.

Schedule

(Local time)

Thursday, December 8

Friday, December 9

Saturday, December 10

Sunday, December 11

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

MenLadiesPairsIce dancing
1 Javier Fernández Evgenia Medvedeva Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
2 Patrick Chan Anna Pogorilaya Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot (withdrew) Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
3 Yuzuru Hanyu Elena Radionova Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
4 Shoma Uno Kaetlyn Osmond Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
5 Nathan Chen Maria Sotskova Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Madison Chock / Evan Bates
6 Adam Rippon Satoko Miyahara Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Alternates
1st Jin Boyang Ashley Wagner Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert (called up) Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
2nd Sergei Voronov Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
3rd Oleksii Bychenko Mai Mihara Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

Junior-level qualifiers

MenLadiesPairsIce dance
1 Alexander Samarin Anastasiia Gubanova Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
2 Cha Jun-hwan Polina Tsurskaya (withdrew) Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
3 Alexei Krasnozhon Rika Kihira Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
4 Roman Savosin Kaori Sakamoto Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron
5 Ilia Skirda Alina Zagitova Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
6 Dmitri Aliev Marin Honda Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot (withdrew) Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov
Alternates
1st Vincent Zhou Elizaveta Nugumanova (called up) Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor (called up) Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
2nd Andrew Torgashev Stanislava Konstantinova Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov
3rd Roman Sadovsky Yuna Shiraiwa Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Nicole Kuzmich / Alexandr Sinicyn

Changes

DateDisciplineWithdrewAddedReason/Other notesRefs
November 29Junior ladies Polina Tsurskaya Elizaveta NugumanovaKnee injury
November 29Junior pairs Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
December 2Senior pairs Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander EnbertAnkle injury[6]

Medalists

Senior

Men Yuzuru Hanyu Nathan Chen Shoma Uno
Ladies Evgenia Medvedeva Satoko Miyahara Anna Pogorilaya
Pairs Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Ice dancing Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Junior

Men Dmitri Aliev Alexander Samarin Cha Jun-hwan
Ladies Alina Zagitova Anastasiia Gubanova Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Ice dancing Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter

Medals table

Junior

Senior-level results

Men

RankNameNationTotal points
1Yuzuru Hanyu293.901106.533187.37
2Nathan Chen282.85585.301197.55
3Shoma Uno282.51486.822195.69
4Javier Fernández268.77391.764177.01
5Patrick Chan266.75299.765166.99
6Adam Rippon233.10683.936149.17

Ladies

Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record for the short program (79.21 points).[3]

RankNameNationTotal points
1Evgenia Medvedeva227.66179.211148.45
2Satoko Miyahara218.33374.642143.69
3Anna Pogorilaya216.47473.293143.18
4Kaetlyn Osmond212.45275.544136.91
5Maria Sotskova198.79665.745133.05
6Elena Radionova188.81568.986119.83

Pairs

RankNameNationTotal points
1Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov213.85178.601135.25
2Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao206.71275.343131.37
3Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford205.99371.442134.55
4Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert188.32565.795122.53
5Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau186.85660.864125.99
6Peng Cheng / Jin Yang183.19470.846112.35

Ice dancing

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a new world record for the short dance (80.50 points)[2] and for the combined total (197.22 points).[5]

RankNameNationTotal points
1Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir197.22180.501116.72
2Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron192.81377.862114.95
3Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani189.60277.973111.63
4Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev181.95474.045107.91
5Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue179.59572.476107.12
6Madison Chock / Evan Bates179.32670.874108.45

Junior-level results

Men

Dmitri Aliev set a new junior world record for the combined total score (240.07 points).[4]

RankNameNationTotal points
1Dmitri Aliev240.07181.371158.70
2Alexander Samarin236.52281.082155.44
3Cha Jun-hwan225.55471.853153.70
4Roman Savosin212.39372.984139.41
5Alexei Krasnozhon208.85571.486137.37
6Ilia Skirda207.11668.315138.80

Ladies

Alina Zagitova set a new junior world record for the short program (70.92 points), for the free skating (136.51 points), and for the combined total (207.43 points). Anastasiia Gubanova set a new junior world record for the free skating (133.77 points) but Zagitova broke that record less than 10 minutes later.[1]

RankNameNationTotal points
1Alina Zagitova207.43170.921136.51
2Anastasiia Gubanova194.07360.382133.77
3Kaori Sakamoto176.33264.484111.85
4Rika Kihira175.16554.783120.38
5Elizaveta Nugumanova170.08458.345111.74
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Pairs

RankNameNationTotal points
1180.63164.731115.90
2Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař167.76261.382106.38
3Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii159.72458.753100.97
4Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin158.14359.05499.09
5Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor141.36557.08584.28
6Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov139.50656.78682.72

Ice dancing

RankNameNationTotal points
1Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons162.50266.91195.59
2Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd161.87167.58294.29
3Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter153.47363.73389.74
4Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko149.98461.39488.59
5Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron146.12560.08586.04
6Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov140.64659.29681.35

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Highest Score: Ladies. 31 March 2017. International Skating Union. 31 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Short Dance Score. 31 March 2017. International Skating Union. 31 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Short Program Score. 20 April 2017. International Skating Union. 20 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Highest Score: Men. 31 March 2017. International Skating Union. 31 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score. 1 April 2017. International Skating Union. 1 April 2017.
  6. Web site: Savchenko & Massot, Russian Juniors Withdraw from Grand Prix Finale. 2 December 2016.

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