Russian Figure Skating Cup Explained

The Russian Cup in Figure Skating (Russian Cup - Rostelecom) (Russian: Кубок России) is a series of annual All-Russian figure skating competitions among Russian figure skaters, organized by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia. The Russian Cup competitions include five stages and the final of the Russian Cup, in which athletes compete in men's and women's single skating, pair figure skating and in ice dancing.

The most frequent venues of the stages and the Cup Final: Moscow, Kazan, Samara, Perm, as well as Yoshkar-Ola, Sochi and Dmitrov.

Replacement by The Russian Grand Prix (Russian: Гран-при России). Currently (Fall 2022) Russian skaters are not allowed to participate in any ISU Championship due an ISU ban. Russian stage of the international ISU Grand Prix (named after the same sponsor as the national cup - Rostelecom) was cancelled. The same year Russian officials renamed The Russian Cup as The Russian Grand Prix as a "replacement."

Participants

Competitions are held for two categories:

The strongest athletes of the territorial organizations of the FFKK of Russia are allowed to participate in the Cup Stages. In single skating, athletes can only apply for two stages of the Cup one by one of the ranks: the KMS or the MS. The list of participants is approved by the President of the Federation on the recommendation of the All-Russian Coaching Council.

Stages of the Russian Cup

Stages of the Cup of Russia are held from September to December. Athletes who took places 1 to 8 at the first and second stages of the Cup are allowed to participate in stages III, IV and V.

According to the results of participation in two stages of the Cup of Russia, the admission of athletes (pairs) to participation in Russian Championship, Russian Championships and Cup Finals is determined.

Final Cup of Russia

The final competition "Cup of Russia - Rostelecom" allowed athletes on the highest number of points scored in the form of two stages of the Cup of Russia, accrued for the places occupied by athletes. Also allowed are candidates for the national team of Russia among adults and juniors. The final list of participants is approved by the President of the Federation on the recommendation of the All-Russian Coaching Council. Up to 12 athletes (couples) are allowed in each type of program. Total not more than 144 people.

The final of the Russian Cup is traditionally held in February.

Senior medalists

Men

YearLocationalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=CC9966 Bronze
1997
2001 Denis Leushin
2002 Denis Balandin
2003 Konstantin Menshov
2005 Vladimir Uspenski
2006 Andrey Lezin
2007 Mikhail Magerovski
2008 Stanislav Kovalev
2009 Stanislav Kovalev
2010 Denis Leushin
2011 Mark Shakhmatov
2012 Gordei Gorshkov
2013 Vladislav Sezganov
2014 Andrei Lazukin
2015[1] Andrei Lazukin
2016[2] Sergey Voronov
2017[3] Sergey Voronov
2018[4] Vladimir Samoilov
2019[5] Anton Shulepov
2020[6] Ilya Yablokov
2021[7] Dmitri Aliev
2022[8] Matvei Vetlugin
2023[9] Mark Kondratiuk
2024[10] Vladislav Dikidzhi

Ladies

YearLocationalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=CC9966 Bronze
2001 Svetlana Chernysheva Tatyana Plyusheva
2002 Ekaterina Vasilyeva
2003 Alim Gershkovich
2004
2005 Alima Gershkovich
2006 Olga Naidenova
2007 Alexandra Ievleva
2008 Oksana Gozeva Ksenia Basilchuk
2009 Arina Martynova
2010 Sofya Biryukova
2011 Yulia Lipnitskaya
2012 Maria Artemyeva
2013 Nikol Gosviani
2014 Maria Artemyeva
2015 Alena Leonova
2016 Serafima Sakhanovich
2017 Valeria Mikhailova
2018 Daria Panenkova
2019 Viktoria Vasilieva
2020 Maria Talalaikina
2021 Daria Usacheva
2022 Anastasia Morozova
2023 Sofia Akateva
2024[11] Kseniia Sinitsyna

Pairs

YearLocationalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=CC9966 Bronze
2001
2002 Arina Ushakova / Alexander Popov
2003 Olga Prokuronova / Alexander Goncharov
2004
2005
2006 Ekaterina Vasilieva / Alexander Smirnov
2007 Elena Efaieva / Alexei Menshikov Daria Kazyuchits / Sergey Roslyakov
2008 Yevgeny Papunin / Vitaly Babkin
2009
2010 Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Egor Chudin
2011 Evgenia Tarasova / Egor Chudin
2012 Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev
2013 Natalia Mitina / Yuri Shevchuk
2014 Kristina Astakhova / Maxim Kurdyukov
2015 Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat
2016 Sofia Biryukova / Andrei Filonov
2017 Anastasia Poluianova / Maksim Selkin
2018
2019 Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot
2020 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
2021 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko
2022 Alina Solovyova / Elisey Ivanov
2023 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
2024[12] Iuliia Artemeva / Aleksei Briukhanov

Ice dancing

YearLocationalign=center bgcolor=gold Goldalign=center bgcolor=silver Silveralign=center bgcolor=CC9966 Bronze
2001 Marina Kurochkina / Dmitry Zlobin
2002 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer
2003 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
2004
2005
2006 Anastasia Yakovleva / Ivan Manvelov
2007 Anastasia Yakovleva / Ivan Manvelov
2008 Olga Kolotilina / Alexander Bortsov
2009 Alexandra Chistyakova / Vladimir Kurochkin
2010 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
2011 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
2012 Evgenia Shakhtarina / Denis Kozlov
2013 Valeria Losev / Denis Lunin
2014 Daria Scheglova / Anton Novikov
2015 Margarita Belyakova / Dmitry Volkov
2016 Anastasia Safronova / Ilia Zimin
2017 Vasilisa Davankova / Anton Shibnev
2018 Anastasia Safronova / Ilia Zimin
2019 Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
2020 Julia Tultseva / Anatoliy Belovodchenko
2021 Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko
2022 Vlada Pavlenina / Aleksandr Aleksanyan
2023 Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol Sofya Tyutyunina / Andrei Bagin
2024[13] Irina Khavronina / Devid Naryzhnyy

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Финал Кубка России - Ростелеком 2014-2015. 2021-04-13. www.fsrussia.ru.
  2. Web site: Финал Кубка России - Ростелеком 2015-2016. 2021-04-13. www.fsrussia.ru.
  3. Web site: Финал Кубка России - Ростелеком 2016-2017. 2021-04-13. www.fsrussia.ru.
  4. Web site: Финал Кубка России - Ростелеком 2017-2018. 2021-04-13. www.fsrussia.ru.
  5. Web site: Финал Кубка России - Ростелеком 2018-2019. 2021-04-13. www.fsrussia.ru.
  6. Web site: Финал Кубка Рoccии - Ростелеком 2019-2020. 2021-04-13. fsrussia.ru.
  7. Web site: Финал Кубка Рoccии - Ростелеком 2020-2021. 2021-04-13. fsrussia.ru.
  8. Web site: Финал Кубка России - Ростелеком – Кубок Федерации. 2022-02-27. fsrussia.ru.
  9. Web site: Финал Гран При России. 2023-03-05. fsrussia.ru.
  10. Web site: Финал Гран При России. 2024-02-18. fsrussia.ru.
  11. Web site: Финал Гран При России. 2024-02-18. fsrussia.ru.
  12. Web site: Финал Гран При России. 2024-02-18. fsrussia.ru.
  13. Web site: Финал Гран При России. 2024-02-18. fsrussia.ru.