The 2012 Finlandia Trophy was an international figure skating competition in the 2012–13 season. The 17th edition of the annual event was held on October 5–7, 2012 at the Barona Arena in Espoo.[1] Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the senior level.[2]

2012 Finlandia Trophy
Type:Senior International
Date:October 5 – 7
Season:2012–13
Location:Espoo
Host:Finnish Figure Skating Association
Venue:Barona Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies' singles:
Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya
Synchronized skating:
Finland Team Unique
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Competitors edit

The initial entries were:[3]

Country Men Ladies Ice dancing Synchro
  Belgium Ira Vannut
  Belarus Lesia Volodenkova / Vitaly Vakunov
  Canada Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
  Estonia Samuel Koppel Jasmine Costa Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand
  Finland Julian Lagus
Matthias Versluis
Valtter Virtanen
Viktor Zubik
Kiira Korpi
Alisa Mikonsaari
Beata Papp
Juulia Turkkila
Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm
Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo
Marigold IceUnity
Revolutions
Rockettes
Team Unique
  Hungary Dóra Turóczi / Balázs Major
  Italy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
  Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Kento Nakamura
Bryna Oi / Taiyo Mizutani
  Luxembourg Fleur Maxwell
  Poland Maciej Cieplucha Justyna Plutowska / Peter Gerber
  Russia Zhan Bush Yulia Lipnitskaya Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Paradise
  Spain Javier Fernández Sonia Lafuente
  Sweden Adrian Schultheiss Isabelle Olsson
  Switzerland Mikael Redin Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost
  Ukraine Natalia Popova Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun
  United States Richard Dornbush
Johnny Weir
Mirai Nagasu Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
  Uzbekistan Misha Ge

Overview edit

Spain's Javier Fernández won the men's short program ahead of Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu and the United States' Richard Dornbush.[4][5] Hanyu placed first in the free program and won the title while Dornbush moved up to take the silver and Fernandez slipped to third.[5][6] Johnny Weir made his return to competition at Finlandia Trophy after a two-season absence.[6]

In the ladies' event, Finland's Kiira Korpi was first in the short program, followed by Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya and the United States' Mirai Nagasu.[5][7] Yulia Lipnitskaya won the free program and the overall ladies' event.[5][8]

Canada's Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir withdrew before the event due to a slight muscle strain in Moir's neck.[9] Russia's Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev won the short dance ahead of Italy's Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte and the United States' Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue.[5][10] Cappellini and Lanotte were first in the free dance by a small margin but it was not enough to overtake Bobrova and Soloviev for the gold.[2][5][8]

In the synchronized skating competition, included in Finlandia Trophy for the first time, the Finnish Team Unique took gold by a margin of 2.48 points to the fellow Finnish Rockettes, who in turn were closely followed by the Russian Paradise by a margin of only 0.61 points.[2]

Results edit

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Men edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 248.13 2 75.57 1 172.56
2 Richard Dornbush   United States 239.99 3 71.19 2 168.80
3 Javier Fernández   Spain 235.20 1 80.77 3 154.43
4 Johnny Weir   United States 201.42 4 69.03 5 132.39
5 Zhan Bush   Russia 194.29 5 69.01 7 125.28
6 Misha Ge   Uzbekistan 187.92 6 61.32 6 126.60
7 Kento Nakamura   Japan 187.42 9 54.14 4 133.28
8 Adrian Schultheiss   Sweden 177.84 7 57.30 9 120.54
9 Maciej Cieplucha   Poland 177.82 10 53.59 8 124.23
10 Valtter Virtanen   Finland 151.93 8 56.81 11 95.12
11 Mikael Redin   Switzerland 146.27 12 47.40 10 98.87
12 Matthias Versluis   Finland 144.92 11 52.71 12 92.21
13 Julian Lagus   Finland 134.46 13 43.79 13 90.67
14 Viktor Zubik   Finland 131.06 14 41.53 14 89.53
15 Samuel Koppel   Estonia 118.90 15 38.20 15 80.70

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yulia Lipnitskaya   Russia 188.23 2 64.05 1 124.18
2 Kiira Korpi   Finland 181.16 1 69.27 2 111.89
3 Mirai Nagasu   United States 163.09 3 52.75 3 110.34
4 Natalia Popova   Ukraine 153.39 5 48.74 4 104.65
5 Isabelle Olsson   Sweden 151.67 4 51.18 5 100.49
6 Juulia Turkkila   Finland 143.04 6 47.04 6 96.00
7 Sonia Lafuente   Spain 126.80 7 45.75 7 81.09
8 Beata Papp   Finland 118.95 8 45.59 8 73.36
9 Fleur Maxwell   Luxembourg 112.57 9 44.93 10 67.64
10 Alisa Mikonsaari   Finland 112.04 11 39.54 9 72.50
11 Jasmine Costa   Estonia 109.46 10 42.66 11 66.80

Synchronized skating edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP
1 Team Unique   Finland 60.43 1 60.43
2 Rockettes   Finland 57.95 2 57.95
3 Paradise   Russia 57.34 3 57.34
4 Marigold IceUnity   Finland 51.80 4 51.80
5 Revolutions   Finland 46.39 5 46.39

References edit

  1. ^ "Finlandia Trophy Announcement". International Skating Union. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  2. ^ a b c d "Full event protocol" (PDF). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2012.
  3. ^ "Entries". Finnish Figure Skating Association. September 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 5, 2012). "Fernandez steals Weir's thunder in Finlandia short". Icenetwork.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Flade, Tatjana (October 8, 2012). "2012 Finlandia Trophy". Golden Skate.
  6. ^ a b Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 6, 2012). "Humble Hanyu wins Finlandia with grace on, off ice". Icenetwork.
  7. ^ Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 6, 2012). "Flaxen-haired Korpi delights Finn crowd with win". Icenetwork.
  8. ^ a b Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 7, 2012). "Russia wins ladies, dance on last day at Finlandia". Icenetwork.
  9. ^ "Virtue, Moir withdraw from Finlandia Trophy". Skate Canada. Icenetwork. October 4, 2012.
  10. ^ Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 6, 2012). "Bobrova, Soloviev dot Finlandia lead with polka". Icenetwork.

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