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2012 Skate Canada International

The 2012 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series.[1] It was held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario on October 26–28.[2][3] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final.

2012 Skate Canada International
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 26 – 28
Season:2012–13
Location:Windsor, Ontario
Host:Skate Canada
Venue:WFCU Centre
Champions
Men's singles:
Spain Javier Fernández
Ladies' singles:
Canada Kaetlyn Osmond
Pairs:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance:
Canada Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
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2011 Skate Canada International
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2013 Skate Canada International
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2012 Skate America
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2012 Cup of China

Eligibility edit

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the 2012 senior Grand Prix circuit.

Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores(3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):[4]

Discipline Minimum
Men 159.66
Ladies 113.43
Pairs 120.90
Ice dancing 109.59

Entries edit

The entries were as follows.[5]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
  Azerbaijan Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
  Canada Patrick Chan
Liam Firus
Elladj Balde 		Amelie Lacoste
Kaetlyn Osmond 		Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 		Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
  France Florent Amodio Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
  Georgia Elene Gedevanishvili
  Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
  United Kingdom Stacey Kemp / David King
  Italy Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
  Japan Takahito Mura
Nobunari Oda 		Kanako Murakami
Akiko Suzuki
  Kazakhstan Denis Ten
  Russia Artur Gachinski Ksenia Makarova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Polina Shelepen 		Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
  Spain Javier Fernández
  United States Ross Miner Gracie Gold
Caroline Zhang 		Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig
Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin 		Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker withdrew from the pairs event due to the end of their partnership[6] and Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert withdrew due to injury.[7]

Overview edit

Georgia's Elene Gedevanishvili won the ladies' short program by 0.24 points ahead of Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond, with Russia's Ksenia Makarova in third.[8][9] Kaetlyn Osmond won the competition, but Japan's Akiko Suzuki won the free skate, climbing up from fifth to take the silver, while Japanese teammate Kanako Murakami won the bronze.[10][11][12]

Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy took the lead in the pairs' event, almost eight points ahead of Canada's Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, while Italy's Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek rounded out the top three after the short program.[13][14] The standings remained the same after the free skate, with the Germans winning by over 21 points over the Canadians, while the Italians finishing 18 points behind in bronze.[15][16] Szolkowy wore tights which the ISU does not allow for men, however, the judges decided not to impose a costume deduction.[17][18]

Spain's Javier Fernández placed first in the men's short program, three points ahead of Canada's Patrick Chan and Japan's Nobunari Oda.[19][20] Fernandez continued his lead, winning the competition decisively by ten points over the reigning two-time World Champion, with Oda taking the bronze.[21][22][23]

Canada's Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir edged out Italy's Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte by 0.01 points to win the short dance, with Russians Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko nine points behind in third.[24][25] The standings remained the same after the free, with the Canadians winning by over nine points over the Italians and the Russians 17 points behind in third.[26][27][28]

Results edit

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Javier Fernández   Spain 253.94 1 85.87 1 168.07
2 Patrick Chan   Canada 243.43 2 82.52 2 160.91
3 Nobunari Oda   Japan 238.34 3 82.14 3 156.20
4 Florent Amodio   France 218.72 5 74.61 5 144.11
5 Ross Miner   United States 213.60 8 69.41 4 144.19
6 Denis Ten   Kazakhstan 203.70 4 75.26 8 128.44
7 Elladj Baldé   Canada 199.94 6 72.46 9 127.48
8 Takahito Mura   Japan 199.74 9 62.10 6 137.64
9 Artur Gachinski   Russia 199.58 7 69.74 7 129.84
10 Liam Firus   Canada 169.67 10 60.50 10 109.17

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kaetlyn Osmond   Canada 176.45 2 60.56 2 115.89
2 Akiko Suzuki   Japan 175.16 5 55.12 1 120.04
3 Kanako Murakami   Japan 168.04 4 56.21 4 111.83
4 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 168.00 6 55.10 3 112.90
5 Elene Gedevanishvili   Georgia 160.52 1 60.80 5 99.72
6 Ksenia Makarova   Russia 154.11 3 58.56 9 95.55
7 Gracie Gold   United States 151.57 9 52.19 6 99.38
8 Amélie Lacoste   Canada 151.44 7 53.81 7 97.63
9 Caroline Zhang   United States 149.87 8 52.97 8 96.90
10 Polina Shelepen   Russia 124.29 10 46.18 10 78.11

Pairs edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Germany 201.36 1 72.26 1 129.10
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Canada 190.49 2 64.49 2 126.00
3 Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek   Italy 172.03 3 59.79 3 112.24
4 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers   Canada 158.33 4 52.88 4 105.45
5 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot   France 149.37 5 48.43 5 100.94
6 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin   United States 141.21 7 46.47 6 94.74
7 Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig   United States 122.26 6 47.05 7 75.21

Ice dancing edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Canada 169.41 1 65.09 1 104.32
2 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 160.06 2 65.08 2 94.98
3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko   Russia 143.39 3 55.80 3 87.59
4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 136.74 5 53.71 4 83.03
5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 135.16 4 54.84 6 80.32
6 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov   Azerbaijan 132.80 7 50.92 5 81.88
7 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones   France 130.75 6 51.67 7 79.08
8 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill   Canada 126.60 8 50.00 8 76.60

References edit

  1. ^ "ISU Communication No. 1702: Decisions of the ISU Council Milano (ITA)". International Skating Union. October 21, 2011. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  3. ^ "Windsor to host 2012 Skate Canada International". The Canadian Press. CTV. October 30, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  4. ^ "Competitors for ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2012/2013 Announced". International Skating Union. 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  5. ^ International Skating Union Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "U.S. pairs skaters Marley, Brubaker end partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. Icenetwork. August 14, 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  7. ^ Simonenko, Andrei (September 13, 2012). Фигуристы Гербольдт/Энберт пропустят все турниры 2012 года - Москвина [Moskvina: Figure skaters Gerboldt/Enbert will not compete in 2012]. RIA Novosti / rsport.ru (in Russian).
  8. ^ Flade, Tatjana (October 27, 2012). "Gedevanishvili surprises at Skate Canada". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 26, 2012). "Gedevanishvili edges Osmond in short in Windsor". Icenetwork.
  10. ^ Flade, Tatjana (October 28, 2012). "Canada's Osmond wins gold at grand prix debut". Golden Skate.
  11. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 27, 2012). "Osmond steals gold in stunning coming-out party". Icenetwork.
  12. ^ "Osmond surprises at Skate Canada". Yahoo! Sport New Zealand. October 27, 2012.
  13. ^ Flade, Tatjana (October 27, 2012). "Savchenko and Szolkowy shine in pairs short". Golden Skate.
  14. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 26, 2012). "Relaxed Savchenko, Szolkowy step out to lead". Icenetwork.
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  16. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 27, 2012). "Savchenko, Szolkowy ride baroque 'Bolero' to win". Icenetwork.
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  20. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 27, 2012). "Fernandez tops Chan again in Skate Canada short". Icenetwork.
  21. ^ Flade, Tatjana (October 29, 2012). "Fernandez tops men's podium at Skate Canada; makes history". Golden Skate.
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  24. ^ Flade, Tatjana (October 27, 2012). "Virtue and Moir win short dance by narrow margin". Golden Skate.
  25. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 27, 2012). "Italians play even with Virtue, Moir in short dance". Icenetwork.
  26. ^ Flade, Tatjana (October 28, 2012). "Virtue and Moir golden at Skate Canada". Golden Skate.
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  28. ^ "Virtue, Moir's "Carmen" program a hit in gold-medal performance at Skate Canada". Yahoo! News Canada. October 27, 2012.

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