2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

The 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from October 2021 through December 2021. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan, although the Grand Prix Final was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 22 – December 12, 2021
Season:2021–22
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Schedule edit

The Chinese Skating Association informed the ISU that they could no longer host the Cup of China due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled the event on August 16, 2021. The Gran Premio d'Italia was announced as the replacement on August 27, 2021.[1][2]

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Prix Final was cancelled on December 2, 2021, with the possibility of a postponement, before it was definitively cancelled on December 17, 2021.[3][4]

The series included the following events.[5]

Date Event Location Results
October 22–24   2021 Skate America Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Details
October 29–31   2021 Skate Canada International Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Details
November 5–7   2021 Cup of China Cancelled
  2021 Gran Premio d'Italia Turin, Italy Details
November 12–14   2021 NHK Trophy Tokyo, Japan Details
November 19–21   2021 Internationaux de France Grenoble, France Details
November 26–28   2021 Rostelecom Cup Sochi, Russia Details
December 10–12   2021–22 Grand Prix Final Cancelled

Requirements edit

Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2021. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.[6]

Assignments edit

Assignments were released on June 29, 2021.[7][8]

Men's singles edit

Nation Skater Assignment(s)
  Canada Keegan Messing Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Nam Nguyen Skate America NHK Trophy
Roman Sadovsky Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
  Czech Republic Michal Březina Skate America
  France Kévin Aymoz Internationaux de France
Adam Siao Him Fa
  Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
  Italy Gabriele Frangipani Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Daniel Grassl Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
Matteo Rizzo NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
  Japan Yuma Kagiyama Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Shun Sato Skate America
Keiji Tanaka Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
Kazuki Tomono Gran Premio d'Italia
Shoma Uno Skate America NHK Trophy
Sōta Yamamoto Skate Canada International
  Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
  Russia Dmitri Aliev
Artur Danielian Skate America
Mikhail Kolyada Gran Premio d'Italia Rostelecom Cup
Makar Ignatov Skate Canada International NHK Trophy
Alexander Samarin
Evgeni Semenenko Rostelecom Cup
  South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Gran Premio d'Italia NHK Trophy
  United States Jason Brown Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Nathan Chen Skate America Skate Canada
Tomoki Hiwatashi Skate Canada International NHK Trophy
Camden Pulkinen NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Vincent Zhou Skate America NHK Trophy
  Australia Brendan Kerry Rostelecom Cup
  Canada Conrad Orzel Skate Canada International
  China Chen Yudong Gran Premio d'Italia
Jin Boyang
  France Romain Ponsart Internationaux de France
  Georgia Nika Egadze Rostelecom Cup
  Germany Paul Fentz Gran Premio d'Italia
  Japan Kao Miura NHK Trophy
  Russia Petr Gumennik Gran Premio d'Italia
Mark Kondratiuk Rostelecom Cup
Andrei Mozalev Internationaux de France
  United States Jimmy Ma Skate America

Women's singles edit

Nation Skater Assignment(s)
  Azerbaijan Ekaterina Ryabova Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
  Belgium Loena Hendrickx Gran Premio d'Italia
  Canada Madeline Schizas Skate Canada International
  Germany Nicole Schott Gran Premio d'Italia NHK Trophy
  Japan Wakaba Higuchi Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Mana Kawabe NHK Trophy
Rino Matsuike NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Mai Mihara Skate Canada International Gran Premio d'Italia
Satoko Miyahara Skate America
Kaori Sakamoto NHK Trophy
Yuhana Yokoi Internationaux de France
  Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Rostelecom Cup
  Russia Maiia Khromykh Gran Premio d'Italia
Alena Kostornaia Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Anna Shcherbakova Gran Premio d'Italia
Kseniia Sinitsyna Skate America
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate Canada International Rostelecom Cup
Kamila Valieva
  South Korea Kim Ye-lim Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
Lee Hae-in Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Lim Eun-soo Gran Premio d'Italia NHK Trophy
You Young Skate America
  United States Starr Andrews Internationaux de France
Mariah Bell Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
Karen Chen Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Amber Glenn Skate America NHK Trophy
Alysa Liu Skate Canada International
  Austria Olga Mikutina Rostelecom Cup
  Belarus Viktoriia Safonova
  Canada Emily Bausback Skate Canada International
Alison Schumacher
  China Zhu Yi Gran Premio d'Italia
  Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus Rostelecom Cup
  France Léa Serna Internationaux de France
  Italy Lucrezia Beccari Gran Premio d'Italia
Lara Naki Gutmann
  Russia Sofia Samodurova
Alexandra Trusova Skate America
Daria Usacheva
  South Korea Park Yeon-jeong Internationaux de France
Wi Seo-yeong NHK Trophy
  United States Audrey Shin Skate America

Pairs edit

Nation Team Assignment(s)
  Canada Vanessa James / Eric Radford Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Rostelecom Cup
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Skate America NHK Trophy
  China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Skate Canada International Gran Premio d'Italia
  Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert NHK Trophy
  Hungary Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
  Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Gran Premio d'Italia
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Internationaux de France
  Japan Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Skate America NHK Trophy
  Russia Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Skate America
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Skate Canada International
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov NHK Trophy
  United States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Skate Canada International
Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Skate America Internationaux de France
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
  Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Rostelecom Cup
  Canada Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Skate Canada International
  China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Gran Premio d'Italia
  France Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre Internationaux de France
Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev
  Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Gran Premio d'Italia
  Great Britain Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji Skate Canada International
  Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Gran Premio d'Italia
  Russia Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Rostelecom Cup
  United States Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Skate America
Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea

Ice dance edit

Nation Team Assignment(s)
  Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Skate America Rostelecom Cup
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha NHK Trophy
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Skate America Gran Premio d'Italia
  France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
  Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Skate Canada International NHK Trophy
  Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Rostelecom Cup
  Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Skate America NHK Trophy
  Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Internationaux de France Rostelecom Cup
  Russia Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin Skate America Internationaux de France
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Gran Premio d'Italia Internationaux de France
  Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin NHK Trophy Rostelecom Cup
Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Skate America Skate Canada
  United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Skate Canada International Internationaux de France
Madison Chock / Evan Bates Skate America NHK Trophy
Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Skate Canada International Gran Premio d'Italia
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Skate America
  Canada Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Skate Canada International
  China Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming Gran Premio d'Italia
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
  Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Internationaux de France
  France Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier
  Germany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Gran Premio d'Italia
  Italy Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti
  Japan Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi NHK Trophy
  Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Skate America
  Russia Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Skate Canada International
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Rostelecom Cup
Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy Skate Canada International
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko NHK Trophy
Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Rostelecom Cup
  Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin NHK Trophy
  United States Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov Skate America
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Rostelecom Cup

Changes to preliminary assignments edit

Skate America edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 2   Yaroslav Paniot Host picks [9]
Women   Audrey Shin
Pairs   Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Ice dance   Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Men October 11   Daniil Samsonov Medical reasons[10] [11]
  Yaroslav Paniot October 11   Jimmy Ma [12]
Ice dance October 13   Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Hospitalization (Zahorski)[13] [14]
Women October 18   Bradie Tennell October 18   Starr Andrews Injury [15]

Skate Canada International edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 16   Conrad Orzel Host pick [16]
Women September 28   Alexia Paganini September 30   Mana Kawabe [17]
October 18   Rika Kihira October 19   Mai Mihara Injury[18]

Gran Premio d'Italia edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 21   Yan Han October 1   Gabriele Frangipani Host picks [19]
Women   Lin Shan   Lara Naki Gutmann [20]
Pairs   Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii [21]
Ice dance   Carolina Portesi Peroni / Michael Chrastecky [22]
October 11   Carolina Portesi Peroni / Michael Chrastecky October 11   Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti Injury (Portesi Peroni)[23]
Women October 19   Chen Hongyi October 20   Lucrezia Beccari Host pick [20]
October 26   Bradie Tennell October 27   Nicole Schott Injury[24]

NHK Trophy edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 15   Kao Miura Host picks [25]
Women   Rino Matsuike [26]
Ice dance   Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto [27]
October 6   Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu October 6   Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Men October 27   Daniil Samsonov [25]
Women   Olga Mikutina Injury recovery[28] [26]
Pairs   Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Lack of preparation after injury[29] [30]
Men November 4   Yuzuru Hanyu November 5   Sōta Yamamoto Injury[31] [25]
Women November 5   Rika Kihira November 8   Mana Kawabe Injury[32] [26]
November 7   Alexandra Trusova Injury[33]
Ice dance   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Concussion (Hawayek)[34] [27]

Internationaux de France edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 16   Romain Ponsart Host picks [35]
Pairs   Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre [36]
Ice dance   Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud [37]
Pairs October 18   Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin October 18   Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev Hamon & Strekalin split.[38] [36]
October 19   Peng Cheng / Jin Yang October 21   Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar
  Wang Yuchen / Huang Yihang   Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Ice dance November 2   Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron November 3   Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier Galyavieva & Thauron split.[39] [37]
  Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro November 8   Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Hospitalization (Zahorski)
Women November 3   Maé-Bérénice Méité   Yuhana Yokoi Injury recovery [40]
November 8   Maïa Mazzara   Park Yeon-jeong

Rostelecom Cup edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 16   Mark Kondratiuk Host picks [41]
Women   Maiia Khromykh [42]
Pairs   Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko [43]
Ice dance   Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin [44]
Women September 16   Elizabet Tursynbaeva September 29   Viktoriia Safonova Retirement[45] [42]
Ice dance November 2   Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron November 3   Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Galyavieva & Thauron split.[39] [44]
Men November 15   Maxim Naumov November 17   Brendan Kerry Injury[46] [41]
Ice dance November 16   Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Doctor's recommendations[47] [44]
Men November 17   Yuzuru Hanyu November 18   Nika Egadze Injury [41]
Pairs   Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Injury recovery (Kunkel)[48] [43]
Ice dance November 22   Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev [44]

Medal summary edit

Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
  Skate America Men   Vincent Zhou   Shoma Uno   Nathan Chen
Women   Alexandra Trusova   Daria Usacheva   You Young
Pairs   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Ice dance   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
  Skate Canada International Men   Nathan Chen   Jason Brown   Evgeni Semenenko
Women   Kamila Valieva   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Alena Kostornaia
Pairs   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
Ice dance   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
  Gran Premio d'Italia Men   Yuma Kagiyama   Mikhail Kolyada   Daniel Grassl
Women   Anna Shcherbakova   Maiia Khromykh   Loena Hendrickx
Pairs   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Peng Cheng / Jin Yang   Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev
Ice dance   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
  NHK Trophy Men   Shoma Uno   Vincent Zhou   Cha Jun-hwan
Women   Kaori Sakamoto   Mana Kawabe   You Young
Pairs   Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Ice dance   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
  Internationaux de France Men   Yuma Kagiyama   Shun Sato   Jason Brown
Women   Anna Shcherbakova   Alena Kostornaia   Wakaba Higuchi
Pairs   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev   Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier
Ice dance   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
  Rostelecom Cup Men   Morisi Kvitelashvili   Mikhail Kolyada   Kazuki Tomono
Women   Kamila Valieva   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Maiia Khromykh
Pairs   Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko
Ice dance   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen

Medal standings edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia1111830
2  Japan44311
3  United States35412
4  China2103
5  France2002
6  Canada1124
7  Georgia1001
8  Italy0213
9  South Korea0033
10  Belgium0011
  Great Britain0011
  Spain0011
Totals (12 entries)24242472

Qualification edit

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:

Placement Singles Pairs/Ice dance
1st 15 15
2nd 13 13
3rd 11 11
4th 9 9
5th 7 7
6th 5 5
7th 4
8th 3

There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings edit

Points Men[49] Women[50] Pairs[51] Ice dance[52]
30   Yuma Kagiyama   Kamila Valieva   Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
  Anna Shcherbakova   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
28   Shoma Uno   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
  Vincent Zhou   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
26   Nathan Chen   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Madison Chock / Evan Bates
  Mikhail Kolyada   Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
24   Jason Brown   Kaori Sakamoto   Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
  Maiia Khromykh   Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev
  Alena Kostornaia
22   Shun Sato   You Young   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
  Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
20   Morisi Kvitelashvili   Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier   Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
  Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
18   Cha Jun-hwan   Loena Hendrickx   Vanessa James / Eric Radford   Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
  Deniss Vasiļjevs   Mai Mihara
  Makar Ignatov
16   Kazuki Tomono   Wakaba Higuchi   Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov   Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
  Evgeni Semenenko   Alysa Liu
  Kseniia Sinitsyna
15   Daniel Grassl   Alexandra Trusova
14   Matteo Rizzo   Mariah Bell   Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
13   Mana Kawabe   Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
  Daria Usacheva
12   Keegan Messing   Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
  Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
11   Satoko Miyahara   Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko   Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
10   Lim Eun-soo   Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
  Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar
9   Roman Sadovsky   Amber Glenn   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
8   Alexander Samarin   Kim Ye-lim
  Sōta Yamamoto   Madeline Schizas
  Rino Matsuike
7   Dmitri Aliev   Karen Chen   Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert   Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
  Jimmy Ma   Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
  Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin
5   Michal Březina   Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud   Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
  Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
  Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
4   Camden Pulkinen   Ekaterina Ryabova
  Andrei Mozalev   Lee Hae-in
  Jin Boyang   Viktoriia Safonova
  Sofia Samodurova
3   Petr Gumennik   Nicole Schott
  Mark Kondratiuk   Park Yeon-jeong
  Kao Miura
  Nam Nguyen
  Adam Siao Him Fa

Qualifiers edit

No. Men[49] Women[50] Pairs[51] Ice dance[52]
1   Yuma Kagiyama   Kamila Valieva   Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
2   Shoma Uno   Anna Shcherbakova   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
3   Vincent Zhou   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
4   Nathan Chen   Kaori Sakamoto   Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
5   Mikhail Kolyada   Maiia Khromykh   Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Madison Chock / Evan Bates
6   Jason Brown   Alena Kostornaia   Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Alternates
No. Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1   Shun Sato   You Young   Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
2   Morisi Kvitelashvili   Loena Hendrickx   Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
3   Cha Jun-hwan   Mai Mihara   Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz

Records and achievements edit

Records edit

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

Disc. Segment Skater(s) Score Event Date Ref.
Women's singles Short program   Kamila Valieva 87.42 2021 Rostelecom Cup November 26, 2021 [53]
Free skating 185.29 November 27, 2021 [54]
Total score 272.71 [55]

Achievements edit

Top scores edit

Men's singles edit

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen   United States 307.18 2021 Skate Canada International
2 Vincent Zhou 295.56 2021 Skate America
3 Shoma Uno   Japan 290.15 2021 NHK Trophy
4 Yuma Kagiyama 286.41 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 273.55 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Daniel Grassl   Italy 269.00
7 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 266.33 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Shun Sato   Japan 264.99 2021 Internationaux de France
9 Jason Brown   United States 264.20
10 Kazuki Tomono   Japan 264.19 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen   United States 106.72 2021 Skate Canada International
2 Shoma Uno   Japan 102.58 2021 NHK Trophy
3 Yuma Kagiyama 100.64 2021 Internationaux de France
4 Vincent Zhou   United States 99.51 2021 NHK Trophy
5 Jin Boyang   China 97.89 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 95.92 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Kazuki Tomono   Japan 95.81 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Daniel Grassl   Italy 95.67 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 95.37 2021 Rostelecom Cup
10 Jason Brown   United States 94.00 2021 Skate Canada International
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen   United States 200.46 2021 Skate Canada International
2 Vincent Zhou 198.13 2021 Skate America
3 Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 197.49 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
4 Shoma Uno 187.57 2021 NHK Trophy
5 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 181.25 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Andrei Mozalev 179.77 2021 Internationaux de France
7 Shun Sato   Japan 177.17
8 Jason Brown   United States 174.81
9 Daniel Grassl   Italy 173.33 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
10 Matteo Rizzo 173.02 2021 Rostelecom Cup

Women's singles edit

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva   Russia 272.71 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Anna Shcherbakova 236.78 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 232.88 2021 Skate Canada International
4 Alexandra Trusova 232.37 2021 Skate America
5 Maiia Khromykh 226.35 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 223.34 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 221.85 2021 Internationaux de France
8 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 219.05 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Daria Usacheva   Russia 217.31 2021 Skate America
10 You Young   South Korea 216.97
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva   Russia 87.42 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 81.24 2021 Skate Canada International
3 Anna Shcherbakova 77.94 2021 Internationaux de France
4 Alexandra Trusova 77.69 2021 Skate America
5 Daria Usacheva 76.71
6 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 76.56 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 76.44 2021 Internationaux de France
8 Mana Kawabe   Japan 73.88 2021 NHK Trophy
9 Alysa Liu   United States 73.63 2021 Skate Canada International
10 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 73.52 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva   Russia 185.29 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Anna Shcherbakova 165.05 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Maiia Khromykh 154.97 2021 Rostelecom Cup
4 Alexandra Trusova 154.68 2021 Skate America
5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 151.64 2021 Skate Canada International
6 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 146.78 2021 NHK Trophy
7 You Young   South Korea 146.24 2021 Skate America
8 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 145.53 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 145.41 2021 Internationaux de France
10 Mai Mihara   Japan 144.49 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia

Pairs edit

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Russia 227.28 2021 NHK Trophy
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   China 224.55 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 222.50 2021 Skate America
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 216.96 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin 212.59 2021 Rostelecom Cup
6 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang   China 211.86 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 209.42 2021 NHK Trophy
8 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev   Russia 205.15 2021 Internationaux de France
9 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier   United States 202.97 2021 Skate America
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 202.79 2021 NHK Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 80.36 2021 Skate America
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   China 80.07 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
3 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Russia 78.40 2021 NHK Trophy
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 77.17 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang   China 76.71 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 73.98 2021 NHK Trophy
7 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Russia 73.91 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev 73.02 2021 Internationaux de France
9 Vanessa James / Eric Radford   Canada 71.84
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   United States 70.75 2021 NHK Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Russia 153.34 2021 Rostelecom Cup
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   China 145.11 2021 Skate Canada International
3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 142.14 2021 Skate America
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 139.79 2021 Internationaux de France
5 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin 138.68 2021 Rostelecom Cup
6 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier   United States 136.60 2021 Skate America
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 135.57
8 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang   China 135.15 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
9 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev   Russia 132.13 2021 Internationaux de France
10 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   United States 132.04 2021 NHK Trophy

Ice dance edit

Top 10 season's best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 221.25 2021 Internationaux de France
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Russia 215.44 2021 NHK Trophy
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 210.97 2021 Skate Canada International
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 210.78 2021 NHK Trophy
5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 209.54 2021 Skate America
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 203.71 2021 Rostelecom Cup
7 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Russia 202.18 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
8 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 192.93 2021 Skate Canada International
9 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 191.91 2021 NHK Trophy
10 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 191.40 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Top 10 season's best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 89.08 2021 Internationaux de France
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Russia 86.81 2021 Rostelecom Cup
3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 86.02 2021 NHK Trophy
4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 85.65 2021 Skate Canada International
5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 84.79 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
6 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Russia 81.47
7 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 79.56 2021 Rostelecom Cup
8 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 76.97 2021 Skate Canada International
9 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 76.43 2021 NHK Trophy
10 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 76.39 2021 Rostelecom Cup
Top 10 season's best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 132.61 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Russia 129.11 2021 NHK Trophy
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 125.96 2021 Skate America
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 125.68
5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 125.32 2021 Skate Canada International
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 124.15 2021 Rostelecom Cup
7 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Russia 120.71 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
8 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 115.96 2021 Skate Canada International
9 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 115.48 2021 NHK Trophy
10 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 115.01 2021 Rostelecom Cup

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