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2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from December 10 to 13, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.[1] Hosted by Barcelona for the second year in a row, the combined event was the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. For the first time, medals were also awarded in synchronized skating.

2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Men's singles medal ceremonies
Type:Grand Prix
Date:December 10 – 13, 2015
Season:2015–16
Location:Barcelona, Spain
Host:Spanish Ice Sports Federation
Venue:CCIB - Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Yuzuru Hanyu (S)
United States Nathan Chen (J)
Ladies' singles:
Russia Evgenia Medvedeva (S)
Russia Polina Tsurskaya (J)
Pairs:
Russia Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (S)
Russia Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot (J)
Ice dance:
Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (S)
United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter (J)
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2014–15 Grand Prix Final
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2016–17 Grand Prix Final
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2015 NHK Trophy

Records edit

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

The following new highest senior and junior scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Men Short program   Yuzuru Hanyu 110.95 10 December 2015 [2]
Junior Ladies Free skating   Polina Tsurskaya 128.59 12 December 2015 [3]
Total score 195.28
Men Free skating   Yuzuru Hanyu 219.48 [4]
Total score 330.43 [5]

Schedule edit

(Local time):

Thursday, December 10

  • 14:05 - Junior: Short dance
  • 15:20 - Junior: Ladies short
  • 16:25 - Junior: Pairs' short
  • 17:40 - Junior: Men's short
  • Opening ceremony
  • 20:30 - Senior: Pairs' short
  • 21:55 - Senior: Men's short

Friday, December 11

  • 15:45 - Junior: Free dance
  • 17:05 - Junior: Men's free
  • 19:05 - Senior: Short dance
  • 20:20 - Senior: Pairs' free
  • 21:55 - Senior: Ladies short

Saturday, December 12

  • 13:30 - Junior: Ladies free
  • 14:45 - Junior: Pairs' free
  • 16:10 - Synchronized skating: free
  • 17:25 - Senior: Free dance
  • 19:45 - Senior: Ladies free
  • 21:00 - Senior: Men's free
  • Awards ceremony

Sunday, December 13

  • Gala exhibition

Qualifiers edit

Senior-level qualifiers edit

Due to the cancellation of the free skating/dance at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, the International Skating Union announced an exception to the qualification criteria – Bompard competitors who finished seventh in the qualifying standings would be invited to compete in the Grand Prix Final.[6]

Men[7] Ladies[8] Pairs[9] Ice dancing[10]
1   Javier Fernández   Gracie Gold   Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
2   Yuzuru Hanyu   Evgenia Medvedeva   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Madison Chock / Evan Bates
3   Shoma Uno   Satoko Miyahara   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew)   Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
4   Jin Boyang   Mao Asada   Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
5   Patrick Chan   Elena Radionova   Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
6   Daisuke Murakami   Ashley Wagner   Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
7 — —   Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau —
Alternates
1st   Yan Han   Rika Hongo   Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao (called up)   Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
2nd   Max Aaron   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
3rd   Adian Pitkeev   Courtney Hicks —   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

Junior-level qualifiers edit

Men[11] Ladies[12] Pairs[13] Ice dancing[14]
1   Nathan Chen   Polina Tsurskaya   Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov   Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
2   Dmitri Aliev   Maria Sotskova   Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei   Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
3   Sota Yamamoto   Yuna Shiraiwa   Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot   Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
4   Roman Sadovsky   Marin Honda   Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov   Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko
5   Daniel Samohin   Mai Mihara   Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař   Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
6   Vincent Zhou   Alisa Fedichkina   Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov   Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
Alternates
1st   Deniss Vasiļjevs   Kaori Sakamoto   Bryn Hoffman / Bryce Chudak   Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron
2nd   Alexander Samarin   Choi Da-bin   Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez   Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
3rd   Nicolas Nadeau   Vivian Le   Elena Ivanova / Tagir Khakimov   Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko

Synchronized skating edit

On 1 September 2015, the ISU announced that synchronized skating would make its debut at the Grand Prix Final. The top five countries would be allowed to send one team, with criteria used from placements at the 2015 World Synchronized Skating Championships. There would also be three substitutes. The following countries qualified:

  • Canada
  • Finland
  • Russia
  • Sweden
  • United States

Substitutes:

  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Italy

Medalists edit

Senior edit

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Yuzuru Hanyu   Javier Fernández   Shoma Uno
Ladies   Evgenia Medvedeva   Satoko Miyahara   Elena Radionova
Pairs   Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dancing   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

Junior edit

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Nathan Chen   Dmitri Aliev   Sota Yamamoto
Ladies   Polina Tsurskaya   Maria Sotskova   Marin Honda
Pairs   Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot   Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař   Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov
Ice dancing   Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd   Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

Medals table edit

Overall edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)43310
2  United States (USA)2114
3  Japan (JPN)1135
4  Canada (CAN)1102
5  Czech Republic (CZE)0101
  Spain (ESP)0101
7  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Senior edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)2024
2  Japan (JPN)1113
3  Canada (CAN)1102
4  Spain (ESP)0101
  United States (USA)0101
6  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Junior edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)2316
2  United States (USA)2013
3  Czech Republic (CZE)0101
4  Japan (JPN)0022
Totals (4 entries)44412

Senior-level results edit

Men edit

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.95),[2] for the free skating (219.48),[4] and for the combined total (330.43).[5]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 330.43 1 110.95 1 219.48
2 Javier Fernández   Spain 292.95 2 91.52 2 201.43
3 Shoma Uno   Japan 276.79 4 86.47 4 190.32
4 Patrick Chan   Canada 263.45 6 70.61 3 192.84
5 Jin Boyang   China 263.45 3 86.95 5 176.50
6 Daisuke Murakami   Japan 235.49 5 83.47 6 152.02

Women edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evgenia Medvedeva   Russia 222.54 1 74.58 1 147.96
2 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 208.85 4 68.76 2 140.09
3 Elena Radionova   Russia 201.13 2 69.43 4 131.70
4 Ashley Wagner   United States 199.81 6 60.04 3 139.77
5 Gracie Gold   United States 194.79 5 66.52 5 128.27
6 Mao Asada   Japan 194.32 3 69.13 6 125.19

Pairs edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Russia 229.44 1 74.84 1 154.60
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Canada 216.67 3 72.74 2 143.93
3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 206.59 2 73.64 3 132.95
4 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau   Canada 200.98 4 71.16 4 129.82
5 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang   China 186.67 5 68.63 5 118.24
6 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao   China 183.04 7 65.60 6 117.44
7 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   United States 177.42 6 68.14 7 109.28

Ice dancing edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Canada 182.66 1 72.75 1 109.91
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 177.55 2 71.64 3 105.91
3 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 176.37 3 70.14 2 106.23
4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   United States 174.92 4 69.11 4 105.81
5 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Russia 166.73 6 65.43 5 101.30
6 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 163.20 5 66.21 6 96.99

Synchronized skating edit

Rank Name Nation Total points FS
1 Team Paradise   Russia 131.09 1
2 Team Rockettes   Finland 127.66 2
3 Team Nexxice   Canada 120.34 3
4 Team Surprise   Sweden 118.48 4
5 Team Haydenettes   United States 106.81 5

Junior-level results edit

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen   United States 225.04 1 78.59 1 146.45
2 Dmitri Aliev   Russia 211.22 2 76.78 2 134.44
3 Sota Yamamoto   Japan 205.31 3 72.85 4 132.46
4 Vincent Zhou   United States 204.56 4 70.48 3 134.08
5 Daniel Samohin   Israel 184.68 5 69.48 5 115.20
6 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 168.40 6 59.37 6 109.03

Women edit

Polina Tsurskaya set a new junior world record for the free skating (128.59 points) and for the combined total (195.28 points).[3]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Polina Tsurskaya   Russia 195.28 1 66.69 1 128.59
2 Maria Sotskova   Russia 184.01 4 62.64 2 121.37
3 Marin Honda   Japan 178.64 3 63.69 3 114.95
4 Alisa Fedichkina   Russia 178.11 2 64.17 4 113.94
5 Yuna Shiraiwa   Japan 173.82 5 60.68 5 113.14
6 Mai Mihara   Japan 166.25 6 56.01 6 110.24

Pairs edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot   Russia 171.86 1 60.29 1 111.57
2 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař   Czech Republic 162.33 3 55.78 2 106.55
3 Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov   Russia 162.00 2 58.58 3 103.42
4 Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov   Russia 157.09 4 54.88 4 102.21
5 Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei   Ukraine 149.87 5 52.54 5 97.33
6 Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov   Russia 145.27 6 45.89 6 99.38

Ice dancing edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   United States 158.26 1 65.90 1 92.36
2 Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd   Russia 150.86 3 64.01 2 86.85
3 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons   United States 144.41 2 64.91 5 79.50
4 Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko   Russia 143.96 4 61.85 4 82.11
5 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac   France 141.44 5 57.97 3 83.47
6 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin   Russia 134.61 6 56.51 6 78.10

References edit

  1. ^ "Communiciation No. 1933" (PDF). ISU. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Highest Score: Ladies". International Skating Union. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Total Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Communication No. 1980: Consequences of the cancellation of the Free Skating/Free Dance at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event, Trophée Eric Bompard 2015, Bordeaux France" (PDF). International Skating Union. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
  8. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ladies - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
  9. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
  10. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice dancing - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
  11. ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Men - Results/Entries". ISU.
  12. ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Ladies - Results/Entries". ISU.
  13. ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Pairs - Results/Entries". ISU.
  14. ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Ice dancing - Results/Entries". ISU.

External links edit

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