The 2015 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Big Hat in Nagano on November 27–29. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.
| 2015 NHK Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 27 – 29 |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Location: | Nagano |
| Host: | Japan Skating Federation |
| Venue: | Big Hat |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Yuzuru Hanyu | |
| Ladies' singles: Satoko Miyahara | |
Pairs:  Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | |
Ice dance:  Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | |
| Previous: 2014 NHK Trophy | |
| Next: 2016 NHK Trophy | |
| Previous GP: 2015 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Next GP: 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | |
Entries edit
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
- On September 9, Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed, Mariko Kihara and Keiji Tanaka were added as host picks.[6][7][8]
- On September 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster.[9] U.S. Figure Skating announced he had to withdraw due to a concussion.[10] On September 28, his replacement was announced as Grant Hochstein.[11]
- On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion.[12] On November 17, Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland were announced as their replacement.[13]
- On November 20, Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov withdrew due to an injury to Volosozhar. They were replaced by Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji.[14] Ice dancers Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam also withdrew.[15] On November 21, they were replaced by Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus.[16]
- On November 21, Jason Brown withdrew due to a back strain injury.[17] On November 23, he was replaced by Brendan Kerry.[18]
- On November 23, Maé-Bérénice Méité withdrew from the ladies' event.[19]
Results edit
Men edit
Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (106.33), for the free skating (216.07), and for the combined total (322.40). He became the first person to have broken 200-point in the free skating and 300-point in the combined total as well as 100-point in the short program (2014 Winter Olympics).
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
322.40 | 1 | 106.33 | 1 | 216.07 |
| 2 | Jin Boyang |  China
|
266.43 | 2 | 95.64 | 2 | 170.79 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | Japan
|
242.21 | 3 | 88.29 | 5 | 153.92 |
| 4 | Grant Hochstein |  United States
|
235.63 | 8 | 74.30 | 3 | 161.33 |
| 5 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan
|
234.90 | 9 | 73.74 | 4 | 161.16 |
| 6 | Konstantin Menshov |  Russia
|
233.58 | 6 | 79.79 | 6 | 153.79 |
| 7 | Michal Březina |  Czech Republic
|
222.49 | 5 | 81.64 | 9 | 140.85 |
| 8 | Richard Dornbush | United States
|
217.50 | 7 | 78.20 | 10 | 139.30 |
| 9 | Chafik Besseghier |  France
|
215.82 | 10 | 72.51 | 7 | 143.31 |
| 10 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia
|
212.63 | 4 | 82.27 | 11 | 130.36 |
| 11 | Elladj Baldé | Canada
|
211.09 | 11 | 69.47 | 8 | 141.62 |
| 12 | Brendan Kerry |  Australia
|
177.98 | 12 | 61.20 | 12 | 116.78 |
Ladies edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
203.11 | 1 | 69.53 | 1 | 133.58 |
| 2 | Courtney Hicks | United States
|
183.12 | 2 | 65.60 | 3 | 117.52 |
| 3 | Mao Asada | Japan
|
182.99 | 4 | 62.50 | 2 | 120.49 |
| 4 | Ashley Wagner | United States
|
179.33 | 3 | 63.71 | 5 | 115.62 |
| 5 | Mirai Nagasu | United States
|
175.64 | 5 | 61.10 | 6 | 114.54 |
| 6 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada
|
168.48 | 8 | 57.07 | 7 | 111.41 |
| 7 | Li Zijun | China
|
166.40 | 6 | 60.78 | 10 | 105.62 |
| 8 | Alena Leonova | Russia
|
165.75 | 7 | 59.63 | 9 | 106.12 |
| 9 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia
|
164.63 | 11 | 47.35 | 4 | 117.28 |
| 10 | Mariko Kihara | Japan
|
163.19 | 10 | 54.96 | 8 | 108.23 |
| 11 | Maria Artemieva | Russia
|
158.33 | 9 | 55.68 | 11 | 102.65 |
Pairs edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada
|
202.72 | 1 | 71.04 | 1 | 131.68 |
| 2 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China
|
191.02 | 3 | 67.00 | 2 | 124.02 |
| 3 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | United States
|
190.66 | 2 | 68.43 | 3 | 122.23 |
| 4 | Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat | Russia
|
181.70 | 4 | 64.06 | 5 | 117.64 |
| 5 | Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada
|
180.63 | 5 | 63.80 | 6 | 116.83 |
| 6 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France
|
180.20 | 6 | 61.91 | 4 | 118.29 |
| 7 | Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu | United States
|
150.26 | 7 | 55.19 | 7 | 95.07 |
| 8 | Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji |  United Kingdom
|
125.80 | 8 | 42.52 | 8 | 83.28 |
Ice dancing edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States
|
174.43 | 1 | 68.08 | 1 | 106.35 |
| 2 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia
|
169.33 | 3 | 66.19 | 2 | 103.14 |
| 3 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States
|
167.49 | 2 | 66.57 | 3 | 100.92 |
| 4 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia
|
160.64 | 4 | 61.96 | 4 | 98.68 |
| 5 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | United Kingdom
|
155.88 | 5 | 61.00 | 5 | 94.88 |
| 6 | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus | United States
|
138.41 | 6 | 55.21 | 6 | 83.2 |
| 7 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan
|
134.97 | 7 | 53.44 | 7 | 81.53 |
| 8 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | Japan
|
115.59 | 8 | 43.61 | 8 | 71.98 |
References edit
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Men". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "NHK TBA Announced". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Ladies". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Pairs". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Ice dancing". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice dancing" (PDF). September 9, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Men" (PDF). September 9, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Ladies" (PDF). September 9, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men" (PDF). September 24, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015.
- ^ "Joshua Farris Withdraws from 2015 Grand Prix Series Events" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. September 25, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Men" (PDF). October 7, 2015.
- ^ "Papadakis & Cizeron, ice dancing world champs, withdraw from Grand Prix events". CBC. November 11, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice dancing" (PDF). ISU. November 17, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs" (PDF). ISU. November 20, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice dancing" (PDF). ISU. November 20, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice dancing" (PDF). ISU. November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Jason Brown withdraws from NHK Trophy with back injury". ESPN. November 21, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. November 23, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. November 23, 2015.
External links edit
- 2015 NHK Trophy at the International Skating Union
- Starting orders and result details