The 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo was the fifth event of the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland, from November 17–19. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final.
| 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 17 – 19 |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Location: | Espoo, Finland |
| Venue: | Espoo Metro Areena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Kao Miura | |
| Women's singles: Kaori Sakamoto | |
Pairs:  Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin | |
Ice dance:  Madison Chock / Evan Bates | |
| Previous: 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo | |
| Next: 2024 Grand Prix of Espoo | |
| Previous GP: 2023 Cup of China | |
| Next GP: 2023 NHK Trophy | |
Entries edit
The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 28, 2023.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Women | — | August 17 |  Janna Jyrkinen
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Host picks | [6] | |
| Oona Ounasvuori
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| Nella Pelkonen
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| Men | August 24 | Jimmy Ma
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[7] | |||
| November 6 |  Andreas Nordebäck
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November 7 | Liam Kapeikis
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[8] | ||
| Women |  Kimmy Repond
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November 8 |  Lara Naki Gutmann
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Injury | [9] | |
| Men | November 13 |  Vladimir Litvintsev
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November 14 | Nikita Starostin
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 Cha Jun-hwan
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 Ivan Shmuratko
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Injury | ||||
Results edit
Men's singles edit
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kao Miura | Japan
|
274.56 | 1 | 93.54 | 2 | 181.02 |
|
Shun Sato | Japan
|
273.34 | 2 | 90.41 | 1 | 182.93 |
|
Kévin Aymoz |  France
|
250.03 | 5 | 73.94 | 3 | 176.09 |
| 4 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy
|
241.47 | 6 | 73.37 | 4 | 168.10 |
| 5 | Nikolaj Memola | Italy
|
221.25 | 7 | 72.11 | 5 | 149.14 |
| 6 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan
|
218.44 | 4 | 77.81 | 6 | 140.63 |
| 7 | Nikita Starostin | Germany
|
201.15 | 8 | 71.99 | 9 | 129.16 |
| 8 | Ivan Shmuratko | Ukraine
|
200.67 | 10 | 66.30 | 7 | 134.37 |
| 9 | Liam Kapeikis |  United States
|
196.94 | 9 | 69.10 | 10 | 127.84 |
| 10 | Arlet Levandi |  Estonia
|
191.26 | 11 | 61.82 | 8 | 134.01 |
| 11 | Jimmy Ma | United States
|
191.26 | 3 | 80.19 | 11 | 111.07 |
| 12 | Makar Suntsev | Finland
|
162.00 | 12 | 54.44 | 12 | 107.56 |
Women's singles edit
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kaori Sakamoto | Japan
|
205.21 | 1 | 69.69 | 1 | 135.52 |
|
|
Rion Sumiyoshi | Japan
|
190.21 | 2 | 68.65 | 3 | 121.56 |
|
|
Amber Glenn | United States
|
185.39 | 11 | 51.61 | 2 | 133.78 |
| 4 | Kim Chae-yeon | South Korea
|
181.42 | 3 | 66.19 | 4 | 115.23 |
| 5 | Lorine Schild | France
|
175.71 | 5 | 61.07 | 6 | 114.64 |
| 6 | Nella Pelkonen | Finland
|
172.88 | 8 | 58.12 | 5 | 114.76 |
| 7 | Lara Naki Gutmann | Italy
|
168.33 | 7 | 58.24 | 8 | 110.09 |
| 8 | You Young | South Korea
|
168.14 | 4 | 63.46 | 9 | 104.68 |
| 9 | Mana Kawabe | Japan
|
161.00 | 12 | 50.12 | 7 | 110.88 |
| 10 | Starr Andrews | United States
|
154.42 | 9 | 57.36 | 10 | 97.06 |
| 11 | Janna Jyrkinen | Finland
|
153.74 | 6 | 58.63 | 11 | 95.11 |
| 12 | Oona Ounasvuori | Finland
|
144.16 | 10 | 54.21 | 12 | 89.95 |
Pairs edit
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin | Germany
|
192.72 | 3 | 63.59 | 1 | 129.13 |
|
|
Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Italy
|
188.60 | 2 | 65.00 | 3 | 123.60 |
|
|
Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko |  Hungary
|
186.19 | 4 | 61.53 | 2 | 124.66 |
| 4 | Peng Cheng / Wang Lei |  China
|
186.16 | 1 | 65.25 | 4 | 120.91 |
| 5 | Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev | France
|
152.54 | 7 | 55.45 | 5 | 97.09 |
| 6 | Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea | United States
|
152.16 | 6 | 55.99 | 6 | 96.17 |
| 7 | Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar |  Canada
|
147.27 | 5 | 56.61 | 8 | 90.66 |
| 8 | Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici | Finland
|
142.69 | 8 | 48.56 | 7 | 94.13 |
Ice dance edit
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
209.46 | 1 | 85.61 | 1 | 123.85 |
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Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada
|
206.32 | 2 | 82.62 | 2 | 123.70 |
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Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Finland
|
195.80 | 3 | 77.65 | 3 | 118.15 |
| 4 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States
|
188.76 | 4 | 74.58 | 4 | 114.18 |
| 5 | Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik | United States
|
183.78 | 5 | 72.13 | 5 | 111.65 |
| 6 | Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen | Finland
|
176.73 | 7 | 69.52 | 6 | 107.21 |
| 7 | Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek |  Czech Republic
|
172.58 | 6 | 70.59 | 7 | 101.99 |
| 8 | Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont | Canada
|
167.87 | 8 | 67.68 | 8 | 100.19 |
| 9 | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan | Germany
|
164.55 | 9 | 65.53 | 9 | 99.02 |
| 10 | Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko | Hungary
|
147.40 | 10 | 57.57 | 10 | 89.83 |
References edit
- ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (June 28, 2023). "2023/24 Grand Prix Assignments" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Men: Entries". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Women: Entries". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Pairs: Entries". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Ice Dance: Entries". International Skating Union.
- ^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (August 17, 2023). "🇫🇮 Janna Jyrkinen, 🇫🇮 Oona Ounasvuori, and 🇫🇮 Nella Pelkonen have been assigned the host picks at Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (August 24, 2023). "🇺🇸 Jimmy Ma has been assigned to Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (November 7, 2023). "🇺🇸 Liam Kapeikis has been assigned to Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ AnythinGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (November 8, 2023). "🇮🇹 Lara Naki Gutmann has been assigned to Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links edit
- Grand Prix of Espoo at the International Skating Union
- Official website (in Finnish)