The 2021 Rostelecom Cup was the sixth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi on 26–28 November. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

2021 Rostelecom Cup
Type:Grand Prix
Date:26 – 28 November
Season:2021–22
Location:Sochi
Host:Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue:Iceberg Skating Palace
Champions
Men's singles:
Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili
Women's singles:
Russia Kamila Valieva
Pairs:
Russia Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Ice dance:
Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Navigation
Previous:
2020 Rostelecom Cup
Next:
2022 Rostelecom Cup
Previous GP:
2021 Internationaux de France
Next GP:
2021–22 Grand Prix Final

The event was originally scheduled to be held at its traditional location of Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, but was relocated in June after the International Ice Hockey Federation adjusted the rink size at the Megasport.[1]

Entries

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The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on 29 June 2021.[2]

Country Men[3] Women[4] Pairs[5] Ice dance[6]
  Australia Brendan Kerry
  Austria Olga Mikutina Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
  Azerbaijan Ekaterina Ryabova
  Belarus Viktoriia Safonova
  Belgium Loena Hendrickx
  Canada Roman Sadovsky Madeline Schizas Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
  Czech Republic Michal Březina
  Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus
  Georgia Nika Egadze
Morisi Kvitelashvili
  Hungary Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar
  Italy Matteo Rizzo Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
  Japan Keiji Tanaka
Kazuki Tomono
Rino Matsuike
  Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
  Poland Ekaterina Kurakova
  Russia Mikhail Kolyada
Mark Kondratiuk
Evgeni Semenenko
Maiia Khromykh
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Kamila Valieva
Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
  Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
  United States Camden Pulkinen Mariah Bell Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 16   Mark Kondratiuk Host picks [7]
Women   Maiia Khromykh [8]
Pairs   Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko [9]
Ice dance   Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin [10]
Women September 16   Elizabet Tursynbaeva September 29   Viktoriia Safonova Retirement[11] [8]
Ice dance November 2   Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron November 3   Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Galyavieva & Thauron split.[12] [10]
Men November 15   Maxim Naumov November 17   Brendan Kerry Injury[13] [7]
Ice dance November 16   Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Doctor's recommendations[14] [10]
Men November 17   Yuzuru Hanyu November 18   Nika Egadze Injury [7]
Pairs   Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Injury recovery (Kunkel)[15] [9]
Ice dance November 22   Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev [10]

Records

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

Discipline Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Women Short program   Kamila Valieva 87.42 26 November 2021 [16]
Free skating 185.29 27 November 2021 [17]
Total score 272.71 [18]

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 266.33 2 95.37 3 170.96
2 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 264.64 4 84.48 1 180.16
3 Kazuki Tomono   Japan 264.19 1 95.81 5 168.38
4 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 253.80 3 84.59 4 169.21
5 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 250.47 9 77.45 2 173.02
6 Evgeni Semenenko   Russia 246.66 7 81.00 6 165.66
7 Camden Pulkinen   United States 237.97 5 83.47 9 154.50
8 Mark Kondratiuk   Russia 231.88 11 74.16 8 157.72
9 Keiji Tanaka   Japan 229.75 10 76.69 10 153.06
10 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 219.59 6 82.31 11 137.28
11 Nika Egadze   Georgia 210.17 12 50.35 7 159.82
12 Brendan Kerry   Australia 204.19 8 80.48 12 123.71

Women

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kamila Valieva   Russia 272.71 1 87.42 1 185.29
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 229.23 2 80.10 3 149.13
3 Maiia Khromykh   Russia 219.69 5 64.72 2 154.97
4 Mariah Bell   United States 210.35 3 69.37 4 140.98
5 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 203.69 6 64.44 5 139.25
6 Madeline Schizas   Canada 192.14 4 67.49 7 124.32
7 Viktoriia Safonova   Belarus 185.64 9 58.19 6 127.45
8 Rino Matsuike   Japan 184.36 7 62.98 8 121.38
9 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland 175.64 11 56.43 9 119.21
10 Ekaterina Ryabova   Azerbaijan 175.24 8 58.87 10 116.37
11 Eva-Lotta Kiibus   Estonia 163.11 12 49.26 11 113.85
12 Olga Mikutina   Austria 161.09 10 57.09 12 104.00

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Russia 226.98 2 73.64 1 153.34
2 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Russia 212.59 1 73.91 2 138.68
3 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko   Russia 193.58 3 69.39 3 124.19
4 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov   United States 186.16 4 64.97 4 121.19
5 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Canada 177.72 7 58.95 5 118.77
6 Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar   Hungary 175.80 5 63.99 7 111.81
7 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Italy 172.85 6 59.92 6 112.93
8 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer   Austria 163.80 8 58.53 8 105.27

Ice dance

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Russia 211.72 1 86.81 1 124.91
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 203.71 2 79.56 2 124.15
3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 191.40 3 76.39 3 115.01
4 Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin   Spain 189.94 4 75.94 4 114.00
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 187.62 5 73.72 5 113.90
6 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin   Russia 180.93 6 71.95 6 108.98
7 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 177.88 7 71.43 8 106.45
8 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin   Russia 177.51 8 71.05 7 106.46

References

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  1. ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (June 29, 2021). "Коган объяснил перенос этапа Гран-при по фигурному катанию в Сочи" [Kogan explained the postponement of the Grand Prix figure skating stage to Sochi]. RIA Novosti (in Russian).
  2. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Men". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Women". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
  11. ^ Tursynbaeva, Elizabet [@elizabetkz] (September 20, 2021). "Dear fans, I have decided to end my career as a professional athlete" – via Instagram.
  12. ^ Fédération Française des Sports de Glace [@ffsportsdeglace] (November 3, 2021). "Nos danseurs sur glace Adelina Galyavieva et Louis Thauron mettent fin à leur collaboration après quatre saisons passées ensemble, une blessure chronique de Louis les empêchant de mener à bien leur projet sportif" [Our ice dancers Adelina Galyavieva and Louis Thauron put an end to their collaboration after four seasons spent together, a chronic injury of Louis preventing them from carrying out their sporting project.] – via Instagram.
  13. ^ "Maxim Naumov Withdraws from 2021 Rostelecom Cup" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. November 15, 2021.
  14. ^ Georgian Figure Skating Federation [@fskatinggeo] (November 16, 2021). "Maria Kazakova/Georgy Reviya withdraw from Rostelecom Cup and Warsaw Cup, following doctor's recommendations" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Hocke, Annika [@anni_kamaria] (November 17, 2021). "It hurts a lot to have to withdraw from Rostelecom Cup but we can't ignore the fact that we wouldn't be able to show a good program" – via Instagram.
  16. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 26, 2021.
  17. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. November 27, 2021.
  18. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Total Score". International Skating Union. November 27, 2021.
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