2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Figure skating competition
The 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2013–14 season . Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final , held in Fukuoka , Japan .
Organized by the International Skating Union , the Grand Prix series began October 18 and continued until December 8, 2013. Skaters competed for medals, prize money, and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The series set the stage for the 2014 European , Four Continents , the World Championships , as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics and each country's national championships .
The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix .
Schedule
The ISU announced the following schedule of events taking place in autumn 2013:[ 1]
General requirements
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2013 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores:
Assignments
The International Skating Union released the initial list of Grand Prix assignments on June 3, 2013:[ 1]
Men
Skater
Assignment(s)
Max Aaron Skate America, NHK Trophy
Jeremy Abbott Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Florent Amodio Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Elladj Balde Skate Canada International
Chafik Besseghier NHK Trophy, Trophée Éric Bompard
Michal Březina Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Jason Brown Skate America (added)
Patrick Chan Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Richard Dornbush Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Joshua Farris Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Javier Fernández NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Artur Gachinski Skate America, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Misha Ge Rostelecom Cup (added)
Yan Han Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Yuzuru Hanyu Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Brian Joubert Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Maxim Kovtun Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Takahiko Kozuka Skate America, Cup of China
Peter Liebers Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Evan Lysacek Skate America
Tatsuki Machida Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Konstantin Menshov NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Ross Miner Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Takahito Mura Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Alexander Majorov Skate America
Nobunari Oda Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Evgeni Plushenko Rostelecom Cup
Romain Ponsart Trophée Éric Bompard
Kevin Reynolds Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Adam Rippon Skate America, NHK Trophy
Andrei Rogozine Skate Canada International
Song Nan Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Daisuke Takahashi Skate America, NHK Trophy
Denis Ten Skate America, Cup of China
Sergei Voronov NHK Trophy
Wang Yi Cup of China
[ 2]
Ladies
Skater
Assignment(s)
Samantha Cesario Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Christina Gao Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Bingwa Geng Cup of China
Elene Gedevanishvili Skate America, NHK Trophy
Gracie Gold Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry Trophée Éric Bompard
Nikol Gosviani Cup of China (added), Rostelecom Cup (added)
Joshi Helgesson Cup of China
Viktoria Helgesson Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Courtney Hicks Skate Canada International (added)
Haruka Imai Rostelecom Cup
Polina Korobeinikova Cup of China
Carolina Kostner Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Amelie Lacoste Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Alena Leonova Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Li Zijun Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Yulia Lipnitskaya Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Veronik Mallet Skate Canada International
Valentina Marchei Skate America, NHK Trophy
Mae Berenice Meite Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Satoko Miyahara NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Kanako Murakami Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Mirai Nagasu NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Kaetlyn Osmond Skate Canada International, Rostelcom Cup
Anna Pogorilaya Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Natalia Popova Skate Canada International (added), Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Yuna Kim Skate Canada International , Trophée Éric Bompard
Mao Asada Skate America, NHK Trophy
Elena Radionova Skate America, NHK Trophy
Yretha Silete Trophée Éric Bompard
Adelina Sotnikova Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Akiko Suzuki Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Ashley Wagner Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Agnes Zawadzki Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Caroline Zhang Skate America
Zhang Kexin Cup of China
[ 3]
Pairs
Pair
Assignment(s)
Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze Rostelecom Cup
Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Trophée Éric Bompard, Rostelecom Cup
Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Skate America, Skate Canada International
Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Skate America, NHK Trophy
Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Trophée Éric Bompard
Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Skate Canada International (added), NHK Trophy
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Skate America , Trophée Éric Bompard
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added)
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Pang Qing / Jian Tong Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Skate America (added), Skate Canada International
Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran Trophée Éric Bompard
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer Rostelecom Cup
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Skate Canada International
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Skate America, NHK Trophy
Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay Cup of China
[ 4]
Ice dance
Team
Assignment(s)
Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Cup of China
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Skate America, Cup of China
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Skate America, NHK Trophy
Madison Chock / Evan Bates Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Trophée Éric Bompard
Meryl Davis / Charlie White Skate America, NHK Trophy
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier NHK Trophy, Rostelcom Cup
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Rostelcom Cup
Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov NHK Trophy, Trophée Éric Bompard
Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso NHK Trophy
Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Trophée Éric Bompard
Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Trophée Éric Bompard
Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Skate Canada International
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Rostelecom Cup
Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed Skate America
Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Rostelecom Cup
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Skate America, NHK Trophy
Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin NHK Trophy
Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas Skate America
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen Cup of China
Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Skate America
[ 5]
Changes to preliminary assignments
Skate America
Skate Canada International
Cup of China
NHK Trophy
Rostelecom Cup
Medal summary
Qualification
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
Points (Singles/Dance)
Points (Pairs)
1st
15
15
2nd
13
13
3rd
11
11
4th
9
9
5th
7
7
6th
5
5
7th
4
-
8th
3
-
9th
-
–
10th
-
–
There were seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
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.
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.
Participated in two events.
Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
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
Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification.
Medal standings
References
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