2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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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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.

Records

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 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu 110.95 10 December 2015 [2]
Junior Ladies Free skating Russia Polina Tsurskaya 128.59 12 December 2015 [3]
Total score 195.28
Men Free skating Japan Yuzuru Hanyu 219.48 [4]
Total score 330.43 [5]

Schedule

(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

Senior-level qualifiers

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

Junior-level qualifiers

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

Synchronized skating

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

Senior

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

Junior

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

Medals table

Senior

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

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

Men

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

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

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

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

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

Men

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

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

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

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

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  3. ^ a b "Highest Score: Ladies". International Skating Union. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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  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.
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