Figure skating competition held in Nagano
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 .
Entries
Changes to preliminary assignments
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] Grant Hochstein .[ 11]
On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion.[ 12] 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] Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam also withdrew.[ 15] Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus .[ 16]
On November 21, Jason Brown withdrew due to a back strain injury.[ 17] Brendan Kerry .[ 18]
On November 23, Maé-Bérénice Méité withdrew from the ladies' event.[ 19]
Results
Men
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).
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
References
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