2021 Rostelecom Cup

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
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2021–22 Grand Prix Final

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.

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

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

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

Records

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2021–22 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

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

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

Results

Men

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

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

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

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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  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.
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  17. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. November 27, 2021.
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