Grand Prix Final figure skating 2017/2018 - the final tournament of the Grand Prix series in figure skating. The final will take place for the fifth time in Japan and the first time in Nagoya from December 7 to 10, 2017. Athletes will compete in the categories: men's and women's single skating, pair skating and ice dancing. At the same time, the finals of the Grand Prix series among juniors will be held in the same four disciplines. The finals in each discipline will include the six best adults and juniors (singles or pairs), determined based on the results of the series.
As before, the Russian federal sports channel ignores the Grand Prix stages, so the final will be available on the Eurosport 2 TV channel and on the Internet on the Telesport channel, and live broadcasts will be embedded on this page of our website and available for viewing both Live and recordings, after processing streaming video.
Broadcast of the first day of the competition - 12/07/2017 (Thursday) - beginning 12.10 Moscow time
Broadcast of the second day of the competition - 12/08/2017 (Friday) - starts at 12.45 Moscow time
Broadcast of the third day of competition - 12/09/2017 (Saturday) - beginning 10.25 Moscow time
Broadcast of demonstration performances - 12/10/2017 (Sunday) - starts at 8.30 Moscow time
Alternative broadcast sources
Grand Prix Final will be shown on Eurosport 2 TV channel.
- 12.15 Pairs, short program (Eurosport 2) - live
- 13.30 Men's short program (Eurosport 2) - live
- 14.40 Ice dancing, short dance (Eurosport 2) - live
- 01.00 Men's free program (Eurosport 2) - recording
- 10.25 Pairs, free program (Eurosport 2) - live
- 11.55 Ice dancing, free dance (Eurosport 2) - live
- 13.20 Women's free program (Eurosport 2; Channel One) - live
Competition schedule (Moscow time)
December 7, 2017 (Thursday)
12.15 – 13.09 Pairs, short program
13.30 – 14.17 Men, short program
14.40 -15.33 Ice dancing, short dance
December 8, 2017 (Friday)
12.55 -13.42 Women, short program
14.15 – 15.13 Men, free program
December 9, 2017 (Saturday)
10.25 -11.30 Pairs, free program
11.55 – 12.55 Ice dancing, free dance
13.20 – 14.15 Women, free program
December 10, 2017 (Sunday)
8.30 – 11.30 Demonstration performances
Composition of the final participants
The tables show the best results shown by the final participants at the Grand Prix stages of the current season separately in the short, free program oh and the amount. If a skater’s result is not indicated, then this result is not included in the top ten.
Men's single skating
| Athlete | Country | KP | PP | Sum | Victory |
| Shoma Uno | YAP | 103.62 | 197.48 | 301.10 | 1 |
| Nathan Chen | USA | 104.12 | 193.25 | 293.79 | 2 |
| Mikhail Kolyada | ROS | 103.13 | 185.27 | 279.38 | 1 |
| Sergey Voronov | ROS | 90.06 | 181.06 | 271.12 | 1 |
| Adam Rippon | USA | 177.41 | 266.45 | ||
| Jason Brown | USA | 90.71 | 261.14 |
Women's singles skating
| Athlete | Country | KP | PP | Sum | Victory |
| Carolina Costner | ITA | 74.62 | 141.36 | 215.98 | |
| Satoko Miyahara | YAP | 70.72 | 143.31 | 214.03 | 1 |
| Alina Zagitova | ROS | 69.44 | 151.34 | 213.88 | 2 |
| Caitlin Osmond | CAN | 76.06 | 212.91 | 1 | |
| Wakaba Higuchi | YAP | 70.53 | 141.99 | 212.52 | |
| Maria Sotskova | ROS | 140.99 | 208.78 |
Pair skating
| Athlete | Country | KP | PP | Sum | Victory |
| Wenjin Sui – Cong Han | WHALE | 80.14 | 155.10 | 234.53 | 2 |
| Evgenia Tarasova – Vladimir Morozov | ROS | 77.84 | 147.37 | 224.25 | 2 |
| Alena Savchenko – Bruno Massot | GER | 77.34 | 150.58 | 223.15 | 1 |
| Ksenia Stolbova – Fedor Klimov | ROS | 75.05 | 147.69 | 222.74 | |
| Megan Duhamel – Eric Redford | CAN | 75.37 | 144.79 | 222.22 | 1 |
| Yu Xiaoyu – Hao Zhang | WHALE | 73.67 | 145.53 | 219.20 |
Ice dancing
| Athlete | Country | KP | PP | Sum | Victory |
| Gabriela Papadakis – Guillaume Cizeron | FRA | 81.40 | 120.58 | 201.98 | 2 |
| Tessa Virtue – Scott Moir | CAN | 82.68 | 117.72 | 199.86 | 2 |
| Maya Shibutani – Alex Shibutani | USA | 79.18 | 115.07 | 194.25 | 2 |
| Madison Hubbell – Zachary Donohue | USA | 76.31 | 113.35 | 189.43 | |
| Anna Cappellini – Luca Lanotte | ITA | 75.87 | 110.69 | 186.56 | |
| Madison Chalke – Evan Bates | USA | 73.55 | 111.84 | 184.50 |
So, today, December 8th, the results of the short program among women and the free program among men at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating finals, which takes place in Japan, became known.
Among women, the leader was the athlete from Canada Caitlin Osmond, the Russian Alina Zagitova was in second place, and the athlete from Japan Satoko Miahara was in third place. Maria Sotskova came fourth in the short program.
Among the men, the leader was the athlete from the United States of America Nathan Chen, the second place was taken by the Japanese Shoma Uno, and the third went to the Russian Mikhail Kolyada. Sergei Voronov came fourth.
The competition was closed today by Japanese representative Shoma Uno. He also could not avoid errors when executing the program, including a fall and the so-called “underrotation.” According to the total points, Shoma loses to his opponent from the USA, and therefore takes second place.
The athlete has one hundred eighty-four and a half points for the free program, and he loses half a point to Nathan in the total, having two hundred eighty-six.
Shoma UNO 宇野昌磨 FS – 2017 Grand Prix Final
Mikhail Kolyada, a Russian, also made a lot of mistakes on the ice: we can say that the day turned out to be very difficult for the athlete. Result: almost one hundred eighty-three points for the free program and exactly two hundred eighty-two points in total.
Mikhail KOLYADA Mikhail Kolyada
Nathan Chen also made mistakes during his free program. However, for now this does not prevent him from leading, having overtaken his rivals in terms of total points. As a result of today's performance, the athlete scored more than one hundred eighty-three points, and Nathan's total points exceeded two hundred eighty-six.
Nathan CHEN FS – 2017 Grand Prix Final
US representative Jason Brown made mistakes in his free program, however, in general, many spectators liked his performance.
Jason BROWN FS — 2017 Grand Prix Final
Sergei Voronov performed many different elements on the ice today, and his steps and rotations were rated by the judges at the third and fourth levels of difficulty. For the free program, the Russian received almost one hundred and seventy-nine points.
Sergei VORONOV Sergei Voronov
American Adam Rippon opened the men's free program. He made a serious mistake - he fell on the quad Lutz at the start of the program, but the athlete coped with the rest of the elements.
Women's short program
The competition among women was closed today by the representative of Russia Alina Zagitova. She had only one blemish while performing the program, and after the performance and the judges’ assessments, the athlete - best result season, but second place.
Alina Zagitova. FGP 2017, CP 2
The famous Italian athlete Carolina Costner, who, as we know, is a bronze medalist, also performed today. Olympic Games in Sochi. The judges rated Karolina's step and rotation sequence at the fourth level of difficulty.
Carolina Kostner. FGP 2017, SP 6
Today the judges were also able to evaluate the performance of the gold contender in these competitions, Caitlin Osmond, representative of Canada. After the performance, she has an intermediate first place and, based on the results of the short program, is the best result of the season.
Kaetlyn Osmond. FGP 2017, SP 1
The third to demonstrate a short program on the ice was Maria Sotskaya, a representative of Russia. The girl was able to successfully cope with her task, and the steps and rotations were rated at the fourth level of difficulty.
Maria SOTSKOVA Maria Sotskova
The second short program was demonstrated by the Japanese Wakaba Higuchi, and in the figure skater’s performance there was a blot on the triple lutz-triple toe loop cascade in the second half of the program.
Wakaba HIGUCHI 樋口新葉 SP – 2017 Grand Prix Final
The short program was opened by Japanese representative Satoko Miahara, and she coped brilliantly with all the elements.
Satoko MIYAHARA 宮原知子 SP – 2017 Grand Prix Final
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Russian sports pairs Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov and Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov took fourth and fifth place in the Grand Prix finals in figure skating in Nagoya, Japan.
14:34 09.12.2017
Russian sports pairs Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov and Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov took fourth and fifth places, respectively, in the final of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Nagoya, Japan.
The victory was won by Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot from Germany. The Chinese duo Wenjin Sui - Cong Han won silver, and the Canadian pair Megan Duhamel - Eric Redford took bronze.
The winners of last year's Grand Prix final, Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov, who were in second place after the short program in Nagoya, failed in their free program. After the performance, the World Championship bronze medalists and European champions commented on their performance.
“What happened, happened. It happens. Probably. We’ll draw some conclusions. The rental didn’t work out, what can you say,” said Vladimir Morozov.
The skaters said they were ready for the tournament. They didn’t think about the status of the current winners of the Grand Prix Final; they performed as in regular competitions. They didn’t create any extra pressure for themselves. Everything went well for the season.
“Perhaps there has been a decline. We will continue to work. There is a little time before the Russian Championship. We will rethink what happened here. We will make good programs at the Russian Championship,” the partner explained.
After the skate, the athletes looked somewhat discouraged by such a performance.
“It’s not just nerves. It’s possible that we couldn’t cope with our condition after a good short program. We’ll think. We’ll draw conclusions for ourselves so as not to repeat such a free program,” added Evgenia Tarasova.
Olympic champions in team competitions, silver medalists of the Sochi Games Ksenia Stolbova - Fedor Klimov were fourth in the Grand Prix final after the short program. A clean free skate, as Ksenia explained, was hampered by a leg injury received in Nagoya.
“I made two serious mistakes. Unfortunately, it so happened that in the short program I received a slight injury. I thought that it would be a little easier. But no. My leg is a little bothering me,” admitted Ksenia.
The athlete explained the cause of the injury.
"The skate fell off, my leg sprained. My leg was a push leg. And I couldn’t do the jumping elements in full force. Hence the mistakes. In principle, I’m satisfied with the other elements,” Stolbova said.
Answering a question from journalists about the unusual choreography in the free program, the athlete said that it was their task to show something unusual.
“We wanted to show unusual choreography, unusual Carmen, in a new non-classical, more modern performance, in the modern style. But the plot does not change. In the end they still kill me,” commented Ksenia Stolbova.
As for the Russian Championship, which does not have much time left, Ksenia explained that “the injury must be healed and go.”
Grand Prix Final. Nagoya (Japan). Couples. Free program. 1. Alena Savchenko - Bruno Massot (Germany) - 157.25, 2. Wenjin Sui - Cong Han (China) - 155.07, 3. Megan Duhamel - Eric Redfod (Canada) - 138.65... 5. Ksenia Stolbova - Fedor Klimov - 136.11, 6 Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov (all Russia) - 129.90.
Results. 1. Alena Savchenko - Bruno Massot (Germany) - 236.68, 2. Wenjin Sui - Cong Han (China) - 230.89, 3. Megan Duhamel - Eric Redfod (Canada) - 210.83, 4. Ksenia Stolbova - Fedor Klimov - 209.26, 5 . Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov (all Russia) - 208.73.
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6:31 10.12.2017
The final of the Figure Skating Grand Prix series of the 2017/18 season in Nagoya, Japan ended for Russia with the success of the single skating representatives. The competitive part of the tournament ended on Saturday.
Participants:
Women
Alina Zagitova (Russia), Maria Sotskova (Russia), Kathleen Osmond (Canada). Carolina Costner (Italy), Wakaba Higuchi (Japan), Satoko Miyahara (Japan)
Men
Nathan Chen (USA), Adam Rippon (USA), Mikhail Kolyada (Russia), Sergey Voronov (Russia), Shoma Uno (Japan), Jin Boyan (China)
Couples
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (Russia), Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (Russia), Sun Wenjing / Han Cun (China), Yu Xiaoyu / Hao Zhang (China), Alena Savchenko / Bruno Massot (Germany), Megan Duhamel / Eric Redford (Canada)
Dancing
Maya Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA), Madison Chalke/Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (USA), Gabriela Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (France), Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (Canada), Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (Italy)
The Russians won three awards: Alina Zagitova took gold, Maria Sotskova - silver in women's single skating, Mikhail Kolyada - bronze in men's singles.
Zagitova’s relief and Sotskova’s worries
The women's singles skating tournament was quite unpredictable. Firstly, she was forced to withdraw from the tournament in Nagoya due to an ankle injury. two-time champion world and winner of the Grand Prix Finals of two previous seasons Russian woman Evgenia Medvedeva. Secondly, Skate America showed competitive scores at the stage silver medalist World Championship 2015 Japanese Satoko Miyahara.
After the short program, Zagitova and Sotskova took second and fourth places, respectively, having scored a decent number of points (76.27 and 74.00 points). Canadian Kaitlyn Osmond took the lead with 77.04. And in the free program, Sotskova, demonstrating clean skating, showed her best result - 142.28 points and a personal record for the sum of points for two programs - 216.28.
First, one of the tournament favorites, Japanese Wakaba Higuchi, could not beat her, and then Osmond, who eventually became third (215.16). Zagitova, having performed the most difficult element, the triple lutz-triple loop cascade, made mistakes on the other two jumps, but 223.30 points scored for two programs ultimately practically guaranteed her victory. Miyahara, who competed last, did not create competition for the Russians.
“I feel good, I’m glad that the competition ended well for me, and I also feel relieved,” Zagitova said. The athlete made mistakes on two jumps. “But these blots are insignificant, and on my best jumps, so I’m happy with these competitions. There are always blots and shortcomings, that’s why every athlete responds like this. It may sound banal, but it’s true,” she added.
Sotskova, in turn, admitted that for the first time she was so worried at the Grand Prix Final.
“Actually, I was worried and quite a lot,” said the figure skater. “It was the first time I was worried at the Final. Usually I feel relaxed, I enjoy it, but here for some reason I was worried. Probably only because I really want to get on the podium, that’s why there is excitement."
Stolbova's injury and Morozova's faith
In the tournament sports couples The short program was won by the Germans Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot, and immediately behind them were the Russians Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov. It’s nice for both duos that they beat the current world champions, Chinese Sui Wenjing and Cong Han, who screwed up the parallel triple toe loop. The athletes from the Middle Kingdom also looked imperfect during training; once a couple fell during support.
Other Russians Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov performed their short program with dignity, with the exception of being demoted to the second level for a triple twist and an unfortunate fall of their partner a little later. In the free program, the duo again made a twist of the second level, performed a good Lutz throw, but screwed up a cascade of three sheepskin coats, and then a parallel triple Salchow. The result is fourth place (209.26).
“I made two serious mistakes, unfortunately, it so happened that in the short program I received a slight injury. Apparently, due to the fact that the skate fell off (in the short program) and twisted my leg. And I can’t do the push elements fully strength. I thought it would be a little easier, but no,” the partner explained.
The winners of the Grand Prix Final of last season in Marseille, Tarasova/Morozov, failed on a triple Salchow and a toe loop combination, and ended up finishing fifth (208.73).
“We won’t be upset, it happens. Probably. We’ll draw some conclusions later. Well, the rental didn’t work out, what else can you say,” Morozov told reporters. “We prepared normally, we were also prepared normally, we just couldn’t cope with our nerves, probably. Maybe Maybe there’s a decline, I don’t know. We’ll continue to work, there’s a little time before the Russian Championship, we’ll rethink what happened here and do a good program at the Russian Championship.”
The Germans Savchenko/Masso won in Nagoya (236.68), while the skaters did not use the extremely complex triple axel throw. Silver went to Sui Wenjing/Cun Han, who made a quadruple twist, but did without a quadruple throw (230.89). Canadians Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford took bronze (210.83), who unsuccessfully performed a quadruple salchow throw.
Censorship of Kolyada
The current Russian champion Kolyada managed to climb onto the podium in men's single skating. In the short program, the athlete failed the quadruple lutz, but received a very respectable 99.22 points, taking intermediate third place, and later retained it in the free program (182.78, total - 282.00 points), despite failures on the quadruple lutz and Salchow, as well as triple Axel.
