The results of the short and free programs in the finals of the Grand Prix in figure skating in Japan have become known. The results of the short and free programs in the finals of the Grand Prix in figure skating in Japan became known

So, today, on the eighth of December, the results of the short program among women and the free program among men in the finals of the Grand Prix in figure skating, which takes place in Japan, became known.

Among women, the leader was an athlete from Canada Caitlin Osmond, in second place was Alina Zagitova from Russia, and in third place was an athlete from Japan Satoko Miahara. The fourth was the results of the short program Maria Sotskova.

Among men, the leader was an 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. The fourth was Sergey Voronov.

The representative of Japan Shoma Uno closed the competition today. He also failed to avoid errors while executing the program, including having a fall and the so-called "underrotation". In terms of total points, Shoma loses to his opponent from the USA, and therefore takes second place.

The athlete has one hundred and eighty-four and a half points for the free program, and he loses half of the point to Nathan in the total amount, having two hundred and eighty-six.

Shoma UNO 宇野昌磨 FS - 2017 Grand Prix Final

Mikhail Kolyada, a Russian, also made many mistakes on the ice: we can say that the day for the athlete turned out to be very difficult. The result: almost one hundred and eighty-three points for the free program and exactly two hundred and eighty-two points in total.

Mikhail KOLYADA Mikhail Kolyada

Nathan Chen also made mistakes in the free skate. However, so far 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 and eighty-three points, and Nathan's total number of points exceeds two hundred and eighty-six.

Nathan CHEN FS — 2017 Grand Prix Final

US representative Jason Brown had errors in the free program, however, in total, many viewers liked his performance.

Jason BROWN FS — 2017 Grand Prix Final

Sergei Voronov performed many different elements on the ice today, and the track of 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 free program among men. He had a gross mistake - a fall on a quadruple lutz at the start of the program, but the athlete coped with the implementation of the rest of the elements.

Women's short program

The representative of Russia Alina Zagitova closed the competition among women today. During the program, she had only one blot, and after the performance and judges' ratings, the athlete had the best result of the season, but second place.

Alina Zagitova. FGP 2017, CP 2

The well-known Italian athlete Carolina Kostner, who, as we know, is the bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Sochi, also spoke today. The judges rated the path of steps and rotations of Carolina at the fourth level of difficulty.

Carolina Costner. FGP 2017, SP 6

The judges were also able today to evaluate the performance of the contender for gold in these competitions, Caitlin Osmond, the representative of Canada. After the performance, she has an intermediate first place and, according to the results of the short program, 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 combination of a triple lutz - a triple toe loop in the second half of the program.

Wakaba HIGUCHI SP - 2017 Grand Prix Final

Japanese representative Satoko Miahara opened the short program, and she brilliantly coped with all the elements.

Satoko MIYAHARA 宮原知子 SP - 2017 Grand Prix Final

CHISINAU, Dec 10 - Sputnik. The final of the Grand Prix series in figure skating of the 2017/18 season in Japanese Nagoya ended for Russia with the success of the representatives of single skating - the Russians won three awards: Alina Zagitova took gold, Maria Sotskova took silver in women's singles, Mikhail Kolyada took bronze in men's singles .

Triumph of Russia in women's singles

The women's singles tournament was quite unpredictable. Firstly, two-time world champion and winner of the Grand Prix Finals of the previous two seasons, Russian Evgenia Medvedeva, was forced to withdraw from the tournament in Nagoya due to an injury. Secondly, Japanese Satoko Miyahara showed competitive scores at the Skate America stage.

After the short program, Zagitova and Sotskova placed second and fourth, respectively, with 76.27 and 74.00 points respectively. Canada's Caitlin Osmond led the way with 77.04 points. And in the free program, Sotskova, demonstrating clean skating, showed the best result for herself - 142.28 points and a personal record for the sum of points for two programs - 216.28.

At first, one of the favorites of the tournament, Japanese Wakaba Higuchi, and then Osmond, who eventually became third (215.16), could not get around her. Zagitova, having made the most difficult element, the combination of triple lutz - triple rittberger, made blots on the other two jumps, but 223.30 points scored in two programs, in the end, practically guaranteed her victory.

“I feel good, I’m glad that the competition ended well for me, and I also feel relieved,” Zagitova said.

The athlete noted that she was satisfied with these competitions, although she made a number of minor mistakes on two jumps. “There are always blots and shortcomings, so every athlete answers like that. Let it sound trite, but it’s true,” she added.

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Zagitova wants to go to the Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has previously decided to exclude Russia from participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. According to the decision of the IOC, only "clean" Russian athletes under the Olympic flag will be able to take part in the Games.

In an interview with reporters following the results of the Figure Skating Grand Prix in Japan, Zagitova admitted that she is no exception to those athletes who wish to qualify for the 2018 Olympics.

“I have never been to Korea. Every athlete wants to get to the Olympic Games, and I am no exception,” Zagitova said.

Duet competition

The Germans Alyona Savchenko and Bruno Massot (236.68) won the tournament of sports pairs at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Japan, while the skaters did not use the super-difficult triple axel throw. Silver went to Sui Wenjing/Cun Han, who did a quad twist but missed a quad throw (230.89). Canadians Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford (210.83) took bronze with their unsuccessful quadruple salchow throw.

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The victory in ice dancing was won by the French Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron, who set another world record for the sum of points for both programs - 202.16. The previous world record was 201.98 points and was set by the same couple in November. Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir raised the hall with their performance, but scored "only" 199.86 points and were content with silver. Third - Americans Maya and Alex Shibutani (188.00).

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Bronze carols

The reigning champion of Russia Mikhail Kolyada managed to climb the podium in the men's singles at the Grand Prix in figure skating in Japan. In the short program, the athlete pulled off the quadruple lutz and received 99.22 points, taking an intermediate third place, and later kept it in the free program (182.78, total - 282.00 points), despite failures in the quadruple lutz and salchow, and also triple axel.

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“I tore off the elements due to the fact that I hurried out of fatigue. I wanted to finish the program as soon as possible,” the newly-made bronze medalist admitted.

Russian Sergey Voronov, who, by his own admission, is experiencing a second youth, took fourth place in the Final (266.59 points).

"It's actually great that at 30 I don't look much older than my competitors here," said Voronov.

The winner of the Grand Prix Final was the American Nathan Chen (286.51), making only two out of four clean in the free program. The Japanese Shoma Uno, who was born just in Nagoya, had a starting quadruple loop with underrotation, quadruple salchows and a flip to plus, but both sheepskin coats to minus. The result is 286.01 points and the second place.

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6:31 10.12.2017

The final of the Grand Prix series in figure skating of the 2017/18 season in Japanese Nagoya ended for Russia with the success of the representatives of single skating. The competitive part of the tournament ended on Saturday.

List of 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 Boyang (China)

Couples

Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (Russia), Ksenia Stolbova / Fyodor 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 Chalk/Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donoghue (USA), Gabriela Papadakis/Guillaume Sizeron (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 singles, Mikhail Kolyada - bronze in men's singles.

Relief of Zagitova and Sotskova's feelings

The women's singles tournament was quite unpredictable. Firstly, due to an ankle injury, the two-time world champion and winner of the Grand Prix Finals of the previous two seasons, Russian Evgenia Medvedeva, was forced to withdraw from the tournament in Nagoya due to an ankle injury. Secondly, Satoko Miyahara from Japan showed competitive scores at the Skate America stage.

After the short program, Zagitova and Sotskova took second and fourth places, respectively, with a decent amount of points (76.27 and 74.00 points). Canada's Caitlin Osmond took the lead with 77.04. And in the free program, Sotskova, demonstrating clean skating, showed the best result for herself - 142.28 points and a personal record for the sum of points for two programs - 216.28.

At first, one of the favorites of the tournament, Japanese Wakaba Higuchi, and then Osmond, who eventually became third (215.16), could not get around her. Zagitova, having made the most difficult element, the combination of triple lutz - triple rittberger, made blots on the other two jumps, but 223.30 points scored in two programs, in the end, practically guaranteed her victory. The last speaker, Miyahara, 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 blots 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 answers like that. Let it sound trite, 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 strong,” said the skater. “I was worried for the first time at the Final. Usually I feel relaxed, I enjoy it, but here for some reason I was worried. there's a commotion."

Injury to Stolbova and Vera Morozova

In the tournament of sports couples, the Germans Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot won the short program, and immediately behind them were the Russians Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov. It's nice for both duets that they beat the reigning world champions Chinese Sui Wenjing and Cong Han, who ruined the parallel triple toe loop. Athletes from the Celestial Empire also looked imperfect in training, once a couple fell during support.

Other Russians Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov performed well in the short program, with the exception of a lowering of the level (to the second) for a triple twist and an unfortunate fall of their partner a little later. In the free, the duo again made a twist of the second level, made a solid lutz throw, but ruined a cascade of three sheepskin coats, and then a parallel triple salchow. The result is fourth place (209.26).

“I made two blunders, unfortunately, it so happened that in the short program I got a little injury. Apparently, due to the fact that the skate flew off (in the short program) and twisted my leg. And I can’t do push elements in full I thought it would be a little easier, but no, "the partner explained.

The winners of the Grand Prix Final last season in Marseilles Tarasova/Morozov made a marriage on a triple salchow and a cascade of sheepskin coats, and eventually became fifth (208.73).

“We won’t get upset, it happens. Probably. We’ll draw some conclusions later. Well, the performance didn’t turn out, what else can you say,” Morozov told reporters. I don't know if the recession has begun. We will continue to work, there is a little time before the Russian Championship, we will rethink what we have done here, and we will do the programs well at the Russian Championship."

The Germans Savchenko / Masso won in Nagoya (236.68), while the skaters did not use the super-difficult triple axel throw. Silver went to Sui Wenjing/Cun Han, who did a quad twist but missed a quad throw (230.89). Canadians Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford (210.83) took bronze with their unsuccessful quadruple salchow throw.

Censorship of Kolyada

The reigning Russian champion Kolyada managed to climb the podium in men's single skating. In the short program, the athlete pulled off the quadruple lutz, but received a very decent 99.22 points, taking an intermediate third place, and later kept it in the free program (182.78, total - 282.00 points), despite failures in the quadruple lutz and salchow, as well as a triple axel.

Figure Skating Grand Prix 2017/2018 is the next edition of the main commercial figure skating tournament. The championship consists of six stages and the final, which will be held in different cities of the world. Russia will not stand aside either. Moscow will host the very first round of the competition. The competition in the Russian capital will be held from 20 to 22 October 2017. I really want to believe that native walls will bring good luck to our masters!

Tournament Regulations

This is a multi-stage championship, consisting of several tournaments, each of which takes place in a separate country. In the season 2017 - 2018, the stages of the Grand Prix in figure skating will be held in six states:

• Russia;
• Japan;
• Canada;
• France;
• China.

12 skaters/pairs take part in each round. They will compete in four disciplines:

1. men's single skating;
2. dancing on Ice;
3. women's single skating;
4. pair skating.

The best 6 skaters/pairs, who scored the most points at the end of the stages, are selected for the final. They play championship medals.

Figure Skating Grand Prix Schedule 2017/2018

Viewers will be able to cheer for their favorites from October 20 to December 10, 2017. Here's what the competition calendar looks like:

• October 20 - 22: Rostelecom Cup (Russia, Moscow);
• October 27 - 29: "Skate Canada" (Canada, Regina);
• November 3 - 5: Cup of China (China, Beijing);
• November 10 - 12: Japan Cup (Japan, Osaka);
• November 17 - 19: French Cup (France, Grenoble);
• December 7 - 10: final (Japan, Nagoya).

The first round of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18 will take place in Moscow, and the last round in French Grenoble.

Also, the Grand Prix will be held for juniors. Competitions for girls and boys will be organized from August 23 to December 10. Fans will see the following stages:

• August 23 - 26 (Australia, Brisbane);
• August 31 - September 2 (Austria, Salzburg);
• September 6 - 9 (Latvia, Riga);
• September 20 - 24 (Belarus, Minsk);
• September 27 - 30 (Croatia, Zagreb);
• October 4 - 7 (Poland, Gdansk);
• October 11 - 14 (Italy, Enya / Bolzano).

The Grand Prix Final in figure skating 2017/2018 for adult and junior figure skaters will be joint. Culminating performances will be held in the Japanese city of Nagoya. Figure skaters will compete for medals from 7 to 10 December 2017.

Participants of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18

Dozens of athletes from many countries of the world will take part in the competition. But the most interesting and memorable will be the performances of athletes representing the main "figure powers". These include China, Canada, Japan and Russia, and to a lesser extent the US, France, Italy and Spain.

Naturally, the main object of attention from domestic fans at the Grand Prix in figure skating will be participants from Russia. Our representatives are able to compete in any competitive categories. This is what the achievements of the Russians looked like at the last Grand Prix.

Women

We were ahead of the rest. The entire top three was occupied by Russians. The best was Evgenia Medvedeva, followed by Anna Pogorilaya and Elena Radionova. On account of their silver and bronze, respectively. There is no doubt that our athletes will surprise with more than one medal in women's single skating.

Couples

The duet Evgeny Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov has the best result. They took the 5th place... We have strong couples, so the fans have the right to look at the future competition with optimism.

Dance Sport

The duet Ekaterina Bobrova/Sergey Solovyov was not enough to get into the top three. The Russian couple became only the 4th. In this competitive category, our athletes are not very strong. But they can definitely compete for medals.

Men

Here the Russians are traditionally bad. Figure skaters from Russia did not even make it to the final five. It seems that there are at least a dime a dozen talented skaters: Kovtun, Akimov, Gachinsky ... But there is no worthy result. Isn't it time to shoot our guys?!

Afterword

Well, we are waiting for October and buying tickets for the Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18. The upcoming competition draw promises to attract more than one ambitious star. And where there is ambition, there is always an irreconcilable struggle and transcendent emotions. Therefore, the audience should not get bored!

The Grand Prix Final in Figure Skating 2017/2018 is the final tournament of the Figure Skating Grand Prix series. The final will take place for the fifth time in Japan and for 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 final of the Grand Prix series among juniors in the same four disciplines will be held. In the finals, in each discipline, the six best seniors and juniors (singles or pairs) determined by the results of the series will be accepted.

As before, the Russian federal sports channel ignores the stages of the Grand Prix, 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 in Live mode and in recordings after streaming video processing.

Broadcast of the first day of the competition - 07.12.2017 (Thursday) - beginning at 12.10 Moscow time

Broadcast of the second day of the competition - 08.12.2017 (Friday) - beginning at 12.45 Moscow time

Broadcast of the third day of the competition - 09.12.2017 (Saturday) - beginning at 10.25 Moscow time

Broadcast demonstration performances - 10.12.2017 (Sunday) - beginning at 8.30 Moscow time

Alternative broadcast sources

Grand Prix Final will be shown on the 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) - entry

• 10.25 Pairs Free Skating (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's short program

14.40 -15.33 Ice dancing, short dance

December 8, 2017 (Friday)

12.55 -13.42 Women's 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

The composition of the participants of the final

The tables show the best results shown by the participants of the finals at the stages of the Grand Prix of this season separately in short, free programs and in total. If the skater does not have a result, then this result is not in the top ten.

Men's single skating

Women's Singles

Pair skating

Dancing on Ice