Final Grand Prix 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 for the first time in Nagoya from December 7 to 10, 2017. Athletes will compete in the categories: male and female 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 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 present top scores, shown by the participants of the final at the stages of the Grand Prix this season separately in a short free program oh and in total. If the skater does not have a result, then this result is not in the top ten.

Men's single skating

Athlete	The country	KP	PP	Sum	victories
Shoma Uno	JP	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
Sergei 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

Athlete	The country	KP	PP	Sum	victories
Carolina Costner	ITA	74.62	141.36	215.98
Satoko Miyahara	JP	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	JP	70.53	141.99	212.52
Maria Sotskova	ROS		140.99	208.78

Pair skating

Athlete	The country	KP	PP	Sum	victories
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

Dancing on Ice

Athlete	The country	KP	PP	Sum	victories
Gabriela Papadakis - Guillaume Sizeron	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 Donoghue	USA	76.31	113.35	189.43
Anna Cappellini - Luca Lanotte	ITA	75.87	110.69	186.56
Madison Chalk - Evan Bates	USA	73.55	111.84	184.50

presents to your attention the results of the past youth Grand Prix, which took place in Australia, Austria and Latvia.

In August, the long-awaited Olympic winter season figure skating! Talented juniors from all over the world were the first to take to the ice in Brisbane, Australia.

According to the results of the competition days, the American Aleksey Krasnozhon (209.37 points) has strengthened on the first line in the men's singles box office, the Russians Roman Savosin (196.20 points) and Yegor Rukhin (185.12 points) are in second and third place.

Among the girls, Russian figure skaters turned out to be the strongest. Alexandra Trusova took the first place (197.69 points). She is followed by Anastasia Gulyakova (181.43 points). Rounding out the top three is Japanese Riko Takino (174.16 points).

In "Dance on Ice" the Russians again dominate. The best became Russian couple Sofia Polishchuk and Alexander Vakhnov (145.86 points). In second place are Canadians Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Laga (138.92 points). In third place are the Russians Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Nikita Nazarov (131.80 points).

In Salzburg, Austria, we watched the ups and downs of other equally interesting boys and girls.

Among the guys, the strongest was the American Camden Pulkinen (203.80 points), the second place was taken by the Frenchman Luc Economides (190.59 points). Egor Murashov from Russia took the third place (186.76 points).

The girls had a real drama. The figures for the short and free programs were as close as ever. Managed to win first place Russian figure skater Anastasia Tarakanova (196.68 points). In second place was Korean Insyu Lim (186.34 points). The top three was closed by Japanese Mako Yamashita (181.04 points).

In the Ice Dance discipline, the Americans Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (145.39 points) became the undisputed leaders. They were followed by Ksenia Konkina and Grigory Yakushev from Russia (139.80 points). The French duo Natasha Lagoge/Corentin Rayer was behind the Russians (129.90 points).

From September 6th to 9th, the next Grand Prix was hosted by the Latvian Riga. A lot of new and interesting things were brought to us by the stage in a beautiful European town.

Kazakhstani Nikita Manko took part in the men's rentals. Unfortunately, our guy could not enter the top ten of the best skaters, while gaining (132.75 points).

Japanese Mitsuki Sumoto (203.51 points) is in the first position, followed by Russian Makar Ignatov (196.88 points). The third was the American Tomoki Hivatashi (189.89 points).

Our figure skater Zhansaya Adykhanova performed among the girls (90.43 points). Alas, this result did not allow the girl to enter the top ten.

In the women's box office, the Russians are again on the first line. Daria Ponenkova scored 185.80 points. Follow her to standings Rika Kihira from Japan (180.46 points). The American Emmy Ma rounded out the top three (172.62 points).

Pair skating has started at the Latvian Grand Prix. The best rental was shown by Apollinaria Panfilova and Dmitry Rylov from Russia (157.51 points). The second place in the table is also taken by the Russians Alexandra Boikova/Dmitry Kozlovsky. Canadians Evelyn Volge/Trent Michaud finished third with 153.73 points.

In "Dance on Ice" the bar was set by the Russian couple Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko (140.91 points). In second place are Anastasia Shpeleva/Grigory Smirnov (139.83 points). On the third line - Carolyn Green / Gordon Green from the USA (124.58 points).

According to the results of eight Grand Prix, the winners will receive cash rewards. Skaters competing in single skating will receive:

1st place - $2000;

2nd place - $1500;

3rd place $1000.

Juniors who compete in the Pair Skating and Ice Dance categories compete for:

1st place - $3000;

2nd place - $2250;

3rd place - $1500.

The next stage of the Grand Prix will be held in Minsk from 20 to 24 September. Our figure skaters Rakhat Bralin, Alana Tokhtarova, as well as the duet Gaukhar Nauryzova / Boysangur Datiyev will perform in Belarus, who will represent the country in the Ice Dance discipline.

Elena KLEPIKOVA

58 - Inside news page

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 / 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 Chalk/Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (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 sports couples tournament, the Germans Alyona Savchenko and Bruno Massot won the short program, followed by the Russians Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov right behind them. 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 decently in the short program, with the exception of being lowered (to 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 gross mistakes, unfortunately, it so happened that in short program I received a minor injury. Apparently, due to the fact that the skate flew off (in the short program) and twisted her leg. And I can’t do push elements at full strength. 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.