From 7 to 9 December in Nagoya, Japan, the final of the Junior Grand Prix series in figure skating season 2017-2018 It was with the UGP that the restart of the "Stainless Skate Society" began in September, we watched the struggle of juniors, their successes and failures for 7 stages, and we continue to closely monitor "our children" who have passed a tough selection and reached the final.

36 will compete in the final young athletes from 6 countries and figure skaters from Russia, represented in each of the four types of the program, have an undeniable advantage here.

Broadcast schedule (Moscow time)

December 7, 2017 (Thursday)

8.05 hour - Pairs, short program

9.25 a.m. - Juniors, which program

10.35 a.m. - Juniors, short program

December 8, 2017 (Friday)

8.40 a.m. - Ice dancing, short dance

10.00 a.m. - Pairs, free program

11.25 a.m. - Juniors, free program

December 9, 2017 (Saturday)

7.45 a.m. - Ice Dancing, juniors, free dance

9.05 - Juniors, free program

Single skating. Juniors

Dominance thesis Russian school figure skating, is as relevant as possible for junior single skaters. Our girls out of 6 places in the final gave only one to the representative of the host country of the Grand Prix final. Alexandra Trusova and Sofia Samodurova won two stages of the junior Grand Prix series each and have the highest total scores.

Participants of the Grand Prix Final

FINALISTS	The country	KP	PP	Sum	victories
Alexandra Trusova	Russia	69.72	132.12	197.69	2
Sofia Samodurova	Russia	66.67	125.52	192.19	2
Alena Kostornaya	Russia	69.16	128.75	197.91	1
Daria Panenkova	Russia	66.65	130.91	196.55	1
Anastasia Tarakanova	Russia	66.68	130.00	196.68	1
Rika Kihira	Japan	66.72	125.41	185.81
SPARE
Mako Yamashita	Japan
Nana Araki	Japan
Lim Young-soo	Korea

Single skating. Youths

Alexey Erokhov (Russia) and Alexey Krasnozhon (USA) lead standings among juniors with two stage victories. Erokhov, who showed the best result of the season 232.79 points, will make his debut in the Grand Prix Final, and Krasnozhon (the best result of the season 225.48) took fifth place in the junior final of 2016 and is the only junior who has experience of playing in the Grand Prix final. At.

Participants of the Grand Prix Final

FINALISTS	The country	KP	PP	Sum	victories
Alexey Erokhov	Russia	78.83	155.27	232.79	2
Alexey Krasnozhon	USA	80.26	145.22	225.48	2
Camden Pulkinen	USA		140.83	203.80	1
Mitsuki Sumoto	Japan	73.18	140.26	207.54	1
Makar Ignatov	Russia	72.00	147.22	219.22
Andrew Torgashev	USA	74.34	138.37	212.71
SPARE
Joseph Fan	Canada
Luke Economides	France
Roman Savosin	Russia

Pair skating

World junior champions Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor and silver medalists of the world championship Alexandra Boikova / Dmitry Kozlovsky return to the final fight. However, the best points scored during the qualifying stages are Daria Pavlyuchenko / Denis Khodykin and Apollinaria / Dmitry Rylov, who will make their debut in the junior final.

Participants of the Grand Prix Final

FINALISTS	The country	KP	PP	Sum	victories
Daria Pavlyuchenko / Denis Khodykin	Russia	59.99	109.95	166.24	1
Appolinaria Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov	Russia	55.99	101.52	157.51	1
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor	Australia	61.00	106.26	167.26	1
Anastasia Poluyanova / Dmitry Sopot	Russia	56.81	105.77	162.14
Alexandra Boykova / Dmitry Kozlovsky	Russia	61.23	101.98	163.21
Yuming Gao / Zhong Xi	China	59.99	104.97	164.96
SPARE
Polina Kostyukovich / Dmitry Yalin	Russia				1
Evelyn Walsh / Trenn Michaud	Canada
Laken Lockley / Keenan Prochnov	USA

Dancing

The Junior Dance Finals feature 2017 World Championship bronze medalists Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko (USA / 150.05 points), who are the only duo to have won two Junior Grand Prix tournaments. Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin (Russia / 150.78) have one victory to their credit, returning to the Final after missing out last year. The rest of the couples are rookies in the final.

We present a consolidated calendar of Russian and international competitions figure skating season 20176/2018.

You can also see the full schedule of the main figure skating tournaments at the following links:

Year	Month	the date	NOC	Tournament	Place
2017	August	23–26		Stage I ISU Grand Prix Juniors	Brisbane, Australia
2017	August	August 29 - September 1		Moscow Open Championship Juniors (all types)	Moscow
2017	August	August 31 - September 2		Stage II ISU Grand Prix Juniors	Salzburg, Austria
2017	September	6–9		Stage III ISU Grand Prix	Riga, Latvia
2017	September	13–17		ISU Challenger series “U.S. International FS» Adults	Salt Lake City, USA
2017	September	14–17		Series ISU Challenger "Lombardia Trophy" Seniors	Bergamo, Italy
2017	September	15–19		I stage of the "Cup of Russia - Rostelecom" Seniors, juniors (all types)	Syzran
2017	September	20–24		Stage IV ISU Grand Prix Junior (including pair skating)	Minsk, Belarus
2017	September	20–23		ISU Challenger Series "Autumn Classic International" Adults	Montreal, Canada
2017	September	21–23		ISU Challenger Series "Ondrej Nepela Memorial" Adults	Bratislava, Slovakia
2017	September	27–30		ISU Challenger Series "Nebelhorn Trophy" Seniors	Oberstdorf, Germany
2017	September	27–30		Stage V ISU Grand Prix Junior (including pair skating)	Zagreb, Croatia
2017	October	4–7		Stage VI ISU Grand Prix Junior (including pair skating)	Gdansk, Poland
2017	October	6–8		Series ISU Challenger "Finlandia Trophy" Seniors	Espoo, Finland
2017	October	11–14		Stage VII ISU Grand Prix Juniors	Egna/Bolzano, Italy
2017	October	12–16		II stage of the "Cup of Russia - Rostelecom" Seniors, juniors (all types)	Yoshkar-Ola
2017	October	16–18		All-Russian competitions"For the prizes of the Moscow Figure Skating Federation" Seniors, juniors (single skating)	Moscow
2017	October	18–21		All-Russian competitions “Memorial of N.A. Panin-Kolomenkina" Adults, juniors (single, pair skating) Juniors, 1 category (sport dancing)	St. Petersburg
2017	October	20–22		Stage I of the ISU Grand Prix "Rostelecom Cup" adults	Moscow, Russia
2017	October	26–29		Series ISU Challenger "Minsk-Arena Ice Star" Adults	Minsk, Belarus
2017	October	27–29		Stage II of the ISU Grand Prix "Skate Canada International" adults	Regina, Canada
2017	October	27–31		III stage of the "Cup of Russia - Rostelecom" Seniors, juniors (all types)	Sochi
2017	november	3–5		Stage III of the ISU Grand Prix "Audi Cup of China" adults	Beijing, China
2017	november	7–11		IV stage of the "Cup of Russia - Rostelecom"- All-Russian competition "Idel-2017" in memory of ZTR G.S. Tarasova Seniors, juniors (all types)	Kazan
2017	november	9–11		All-Russian competition "Memorial of the first domestic world champion S. Volkov" Single skating - special program	Moscow
2017	november	10–12		Stage IV of the ISU Grand Prix "NHK Trophy" adults	Osaka, Japan
2017	november	12–15		All-Russian competitions “Cup of ZTR A.N. Mishina"	Belgorod
2017	november	16–19		Series ISU Challenger "Warsaw Cup" Seniors	Warsaw Poland
2017	november	17–19		Stage V of the ISU Grand Prix "Trophee de France" adults	Grenoble, France
2017	november	21–25		Stage V of the Russian Cup - Rostelecom - Open Championship Moscow city Seniors, juniors (all types)	Moscow
2017	november	21–26		Series ISU Challenger "Tallinn Trophy" Seniors	Tallinn, Estonia
2017	november	24–26		All-Russian competition "Mordovian patterns" Seniors, juniors, 1 category (single skating)	Saransk
2017	november	24–26		Stage VI of the ISU Grand Prix "Skate America" adults	Lake Placid, USA
2017	november	27–29		All-Russian competition "Tyumen Meridian" Seniors, juniors, 1 category (single skating)	Tyumen
2017	December	6–9		ISU Challenger Series "Golden Spin of Zagreb" Adults	Zagreb, Croatia
2017	December	7–10		ISU Grand Prix Final Seniors, juniors	Nagoya, Japan
2017	December	14–18		All-Russian competition "Zhiguli"	Togliatti, SC "Crystal"
2017	December	19–24		Russian Championship - Rostelecom 2018	St. Petersburg
2018	January	15–18		Zonal competitions of the championship of Russia among girls and boys (older age): Siberian Federal District, Far Eastern Federal District	Berdsk
2018	January	15–21		Europe championship	Moscow, Russia
2018	January	22–26		Championship of Russia among juniors	Saransk
2018	January	24–27		Zonal competitions of the championship of Russia among girls and boys (older age): Ural Federal District, Volga Federal District	Kirov
2018	January	26–30		Zonal competitions of the championship of Russia among girls and boys (younger age): Central Federal District, Northwestern Federal District, Southern Federal District, North Caucasian Federal District	Sochi
2018	February	January 29 - February 1		All-Russian competition "For the prizes of ZTR E.A. Tchaikovskaya" Seniors, juniors, 1 category (single skating)	Moscow, LD "Yantar"
2018	February	5–9		Zonal competitions of the championship of Russia among girls and boys (younger age): Ural Federal District, Volga Federal District	Tyumen
2018	February	5–9		Zonal competitions of the championship of Russia among girls and boys (senior age): CFD	Kursk
2018	February	6–9		Zonal competitions of the championship of Russia among girls and boys (younger age): Siberian Federal District, Far Eastern Federal District	Omsk
2018	February	7–10		Zonal competitions of the championship of Russia among girls and boys (senior age): NWFD, SFD, NCFD	Sochi
2018	February	9–25		XXIII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES	Pyeongchang, South Korea
2018	February	19–23		Final "Cup of Russia - Rostelecom" Seniors, juniors (all types)	Velikiy Novgorod
2018	February	27–28		St. Petersburg Championship Adults (single, pair skating)	St. Petersburg
2018	March	5–11		Junior World Championship	Sofia, Bulgaria
2018	March	13–16		All-Russian competition "In memory of S.M. Kirov" Adults, juniors, 1 category (single skating, sports dancing)	Kirov
2018	March	13–17		Championship of Russia among girls and boys (younger age) “Memorial S.A. Beetle"	Tyumen
2018	March	19–23		St. Petersburg Cup Final	St. Petersburg
2018	March	19–25		World Championship	Milan, Italy
2018	March	22–26		Adults, juniors, 1 category (single skating, sports dancing)	Samara
2018	March	23–24		All-Russian competition "In memory Olympic champion S. Grinkov» Seniors, juniors, 1 category (single skating)	Moscow, SC "Ice"
2018	March	26–31		Final of the II Winter Spartakiad sports schools Russia	Stary Oskol
2018	April	2–5		Championship of Russia among girls and boys (older age)	Kazan
2018	April	5–8		All-Russian ice dancing competition "Kumparsita" Adults, juniors, 1 category (sports dancing)	Samara
2018	April	10–13		"All-Russian competitions in memory of V.L. Serebrovsky" Adults, juniors, 1 category (single skating, sports dancing)	Nizhny Novgorod
2018	April	11–13		All-Russian competition "Siberian skates" Seniors, juniors, 1 category (single skating)	Omsk
2018	April	11–14		All-Russian competitions for the prizes of the Figure Skating Federation of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg
2018	April	14–17		All-Russian competition "In memory of ZRFK P.Ya. Romarovsky" Seniors, juniors (single, pair skating)	Chelyabinsk
2018	April	18–20		All-Russian competitions for the prizes of the President of the Moscow Figure Skating Federation Seniors, juniors (all types)	Moscow
2018	April	20–25		All-Russian competitions for the prizes of ZTR V.N. Kudryavtsev Seniors, juniors, 1 category (single skating)	Berdsk
2018	April	25–27		All-Russian competition "In memory of V.S. Chernomyrdin" Seniors, juniors, 1 category (single skating)	Orenburg
2018	April	28–30		All-Russian competition "In memory of ZTR I.B. Ksenofontov" Adults, juniors, 1 category (single skating, sports dancing) Adults, juniors (pair skating)	Yekaterinburg

CALENDAR of the main All-Russian and international competitions in synchronized skating in the season 2017/2018

Year	Month	the date	NOC	Tournament	Place
2017	november	2–4		I stage of the Cup of Russia - Open Championship of Moscow MS, CCM, 1 category	Moscow
2017	november	24–26		II stage of the Cup of Russia - Ural Open Cup MS, CMS, 1 category	Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region
2017	november	24–26		Shanghai Trophy MS	Shanghai, China
2017	December	7–9		Stage III of the Cup of Russia - Open Cup of the Volga Region MS, KMS, 1 and 2 digits	Tolyatti, Samara region
2017	December	7–10		Zagreb Snowflakes Trophy MS, CCM, 1 category	Zagreb, Croatia
2017	December	20–22		IV stage of the Cup of Russia MS, KMS, 1 and 2 digits	Yoshkar-Ola
2018	January	11–13		Championship and superiority of Russia MS, CCM, 1 category	Yoshkar-Ola
2018	January	25–28		Mozart Cup MS, CMS, 1 category	Salzburg, Austria
2018	February	2–4		French Cup MS, CMS, 1 category	Rouen, France
2018	February	9–11		"Spring Cup" MS, CCM, 1 category	Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
2018	March	1–4		Budapest Cup MS, CMS, 1 category	Budapest, Hungary
2018	March	16–17		Junior World Championship	Zagreb, Croatia
2018	March	22–26		All-Russian competition "Samarochka" MS, KMS, 1 and 2 digits	Samara
2018	April	6–7		World Championship	Stockholm, Sweden
2018	April	28–29		Final Cup of Russia - Traditional city competitions "Cup sports complex Olympic" MS, KMS, 1 and 2 digits	Moscow

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. Russian couple was only 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 calendar of figure skating competitions in the 2017-2018 season will be rich in high-profile events! World and European championships, the Olympic tournament, numerous commercial championships and national competitions - this is what a fan of skates and ice will see. But the main icing on the cake will be the Olympic tournament at the Winter Olympics in the Korean city of Pyeongchang. This is the most prestigious competition among figure skaters. Athletes and fans have been preparing for it for the past four years!

Schedule of competitions in the season 2017 - 2018

In total, there are 5 significant events of the international level in the competitive calendar of skaters:

1. Grand Prix in figure skating;
2. European championship;
3. championship of four continents;
4. Olympic tournament;
5. world championship.

We will analyze each competition separately.

Brief description of international sporting events

Figure Skating Grand Prix 2017 - 2018 (October - December 2017)

This is a prestigious commercial tournament that brings together the best skaters in the world. Participants of the competition are not selected on a national basis, but on the basis of an individual rating. The competition will consist of 6 stages and the final. Here is what the event calendar for the 2017-2018 season looks like:

• October 20 - 22, 2017: Cup of Russia (Russia);
• October 27 - 29: Skate Canada (Canada);
• November 3-5: Cup of China (China);
• November 10-12: NHK Trophy (Japan);
• November 17-19: Trophée Eric Bompard (France);
• November 24 - 26: Skate America (USA).

According to the results of the rounds, the Grand Prix finals will be selected top athletes. They will meet in the culminating competition, which will be held in the Japanese city of Nagoya on December 7 - 10, 2017.

European Championship 2018 (15 – 21 January 2018)

The next edition of the most prestigious championship in figure skating on the European continent. The last time the athletes were hosted by the Czech city of Ostrava. Russia will become the host country in 2018. Skaters will compete at one of the Moscow ice arenas.

A sporting event in terms of popularity is inferior to the World Cup, and even more so in winter olympic games. But this does not prevent the European Championship from remaining in the center of attention for figure skating fans around the world!

Four Continents Championship 2018 (January 22-28, 2018)

This is a competition held between athletes from America, Asia, Africa, Australia and even Oceania. In a way, this is the championship of the planet without participants from Europe. Over the years of its existence, the competition has gained considerable popularity. Therefore, Taipei, where the next edition of the tournament will take place, these January days will become a mecca for millions of skate and ice lovers!

Olympic tournament (9 - 25 February 2018)

The most important event of the season! As part of Winter Olympics Pyeongchang, Korea will host competitions in many sports disciplines. Particular attention will be paid to the performances of the figure skaters, which will be held within the walls of the Gyeongpo Ice Hall. Surely they will arouse keen interest among domestic figure skating fans. First of all, Olympic medals is the highest achievement of any athlete and a great honor for the country he represents. Secondly, the fans still remember the triumph of Russia on winter games in Sochi, therefore, in the hearts of Russians, there is hope for a repeat of the triumph!

World Championship 2018 (March 19 - 25, 2018)

The second most important competition in this sport after the Olympics. The tournament is organized every year in one of the countries of the planet. This time Italian Milan will host athletes from dozens of countries. Last year's draw of the competition was remembered for the victory in the single women's skating Evgenia Medvedeva. But Russian fans, spoiled by high-profile victories, would like more ... It is very possible that their dreams will come true in Milan!

Afterword

This is how the list of the most significant events that will take place in the 2017-2018 season looks like. It is gratifying that in all these sports events representatives of Russia will participate. And not in the role of extras - but as one of the main contenders for high awards. Russia has repeatedly proved by deeds that it is a great sports power. The upcoming season will be another opportunity for our country to loudly declare its claims to hegemony in figure skating!

World junior champions Yekaterina Aleksandrovskaya (18) and Harley Windsor (21) are performing together for the second season.

Ekaterina was born on January 1, 2000 in Moscow. Until December 2011, she was engaged in single skating at the CSKA Sports School (Moscow), first with Inna Goncharenko, later with Svetlana Sokolovskaya. In the spring of 2012 she moved to Dnepropetrovsk, where for the first time she paired up with Vladislav Lysov in the group pair skating SC "Meteor" coach Vladislav Zhovnirsky.

But in 2014, the girl returns to Moscow and becomes a couple with Alexander Epifanov in the Inspiration Sports Complex of the SDYUSSHOR " Sparrow Hills". However, due to poor results the couple does not seek the right to compete at international competitions.

In the spring of 2016, Ekaterina received an offer from the Australian Federation to perform with Harley Windsor under the guidance of Russian coaches Andrey Khekalo and Nina Moser. Summer the Russian Federation agreed to change Catherine's sports citizenship.

And since the 2016/17 season, Alexandrovskaya has been playing for Australia. In early September, the couple made their debut on the international arena in Ostrava at the junior stage of the Grand Prix, where they took a place at the end of the standings. However, a month later in Tallinn at the next junior stage of the Grand Prix, they caused a sensation and won it. This allowed them to become the first substitutes for the final itself. In doing so, they qualified for the continental and junior championships.

A week later, the skaters also made their debut among adults in Espoo at the Trophy of Finland, where they were in the middle of the table.

At the beginning of December 2016 in Melbourne, Alexandrovskaya and Windsor confidently became the champions of Australia. At the Junior Grand Prix Final in Marseille, the Australian skaters finished fifth, but managed to improve their previous achievement in the short program.

In mid-February 2017, the couple made their first debut in South Korea at the continental championship, but did not perform quite confidently, finishing at the bottom of the standings.