The entries are set for the ISU Grand Prix final next week

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Taking place next week in Vancouver, the 2018 ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating is sure to be a treat for skating fans from around the world. With a sold out venue, and demand and excitement high, this event is sure to be a treat on the winter event calendar here on the West Coast.

As always, the road to the Grand Prix Final was paved with highs and lows, elation and disappointment. New and returning champions were crowned while some former skating stars were unable to find their competitive legs during the Series.

The 2018 senior Grand Prix Final will have a very different look than the past few seasons with just nine skaters/teams from the 2017campaign competing in Vancouver.

 Jun-Hwan Cha, 17, of South Korea is the only new face in the men′s discipline. He earned a place courtesy of his training mate Jason Brown who defeated Russia′s Alexander Samarin at the French Grand Prix, which gaveCha the sixth spot. (Samarin needed a second-place finish to qualify but ended up third).

Cha will make history when he takes to the ice in Vancouver.He is the first man from South Korea to ever earn a berth at a Grand PrixFinal. Canada’s Keegan Messing is the first alternate.

The ladies event will be a Russia-Japan showdown with three athletes from each nation qualifying. Japan′s Rika Kihira and Russia′s Sofia Samodurova qualified in their first year in the senior ranks. Kaori Sakamoto ofJapan will also make her debut.    

Russia′s Alina Zagitova, the reigning Grand Prix Final champion, and Kihira, fourth at the 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final, were the only two ladies to win both their events. Mai Mihara of Japan is the first alternate.

In pairs, three teams qualified for the Final for the first time: Vanessa James and Morgan Ciprès of France, Italy′s Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise and reigning World junior pairs champions, Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin of Russia. Their teammates, Alisa Efimova andAlexander Korovin, are the first alternates.

Five ice dance teams will make their Final debuts inVancouver with Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue the only returning duo. This will mark the team′s fourth appearance in as many years. Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin of Spain are the first alternates.

Full entries here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111639.htm  

 

LADIES

(In order of qualification)

1 Alina ZAGITOVA    RUS

2 Rika KIHIRA    JPN

3 Satoko MIYAHARA    JPN

4 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA    RUS

5 Kaori SAKAMOTO    JPN

6 Sofia SAMODUROVA    RUS 

Substitutes

7 Mai MIHARA    JPN

8 Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA     RUS

9 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA     RUS

 

MEN

(In order of qualification)

1 Yuzuru HANYU     JPN

2 Shoma UNO     JPN

3 Nathan CHEN     USA

4 Michal BREZINA     CZE

5 Sergei VORONOV     RUS

6 Junhwan CHA     KOR

 

Substitutes

7 Keegan MESSING     CAN 

8 Alexander SAMARIN     RUS

9 Matteo RIZZO     ITA 

 

PAIRS

(In order of qualification)

1 Vanessa  JAMES / Morgan CIPRES     FRA

2 Evgenia  TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV     RUS

3 Natalia  ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT     RUS 

4 Cheng  PENG / Yang JIN     CHN

5 Nicole  DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE     ITA

6 Daria  PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN     RUS

Substitutes

7 Alisa  EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN    RUS

8 Tarah KAYNE  / Danny O'SHEA     USA

9 Kirsten  MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO    CAN

 

ICE DANCE

(In order of qualification)

1 Madison  HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE     USA

2 Alexandra  STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN     RUS

3 Victoria  SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV      RUS

4 Charlene  GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI     ITA

5 Kaitlin  HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER    USA

6 Tiffani  ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO     RUS

 

Substitutes

7 Sara  HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN     ESP

8 Piper  GILLES / Paul POIRIER    CAN

9 Lorraine  MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER    USA

 

See you next week at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Arena at UBC!

 

Taking place next week in Vancouver, the 2018 ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating is sure to be a treat for skating fans from around the world. With a sold out venue, and demand and excitement high, this event is sure to be a treat on the winter event calendar here on the West Coast.

As always, the road to the Grand Prix Final was paved with highs and lows, elation and disappointment. New and returning champions were crowned while some former skating stars were unable to find their competitive legs during the Series.

The 2018 senior Grand Prix Final will have a very different look than the past few seasons with just nine skaters/teams from the 2017campaign competing in Vancouver.

 Jun-Hwan Cha, 17, of South Korea is the only new face in the men′s discipline. He earned a place courtesy of his training mate Jason Brown who defeated Russia′s Alexander Samarin at the French Grand Prix, which gaveCha the sixth spot. (Samarin needed a second-place finish to qualify but ended up third).

Cha will make history when he takes to the ice in Vancouver.He is the first man from South Korea to ever earn a berth at a Grand PrixFinal. Canada’s Keegan Messing is the first alternate.

The ladies event will be a Russia-Japan showdown with three athletes from each nation qualifying. Japan′s Rika Kihira and Russia′s Sofia Samodurova qualified in their first year in the senior ranks. Kaori Sakamoto ofJapan will also make her debut.    

Russia′s Alina Zagitova, the reigning Grand Prix Final champion, and Kihira, fourth at the 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final, were the only two ladies to win both their events. Mai Mihara of Japan is the first alternate.

In pairs, three teams qualified for the Final for the first time: Vanessa James and Morgan Ciprès of France, Italy′s Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise and reigning World junior pairs champions, Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin of Russia. Their teammates, Alisa Efimova andAlexander Korovin, are the first alternates.

Five ice dance teams will make their Final debuts inVancouver with Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue the only returning duo. This will mark the team′s fourth appearance in as many years. Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin of Spain are the first alternates.

Full entries here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111639.htm  

 

LADIES

(In order of qualification)

1 Alina ZAGITOVA    RUS

2 Rika KIHIRA    JPN

3 Satoko MIYAHARA    JPN

4 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA    RUS

5 Kaori SAKAMOTO    JPN

6 Sofia SAMODUROVA    RUS 

Substitutes

7 Mai MIHARA    JPN

8 Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA     RUS

9 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA     RUS

 

MEN

(In order of qualification)

1 Yuzuru HANYU     JPN

2 Shoma UNO     JPN

3 Nathan CHEN     USA

4 Michal BREZINA     CZE

5 Sergei VORONOV     RUS

6 Junhwan CHA     KOR

 

Substitutes

7 Keegan MESSING     CAN 

8 Alexander SAMARIN     RUS

9 Matteo RIZZO     ITA 

 

PAIRS

(In order of qualification)

1 Vanessa  JAMES / Morgan CIPRES     FRA

2 Evgenia  TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV     RUS

3 Natalia  ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT     RUS 

4 Cheng  PENG / Yang JIN     CHN

5 Nicole  DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE     ITA

6 Daria  PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN     RUS

Substitutes

7 Alisa  EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN    RUS

8 Tarah KAYNE  / Danny O'SHEA     USA

9 Kirsten  MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO    CAN

 

ICE DANCE

(In order of qualification)

1 Madison  HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE     USA

2 Alexandra  STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN     RUS

3 Victoria  SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV      RUS

4 Charlene  GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI     ITA

5 Kaitlin  HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER    USA

6 Tiffani  ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO     RUS

 

Substitutes

7 Sara  HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN     ESP

8 Piper  GILLES / Paul POIRIER    CAN

9 Lorraine  MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER    USA

 

See you next week at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Arena at UBC!