2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was a figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season, held in conjunction with the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. It was the culminating competition of both the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition.

2010–11 Grand Prix Final
Type:Grand Prix
Date:December 8 – 12, 2010
Season:2010–11
Location:Beijing, China
Host:Chinese Skating Association
Venue:Capital Indoor Stadium
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Patrick Chan (S)
United States Richard Dornbush (J)
Ladies' singles:
United States Alissa Czisny (S)
Russia Adelina Sotnikova (J)
Pair skating:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (S)
Japan Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran (J)
Ice dance:
United States Meryl Davis / Charlie White (S)
Russia Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin (J)
Previous:
2009–10 Grand Prix Final
Next:
2011–12 Grand Prix Final
Previous GP:
2010 Trophée Éric Bompard

The event was held in Beijing, China from December 8–12, 2010.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Schedule

(Local Time, GMT +08:00)

  • Thursday, December 9
    • 16:45 Junior ice dancing: Short dance
    • 18:10 Junior ladies: Short program
    • 19:35 Junior men: Short program
    • 21:00 Junior pairs: Short program
  • Friday, December 10
    • 14:15 Junior ice dancing: Free dance
    • 15:45 Junior ladies: Free skating
    • 17:15 Ice dancing: Short dance
    • 18:25 Men: Short program
    • 19:30 Ladies: Short program
    • 20:35 Pairs: Short program
  • Saturday, December 11
    • 13:45 Junior men: Free skating
    • 15:20 Junior pairs: Free skating
    • 16:55 Men: Free skating
    • 18:10 Ladies: Free skating
    • 19:20 Ice dancing: Free dance
    • 20:40 Pairs: Free skating
  • Sunday, December 12
    • Exhibition gala

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2010 were eligible to compete at two senior 2010–11 Grand Prix events, including the 2010 NHK Trophy, 2010 Skate Canada International, 2010 Cup of China, 2010 Skate America, 2010 Cup of Russia, and 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard. They earned points at these events and the six highest ranking skaters/teams qualified for the senior Grand Prix Final. The following skaters qualified for the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Japan Takahiko Kozuka Japan Miki Ando Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy United States Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2 Japan Daisuke Takahashi United States Alissa Czisny China Pang Qing / Tong Jian France Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
3 Canada Patrick Chan Italy Carolina Kostner Russia Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Canada Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
4 Czech Republic Tomáš Verner Japan Kanako Murakami Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Russia Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
5 Japan Nobunari Oda Japan Akiko Suzuki Russia Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
6 France Florent Amodio United States Rachael Flatt China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Hungary Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin
Alternates
1st United States Jeremy Abbott Finland Kiira Korpi Japan Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
2nd United States Brandon Mroz United States Mirai Nagasu United States Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin United States Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3rd United States Adam Rippon United States Ashley Wagner Canada Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Russia Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko

Junior-level qualifiers

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2010 but were not yet 19 on that date (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete at two 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix events. They earned points at these events and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.

The following skaters qualified for the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final.[2][3][4][5]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Canada Andrei Rogozine Russia Adelina Sotnikova Russia Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Russia Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
2 China Yan Han Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew) Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
3 United States Joshua Farris Japan Risa Shoji China Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Russia Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro
4 United States Keegan Messing Russia Polina Shelepen Japan Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran United States Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely
5 United States Richard Dornbush United States Christina Gao Canada Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz Russia Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin
6 United States Max Aaron United States Yasmin Siraj Russia Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
7 Russia Zhan Bush United States Kristiene Gong United States Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan Ukraine Anastasia Galyeta /Alexei Shumski
8 Russia Gordei Gorshkov United States Kiri Baga (withdrew) Canada Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz Russia Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
Alternates
1st Russia Artur Dmitriev Jr China Li Zijun (called up) Canada Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell (called up) France Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart
2nd United States Jason Brown Belgium Ira Vannut Russia Tatiana Danilova / Andrei Novoselov United States Anastasia Cannuscio/ Colin McManus
3rd Sweden Alexander Majorov Japan Shion Kokobun United States Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

Competition notes

In the junior event, Kiri Baga had to withdraw due to Achilles tendinopathy in her left ankle.[6] Sui Wenjing and Han Cong withdrew due to qualification to senior Grand Prix Final. There were allegations that two female skaters, Sui in the senior event and Yu Xiaoyu in the junior event, were too young for those competitions, while a male skater Jin Yang was alleged to be too old for the junior event.[7]

Senior-level results

Men
The men's medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Patrick Chan  Canada 259.75 2 85.59 1 174.16
2 Nobunari Oda  Japan 242.81 1 86.59 3 156.22
3 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 237.79 4 77.90 2 159.89
4 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 219.77 3 82.57 6 137.20
5 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 213.64 5 65.37 4 148.27
6 Florent Amodio  France 201.90 6 61.64 5 140.26

Ladies
The ladies' medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Alissa Czisny  United States 180.75 1 63.76 3 116.99
2 Carolina Kostner  Italy 178.60 2 62.13 4 116.47
3 Kanako Murakami  Japan 178.59 3 61.47 2 117.12
4 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 173.72 4 58.26 5 115.46
5 Miki Ando  Japan 173.15 5 50.45 1 122.70
6 Rachael Flatt  United States 127.57 6 45.19 6 82.38

Pairs
The pairs' medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy  Germany 210.72 1 74.40 1 136.32
2 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 189.93 2 68.63 2 121.30
3 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 179.04 4 61.49 3 117.55
4 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze  Russia 177.44 5 60.06 4 117.38
5 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov  Russia 176.80 3 63.86 5 112.94
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 169.57 6 58.73 6 110.84

Ice dancing
The ice dancing medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States 171.58 1 68.64 1 102.94
2 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat  France 162.10 2 65.66 2 96.44
3 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier  Canada 139.74 5 54.82 3 84.92
4 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 136.75 6 54.33 4 82.42
5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 136.34 4 55.51 5 80.83
6 Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin  Hungary 132.07 3 55.98 6 76.09

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2002
2 Canada (CAN)1012
3 Germany (GER)1001
4 Japan (JPN)0123
5 China (CHN)0112
6 France (FRA)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
Totals (7 entries)44412

Junior-level results

Junior men
The men's medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Richard Dornbush  United States 219.56 1 70.75 1 148.81
2 Yan Han  China 186.05 3 67.29 3 118.76
3 Andrei Rogozine  Canada 181.78 7 59.17 2 122.61
4 Max Aaron  United States 181.28 5 63.78 4 117.50
5 Keegan Messing  United States 174.42 2 68.52 8 106.90
6 Joshua Farris  United States 173.97 4 65.24 7 108.73
7 Zhan Bush  Russia 173.75 6 60.05 6 113.70
8 Gordei Gorshkov  Russia 171.81 8 55.55 5 116.26

Junior ladies
The ladies' medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 169.81 1 57.27 1 112.54
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 160.87 2 53.76 2 107.11
3 Li Zijun  China 149.82 5 49.62 4 100.20
4 Risa Shoji  Japan 149.82 4 52.56 5 97.26
5 Polina Shelepen  Russia 147.37 3 53.26 6 94.11
6 Christina Gao  United States 145.01 7 43.98 3 101.03
7 Yasmin Siraj  United States 130.95 8 38.08 7 92.87
8 Kristiene Gong  United States 129.90 6 47.24 8 82.66

Junior pairs
The pairs' medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  Japan 159.52 1 53.94 1 105.58
2 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  Russia 150.54 2 49.63 2 100.91
3 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  China 140.58 6 43.68 3 96.90
4 Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz  Canada 133.08 3 48.07 6 85.01
5 Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan  United States 131.96 5 43.92 5 88.04
6 Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell  Canada 131.04 7 42.34 4 88.70
7 Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz  Canada 127.02 4 45.30 7 81.72
8 Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk  Russia 113.99 8 35.25 8 78.74

Junior ice dancing
The ice dancing medalists
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin  Russia 136.22 2 55.50 1 80.72
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin  Russia 134.62 1 55.58 2 79.04
3 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 129.94 3 53.59 3 76.35
4 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 123.75 4 53.06 6 70.69
5 Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely  United States 121.58 5 50.74 5 70.84
6 Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin  Russia 118.60 6 46.98 4 71.62
7 Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski  Ukraine 113.54 7 45.10 7 68.44
8 Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev  Russia 110.16 8 43.18 8 66.98

References
  1. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2010". International Skating Union. January 7, 2010. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  2. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Men". International Skating Union.
  3. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
  4. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
  6. "Baga withdraws from Junior Grand Prix Final". U.S. Figure Skating. icenetwork.com. November 25, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  7. "China eyed over 9 athletes' ages". ESPN. Associated Press. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
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