From 7 to 9 December, the final of the junior Grand Prix figure skating series of the 2017-2018 season will take place in Nagoya, Japan. It was with UGP that the restart of the "Society of the Stainless Skate" began in September, we watched the juniors' struggle, their successes and failures for 7 stages, and we continue to closely follow "our children" who passed the hard selection and reached the final.
36 young athletes from 6 countries will perform in the final, and 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 - Couples, short program
9.25 hours - Juniors which program
10.35 hours - Junior short program
December 8, 2017 (Friday)
8.40 hours - Ice dancing, short dance
10.00 a.m. - Pairs, free program
11.25 hours - Juniors, free skate
December 9, 2017 (Saturday)
7.45 hours - Ice Dancing, Juniors, Free Dance
9.05 - Juniors, free program
Single skating. Juniors
Dominance thesis Russian school figure skating, as it is impossible more relevant for junior singles. Our girls out of 6 places in the final gave only one to the representative of the national hockey player 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 points on their account.
Participants of the Grand Prix finals
| FINALISTS | Country | KP | PP | Sum | Victory |
| 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. Young men
Aleksey Erokhov (Russia) and Aleksey Krasnozhon (USA) top the junior standings with two stage wins. Erokhov, who showed best result in the season 232.79 points, makes his debut in the Grand Prix final, and Krasnozhon (the best result of the season 225.48) took fifth place in the junior final in 2016 and is the only junior who has experience in the Grand Prix final.
Participants of the Grand Prix finals
| FINALISTS | Country | KP | PP | Sum | Victory |
| 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 Yekaterina Aleksandrovskaya / Harley Windsor and silver medalists of the world championship Aleksandra Boykova / Dmitry Kozlovsky return to the final bout. 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 finals
| FINALISTS | Country | KP | PP | Sum | Victory |
| 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 Aleksandrovskaya / 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 | |
| Yumin Gao / Zhong Xi | China | 59.99 | 104.97 | 164.96 | |
| SPARE | |||||
| Polina Kostyukovich / Dmitry Yalin | Russia | 1 | |||
| Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | ||||
| Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnov | USA |
Dancing
The 2017 World Championship bronze medalists Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko (USA / 150.05 points) will participate in the Junior Dance Finals, who are the only duo to win two Junior Grand Prix tournaments. Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin (Russia / 150.78) have one win, who are returning to the Final after missing last year. The rest of the pairs are newcomers to the final.
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 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'd like to believe that the 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 different country. In the 2017-2018 season, the stages of the Figure Skating Grand Prix 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:
- men's single skating;
- dancing on Ice;
- women's single skating;
- pair skating.
The top 6 skaters / pairs with 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. This is what the competition calendar looks like:
- October 20 - 22: Rostelecom Cup (Russia, Moscow);
- October 27-29: Skate Canada (Canada, Regina);
- November 3 - 5: China Cup (China, Beijing);
- November 10 - 12: Japan Cup (Japan, Osaka);
- November 17 - 19: French Cup (France, Grenoble);
- December 7 - 10: Finals (Japan, Nagoya).
The first round of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18 will take place in Moscow, and the last one in Grenoble, France.
Also, the Grand Prix will be held for juniors. Competitions for girls and boys will be organized from 23 August to 10 December. Fans will see the following milestones:
- 23 - 26 August (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 2017/2018 Figure Skating Grand Prix Final for adult and junior skaters will be shared. The culminating performances will take place in the Japanese city of Nagoya. The skaters will compete for medals from 7 to 10 December 2017.
Participants in 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 "figured powers". These include China, Canada, Japan and Russia, and to a lesser extent the United States, France, Italy and Spain.
Naturally, the main object of attention from Russian fans at the Figure Skating Grand Prix will be participants from Russia. Our representatives are able to compete in any competitive category. This is how the achievements of the Russians looked at the last Grand Prix.
Women
We were ahead of the rest. The Russian women took the entire top three. Evgenia Medvedeva became the best, followed by Anna Pogorilaya and Elena Radionova. On their account, 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 best result belongs to the duet Evgeny Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. They took 5th place ... We have strong pairs, so the fans have the right to look with optimism at the future draw of the competition.
Dance Sport
The Ekaterina Bobrova / Sergey Solovyov duet lacked quite a bit to get into the top three. Russian couple became 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. Skaters from Russia did not even make it into the top five. There are even a dime a dozen talented skaters: Kovtun, Akimov, Gachinsky ... But there is no decent 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 outrageous emotions. Therefore, the audience should not get bored!
Figure Skating Grand Prix 2017/2018 - will be held from October 20 to December 10, 2017. The tournament will be divided into 6 stages, which will take place in Russia, Canada, China, France, USA and Japan. Based on their results, the best skaters will compete for competition awards in the final performances. They will be held in the Japanese city of Nagoya in December 2017. Who will be the main characters of the upcoming season? This question worries more than one thousand figure skating fans!
Figure Skating Grand Prix Schedule 2017/2018
Competitions of adult figure skaters will be held from October 20 to December 10, 2017 in six countries of the world. The competition program will consist of 6 stages and a final. The Junior Grand Prix will be held from August 21 to December 10. It will include 7 rounds. The final will be common for juniors and seniors.
We will analyze in detail all the stages of the Grand Prix for adult athletes.
As the name implies, this is the domestic round of the competition. Moscow will host the Grand Prix of figure skating 2017/18. The tournament will visit the capital of Russia for the 16th time. Athletes will perform within the walls of the Megasport sports complex.
The Canadian stage will take place in the city of Regina for the second time in a row.
Beijing will host the Grand Prix for the 10th time. The competitions will be organized on the territory of the Capital Sports Palace.
The audience will see the fourth stage of the Grand Prix among figure skaters in the 2017/18 season in the Land of the Rising Sun. The strongest skaters of the planet will meet in the Japanese city of Osaka.
French Grenoble will host the penultimate round of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The city will host such a competition for the first time. Last year, the capital of the Fifth Republic, Paris, received such an honor.
The tournament will be summed up by the last stage, which will take place on the territory of the United States of America. The city of Lake Placid will host the competition for the 5th time.
The culmination of the entire season. The best skaters will meet in the Japanese city of Nagoya. Athletes will be hosted by a local sports complex Nippon Geisha Hall.
The final competition will be held in Japan for the fifth time. But Nagoya will be the site of a climax for the first time. In the last edition of the tournament, the final was held in Moscow.
Participants of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/2018
The competition is open to athletes who have reached the age of 15 at the time of July 1, 2017, and have performed on the previous international competitions qualification standards.
Juniors are selected for the Grand Prix based on quotas for each national federation which are formed on the basis of the last world championship.
Athletes will compete for awards in the following disciplines:
- men's single skating;
- dancing on Ice;
- women's single skating;
- pair skating.
Participants from Russia at the Grand Prix of figure skating 2017-2018
Our skaters are among the main contenders for medals. Therefore, spectators and sports observers pay special attention to their persons.
This is what the preliminary composition of the Russian national team looks like for the upcoming tournament draw.
Singles men
- Dmitry Aliev
- Mikhail Kolyada
- Maxim Kovtun
- Alexander Samarin
- Alexander Petrov
- Dmitry Aliev
- Sergey Voronov
Single women
- Evgenia Medvedeva
- Elena Radionova
- Anna Pogorilaya
- Maria Sotskova
- Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
- Alina Zagitova
- Alena Leonova
- Evgenia Medvedeva
- Polina Tsurskaya
Couples
- Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
- Evgeniya Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
- Natalia Zabiyako / Alexander Enbert
- Christina Astakhova / Alexey Rogonov
Dancing couples
- Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitry Soloviev
- Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
- Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
- Tiffany Zagorski / Jonathan Gureiro
- Victoria Sinitsyna / Nikita Katsalapov
In general, get ready to buy tickets for the Grand Prix 2017/2018 in figure skating - the best Russian skating masters will participate in the championship! Of the strongest athletes, only Yulia Lipnitskaya and Adelina Sotnikova were not included in the tournament. However, there are still vacancies in the national team. Therefore, fans have the right to hope that they will see the performances of these famous skaters!
Championship regulations
According to the rules of the tournament, figure skaters included in the rating of the International Figure Skating Association have the right to participate in it. The Grand Prix program includes 4 main rounds:
- single skating (men);
- single skating (women);
- pair skating;
- dance Sport on ice.
The game calendar consists of 6 stages and 1 final performance. In the process of passing each stage, the participants of the championship gain points, according to the sum of which the final standings are formed. It will include the athletes who have accumulated the highest number of points.
Skaters who distinguished themselves at the last World Championship, which took place in Helsinki in 2017, enjoy special privileges. Athletes occupying one of the top 6 positions in standings, receive the “seeded” status, i.e. favorites of the tournament.
Participants of the Grand Prix
In addition to the above, the championship regulations provide for several additional requirements for athletes, namely, the participant must be at least 15 years old and get a certain number of points at one of the tournaments preceding the Grand Prix. The “passing scores” are as follows:
- men (single skating): 160.67
- women (single skating): 130.97;
- pair skating: 135.42;
- sports dancing: 113.74.
Teams consisting of 12 athletes and, accordingly, the same number of pairs, can take part in each of the disciplines presented. However, the Grand Prix regulations provide for the only exception - the host country of the tournament has the right to delegate up to 3 of its athletes to each of the categories.
Where will the championship take place?
As mentioned above, the schedule of the upcoming competition consists of 6 stages, which are traditionally held in the following countries:
- Skate America (United States of America);
- Skate Canada (Canada);
- Cup of Russia (RF);
- Trophée Eric Bompard (France);
- Cup of China (PRC);
- NHK Trophy (Japan).
All six stages will take place from October to December 2017. The competition will end with a series of final performances. Last year, the final performances took place from 8th to 10th December in Marseille, France. The 2017 - 2018 Grand Prix Final is scheduled for December 8 - 10, 2017. It will be held in Japanese Nagoya as part of the NHK Trophy stage.
Representatives from Russia
For Russian figure skating fans, first of all, the composition of the national team is interesting. Currently, the exact list of participants from Russia has not been published, however, it is likely that some of the athletes who took part in the final part of the last Grand Prix will take part in the upcoming championship.
- Category "women's single skating": Anna Pogorilaya, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elena Rodionova, Maria Sotskova.
- Pair skating category: Vladimir Morozov and Evgenia Tarasova.
- Category "sports ice dancing": Dmitry Soloviev and Ekaterina Bobrova.
In the 2015-2016 season, our team was represented in three of the four disciplines of the Grand Prix stages. Though Russian team failed to conquer full set awards, domestic fans do not lose hope that in 2017 our athletes will be able to catch up and rise to the highest steps of the podium both in singles and overall.
It is worth recalling that the broadcast of all the performances of the future Grand Prix drawing will be available on the air of most Russian sports channels and web resources.
Video
World junior champions Ekaterina Aleksandrovskaya (18 years old) and Harley Windsor (21 years old) 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, and later with Svetlana Sokolovskaya. In the spring of 2012 she moved to Dnepropetrovsk, where she first paired with Vladislav Lysov in a group pair skating SC "Meteor" with coach Vladislav Zhovnirsky.
But in 2014, the girl returns to Moscow and becomes paired with Alexander Epifanov in the Vdohnovenie SC SDYUSSHOR Sparrow Hills". However, due to low results, the couple does not achieve the right to participate in international competitions.
In the spring of 2016, Catherine received an offer from the Australian Federation to perform with Harley Windsor under the leadership 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, Aleksandrovskaya has been playing for Australia. In early September, the couple made their international debut 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 Grand Prix stage, they created a sensation and won it. This allowed them to become the first substitutes for the final itself. At the same time, they qualified for the continental and junior championships.
A week later, the skaters made their debut among adults in Espoo at the Trophy of Finland, where they were in the middle of the table.
In early 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 on their previous achievement in the short program.
In mid-February 2017, the couple debuted for the first time in South Korea at the continental championship, but did not perform quite confidently, finishing at the end of the tournament table.