2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from December 10 to 13, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.[1] Hosted by Barcelona for the second year in a row, the combined event was the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. For the first time, medals were also awarded in synchronized skating.

2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Men's singles medal ceremonies
Type:Grand Prix
Date:December 10 – 13, 2015
Season:2015–16
Location:Barcelona, Spain
Host:Spanish Ice Sports Federation
Venue:CCIB - Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona
Champions
Men's singles:
Yuzuru Hanyu (S)
Nathan Chen (J)
Ladies' singles:
Evgenia Medvedeva (S)
Polina Tsurskaya (J)
Pair skating:
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (S)
Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot (J)
Ice dance:
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (S)
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter (J)
Previous:
2014–15 Grand Prix Final
Next:
2016–17 Grand Prix Final
Previous GP:
2015 NHK Trophy

Records
For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the all-time highest junior scores, see list of highest junior scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

EventComponentSkater(s)ScoreDateRef
Men Short program Yuzuru Hanyu 110.95 10 December 2015 [2]
Junior Ladies Free skating Polina Tsurskaya 128.59 12 December 2015 [3]
Total score 195.28
Men Free skating Yuzuru Hanyu 219.48 [4]
Total score 330.43 [5]

Schedule

(Local time):

Thursday, December 10

  • 14:05 - Junior: Short dance
  • 15:20 - Junior: Ladies short
  • 16:25 - Junior: Pairs' short
  • 17:40 - Junior: Men's short
  • Opening ceremony
  • 20:30 - Senior: Pairs' short
  • 21:55 - Senior: Men's short

Friday, December 11

  • 15:45 - Junior: Free dance
  • 17:05 - Junior: Men's free
  • 19:05 - Senior: Short dance
  • 20:20 - Senior: Pairs' free
  • 21:55 - Senior: Ladies short

Saturday, December 12

  • 13:30 - Junior: Ladies free
  • 14:45 - Junior: Pairs' free
  • 16:10 - Synchronized skating: free
  • 17:25 - Senior: Free dance
  • 19:45 - Senior: Ladies free
  • 21:00 - Senior: Men's free
  • Awards ceremony

Sunday, December 13

  • Gala exhibition

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

Due to the cancellation of the free skating/dance at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, the International Skating Union announced an exception to the qualification criteria – Bompard competitors who finished seventh in the qualifying standings would be invited to compete in the Grand Prix Final.[6]

Men[7] Ladies[8] Pairs[9] Ice dancing[10]
1 Javier Fernández Gracie Gold Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
2 Yuzuru Hanyu Evgenia Medvedeva Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Madison Chock / Evan Bates
3 Shoma Uno Satoko Miyahara Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew) Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
4 Jin Boyang Mao Asada Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
5 Patrick Chan Elena Radionova Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
6 Daisuke Murakami Ashley Wagner Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
7 N/A N/A Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau N/A
Alternates
1st Yan Han Rika Hongo Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao (called up) Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
2nd Max Aaron Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
3rd Adian Pitkeev Courtney Hicks N/A Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

Junior-level qualifiers
Men[11] Ladies[12] Pairs[13] Ice dancing[14]
1 Nathan Chen Polina Tsurskaya Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
2 Dmitri Aliev Maria Sotskova Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
3 Sota Yamamoto Yuna Shiraiwa Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
4 Roman Sadovsky Marin Honda Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko
5 Daniel Samohin Mai Mihara Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
6 Vincent Zhou Alisa Fedichkina Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
Alternates
1st Deniss Vasiļjevs Kaori Sakamoto Bryn Hoffman / Bryce Chudak Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron
2nd Alexander Samarin Choi Da-bin Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
3rd Nicolas Nadeau Vivian Le Elena Ivanova / Tagir Khakimov Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko

Synchronized skating

On 1 September 2015, the ISU announced that synchronized skating would make its debut at the Grand Prix Final. The top five countries would be allowed to send one team, with criteria used from placements at the 2015 World Synchronized Skating Championships. There would also be three substitutes. The following countries qualified:

  • Canada
  • Finland
  • Russia
  • Sweden
  • United States

Substitutes:

  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Italy

Medalists

Senior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Yuzuru Hanyu Javier Fernández Shoma Uno
Ladies Evgenia Medvedeva Satoko Miyahara Elena Radionova
Pairs Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dancing Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Madison Chock / Evan Bates Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

Junior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Nathan Chen Dmitri Aliev Sota Yamamoto
Ladies Polina Tsurskaya Maria Sotskova Marin Honda
Pairs Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov
Ice dancing Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

Medals table

Overall
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)43310
2 United States (USA)2114
3 Japan (JPN)1135
4 Canada (CAN)1102
5 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
7 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (7 nations)88824

Senior
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)2024
2 Japan (JPN)1113
3 Canada (CAN)1102
4 Spain (ESP)0101
 United States (USA)0101
6 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (6 nations)44412

Junior
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)2316
2 United States (USA)2013
3 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
4 Japan (JPN)0022
Totals (4 nations)44412

Senior-level results

Men

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.95),[2] for the free skating (219.48),[4] and for the combined total (330.43).[5]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 330.43 1 110.95 1 219.48
2 Javier Fernández  Spain 292.95 2 91.52 2 201.43
3 Shoma Uno  Japan 276.79 4 86.47 4 190.32
4 Patrick Chan  Canada 263.45 6 70.61 3 192.84
5 Jin Boyang  China 263.45 3 86.95 5 176.50
6 Daisuke Murakami  Japan 235.49 5 83.47 6 152.02

Women
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 222.54 1 74.58 1 147.96
2 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 208.85 4 68.76 2 140.09
3 Elena Radionova  Russia 201.13 2 69.43 4 131.70
4 Ashley Wagner  United States 199.81 6 60.04 3 139.77
5 Gracie Gold  United States 194.79 5 66.52 5 128.27
6 Mao Asada  Japan 194.32 3 69.13 6 125.19

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  Russia 229.44 1 74.84 1 154.60
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 216.67 3 72.74 2 143.93
3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov  Russia 206.59 2 73.64 3 132.95
4 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau  Canada 200.98 4 71.16 4 129.82
5 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  China 186.67 5 68.63 5 118.24
6 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao  China 183.04 7 65.60 6 117.44
7 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim  United States 177.42 6 68.14 7 109.28

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 182.66 1 72.75 1 109.91
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 177.55 2 71.64 3 105.91
3 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 176.37 3 70.14 2 106.23
4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 174.92 4 69.11 4 105.81
5 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 166.73 6 65.43 5 101.30
6 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 163.20 5 66.21 6 96.99

Synchronized skating
Rank Name Nation Total points FS
1 Team Paradise  Russia 131.09 1
2 Team Rockettes  Finland 127.66 2
3 Team Nexxice  Canada 120.34 3
4 Team Surprise  Sweden 118.48 4
5 Team Haydenettes  United States 106.81 5

Junior-level results

Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen  United States 225.04 1 78.59 1 146.45
2 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 211.22 2 76.78 2 134.44
3 Sota Yamamoto  Japan 205.31 3 72.85 4 132.46
4 Vincent Zhou  United States 204.56 4 70.48 3 134.08
5 Daniel Samohin  Israel 184.68 5 69.48 5 115.20
6 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 168.40 6 59.37 6 109.03

Women

Polina Tsurskaya set a new junior world record for the free skating (128.59 points) and for the combined total (195.28 points).[3]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Polina Tsurskaya  Russia 195.28 1 66.69 1 128.59
2 Maria Sotskova  Russia 184.01 4 62.64 2 121.37
3 Marin Honda  Japan 178.64 3 63.69 3 114.95
4 Alisa Fedichkina  Russia 178.11 2 64.17 4 113.94
5 Yuna Shiraiwa  Japan 173.82 5 60.68 5 113.14
6 Mai Mihara  Japan 166.25 6 56.01 6 110.24

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot  Russia 171.86 1 60.29 1 111.57
2 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař  Czech Republic 162.33 3 55.78 2 106.55
3 Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov  Russia 162.00 2 58.58 3 103.42
4 Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov  Russia 157.09 4 54.88 4 102.21
5 Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei  Ukraine 149.87 5 52.54 5 97.33
6 Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov  Russia 145.27 6 45.89 6 99.38

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 158.26 1 65.90 1 92.36
2 Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd  Russia 150.86 3 64.01 2 86.85
3 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 144.41 2 64.91 5 79.50
4 Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko  Russia 143.96 4 61.85 4 82.11
5 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  France 141.44 5 57.97 3 83.47
6 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 134.61 6 56.51 6 78.10

References
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