2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

2015–16 Grand Prix Final
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)
	Pairs: ; Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (S) ; Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot (J)
	Ice dance: ; Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (S) ; Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter (J)
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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.

Records

The following new highest senior and junior scores were set during this competition:

Event	Component	Skater(s)	Score	Date	Ref
Men	Short program	Yuzuru Hanyu	110.95	10 December 2015	^[2]
Junior Ladies	Free skating	Polina Tsurskaya	128.59	12 December 2015	^[3]
Junior Ladies	Total score	Polina Tsurskaya	195.28		^[3]
Men	Free skating	Yuzuru Hanyu	219.48		^[4]
Men	Total score	Yuzuru Hanyu	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	—	—	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	—
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	—	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

Senior

Junior

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

^ "Communiciation No. 1933" (PDF). ISU. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Highest Score: Ladies". International Skating Union. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Total Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ "Communication No. 1980: Consequences of the cancellation of the Free Skating/Free Dance at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event, Trophée Eric Bompard 2015, Bordeaux France" (PDF). International Skating Union. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ladies - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice dancing - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.
^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Men - Results/Entries". ISU.
^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Ladies - Results/Entries". ISU.
^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Pairs - Results/Entries". ISU.
^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Ice dancing - Results/Entries". ISU.

External links

Official website
2015–16 Grand Prix Final at the International Skating Union
Entries: Junior Grand Prix Final, Grand Prix Final
Starting orders and result details

[isu1933-1] "Communiciation No. 1933" (PDF). ISU. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

[isu-progression-M-SP-2] "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[isu-progression-JL-3] "Highest Score: Ladies". International Skating Union. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[isu-progression-M-FS-4] "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[isu-progression-M-To-5] "Progression of Highest Score: Men - Total Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[ISU-comm1980-6] "Communication No. 1980: Consequences of the cancellation of the Free Skating/Free Dance at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event, Trophée Eric Bompard 2015, Bordeaux France" (PDF). International Skating Union. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[gpmen-7] "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.

[gpladies-8] "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ladies - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.

[gppairs-9] "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.

[gpdance-10] "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice dancing - Results/Entries" (PDF). ISU.

[jgpmen-11] "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Men - Results/Entries". ISU.

[jgpladies-12] "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Ladies - Results/Entries". ISU.

[jgppairs-13] "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Pairs - Results/Entries". ISU.

[jgpdance-14] "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Junior Ice dancing - Results/Entries". ISU.

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v t e 2015–16 figure skating season
ISU World Standings and Season's World Ranking
ISU Championships	European Championships Four Continents Championships World Junior Championships World Championships
ISU Grand Prix	Skate America Skate Canada International Cup of China Trophée Éric Bompard Rostelecom Cup NHK Trophy Grand Prix Final
ISU Challenger Series	U.S. International Classic Nebelhorn Trophy Ondrej Nepela Trophy Finlandia Trophy Mordovian Ornament Denkova-Staviski Cup Ice Challenge Tallinn Trophy Warsaw Cup Golden Spin of Zagreb
Senior internationals	Asian Trophy Skate Canada Autumn Classic Cup of Nice Team Challenge Cup
Junior internationals	ISU Junior Grand Prix Junior Grand Prix Final Youth Olympics
National championships	Canada Czech Republic Estonia France Great Britain Hungary Japan Norway Poland Russia Slovakia South Korea United States

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	0	2	4
2	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
3	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
4	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
4	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
6	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	3	1	6
2	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
3	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
4	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12