2018–19 ISU Challenger Series

2018–19 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:August 1 – December 8, 2018
Season:2018–19
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The 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series was held from August to December 2018. It was the fifth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

Competitions

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This season, the series included the following events.[1]

Date Event Location Notes Results
August 1–5 Thailand 2018 Asian Open Trophy Bangkok, Thailand Pairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details
September 12–16 Italy 2018 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 12–16 United States 2018 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 19–22 Slovakia 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Pairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details
September 20–22 Canada 2018 Autumn Classic International Oakville, Ontario, Canada Details
September 26–29 Germany 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 4–7 Finland 2018 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
November 11–18 Austria 2018 Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy Innsbruck, Austria Pairs competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event. Details
November 26 – December 2 Estonia 2018 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details
December 5–8 Croatia 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Thailand Asian Open Trophy Japan Sōta Yamamoto Chinese Taipei Tsao Chih-i South Korea Byun Se-jong Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Shoma Uno Russia Dmitri Aliev Russia Andrei Lazukin Details
United States U.S. International Classic Canada Nam Nguyen Czech Republic Michal Březina United States Jimmy Ma Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Russia Mikhail Kolyada Russia Sergei Voronov Japan Keiji Tanaka Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Japan Yuzuru Hanyu South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Canada Roman Sadovsky Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Keegan Messing Sweden Alexander Majorov Russia Artur Dmitriev Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Mikhail Kolyada South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili Details
Austria 2018 Alpen Trophy Italy Daniel Grassl Canada Roman Sadovsky United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Details
Estonia 2018 Tallinn Trophy Russia Maxim Kovtun United States Vincent Zhou Russia Anton Shulepov Details
Croatia 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Jason Brown Russia Mikhail Kolyada Russia Alexander Samarin Details

Ladies' singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Thailand Asian Open Trophy South Korea Lim Eun-soo Japan Yuna Shiraiwa Japan Mako Yamashita Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia Sofia Samodurova Japan Mako Yamashita Details
United States U.S. International Classic Japan Satoko Miyahara South Korea Lim Eun-soo South Korea Kim Ye-lim Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Japan Rika Kihira Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Details
Canada Autumn Classic International United States Bradie Tennell Russia Evgenia Medvedeva France Maé-Bérénice Méité Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Alina Zagitova Japan Mai Mihara Belgium Loena Hendrickx Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Finland Viveca Lindfors Details
Austria 2018 Alpen Trophy Russia Anna Tarusina Russia Serafima Sakhanovich Australia Brooklee Han Details
Estonia 2018 Tallinn Trophy Russia Serafima Sakhanovich United States Ting Cui Finland Viveca Lindfors Details
Croatia 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Bradie Tennell Russia Anastasiia Gubanova United States Mariah Bell Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Russia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Details
United States U.S. International Classic United States Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc United States Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Australia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Details
Canada Autumn Classic International France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim United States Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Details
Estonia 2018 Tallinn Trophy Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer United States Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea United States Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Details
Croatia 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim United States Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Thailand Asian Open Trophy China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Details
United States U.S. International Classic United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Russia Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Canada Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details
Austria 2018 Alpen Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details
Estonia 2018 Tallinn Trophy United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Russia Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Details
Croatia 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Russia Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)149831
2 United States (USA)612826
3 Canada (CAN)53210
4 Japan (JPN)52512
5 Italy (ITA)3014
6 South Korea (KOR)1326
7 France (FRA)1034
8 Austria (AUT)1001
 China (CHN)1001
10 Spain (ESP)0213
11 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0202
12 Poland (POL)0112
13 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0101
 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
16 Australia (AUS)0022
 Finland (FIN)0022
18 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Georgia (GEO)0011
Totals (19 entries)373737111

Challenger Series rankings

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The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[1]

Men's singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[2]
1 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 274.37 Golden Spin of Zagreb 253.14 527.51
2 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea Autumn Classic International 259.78 Finlandia Trophy 239.19 498.97
3 Jason Brown  United States 233.23 Golden Spin of Zagreb 263.42 496.65
4 Dmitri Aliev  Russia Lombardia Trophy 250.55 Finlandia Trophy 224.95 475.50
5 Daniel Grassl  Italy Alpen Trophy 230.50 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.82 460.32

Ladies' singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[3]
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia Lombardia Trophy 206.07 Finlandia Trophy 202.85 408.92
2 Bradie Tennell  United States Autumn Classic International 206.41 Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.41 408.82
3 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan Ondrej Nepela Trophy 192.30 Finlandia Trophy 200.74 393.04
4 Mariah Bell  United States Nebelhorn Trophy 188.97 Golden Spin of Zagreb 196.60 385.57
5 Anastasiia Gubanova  Russia Tallinn Trophy 180.73 198.65 379.38

Pairs

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[4]
1 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia Lombardia Trophy 191.99 Finlandia Trophy 188.54 380.53
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada Finlandia Trophy 193.93 Autumn Classic International 176.32 370.25
3 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 178.94 Golden Spin of Zagreb 183.89 362.83
4 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria Finlandia Trophy 176.09 Tallinn Trophy 184.60 360.69
5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States Nebelhorn Trophy 177.22 Golden Spin of Zagreb 182.84 360.06

Ice dance

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada Nebelhorn Trophy 194.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.27 395.39
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy Lombardia Trophy 193.28 Alpen Trophy 195.39 388.67
3 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States Nebelhorn Trophy 177.49 Tallinn Trophy 180.22 357.71
4 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Ondrej Nepela Trophy 178.64 Alpen Trophy 174.35 352.99
5 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Lombardia Trophy 170.68 Nebelhorn Trophy 180.95 351.63

Top scores

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For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2018–19 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men's singles

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Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 276.20 2018 Lombardia Trophy
2 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 274.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 263.65 2018 Autumn Classic International
4 Jason Brown  United States 263.42 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 259.78 2018 Autumn Classic International
6 Keegan Messing  Canada 257.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 250.55 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Maxim Kovtun 247.55 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Andrei Lazukin 243.45 2018 Lombardia Trophy
10 Sergei Voronov 239.73 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 104.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy
2 Yuzuru Hanyu 97.74 2018 Autumn Classic International
3 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 97.04 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Jason Brown  United States 95.50
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 90.63 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 90.56 2018 Autumn Classic International
7 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 87.92 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Dmitri Aliev 86.57
9 Alexander Samarin 86.29 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 85.51 2018 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 177.55 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
2 Shoma Uno  Japan 172.05 2018 Lombardia Trophy
3 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 169.22 2018 Autumn Classic International
4 Jason Brown  United States 167.92 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Maxim Kovtun  Russia 166.64 2018 Tallinn Trophy
6 Keegan Messing  Canada 166.53 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 165.91 2018 Autumn Classic International
8 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 163.98 2018 Lombardia Trophy
9 Kévin Aymoz  France 162.93 2018 Autumn Classic International
10 Sergei Voronov  Russia 157.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Ladies' singles

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Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 238.43 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rika Kihira  Japan 218.16 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Mai Mihara 209.22 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Bradie Tennell  United States 206.41 2018 Autumn Classic International
5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 206.07 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Evgenia Medvedeva 204.89 2018 Autumn Classic International
7 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 204.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Serafima Sakhanovich  Russia 202.62 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 201.23 2018 U.S. International Classic
10 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 200.74 2018 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 79.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 73.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 71.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
Bradie Tennell  United States 71.50 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 70.98 2018 Autumn Classic International
6 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 70.95 2018 Finlandia Trophy
7 Mai Mihara  Japan 70.94 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Rika Kihira 70.79 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
9 Serafima Sakhanovich  Russia 70.33 2018 Tallinn Trophy
10 Mariah Bell  United States 70.02 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 158.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rika Kihira  Japan 147.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 140.38 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Mai Mihara  Japan 138.28 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Bradie Tennell  United States 137.15 2018 Autumn Classic International
6 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 133.91
7 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 133.77 2018 U.S. International Classic
8 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 132.66 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Serafima Sakhanovich  Russia 132.29 2018 Tallinn Trophy
10 Ting Cui  United States 132.23

Pairs

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Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres  France 210.21 2018 Autumn Classic International
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 198.98 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 196.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 193.93 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 191.99 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin 183.89 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 182.84
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 178.18 2018 Lombardia Trophy
9 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay  United States 176.44 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 176.09 2018 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 73.81 2018 Autumn Classic International
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 73.27 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 72.50 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 67.81 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 66.93 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 66.52 2018 Finlandia Trophy
7 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 66.08 2018 Tallinn Trophy
8 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia 65.84 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 64.34
10 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 64.04
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 136.40 2018 Autumn Classic International
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 127.41 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 126.78 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 125.71 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 123.65 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 118.80 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia 118.05
8 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay  United States 116.32
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc 113.95 2018 U.S. International Classic
10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 113.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy

Ice dance

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 201.27 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 200.78 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 197.42 2018 U.S. International Classic
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 197.27 2018 Autumn Classic
5 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 196.42 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 195.39 2018 Alpen Trophy
7 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 180.95 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 180.22 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 180.07 2018 Finlandia Trophy
10 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 179.78 2018 Tallinn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 79.80 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 79.16 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 79.11 2018 U.S. International Classic
4 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 76.96 2018 Alpen Trophy
5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 76.53 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 75.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
7 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 72.61 2018 Finlandia Trophy
8 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 71.17 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus  Canada 70.79 2018 Finlandia Trophy
10 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 70.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 121.62 2018 Finlandia Trophy
2 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 121.47 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 120.74 2018 Autumn Classic
4 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 120.46 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
5 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 118.43 2018 Alpen Trophy
6 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 118.31 2018 U.S. International Classic
7 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 110.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 110.64 2018 Tallinn Trophy
9 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev  Poland 109.01
10 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 108.61

References

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  1. ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2018/19 Announcement". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
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