2023 Grand Prix of Espoo

2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 17 – 19
Season:2023–24
Location:Espoo, Finland
Venue:Espoo Metro Areena
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Kao Miura
Women's singles:
Japan Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs:
Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin
Ice dance:
United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates
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2024 Finlandia Trophy
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2023 NHK Trophy

The 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo was the fifth event of the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland, from November 17–19. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

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The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 28, 2023.[1]

Country Men[2] Women[3] Pairs[4] Ice dance[5]
 Canada Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
 China Peng Cheng / Wang Lei
 Czech Republic Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek
 Estonia Arlet Levandi
 Finland Makar Suntsev Janna Jyrkinen
Oona Ounasvuori
Nella Pelkonen
Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen
Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
 France Kévin Aymoz Lorine Schild Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev
 Germany Nikita Starostin Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
 Hungary Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko
 Italy Nikolaj Memola
Matteo Rizzo
Lara Naki Gutmann Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii
 Japan Kao Miura
Shun Sato
Koshiro Shimada
Mana Kawabe
Kaori Sakamoto
Rion Sumiyoshi
 South Korea Kim Chae-yeon
You Young
 Ukraine Ivan Shmuratko
 United States Liam Kapeikis
Jimmy Ma
Starr Andrews
Amber Glenn
Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Women August 17 Finland Janna Jyrkinen Host picks [6]
Finland Oona Ounasvuori
Finland Nella Pelkonen
Men August 24 United States Jimmy Ma [7]
November 6 Sweden Andreas Nordebäck November 7 United States Liam Kapeikis [8]
Women Switzerland Kimmy Repond November 8 Italy Lara Naki Gutmann Injury [9]
Men November 13 Azerbaijan Vladimir Litvintsev November 14 Germany Nikita Starostin
South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Ukraine Ivan Shmuratko Injury

Results

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Men's singles

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kao Miura  Japan 274.56 1 93.54 2 181.02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shun Sato  Japan 273.34 2 90.41 1 182.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kévin Aymoz  France 250.03 5 73.94 3 176.09
4 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 241.47 6 73.37 4 168.10
5 Nikolaj Memola  Italy 221.25 7 72.11 5 149.14
6 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 218.44 4 77.81 6 140.63
7 Nikita Starostin  Germany 201.15 8 71.99 9 129.16
8 Ivan Shmuratko  Ukraine 200.67 10 66.30 7 134.37
9 Liam Kapeikis  United States 196.94 9 69.10 10 127.84
10 Arlet Levandi  Estonia 191.26 11 61.82 8 134.01
11 Jimmy Ma  United States 191.26 3 80.19 11 111.07
12 Makar Suntsev  Finland 162.00 12 54.44 12 107.56

Women's singles

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 205.21 1 69.69 1 135.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rion Sumiyoshi  Japan 190.21 2 68.65 3 121.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Amber Glenn  United States 185.39 11 51.61 2 133.78
4 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 181.42 3 66.19 4 115.23
5 Lorine Schild  France 175.71 5 61.07 6 114.64
6 Nella Pelkonen  Finland 172.88 8 58.12 5 114.76
7 Lara Naki Gutmann  Italy 168.33 7 58.24 8 110.09
8 You Young  South Korea 168.14 4 63.46 9 104.68
9 Mana Kawabe  Japan 161.00 12 50.12 7 110.88
10 Starr Andrews  United States 154.42 9 57.36 10 97.06
11 Janna Jyrkinen  Finland 153.74 6 58.63 11 95.11
12 Oona Ounasvuori  Finland 144.16 10 54.21 12 89.95

Pairs

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Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany 192.72 3 63.59 1 129.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 188.60 2 65.00 3 123.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 186.19 4 61.53 2 124.66
4 Peng Cheng / Wang Lei  China 186.16 1 65.25 4 120.91
5 Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev  France 152.54 7 55.45 5 97.09
6 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 152.16 6 55.99 6 96.17
7 Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar  Canada 147.27 5 56.61 8 90.66
8 Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici  Finland 142.69 8 48.56 7 94.13

Ice dance

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Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s) Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 209.46 1 85.61 1 123.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 206.32 2 82.62 2 123.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 195.80 3 77.65 3 118.15
4 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 188.76 4 74.58 4 114.18
5 Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik  United States 183.78 5 72.13 5 111.65
6 Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen  Finland 176.73 7 69.52 6 107.21
7 Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek  Czech Republic 172.58 6 70.59 7 101.99
8 Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont  Canada 167.87 8 67.68 8 100.19
9 Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan  Germany 164.55 9 65.53 9 99.02
10 Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko  Hungary 147.40 10 57.57 10 89.83

References

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  1. ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (June 28, 2023). "2023/24 Grand Prix Assignments" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Men: Entries". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Women: Entries". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Pairs: Entries". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2023 - Ice Dance: Entries". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (August 17, 2023). "🇫🇮 Janna Jyrkinen, 🇫🇮 Oona Ounasvuori, and 🇫🇮 Nella Pelkonen have been assigned the host picks at Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (August 24, 2023). "🇺🇸 Jimmy Ma has been assigned to Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (November 7, 2023). "🇺🇸 Liam Kapeikis has been assigned to Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ AnythinGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (November 8, 2023). "🇮🇹 Lara Naki Gutmann has been assigned to Grand Prix Espoo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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