2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Figure skating competition
The 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals which ran from October through December 2016. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Marseille .
Organized by the International Skating Union , the series set the stage for the 2017 Europeans , the 2017 Four Continents , and the 2017 World Championships . The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix .
Schedule
The series was composed of the following events:[ 1]
Requirements
Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. They were also required to have earned either a minimum total score or minimum technical elements scores (TES) at certain international events:[ 1]
Discipline
Total score
Short segment TES
Free segment TES
Men
188.95
36.91
70.83
Ladies
134.31
24.31
46.66
Pairs
139.19
26.33
47.68
Ice dance
116.67
23.08
35.63
Total scores: ISU Championships, Grand Prix; Challenger Series, Junior Grand Prix in the 2015–16 season. TES: ISU Events or selected international competitions in the 2015–16 or 2016–17 season[ 1]
Assignments
The ISU published the preliminary Grand Prix assignments on June 30, 2016.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Men
Skater
Assignment(s)
Brendan Kerry
Skate America, Trophée de France (added)
Jorik Hendrickx
Skate America, Trophée de France (added)
Elladj Baldé
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Patrick Chan
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Nam Nguyen
Skate America, NHK Trophy
Jin Boyang
Skate America, Cup of China
Yan Han
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Michal Březina
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Chafik Besseghier
Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France
Alexei Bychenko
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Daniel Samohin
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Yuzuru Hanyu
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Takahito Mura
Skate Canada International, Trophée de France
Keiji Tanaka
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Shoma Uno
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Deniss Vasiļjevs
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy (added)
Artur Dmitriev Jr.
Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France
Mikhail Kolyada
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Maxim Kovtun
Skate America, Cup of China
Alexander Petrov
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Sergei Voronov
Skate America, Cup of China
Javier Fernández
Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France
Max Aaron
Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China
Jason Brown
Skate America, NHK Trophy
Nathan Chen
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Grant Hochstein
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Ross Miner
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Adam Rippon
Skate America, Trophée de France
Misha Ge
Skate Canada International, Trophée de France
1 assignment
Liam Firus
Skate Canada International
Kevin Reynolds
Skate Canada International
Ivan Righini
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Ryuju Hino
NHK Trophy (added)
Denis Ten
Skate America , Trophée de France
Gordei Gorshkov
Rostelecom Cup
Alexander Majorov
Rostelecom Cup
Timothy Dolensky
Skate America
Ladies
Skater
Assignment(s)
Anastasia Galustyan
Rostelecom Cup (added) , Trophée de France (added)
Alaine Chartrand
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Gabrielle Daleman
Skate America, Trophée de France
Kaetlyn Osmond
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Li Zijun
Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China
Roberta Rodeghiero
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Mao Asada
Skate America, Trophée de France
Wakaba Higuchi
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Rika Hongo
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Yura Matsuda
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Mai Mihara
Skate America, Cup of China
Satoko Miyahara
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Kanako Murakami
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Yuka Nagai
Skate Canada International, Trophée de France
Elizabet Tursynbayeva
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Choi Da-bin
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy (added)
Park So-youn
Skate America, Trophée de France
Angelīna Kučvaļska
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Evgenia Medvedeva
Skate Canada International, Trophée de France
Anna Pogorilaya
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Elena Radionova
Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China
Maria Sotskova
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Nicole Rajičová
Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Joshi Helgesson
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Karen Chen
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Gracie Gold
Skate America, Trophée de France
Courtney Hicks
Rostelecom Cup, Cup of China
Mirai Nagasu
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Ashley Wagner
Skate America, Cup of China
1 assignment
Li Xiangning
Cup of China
Zhao Ziquan
Cup of China
Laurine Lecavelier
Trophée de France
Maé-Bérénice Méité
Trophée de France
Kim Na-hyun
Skate Canada International (added)
Alena Leonova
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Skate America , Rostelecom Cup
Serafima Sakhanovich
Skate America
Mariah Bell
Skate America (added)
Pairs
Pair
Assignment(s)
Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
Cup of China (added) , NHK Trophy
Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Skate America, Trophée de France
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France
Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert
Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added)
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek
Skate America (added) , Rostelecom Cup
Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Skate America, Trophée de France
Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France
Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran
Skate America, Trophée de France
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Skate America (added) , Skate Canada International
Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea
Skate America, NHK Trophy
1 assignment
Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan
Skate Canada International
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Rostelecom Cup (added)
Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet
NHK Trophy
Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev
Rostelecom Cup (added)
Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Rostelecom Cup (added)
Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan
Cup of China (added)
Ice dance
Team
Assignment(s)
Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev
Rostelecom Cup, Trophée de France (added)
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Skate Canada International, Trophée de France
Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Rostelecom Cup International, Cup of China
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Trophée de France, NHK Trophy
Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko
Skate America, Trophée de France
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Skate America, NHK Trophy
Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin
Skate America, Trophée de France
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Skate Canada International, Cup of China
Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar
Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus
Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added)
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Skate America, Trophée de France
Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit
Skate America, Rostelcom Cup
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Skate America, Cup of China
1 assignment
Chen Hong / Zhao Yan
Cup of China
Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming
Cup of China (added)
Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka
Trophée de France (added)
Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen
Skate Canada International (added)
Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet
Trophée de France
Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion
NHK Trophy
Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin
Rostelecom Cup
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
Rostelecom Cup
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
Skate America (added)
Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
Trophée de France
Changes to preliminary assignments
Skate America
Skate Canada International
Rostelecom Cup
Trophée de France
The French organisers decided not to replace Mendoza/Kovalev despite the ISU's rules stating that it is "mandatory" to invite another pair if one withdraws more than 14 days before the event.[ 1] : 10 The pairs competition ended up with only six entries after a further withdrawal (Esbrat/Novoselov).
Cup of China
NHK Trophy
Medal summary
Medalists
Medal standings
Qualification
At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:[ 1]
Placement
Points (Singles)
Points (Pairs/Dance)
1st
15
15
2nd
13
13
3rd
11
11
4th
9
9
5th
7
7
6th
5
5
7th
4
–
8th
3
–
9th
–
–
10th
–
–
There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
Participated in two events.
Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
Highest number of total participants at the events.
If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.
Qualification standings
Qualifiers
Top Grand Prix scores
Men
Total score
[ 57]
Short program
[ 58]
Free program
[ 59]
Ladies
Total score
[ 60]
Short program
[ 61]
Free program
[ 62]
Pairs
Total score
[ 63]
Short program
[ 64]
Free program
[ 65]
Ice dancing
Total score
[ 66]
Short dance
[ 67]
Free dance
[ 68]
References
External links
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