2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

2010–11 Grand Prix Final
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	December 8 – 12, 2010
Season:	2010–11
Location:	Beijing, China
Host:	Chinese Skating Association
Venue:	Capital Indoor Stadium
Champions
Men's singles: Patrick Chan (S) Richard Dornbush (J)
Ladies' singles: Alissa Czisny (S) Adelina Sotnikova (J)
Pairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (S) Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran (J)
Ice dance: Meryl Davis / Charlie White (S) Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin (J)
Previous: 2009–10 Grand Prix Final
Next: 2011–12 Grand Prix Final
Previous GP: 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard

The 2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was a figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season, held in conjunction with the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. It was the culminating competition of both the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition.

The event was held in Beijing, China from December 8–12, 2010.^[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Schedule

(Local Time, GMT +08:00)

• Thursday, December 9
  • 16:45 Junior ice dancing: Short dance
  • 18:10 Junior ladies: Short program
  • 19:35 Junior men: Short program
  • 21:00 Junior pairs: Short program
• Friday, December 10
  • 14:15 Junior ice dancing: Free dance
  • 15:45 Junior ladies: Free skating
  • 17:15 Ice dancing: Short dance
  • 18:25 Men: Short program
  • 19:30 Ladies: Short program
  • 20:35 Pairs: Short program
• Saturday, December 11
  • 13:45 Junior men: Free skating
  • 15:20 Junior pairs: Free skating
  • 16:55 Men: Free skating
  • 18:10 Ladies: Free skating
  • 19:20 Ice dancing: Free dance
  • 20:40 Pairs: Free skating
• Sunday, December 12
  • Exhibition gala

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2010 were eligible to compete at two senior 2010–11 Grand Prix events, including the 2010 NHK Trophy, 2010 Skate Canada International, 2010 Cup of China, 2010 Skate America, 2010 Cup of Russia, and 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard. They earned points at these events and the six highest ranking skaters/teams qualified for the senior Grand Prix Final. The following skaters qualified for the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Takahiko Kozuka	Miki Ando	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2	Daisuke Takahashi	Alissa Czisny	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
3	Patrick Chan	Carolina Kostner	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
4	Tomáš Verner	Kanako Murakami	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
5	Nobunari Oda	Akiko Suzuki	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
6	Florent Amodio	Rachael Flatt	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin
Alternates
1st	Jeremy Abbott	Kiira Korpi	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
2nd	Brandon Mroz	Mirai Nagasu	Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3rd	Adam Rippon	Ashley Wagner	Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers	Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko

Junior-level qualifiers

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2010 but were not yet 19 on that date (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete at two 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix events. They earned points at these events and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.

The following skaters qualified for the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final.^[2][3][4][5]

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Andrei Rogozine	Adelina Sotnikova	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
2	Yan Han	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew)	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
3	Joshua Farris	Risa Shoji	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro
4	Keegan Messing	Polina Shelepen	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely
5	Richard Dornbush	Christina Gao	Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz	Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin
6	Max Aaron	Yasmin Siraj	Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
7	Zhan Bush	Kristiene Gong	Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan	Anastasia Galyeta /Alexei Shumski
8	Gordei Gorshkov	Kiri Baga (withdrew)	Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
Alternates
1st	Artur Dmitriev Jr	Li Zijun (called up)	Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell (called up)	Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart
2nd	Jason Brown	Ira Vannut	Tatiana Danilova / Andrei Novoselov	Anastasia Cannuscio/ Colin McManus
3rd	Alexander Majorov	Shion Kokobun	Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

Competition notes

In the junior event, Kiri Baga had to withdraw due to Achilles tendinopathy in her left ankle.^[6] Sui Wenjing and Han Cong withdrew due to qualification to senior Grand Prix Final. There were allegations that two female skaters, Sui in the senior event and Yu Xiaoyu in the junior event, were too young for those competitions, while a male skater Jin Yang was alleged to be too old for the junior event.^[7]

Senior-level results

Men

The men's medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Patrick Chan	Canada	259.75	2	85.59	1	174.16
2	Nobunari Oda	Japan	242.81	1	86.59	3	156.22
3	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	237.79	4	77.90	2	159.89
4	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	219.77	3	82.57	6	137.20
5	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	213.64	5	65.37	4	148.27
6	Florent Amodio	France	201.90	6	61.64	5	140.26

Ladies

The ladies' medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Alissa Czisny	United States	180.75	1	63.76	3	116.99
2	Carolina Kostner	Italy	178.60	2	62.13	4	116.47
3	Kanako Murakami	Japan	178.59	3	61.47	2	117.12
4	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	173.72	4	58.26	5	115.46
5	Miki Ando	Japan	173.15	5	50.45	1	122.70
6	Rachael Flatt	United States	127.57	6	45.19	6	82.38

Pairs

The pairs' medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	210.72	1	74.40	1	136.32
2	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	189.93	2	68.63	2	121.30
3	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	179.04	4	61.49	3	117.55
4	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Russia	177.44	5	60.06	4	117.38
5	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Russia	176.80	3	63.86	5	112.94
6	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch	Canada	169.57	6	58.73	6	110.84

Ice dancing

The ice dancing medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD		FD
1	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	United States	171.58	1	68.64	1	102.94
2	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	France	162.10	2	65.66	2	96.44
3	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier	Canada	139.74	5	54.82	3	84.92
4	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Russia	136.75	6	54.33	4	82.42
5	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Canada	136.34	4	55.51	5	80.83
6	Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin	Hungary	132.07	3	55.98	6	76.09

Junior-level results

Junior men

The men's medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Richard Dornbush	United States	219.56	1	70.75	1	148.81
2	Yan Han	China	186.05	3	67.29	3	118.76
3	Andrei Rogozine	Canada	181.78	7	59.17	2	122.61
4	Max Aaron	United States	181.28	5	63.78	4	117.50
5	Keegan Messing	United States	174.42	2	68.52	8	106.90
6	Joshua Farris	United States	173.97	4	65.24	7	108.73
7	Zhan Bush	Russia	173.75	6	60.05	6	113.70
8	Gordei Gorshkov	Russia	171.81	8	55.55	5	116.26

Junior ladies

The ladies' medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Adelina Sotnikova	Russia	169.81	1	57.27	1	112.54
2	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Russia	160.87	2	53.76	2	107.11
3	Li Zijun	China	149.82	5	49.62	4	100.20
4	Risa Shoji	Japan	149.82	4	52.56	5	97.26
5	Polina Shelepen	Russia	147.37	3	53.26	6	94.11
6	Christina Gao	United States	145.01	7	43.98	3	101.03
7	Yasmin Siraj	United States	130.95	8	38.08	7	92.87
8	Kristiene Gong	United States	129.90	6	47.24	8	82.66

Junior pairs

The pairs' medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Japan	159.52	1	53.94	1	105.58
2	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Russia	150.54	2	49.63	2	100.91
3	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	China	140.58	6	43.68	3	96.90
4	Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz	Canada	133.08	3	48.07	6	85.01
5	Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan	United States	131.96	5	43.92	5	88.04
6	Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell	Canada	131.04	7	42.34	4	88.70
7	Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz	Canada	127.02	4	45.30	7	81.72
8	Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk	Russia	113.99	8	35.25	8	78.74

Junior ice dancing

The ice dancing medalists

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD		FD
1	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin	Russia	136.22	2	55.50	1	80.72
2	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Russia	134.62	1	55.58	2	79.04
3	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	Russia	129.94	3	53.59	3	76.35
4	Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	123.75	4	53.06	6	70.69
5	Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely	United States	121.58	5	50.74	5	70.84
6	Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin	Russia	118.60	6	46.98	4	71.62
7	Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski	Ukraine	113.54	7	45.10	7	68.44
8	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev	Russia	110.16	8	43.18	8	66.98

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	0	0	3
2	Russia (RUS)	2	3	1	6
3	Canada (CAN)	1	0	2	3
4	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
5	China (CHN)	0	2	3	5
6	Japan (JPN)	0	1	2	3
7	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		7	8	8	23

References

1. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2010". International Skating Union. January 7, 2010. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
2. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Men". International Skating Union.
3. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
4. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Pairs". International Skating Union.
5. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
6. "Baga withdraws from Junior Grand Prix Final". U.S. Figure Skating. icenetwork.com. November 25, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
7. "China eyed over 9 athletes' ages". ESPN. Associated Press. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.

External links

• "2010–11 Grand Prix Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
• "2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
• Senior entrants
• Starting orders/results