2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Figure skating competition
The 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2012–13 season . Skaters competed 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 , held in Sochi , Russia .
Organized by the International Skating Union , the Grand Prix series ran from October 13 – December 9, 2012. Skaters competed for medals, prize money, and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The series set the stage for the 2013 European , Four Continents , and World Championships , as well as each country's national championships .
The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix .
Schedule
The ISU announced the following schedule of events taking place in autumn 2012:[ 1]
Rule changes
Between seasons, the ISU eliminated the option for seeded skaters to compete at a third GP event and the option for pairs to compete in both the senior Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix in the same season.[ 2]
General requirements
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.
Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores:
Assignments
The International Skating Union released the initial list of Grand Prix assignments on May 21, 2012:[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations , the Japan Skating Federation said it might withdraw its competitors from the Cup of China if the organizers did not provide security guarantees.[ 6]
Men
Skater
Assignment(s)
Jeremy Abbott Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Florent Amodio Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Michal Březina Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Zhan Bush Rostelecom Cup
Patrick Chan Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Cup of China
Richard Dornbush Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Javier Fernández Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Liam Firus Skate Canada International
Artur Gachinski Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Jinlin Guan Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Yuzuru Hanyu Skate America, NHK Trophy
Jorik Hendrickx Trophée Éric Bompard
Brian Joubert Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Takahiko Kozuka Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Tatsuki Machida Skate America, Cup of China
Armin Mahbanoozadeh Skate America
Alexander Majorov Skate America
Konstantin Menshov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Ross Miner Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Takahito Mura Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Daisuke Murakami NHK Trophy
Nobunari Oda Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Douglas Razzano Skate America
Kevin Reynolds Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Adam Rippon Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Andrei Rogozine NHK Trophy
Song Nan Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Daisuke Takahashi Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Denis Ten Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Tomáš Verner Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Sergei Voronov Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Johnny Weir Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Éric Bompard
Ladies
Skater
Assignment(s)
Mao Asada Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Sofia Biryukova Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Alissa Czisny NHK Trophy
Rachael Flatt Skate America
Christina Gao Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Elene Gedevanishvili Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Bingwa Geng Cup of China
Gracie Gold Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Sarah Hecken Skate America
Joshi Helgesson Cup of China
Viktoria Helgesson Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Haruka Imai Skate America, NHK Trophy
Polina Korobeynikova Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Éric Bompard
Kiira Korpi Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Amelie Lacoste Skate Canada International
Alena Leonova Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Zijun Li NHK Trophy
Yulia Lipnitskaya Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Ksenia Makarova Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Valentina Marchei Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Lena Marrocco Trophée Éric Bompard
Maé Bérénice Méité Skate America
Kanako Murakami Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Mirai Nagasu Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Kaetlyn Osmond Skate Canada International
Polina Shelepen NHK Trophy, Skate Canada International
Adelina Sotnikova Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Akiko Suzuki Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Ashley Wagner Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Agnes Zawadzki Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Caroline Zhang Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Kexin Zhang Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Pairs
Skater
Assignment(s)
Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir NHK Trophy
Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig NHK Trophy
Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff Skate America
Jessica Dube / Sebastien Wolfe Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Rostelecom Cup
Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Skate America
Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Stacey Kemp / David King Skate America
Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Qing Pang / Jian Tong Skate America, Cup of China
Peng Cheng / Hao Zhang Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Trophée Éric Bompard
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave NHK Trophy
Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin Skate Canada International
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Caitlin Yankowskas / Joshua Reagan NHK Trophy
Ice dancing
Skater
Assignment(s)
Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Skate America
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Skate America, Cup of China
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Madison Chock / Evan Bates Cup of China
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Meryl Davis / Charlie White Skate America, NHK Trophy
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Cup of China
Xintong Huang / Xun Zheng Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Skate America
Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Rostelecom Cup
Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill Skate Canada International
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed NHK Trophy
Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy
Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Skate America
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Skate America, Cup of China
Xiaoyang Yu / Chen Wang NHK Trophy
Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Skate Canada International
Changes to preliminary assignments
Changes to the initial assignments:[ 4] [ 5]
Skate America
Skate Canada International
Cup of China
Rostelecom Cup
NHK Trophy
Medal summary
Top Grand Prix scores
Skaters ranked according to total score. The short and free columns break down the total score of a skater's best overall event into the short and free program.
Top senior Grand Prix scores after all 7 events: Skate America, Skate Canada, Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Eric Bompard, NHK Trophy, and Grand Prix Final.
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Prize money and Grand Prix Final qualification points
The top finishers will earn prize money, as well as points toward qualifying for the Grand Prix Final, according to the chart below.
Placement
Points[ 2]
Prize money: [ 2]
Prize money: [ 2]
1st
15
US $18,000
$25,000
2nd
13
US $13,000
$18,000
3rd
11
US $9,000
$12,000
4th
9
US $3,000
$6,000
5th
7
US $2,000
$4,000
6th
5
-
$3,000
7th
4*
-
-
8th
3*
-
-
The sign * denotes not applicable to pairs and ice dancing.
After the final event, the 2012 NHK Trophy, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. If a skater or team competed at three events, their two best results counted toward the standings. There were seven tie-breakers:
Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker was 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/original dance of both events.
Highest number of total participants at the events. If there is still a tie, the tie is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters would all qualify for the Grand Prix Final.
Qualification standings
Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification.
Medal standings
References
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