2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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.

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)
Pair skating:
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 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 Tuktamisheva 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]

In men's singles, Patrick Chan won his first Grand Prix Final title after edging past Nobunari Oda.[8][9] In ladies, Alissa Czisny also won her first title, ahead of Carolina Kostner.[10][11] In pair skating, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won their second title.[12][13] In ice dancing, Meryl Davis and Charlie White successfully defended their title.[14][15]

In the Junior GP Final, Richard Dornbush won the men's event,[16][17] in his third trip to the event. In ladies, Adelina Sotnikova won the title in her debut.[18][19] There was a tie for third in junior ladies, with Li Zijun and Risa Shoji both finishing with 149.82 points. The tiebreaker gave the medal to the free skate winner.[19] Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran won Japan's first pair skating JGP Final title. [20][21] Ice dancers Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin won their second JGP Final title as Russia swept the podium.[22][23]

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

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2002
2 Canada (CAN)1012
3 Germany (GER)1001
4 Japan (JPN)0123
5 China (CHN)0112
6 France (FRA)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
Totals (7 nations)44412

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
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