2017 NHK Trophy

The 2017 NHK Trophy was the 4th event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Osaka on November 10–12. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final.

2017 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 10 – 12
Season:2017–18
Location:Osaka
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Champions
Men's singles:
Sergei Voronov
Ladies' singles:
Evgenia Medvedeva
Pair skating:
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Previous:
2016 NHK Trophy
Next:
2018 NHK Trophy
Previous GP:
2017 Cup of China
Next GP:
2017 Internationaux de France

Records
For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

EventComponentSkater(s)ScoreDateRef
Pairs Free skate Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 155.10 11 November 2017 [1]

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.[2][3][4][5]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
 Canada Keegan Messing
Nam Nguyen		 Alaine Chartrand Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
 China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
 Czech Republic Michal Březina
 Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
 France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
 Israel Oleksii Bychenko
 Italy Carolina Kostner Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
 Japan Hiroaki Sato
Kazuki Tomono		 Rika Hongo
Satoko Miyahara
Yuna Shiraiwa		 Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara		 Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs
 Russia Dmitri Aliev
Sergei Voronov		 Alena Leonova
Evgenia Medvedeva
Polina Tsurskaya		 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov		 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
 Slovakia Nicole Rajičová
 South Korea Park So-youn
 Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
 United Kingdom Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
 United States Jason Brown
Adam Rippon		 Mariah Bell
Mirai Nagasu		 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments
Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
August 23 Men N/A Hiroaki Sato Host pick [2]
September 19 Pairs N/A Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Host pick
September 19 Ice dance N/A Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto Host pick
September 22 Men Joshua Farris Nam Nguyen [6]
November 3 Men Patrick Chan Keegan Messing Focus on preparation for Nationals [7]
November 6 Men Daisuke Murakami Kazuki Tomono Illness (pneumonia) [8]
November 8 Ice dance Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
November 10 Men Yuzuru Hanyu Not replaced Right ankle injury [9]

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sergei Voronov  Russia 271.12 1 90.06 1 181.06
2 Adam Rippon  United States 261.99 4 84.95 2 177.04
3 Alexei Bychenko  Israel 252.07 2 85.52 3 166.55
4 Jason Brown  United States 245.95 3 85.36 4 160.59
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 235.80 5 80.13 6 155.67
6 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 234.80 8 76.51 5 158.29
7 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 231.93 6 79.88 7 152.05
8 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 223.45 7 77.51 9 145.94
9 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 220.45 9 76.24 10 144.21
10 Nam Nguyen  Canada 214.51 11 65.82 8 148.69
11 Hiroaki Sato  Japan 199.20 10 75.95 11 123.25
WD Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan withdrew withdrew from competition

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 224.39 1 79.99 1 144.40
2 Carolina Kostner  Italy 212.24 2 74.57 3 137.67
3 Polina Tsurskaya  Russia 210.19 3 70.04 2 140.15
4 Mirai Nagasu  United States 194.46 5 65.17 4 129.29
5 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 191.80 6 65.05 6 126.75
6 Alena Leonova  Russia 190.95 7 63.61 5 127.34
7 Rika Hongo  Japan 187.83 4 65.83 7 122.00
8 Yuna Shiraiwa  Japan 171.94 8 57.34 8 114.60
9 Mariah Bell  United States 166.04 9 57.25 10 108.79
10 Nicole Rajičová  Slovakia 159.78 10 53.36 11 106.42
11 Alaine Chartrand  Canada 159.36 12 49.60 9 109.76
12 Park So-youn  South Korea 135.79 11 51.54 12 84.25

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 234.53 1 79.43 1 155.10
2 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  Russia 222.74 2 75.05 2 147.69
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov  Russia 203.64 3 70.47 3 133.17
4 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau  Canada 194.37 5 63.98 4 130.39
5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 192.51 4 65.86 5 126.65
6 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 171.13 6 62.61 6 108.52
7 Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet  Japan 156.52 7 51.69 7 104.83
8 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 139.98 8 44.83 8 95.15

Ice Dance
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 198.64 1 80.92 1 117.72
2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 188.35 2 76.31 2 112.04
3 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 186.56 3 75.87 3 110.69
4 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 177.15 4 72.49 4 104.66
5 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Denmark 164.40 6 65.34 5 99.06
6 Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin  Ukraine 160.88 7 63.33 6 97.55
7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland  United Kingdom 158.15 5 65.64 9 92.51
8 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  France 157.62 8 62.79 7 94.83
9 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed  Japan 156.41 9 61.82 8 94.59
10 Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto  Japan 132.41 10 53.83 10 78.58
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References
  1. "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs - Free Program Score". International Skating Union. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. "Entry/Resultlist". International Skating Union. August 23, 2017.
  3. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017.
  4. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017.
  5. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017.
  6. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18 Men". International Skating Union. September 29, 2017.
  7. "Patrick Chan withdraws from NHK Trophy". Skate Canada. November 3, 2017.
  8. "村上大介　急性肺炎でＮＨＫ杯欠場" [Daisuke Murakami misses NHK Cup with acute pneumonia] (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. November 6, 2017.
  9. "羽生結弦がＮＨＫ杯欠場 ＧＰファイナル５連覇幻に　コーチ明かす「結弦は泣いていた」" [Yuzuru Hanyu will miss the NHK Cup, 5th consecutive GP Final win; Coach reveals "Hanyu was crying"] (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. November 10, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
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