The 2019

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was the first event in the

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, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at

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on October 18–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

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, and

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. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.

was the first senior international event in

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history to be streamed live by the ISU on

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with geographical restrictions, as part of the federation's new deal for the 2019–20 Grand Prix series to reach countries that do not have broadcasting rights for any skating events.

Entries

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.

Changes to preliminary assignments

Results

Men

Ladies

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's Anna Shcherbakova became the first woman to land two quad lutzes in the free skate.

Pairs

Ice dance

The scores for the

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were initially calculated erroneously, omitting the Grade of Execution points for the man's half of the pattern step. Hours later, the scores were revised to reflect the proper point totals.

References

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