The 2014 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the

2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating The 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2014–15 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skat ...

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

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on November 28–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The entries were as follows:

Changes to preliminary assignments

* On July 10,

Felicia Zhang Felicia Zhang (born September 22, 1993) is an American former pair skater. With Nathan Bartholomay, she is a two-time U.S. national medalist (silver in 2014, bronze in 2013) and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Personal life Felicia Zhan ...

and

Nathan Bartholomay Nathan Bartholomay (born May 18, 1989) is an American pair skater. With his former partner Deanna Stellato-Dudek, he is the 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national bro ...

were removed from the roster. On July 15, it was announced that

Mari Vartmann Mari-Doris Vartmann (born 25 December 1988) is a German pair skater. With Ruben Blommaert, she won four ISU Challenger Series medals. With Aaron Van Cleave, she is the 2015 German national champion, the 2011 NRW Trophy champion, and 2010 Wars ...

Aaron van Cleave Aaron Van Cleave (born 14 March 1987) is a German pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Mari Vartmann for Germany. They won the 2015 German national title, the 2011 NRW Trophy, and 2010 Warsaw Cup. After they parted ways, he te ...

had been named as replacements. On July 16, it was revealed that Zhang/Bartholomay had split up. * On August 12, Daisuke Murakami, Riona Kato, and Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion were added as host picks. * On September 29, Julia Antipova /

Nodari Maisuradze Nodari Otarievich Maisuradze (russian: Нодари Отариевич Маисурадзе, born 18 February 1988) is a Russian pair skater. With Julia Antipova, he is the 2014 Bavarian Open champion and placed eighth at the 2014 World Champio ...

were removed from the roster, due to Antipova being hospitalized due to anorexia. On October 8,

Arina Cherniavskaia Arina Maximovna Cherniavskaia (russian: Арина Максимовна Чернявская, born 29 December 1998) is a Russian pair skater. With Antonio Souza-Kordeyru, she won the silver medal at the 2013 ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech R ...

/ Antonio Souza-Kordeyru were announced as their replacements. * On October 9,

Guan Jinlin Guan Jinlin (; born April 25, 1989) is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2008 World Junior bronze medalist and finished in the top ten at four Four Continents Championships. He was assigned to the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard ...

was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On October 23,

Jeremy Ten Jeremy Ten (born February 21, 1989) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medallist, 2014 CS Autumn Classic bronze medallist, and a three-time Canadian national medallist (silver in 2015, bronze i ...

was announced as his replacement. * On October 14,

Nikol Gosviani Nikol Romanovna Gosviani (russian: Николь Романовна Госвияни; born 9 September 1996) is a Russian figure skater. She placed sixth at the 2013 European Championships. Personal life Nikol Gosviani was born 9 September 199 ...

was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On October 30,

Elene Gedevanishvili Elene Gedevanishvili (, born 7 January 1990) is a Georgian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time (2012, 2010) European bronze medalist. In winning the medal in 2010, Gedevanishvili became the first skater from Georgia to medal at ...

was announced as he replacement. * On October 27, Kevin Reynolds withdrew due to an injury. On October 30,

Jorik Hendrickx Jorik Hendrickx (born 18 May 1992) is a Belgian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, a three-time Coupe du Printemps champion (2012, 2013, 2016), the 2017 ...

was announced as his replacement. * On October 29, it was reported by the German Skating Union that

Peter Liebers Peter Liebers (born 16 April 1988) is a German former competitive figure skater. He is the 2015 Winter Universiade champion, the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2012 Ice Challenge champion, and a six-time German national champion. H ...

was withdrawing. He was officially removed on October 30. On November 11, Elladj Balde was announced as his replacement. * On November 9, it was reported that

Adelina Sotnikova Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova (russian: link=no, Адели́на Дми́триевна Со́тникова ; born 1 July 1996) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2012, ...

withdrew due to a torn ankle ligament. She was officially removed from the roster on November 11. On November 17,

Anne Line Gjersem Anne Line Gjersem (born 6 January 1994) is a Norwegian retired figure skater. She is the 2015 Nordic silver medalist, the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup bronze medalist, and a three-time Norwegian national champion. She represented Norway at the ...

was announced as her replacement. * On November 24,

and

/ Antonio Souza-Kordeyru were removed from the roster. No replacements have been announced.

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

2014 NHK Trophy
at the International Skating Union
Starting orders and result details
{{2014–15 in figure skating NHK Trophy, 2014 NHK Trophy