The 2016–17

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and

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took place from 8 to 11 December 2016 at the Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est in

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. Marseille was announced as the host on 27 October 2015. The combined event is the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

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, and

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on the senior and junior levels.

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Two consecutive world records has been set in back to back performances during the junior ladies free skating segment by russian ladies Anastasiia Gubanova, who became the first junior lady to break the 130-points barrier, and

Alina Zagitova Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova ( rus, Алина Ильназовна Загитова, , ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive Figure skating, figure skater. She is the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Oly ...

, who outscored her by almost 3 points. Zagitova also became the first junior lady to break the 70-points barrier in the short program, Dmitri Aliev the first junior man to break the 240-points barrier for the total score, while

Tessa Virtue Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue (born May 17, 1989) is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017) ...

and

Scott Moir Scott Patrick Moir ( ; born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach. With ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, he is the Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Olym ...

became the first ice dancers to break the 80-points barrier in the short dance.

Schedule

(Local time) Thursday, December 8 * 14:05 - Junior: Short dance * 15:20 - Junior: Men's short * 16:25 - Junior: Pairs' short * 17:40 - Junior: Ladies' short * Opening ceremony * 19:45 - Senior: Pairs' short * 21:10 - Senior: Men's short Friday, December 9 * 15:45 - Junior: Free dance * 17:05 - Junior: Ladies' free * 19:05 - Senior: Short dance * 20:20 - Senior: Pairs' free * 21:45 - Senior: Ladies' short Saturday, December 10 * 14:00 - Junior: Men's free * 15:20 - Junior: Pairs' free * 16:45 - Senior: Free dance * 19:00 - Senior: Ladies' free * 20:20 - Senior: Men's free * Awards ceremony Sunday, December 11 * Gala exhibition

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

Junior-level qualifiers

Changes

Medalists

Senior

Junior

Medals table

Senior

Junior

Senior-level results

Men

Ladies

Evgenia Medvedeva Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva; rus, Евгения Армановна Медведева, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə; born 19 November 1999), is a retired competitive Russian figure skater. She ...

set a new

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for the short program (79.21 points).

Pairs

Ice dancing

and

set a new

for the short dance (80.50 points) and for the combined total (197.22 points).

Junior-level results

Men

Dmitri Aliev set a new

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for the combined total score (240.07 points).

Ladies

set a new

for the short program (70.92 points), for the free skating (136.51 points), and for the combined total (207.43 points). Anastasiia Gubanova set a new junior world record for the free skating (133.77 points) but Zagitova broke that record less than 10 minutes later.

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links

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