
The 2017–18
Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (formerly Champions Series Final), often shortened to ''Grand Prix Final'' and abbreviated as ''GPF'', is a senior-level international figure skating competition. Medals are awarded in men's singles, ladies' ...
and
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final or JGP Final (titled the ISU Junior Series Final in the 1997–98 season) is the culmination of a series of junior-level competitions – the ISU Junior Grand Prix organized by the International Skating Union. Medals ...
took place from 7 to 10 December 2017 at the Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium (
Nippon Gaishi Hall
, formerly Nagoya Rainbow Hall, is an indoor sports arena located in Nagoya, Japan. From April 1, 2007, its name was changed to Nippon Gaishi Hall, to reflect the sponsorship of the NGK Insulators. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people.
Th ...
) in
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most p ...
,
Japan. Nagoya was announced as the host on 3 November 2016.
The combined event was the culmination of two international series — the
Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
and the
Junior Grand Prix. 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 dance
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. Ac ...
on the senior and junior levels.
Records
The following new
ISU best scores were set during this competition:
Schedule
(Local time)
Thursday, December 7
* 14:10 - Junior: Pairs' short
* 15:30 - Junior: Men's short
* 16:40 - Junior: Ladies' short
* Opening ceremony
* 18:15 - Senior: Pairs' short
* 19:30 - Senior: Men's short
* 20:40 - Senior: Short dance
Friday, December 8
* 14:40 - Junior: Short dance
* 16:00 - Junior: Pairs' free
* 17:30 - Junior: Men's free
* 18:55 - Senior: Ladies' short
* 20:15 - Senior: Men's free
* Victory ceremony – Senior Men, Junior Men, Junior Pairs
Saturday, December 9
* 13:45 - Junior: Free dance
* 15:05 - Junior: Ladies' free
* 16:25 - Senior: Pairs' free
* 17:55 - Senior: Free dance
* 19:20 - Senior: Ladies' free
* Victory ceremony – Senior Ladies, Junior Ice Dance, Junior Ladies, Senior Pairs, Senior Ice Dance
Sunday, December 10
* Gala exhibition
Qualifiers
Senior-level qualifiers
Junior-level qualifiers
Medalists
Senior
Junior
Medals table
Overall
Senior
Junior
Senior-level results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dance
Junior-level results
Men
Ladies
Alena Kostornaia broke the
junior ladies short program world record, 70.92 held by
Alina Zagitova
Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova ( rus, Алина Ильназовна Загитова, , ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian figure skater of Volga- Tatar origin. She is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, ...
, with a score of 71.65.
Alexandra Trusova
Alexandra "Sasha" Vyacheslavovna Trusova ( rus, Александра Вячеславовна Трусова, , ɐlʲɪˈksandrə ˈtrusəvə; born 23 June 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, the 2021 Wo ...
broke it again 13 minutes later with a score of 73.25.
Rika Kihira
Rika Kihira ( ja, 紀平 梨花; born 21 July 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a two-time Four Continents champion (2019, 2020), the 2018 Grand Prix Final champion, a four-time Grand Prix series medalist ( 2018 NHK Trophy gold, 2018 Int ...
became the first lady to land triple axel-triple toeloop combination in the free skate.
Pairs
Ice dance
References
Citations
External links
Official ISU results
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