The 2021–22

ISU 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 ...

was a series of senior international competitions organized by the

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that were held from October 2021 through December 2021. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles,

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, and

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. Skaters earned points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the

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, although the Grand Prix Final was ultimately cancelled due to the

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. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the

2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix was a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2021 through December 2021. It was the junior-level complement to the 2021–22 ISU Gran ...

Schedule

The

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informed the ISU that they could no longer host the

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due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements related to the

and cancelled the event on August 16, 2021. The

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was announced as the replacement on August 27, 2021. Because of the

, the

was cancelled on December 2, 2021, with the possibility of a postponement, before it was definitively cancelled on December 17, 2021. The series included the following events.

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2021. They were also required to have earned a minimum total score at certain international events.

Assignments

Assignments were released on June 29, 2021.

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Changes to preliminary assignments

Skate America

Skate Canada International

Gran Premio d'Italia

NHK Trophy

Internationaux de France

Rostelecom Cup

Medal summary

Medal standings

Qualification

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the

. Following the sixth event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows: There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points: # Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events. # Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another. # Participated in two events. # Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events. # Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event. # Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events. # Highest number of total participants at the events. If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings

Qualifiers

;Alternates

Records and achievements

Records

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

Achievements

* At the

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Loena Hendrickx Loena Hendrickx (; born 5 November 1999) is a Belgian figure skater. She is a two-time World Figure Skating Championships, World medalist (2022, 2023), the 2024 European Figure Skating Championships, 2024 European champion, the 2023 European Figur ...

won Belgium's first Grand Prix medal (a bronze medal) in women's singles. * At the

2021 Rostelecom Cup The 2021 Rostelecom Cup was the sixth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi on 26–28 November. Medals were awa ...

Morisi Kvitelashvili Morisi Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili ( ka, მორის ყვითელაშვილი, ; , born 17 March 1995) is a retired Russian- Georgian figure skater who currently represents Georgia. He is the 2020 European bronze medalist, a thr ...

won Georgia's first Grand Prix gold medal at the senior level in any discipline.

Top scores

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

References

External links

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