The 2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was the senior and junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2008–09 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition. The junior and senior finals were hosted together for the first time.

Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2008 Skate America, the 2008 Skate Canada International, the 2008 Cup of China, the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, the 2008 Cup of Russia, and the 2008 NHK Trophy. Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the junior Grand Prix Final at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final.

Hosted by the Korea Skating Union, the Grand Prix Final was held in Goyang, South Korea from December 10 to 14, 2008. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.

Schedule All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

Thursday, December 11 16:00 Opening ceremony 16:45 Junior ice dancing - Original dance 18:10 Junior men - Short program 19:35 Junior pairs - Short program 21:00 Junior ladies - Short program Friday, December 12 14:24 Junior pairs - Free skating 16:00 Junior men - Free skating 18:00 Senior ice dancing - Original dance 19:10 Senior men - Short program 20:15 Senior ladies - Short program 21:20 Senior pairs - Short program Saturday, December 13 14:00 Junior ice dancing - Free dance 15:25 Junior ladies - Free skating 17:30 Senior ice dancing - Free dance 18:50 Senior men - Free skating 20:05 Senior ladies - Free skating 21:45 Senior pairs - Free skating Sunday, December 14 14:00 Gala exhibition

Qualifiers Senior-level qualifiers The following skaters qualified for the Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 Patrick Chan Kim Yuna Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder 2 Takahiko Kozuka Joannie Rochette Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin 3 Johnny Weir Mao Asada Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 4 Brian Joubert Carolina Kostner Pang Qing / Tong Jian Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 5 Jeremy Abbott Yukari Nakano Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Meryl Davis / Charlie White 6 Tomáš Verner Miki Ando Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Alternates 1st Alban Préaubert Fumie Suguri Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 2nd Evan Lysacek Rachael Flatt Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier 3rd Yannick Ponsero Alissa Czisny Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Sinead Kerr / John Kerr

Junior-level qualifiers The following skaters qualified for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.

Michal Březina, the second qualifier in the men's event, withdrew on December 1. Artur Gachinski, the first alternate, replaced him. Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue, the fifth qualifiers in the ice dancing event, withdrew due to an injury to Gilles. Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev, the first alternates, replaced them. Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov, the first alternates in the pairs event, withdrew on December 1.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 Richard Dornbush Kristine Musademba Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell 2 Michal Březina (WD) Yukiko Fujisawa Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein 3 Armin Mahbanoozadeh Alexe Gilles Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 4 Alexander Johnson Kanako Murakami Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro 5 Florent Amodio Amanda Dobbs Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue (WD) 6 Ivan Bariev Becky Bereswill Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun 7 Denis Ten Angela Maxwell Zhang Yue / Wang Lei Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill 8 Elladj Baldé Diane Szmiett Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev Alternates 1st Artur Gachinski (called up) Stefania Berton Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov (WD) Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev (called up) 2nd Keegan Messing Sarah Hecken Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle 3rd Cheng Gongming Shoko Ishikawa Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák

Senior-level results Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Jeremy Abbott 237.72 2 78.26 1 159.46 2 Takahiko Kozuka 224.63 1 83.90 3 140.73 3 Johnny Weir 215.50 4 72.50 2 143.00 4 Tomáš Verner 206.65 5 69.34 4 137.31 5 Patrick Chan 205.16 6 68.00 5 137.16 WD Brian Joubert 3 74.55

Ladies

This was Mao Asada's second win.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Mao Asada 188.55 2 65.38 1 123.17 2 Kim Yuna 186.35 1 65.94 2 120.41 3 Carolina Kostner 168.01 4 55.88 4 112.13 4 Joannie Rochette 166.36 6 50.48 3 115.88 5 Yukari Nakano 161.93 3 62.08 6 99.85 6 Miki Ando 158.25 5 55.44 5 102.81

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Pang Qing / Tong Jian 191.49 3 66.24 1 125.25 2 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 188.22 2 68.34 2 119.88 3 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 185.09 1 70.14 3 114.95 4 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 175.83 4 64.08 5 111.75 5 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov 167.45 6 55.42 4 112.03 6 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 153.16 5 61.56 6 91.60

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points OD FD 1 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder 156.10 1 60.35 1 95.75 2 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin 152.95 2 59.33 2 93.62 3 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 148.04 5 55.89 3 92.15 4 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 145.12 3 57.89 4 87.23 WD Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto 4 57.33 WD Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski

Junior-level results Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Florent Amodio 199.58 1 68.20 1 131.38 2 Armin Mahbanoozadeh 193.48 2 67.05 2 126.43 3 Richard Dornbush 183.93 3 66.50 4 117.43 4 Ivan Bariev 180.65 5 63.75 5 116.90 5 Denis Ten 180.34 7 60.59 3 119.75 6 Alexander Johnson 178.40 4 64.85 6 113.55 7 Elladj Baldé 170.34 8 59.89 7 110.45 8 Artur Gachinski 168.68 6 62.20 8 106.48

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Becky Bereswill 146.69 4 48.68 2 98.01 2 Yukiko Fujisawa 145.92 7 44.48 1 101.44 3 Alexe Gilles 144.49 1 54.24 4 90.25 4 Kanako Murakami 141.63 2 51.04 3 90.59 5 Angela Maxwell 131.75 3 48.84 5 82.91 6 Kristine Musademba 122.86 8 43.04 6 79.82 7 Amanda Dobbs 117.07 5 47.48 7 69.59 8 Diane Szmiett 113.25 6 45.64 8 67.61

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze 149.38 1 56.88 1 92.50 2 Zhang Yue / Wang Lei 137.92 4 50.22 3 87.70 3 Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh 137.22 2 51.54 5 85.68 4 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov 137.03 3 50.60 4 86.43 5 Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov 134.91 5 46.04 2 88.87 6 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir 126.40 6 44.84 6 81.56 7 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran 106.04 8 34.24 7 71.80 WD Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert 7 43.46

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points OD FD 1 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein 131.15 1 51.84 1 79.31 2 Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell 124.68 6 47.98 2 76.70 3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro 124.30 2 50.85 4 73.45 4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 120.60 7 47.05 3 73.55 5 Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev 120.35 5 48.59 5 71.76 6 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill 120.09 4 48.72 6 71.37 7 Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun 119.38 3 49.45 7 69.93 8 Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev 111.43 8 43.64 8 67.79

Medals table

References

External links

Official site