The 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place March 28 – April 3, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. Figure skaters competed for the title of World champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs and ice dancing. This marked the first time Boston was host to the World Figure Skating Championships. The competition determined the number of athlete slots for each federation at the 2017 World Championships.
Background The World Figure Skating Championships is the sport's most important annual competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). In June 2013, the city of Boston was announced as the host city of the 2016 event. The competition was organized by U.S. Figure Skating, and the Skating Club of Boston served as the local organizing committee. Founded in 1912, it is the third-oldest skating club in the United States and is a founding member of U.S. Figure Skating.
Venues
The TD Garden was the primary arena for the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The venue hosted all competitions and several practice sessions. The second official practice venue for the event was DCR Steriti Rink.
TD Garden The TD Garden is a multipurpose arena located in Boston, Massachusetts. The arena hosted a maximum capacity of approximately 15,000 seats for the event. The TD Garden also serves as the home arena for two of Boston's professional sports teams, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins.
DCR Steriti Rink DCR Steriti Rink is a local area rink managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. It is located in the North End neighborhood of Boston and is a short distance from the main venue. This rink served as the practice venue and was open only to credentialed participants of the event.
Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Event Component Skaters Score Date Ref Ice dancing Free dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 118.17 31 March 2016 Ladies Free skate Evgenia Medvedeva 150.10 2 April 2016
Argentina was represented by a skater at the ISU World Championships for the first time in history.
Qualification Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented an ISU member nations and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2015 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieved a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships.
Minimum TES + Minimum technical scores (TES) Discipline SP / SD FS / FD Men 34 64 Ladies 27 47 Pairs 25 43 Ice dance 29 39 Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.
Number of entries per discipline Based on the results of the 2015 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.
Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2 If not listed above, one entry is allowed.
Entries Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list of entries on March 8, 2016.
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Denis Margalik Slavik Hayrapetyan Anastasia Galustyan Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Brendan Kerry Kailani Craine Kerstin Frank Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Jorik Hendrickx Patrick Chan Nam Nguyen Alaine Chartrand Gabrielle Daleman Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette Jin Boyang Yan Han Li Zijun Zhao Ziquan Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Amy Lin Michal Březina Eliška Březinová Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Viveca Lindfors Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Chafik Besseghier Maé-Bérénice Méité Laurine Lecavelier Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Franz Streubel Nathalie Weinzierl Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis Great Britain Phillip Harris Kristen Spours Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Ivett Tóth Alexei Bychenko Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Ivan Righini Roberta Rodeghiero Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Satoko Miyahara Mao Asada Rika Hongo Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Denis Ten Elizabet Tursynbayeva Anastasia Khromova / Daryn Zhunussov Deniss Vasiļjevs Angelīna Kučvaļska Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy Aleksandra Golovkina Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Julian Zhi Jie Yee Niki Wories Anne Line Gjersem Michael Christian Martinez Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Maxim Kovtun Mikhail Kolyada Evgenia Medvedeva Elena Radionova Anna Pogorilaya Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Nicole Rajičová Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Daša Grm Lee June-hyoung Choi Da-bin Park So-youn Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Javier Fernández Javier Raya Sonia Lafuente Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero Joshi Helgesson Yasmine Yamada Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Ivan Pavlov Anna Khnychenkova Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Max Aaron Grant Hochstein Adam Rippon Gracie Gold Mirai Nagasu Ashley Wagner Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Misha Ge
Changes to initial assignments Announced Country Discipline Initial Replacement Reason/Other notes January 28, 2016 United States Men Nathan Chen Grant Hochstein Chen's hip surgery March 11, 2016 Canada Men Liam Firus Nam Nguyen Performance March 11, 2016 Canada Pairs Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Séguin's injury March 22, 2016 Sweden Men Alexander Majorov No substitute Precursor to a stress fracture of the pelvis March 23, 2016 United States Ladies Polina Edmunds Mirai Nagasu Edmunds' foot injury March 26, 2016 China Pairs Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Yu/Jin became substitutes.
Results Men The Men's short program was held on March 30. The free skate was held on April 1.
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Javier Fernández 314.932 98.521216.41 2Yuzuru Hanyu 295.171 110.562184.61 3 Jin Boyang 270.99 5 89.863181.134 Mikhail Kolyada 267.97 6 89.665178.315 Patrick Chan 266.75 3 94.848171.916 Adam Rippon 264.44 7 85.724178.727 Shoma Uno 264.25 4 90.746173.51 8 Max Aaron 254.14 8 81.287172.86 9 Michal Březina 237.99 11 79.2910158.7010 Grant Hochstein 237.29 16 74.819162.4411 Denis Ten 230.13 12 78.5512151.5812 Ivan Righini 228.52 9 81.1713147.3513 Alexei Bychenko 226.07 19 69.8611156.2114 Deniss Vasiļjevs 224.54 10 81.0716143.47 15 Misha Ge 223.53 15 77.4314146.1016 Jorik Hendrickx 221.43 14 77.7215143.71 17 Brendan Kerry 210.56 17 71.0417139.5218 Maxim Kovtun 210.14 13 78.4621131.6819 Michael Christian Martinez 204.10 23 66.9818137.1220 Chafik Besseghier 203.20 20 69.2320133.97 21 Julian Zhi Jie Yee 202.94 22 67.6019135.34 22 Phillip Harris Great Britain190.42 21 68.5322 121.89 23 Ivan Pavlov 178.89 24 65.2023113.69 24 Lee June-hyoung 174.88 18 70.05 24104.83 Did not advance to free skate 25 Javier Raya 65.06 25 65.06 colspan=2 26 Yan Han 62.56 26 62.56 colspan=2 27 Nam Nguyen 61.61 27 61.61 colspan=2 28 Franz Streubel 57.19 28 57.19 colspan=2 29 Denis Margalik 52.31 29 52.31 colspan=2 30 Slavik Hayrapetyan 49.36 30 49.36 colspan=2
Ladies The Ladies short program was held on March 31. The free skate took place on April 2, 2016. Gracie Gold took a 2.45 point lead after the short program. Anna Pogorilaya edged out Evgenia Medvedeva for second place by 0.22. Ashley Wagner, the US Nationals bronze medalist, was just out of medal position, 0.60 behind Medvedeva. The 2015 World bronze medalist Elena Radionova was in fifth, while former World champion Mao Asada was in ninth. Defending world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was not selected by her federation for the event after finishing 8th at the Russian Championships. In the free skate, Medvedeva had a record-setting score of 150.10 to win the gold medal. Wagner moved into second place to win the United States' first World Championship ladies medal since 2006. Pogorilaya finished third ahead of Gold.
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Evgenia Medvedeva 223.86 3 73.76 1 150.10 WR 2 Ashley Wagner 215.39 4 73.16 2 142.23 3 Anna Pogorilaya 213.69 2 73.98 4 139.71 4 Gracie Gold 211.29 1 76.43 6 134.86 5 Satoko Miyahara 210.61 6 70.72 3 139.89 6 Elena Radionova 209.81 5 71.70 5 138.11 7 Mao Asada 200.30 9 65.87 7 134.43 8 Rika Hongo 199.15 7 69.89 8 129.26 9 Gabrielle Daleman 195.68 8 67.38 9 128.30 10 Mirai Nagasu 186.65 10 65.74 11 120.91 11 Li Zijun 184.52 11 65.39 12119.13 12 Elizabet Tursynbaeva 183.62 12 61.63 10121.99 13 Nicole Rajičová 173.05 15 56.56 13 116.49 14 Choi Da-bin 159.92 16 56.02 15 103.90 15 Angelīna Kučvaļska 158.99 18 54.78 14 104.21 16 Roberta Rodeghiero 158.41 13 57.90 19 100.51 17 Alaine Chartrand 157.82 17 55.67 17 102.15 18 Park So-youn 154.24 22 52.27 18 101.97 19 Anna Khnychenkova 154.02 19 53.86 20 100.16 20 Viveca Lindfors 152.93 23 50.18 16 102.75 21 Amy Lin 146.55 14 57.50 22 89.05 22 Niki Wories 140.87 24 49.86 21 91.01 23 Zhao Ziquan 139.67 21 52.80 23 86.87 24 Anastasia Galustyan 136.07 20 53.24 24 82.83 Did not advance to free skate 25 Maé-Bérénice Méité 49.50 25 49.50 colspan=2 26 Anne Line Gjersem 49.39 26 49.39 colspan=2 27 Kailani Craine 48.86 27 48.86 colspan=2 28 Ivett Tóth 47.92 28 47.92 colspan=2 29 Eliška Březinová 47.75 29 47.75 colspan=2 30 Joshi Helgesson 47.67 30 47.67 colspan=2 31 Laurine Lecavelier 46.92 31 46.92 colspan=2 32 Kerstin Frank 46.77 32 46.77 colspan=2 33 Aleksandra Golovkina 44.58 33 44.58 colspan=2 34 Yasmine Yamada 43.65 34 43.65 colspan=2 35 Nathalie Weinzierl 43.25 35 43.25 colspan=2 36 Kristen Spours Great Britain 42.64 36 42.64 colspan=2 37 Sonia Lafuente 39.99 37 39.99 colspan=2 38 Daša Grm 37.95 38 37.95 colspan=2
Pairs The pairs short program was held on April 1 and the free skate on April 2.
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 231.99 2 78.18 1 153.81 2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 224.47 1 80.85 2 143.62 3 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 216.17 4 74.22 3 141.95 4 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 214.48 5 73.98 4 140.50 5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 206.27 6 72.00 5 134.27 6 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 205.81 3 77.13 7 128.687 Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch 199.52 8 68.17 6 131.358 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 190.90 10 66.06 8 124.849 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 190.06 7 71.37 12 118.6910 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 185.83 9 66.69 10 119.14 11 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 183.81 11 65.32 13 118.49 12 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao 182.46 12 60.01 9 122.45 13 Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea 178.23 14 59.27 11 118.9614 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 170.73 13 59.76 15 110.97 15 Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei 168.64 15 57.32 14 111.33 16 Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov 137.24 16 52.78 16 84.46 Did not advance to free skate 17 Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev 51.65 17 51.65 colspan=2 18 Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer 49.32 18 49.32 colspan=2 19 Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski 46.81 19 46.81 colspan=2 20 Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk 45.56 20 45.56 colspan=2 21 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer 45.31 21 45.31 colspan=2 22 Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet 38.50 22 38.50 colspan=2