The 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from December 10 to 13, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Hosted by Barcelona for the second year in a row, the combined event was the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. For the first time, medals were also awarded in synchronized skating.
Records
The following new highest senior and junior scores were set during this competition: Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref Men Short program Yuzuru Hanyu 110.95 10 December 2015 Junior Ladies Free skating Polina Tsurskaya 128.5912 December 2015 Total score 195.28Men Free skating Yuzuru Hanyu 219.48 Total score 330.43
Schedule (Local time):
Thursday, December 10 14:05 - Junior: Short dance 15:20 - Junior: Ladies short 16:25 - Junior: Pairs' short 17:40 - Junior: Men's short Opening ceremony 20:30 - Senior: Pairs' short 21:55 - Senior: Men's short
Friday, December 11 15:45 - Junior: Free dance 17:05 - Junior: Men's free 19:05 - Senior: Short dance 20:20 - Senior: Pairs' free 21:55 - Senior: Ladies short
Saturday, December 12 13:30 - Junior: Ladies free 14:45 - Junior: Pairs' free 16:10 - Synchronized skating: free 17:25 - Senior: Free dance 19:45 - Senior: Ladies free 21:00 - Senior: Men's free Awards ceremony
Sunday, December 13 Gala exhibition
Qualifiers Senior-level qualifiers Due to the cancellation of the free skating/dance at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, the International Skating Union announced an exception to the qualification criteria – Bompard competitors who finished seventh in the qualifying standings would be invited to compete in the Grand Prix Final.
Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 Javier Fernández Gracie Gold Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 2 Yuzuru Hanyu Evgenia Medvedeva Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Madison Chock / Evan Bates 3 Shoma Uno Satoko Miyahara Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew) Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 4 Jin Boyang Mao Asada Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 5 Patrick Chan Elena Radionova Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 6 Daisuke Murakami Ashley Wagner Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 7 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Alternates 1st Yan Han Rika Hongo Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao (called up) Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov 2nd Max Aaron Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 3rd Adian Pitkeev Courtney Hicks Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Junior-level qualifiers Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 Nathan Chen Polina Tsurskaya Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter 2 Dmitri Aliev Maria Sotskova Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 3 Sota Yamamoto Yuna Shiraiwa Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd 4 Roman Sadovsky Marin Honda Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko 5 Daniel Samohin Mai Mihara Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac 6 Vincent Zhou Alisa Fedichkina Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Alternates 1st Deniss Vasiļjevs Kaori Sakamoto Bryn Hoffman / Bryce Chudak Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron 2nd Alexander Samarin Choi Da-bin Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 3rd Nicolas Nadeau Vivian Le Elena Ivanova / Tagir Khakimov Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Synchronized skating On 1 September 2015, the ISU announced that synchronized skating would make its debut at the Grand Prix Final. The top five countries would be allowed to send one team, with criteria used from placements at the 2015 World Synchronized Skating Championships. There would also be three substitutes. The following countries qualified:
Canada Finland Russia Sweden United States Substitutes: Germany Japan Italy
Medalists Senior Men Yuzuru Hanyu Javier Fernández Shoma Uno Ladies Evgenia Medvedeva Satoko Miyahara Elena Radionova Pairs Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Ice dancing Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Madison Chock / Evan Bates Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Junior Men Nathan Chen Dmitri Aliev Sota Yamamoto Ladies Polina Tsurskaya Maria Sotskova Marin Honda Pairs Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Ice dancing Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
Medals table Senior
Junior
Senior-level results Men Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.95), for the free skating (219.48), and for the combined total (330.43).
Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Yuzuru Hanyu 330.43 1 110.95 1 219.48 2 Javier Fernández 292.95 2 91.52 2 201.43 3 Shoma Uno 276.79 4 86.47 4 190.32 4 Patrick Chan 263.45 6 70.61 3 192.84 5 Jin Boyang 263.45 3 86.95 5 176.50 6 Daisuke Murakami 235.49 5 83.47 6 152.02
Women Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Evgenia Medvedeva 222.54 1 74.58 1 147.96 2 Satoko Miyahara 208.85 4 68.76 2 140.09 3 Elena Radionova 201.13 2 69.43 4 131.70 4 Ashley Wagner 199.81 6 60.04 3 139.77 5 Gracie Gold 194.79 5 66.52 5 128.27 6 Mao Asada 194.32 3 69.13 6 125.19
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 229.44 1 74.84 1 154.60 2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 216.67 3 72.74 2 143.93 3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 206.59 2 73.64 3 132.95 4 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau 200.98 4 71.16 4 129.82 5 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang 186.67 5 68.63 5 118.24 6 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao 183.04 7 65.60 6 117.44 7 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 177.42 6 68.14 7 109.28
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 182.66 1 72.75 1 109.91 2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 177.55 2 71.64 3 105.91 3 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 176.37 3 70.14 2 106.23 4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 174.92 4 69.11 4 105.81 5 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 166.73 6 65.43 5 101.30 6 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 163.20 5 66.21 6 96.99
Synchronized skating Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Team Paradise 131.09 1 2 Team Rockettes 127.66 2 3 Team Nexxice 120.34 3 4 Team Surprise 118.48 4 5 Team Haydenettes 106.81 5
Junior-level results Men Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Nathan Chen 225.04 1 78.59 1 146.45 2 Dmitri Aliev 211.22 2 76.78 2 134.44 3 Sota Yamamoto 205.31 3 72.85 4 132.46 4 Vincent Zhou 204.56 4 70.48 3 134.08 5 Daniel Samohin 184.68 5 69.48 5 115.20 6 Roman Sadovsky 168.40 6 59.37 6 109.03
Women Polina Tsurskaya set a new junior world record for the free skating (128.59 points) and for the combined total (195.28 points).
Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Polina Tsurskaya 195.28 1 66.69 1 128.59 2 Maria Sotskova 184.01 4 62.64 2 121.37 3 Marin Honda 178.64 3 63.69 3 114.95 4 Alisa Fedichkina 178.11 2 64.17 4 113.94 5 Yuna Shiraiwa 173.82 5 60.68 5 113.14 6 Mai Mihara 166.25 6 56.01 6 110.24
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot 171.86 1 60.29 1 111.57 2 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař 162.33 3 55.78 2 106.55 3 Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov 162.00 2 58.58 3 103.42 4 Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov 157.09 4 54.88 4 102.21 5 Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei 149.87 5 52.54 5 97.33 6 Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov 145.27 6 45.89 6 99.38
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter 158.26 1 65.90 1 92.36 2 Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd 150.86 3 64.01 2 86.85 3 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 144.41 2 64.91 5 79.50 4 Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko 143.96 4 61.85 4 82.11 5 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac 141.44 5 57.97 3 83.47 6 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin 134.61 6 56.51 6 78.10
References
External links Official website 2015–16 Grand Prix Final at the International Skating Union Entries: Junior Grand Prix Final, Grand Prix Final Starting orders and result details