The 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy was held on September 19–22, 2018, at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Entries The International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 27, 2018.
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Manuel Drechsler Albert Mück Anton Karpuk Alisa Turchina Anna Kublikova / Yuri Hulitski Nicky Obreykov Jiří Bělohradský Elizaveta Ukolova Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Adelina Galayavieva / Louis Thauron Morisi Kvitelashvili Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Alexander Borovoj Andras Csernoch Daniel Samohin Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti Keiji Tanaka Rika Kihira Rin Nitaya Elizabet Tursynbaeva Krzysztof Gala Elzbieta Gabryszak Mikhail Kolyada Alexander Samarin Sergei Voronov Stanislava Konstantinova Polina Tsurskaya Lina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Spiridonov Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Marco Klepoch Michael Neuman Silvia Hugec Nina Letenayova Maria Sofia Pucherova Choi Yu-jin Kim Hyun-soo Burak Demirboğa Graham Newberry Danielle Harrison Kristen Spours Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland Sean Rabbitt Katie McBeath Megan Wessenberg Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
Changes to preliminary assignments Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Refs August 29 Ladies Choi Da-bin Kim Hyun-soo August 31 Hana Cvijanovic rowspan="6" August 31 Ice dance Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro September 12 Ladies Lutricia Bock Daria Jakab Ceciliane Mei Ling Hartmann Sıla Saygı Nicole Rajičová Maria Sofia Pucherova September 13 Men Luc Maierhofer Nicky Obreykov Alexei Bychenko rowspan="3" Daniel Grassl Jari Kessler Alexey Erokhov Alexander Samarin Ice dance Shira Ichilov / Vadim Davidovich rowspan="6" Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev September 18 Pairs Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji No longer enough pairs entries to be considered a Challenger Series event Ice dance Elise Montanier / Laurent Abecassis September 19 Men Lap Kan Yuen Ladies Alina Zagitova Visa issues
Results Men's singles Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS Mikhail Kolyada 274.37 1 96.82 1 177.55 Sergei Voronov 239.73 2 81.77 2 157.96 Keiji Tanaka 221.92 3 77.53 4 144.39 4 Morisi Kvitelashvili 221.63 4 76.49 3 145.14 5 Alexander Samarin 215.69 5 76.30 5 139.39 6 Daniel Samohin 197.80 7 70.93 6 126.87 7 Sean Rabbitt 195.83 6 70.98 7 124.85 8 Jiří Bělohradský 177.36 8 64.86 10 112.50 9 Burak Demirboğa 170.62 11 55.54 8 115.08 10 Graham Newberry 169.19 10 58.32 11 110.87 11 Nicky Obreykov 163.60 14 49.24 9 114.36 12 Krzysztof Gala 151.59 13 53.81 12 97.78 13 Marco Klepoch 150.33 12 53.98 13 96.35 14 Michael Neuman 146.03 9 60.04 14 85.99 15 Alexander Borovoj 124.81 15 44.34 15 80.47 16 Anton Karpuk 116.19 18 37.28 16 78.91 17 Andras Csernoch 114.42 19 36.70 17 77.72 18 Manuel Drechsler 104.04 17 38.33 18 65.71 19 Albert Mück 86.05 16 38.62 19 47.43
Ladies' singles Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS Rika Kihira 218.16170.79 1 147.37 Elizabet Tursynbaeva 192.30269.99 2 122.31 Stanislava Konstantinova 180.02365.03 3 114.99 4 Polina Tsurskaya 154.61454.36 5 100.25 5 Katie McBeath 154.56752.85 4 101.71 6 Choi Yu-jin 150.14654.20 6 95.94 7 Megan Wessenberg 143.47852.01 7 91.46 8 Silvia Hugec 135.00554.24 10 80.76 9 Rin Nitaya 133.861045.57 8 88.29 10 Elzbieta Gabryszak 132.46946.91 9 85.55 11 Elizaveta Ukolova 121.771242.78 11 78.99 12 Danielle Harrison 120.021143.26 12 76.76 13 Maria Sofia Pucherova 106.511337.77 14 68.74 14 Kim Hyun-soo 105.831435.60 13 70.23 15 Alisa Turchina 89.041531.31 15 57.73
Pairs Note: For this category, the 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy was not considered a Challenger Series event, since the minimum required number of entries for a Challenger Series event was not reached.
Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc 181.56 1 65.68 1 115.88 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay 174.78 3 59.60 2 115.18 Lina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Spiridonov 157.12 2 62.69 4 94.43 4 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini 155.02 4 53.09 3 101.93
Ice dance Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov 196.42 1 75.96 1 120.46 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter 178.64 2 70.37 2 108.27 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov 170.47 3 67.65 3 102.82 4 Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti 159.21 5 61.05 5 98.16 5 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson 158.85 8 59.34 4 99.51 6 Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland 153.59 7 59.61 6 93.98 7 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis 150.66 6 60.61 7 90.05 8 Adelina Galayavieva / Louis Thauron 149.69 4 62.37 8 87.32 9 Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck 141.03 9 55.86 9 85.17 10 Anna Kublikova / Yuri Hulitski 129.49 10 48.61 10 80.88
References
External links
26th Ondrej Nepela Trophy at the International Skating Union Ondrej Nepela Trophy at the Slovak Figure Skating Association