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Post by Admin on Dec 12, 2018 18:41:36 GMT
Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres produced a mesmerising performance to take pairs victory at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Vancouver. The France pair skated to 'Wicked Game' and 'The Last Feeling' in their free skate as they came from behind and improved their season's best with a score 148.37 points, for a total of 219.88. Senior pairs final results : 🥇1 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres 🇫🇷 219. 88 🥈2 Cheng Peng / Yang Jin 🇨🇳 216.90 🇨🇳 🥉3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 🇷🇺 214.20
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2018 20:31:47 GMT
ice Dance Free Dance Press Conference | Vancouver 2018 The reigning U.S. champions and world silver medalists finish the first half of the season going three-for-three in competitions won, with triumphs at Skate America, Skate Canada and now the Final, where they won in comfortable fashion over the second-place finishers Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia, 205.35 to 201.37. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the U.S. are the ice dance champions at #GPFVancouver. Rounding out the medalists are Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov of Russia and Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri. #GPFigure “Zach and I had a goal to put 100 percent into our performance here and not be afraid to lose some technical levels,” Hubbell told reporters. “The performance really carried us and we’re incredibly grateful to one another for that commitment to carry us to our first Grand Prix Final title.” Senior Ice dance final results: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 205.35 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov 201.37 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri 198.65
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Post by Admin on Jun 20, 2019 23:22:21 GMT
Nathan Chen will try to become the first male singles skater in 22 years to three-peat at Skate America. Chen’s return to the biggest annual international figure skating event in the U.S. highlights the Grand Prix season fields announced Thursday. Chen, a two-time world champion who went undefeated last season, will try to join Scott Hamilton and Todd Eldredge as the only men to win three straight Skate America titles. The competition is in Las Vegas in October, kicking off the six-event Grand Prix Series leading up to December’s Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy. Joining Chen at Skate America are past U.S. champions and Olympians Jason Brown, Bradie Tennell and Karen Chen. Reigning U.S. pairs’ champions Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc and ice dance champs Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue are also slated for Las Vegas. The top international names at Skate America include two-time world bronze medalist Jin Boyang of China, world silver medalist Elizabet Tursynbaeva of Kazakhstan and 15-year-old Russian champion Anna Shcherbakova in her senior Grand Prix debut. Nathan Chen will also compete at Grand Prix France the first week of November, which would require him to skip classes at Yale. Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu is entered in two other Grand Prix events in Canada and Japan. U.S. champion Alysa Liu, at 13, is too young for the senior Grand Prix. She will make her Junior Grand Prix debut in Lake Placid, N.Y., in August.
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Post by Admin on Jun 21, 2019 23:42:29 GMT
Now that the Grand Prix figure skating assignments have been announced, a look at eight of the most exciting head-to-heads this fall … Men Skate America – Nathan Chen vs. Jason Brown Two of the U.S. men are showcased at the Grand Prix opener in October. What makes this so special? The last time these two competed at the same Grand Prix, in France last November, Brown actually led Chen after the short program. In the end, though, Chen rallied to keep his undefeated season intact. Also notable in the field: South Korea’s Cha Jun-Hwan, who trains with Brown in Toronto. Internationaux de France – Nathan Chen vs. Shoma Uno Chen and Uno have shared world podiums, most recently in 2018 when Chen took gold and Uno the silver. Uno’s coaching change should only spice things up; however, he has not announced where he will train. Also notable in the field: world junior champion Tomoki Hiwatashi makes his senior Grand Prix debut. He was fourth at the U.S. Championships in January. Rostelecom Cup – Shoma Uno vs. Vincent Zhou After competing in France, Uno gets a week to rest before facing another top American in Vincent Zhou. Zhou had a breakthrough end of last season, claiming his first, top-level senior international medals — bronze at Four Continents and worlds. Women Skate America – Anna Shcherbakova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, and Yelizabet Tursynbaeva All are known for jumps: Shcherbakova, the 15-year-old Russian champion, for a quadruple Lutz, Tuktamysheva, the 2015 World champion, for her triple Axel and the Kazakh Tursynbaeva for a quad Salchow in taking silver at worlds. Also notable in the field: 2017 U.S. champion Karen Chen returns to competition for the first time since the PyeongChang Olympics; 2018 U.S. champion Bradie Tennell, Chen’s Olympic teammate. NHK Trophy – Rika Kihira vs. Alina Zagitova Kihira, who swept her Grand Prix starts last fall, will likely show off her triple Axel on home ice, but Olympic and world champion Zagitova is also beloved in Japan. Also notable in the field: Russian Sofia Samodurova, who defeated Zagitova at January’s European Championships.
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Post by Admin on Jun 22, 2019 18:28:43 GMT
Pairs NHK Trophy – Sui Wenjing and Han Cong vs. Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres We have to wait a while for it, but China’s Sui and Han facing off against France’s James and Cipres should be a real treat.
Sui and Han own two world titles, including from March despite a series of injuries that kept them out most of the season. James and Cipres had been undefeated last season before a short program error at worlds, where they finished fifth.
Also notable in the field: The two U.S. pairs, Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea and Alexa Scimeca-Knierim and Chris Knierim, should be pretty evenly matched. It could be a preview of January’s nationals.
Ice dance Skate America – Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue vs. Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin The Americans earned world champs bronze ahead of the Russians by a slim 1.88 points in March. Similar to last season, Hubbell and Donohue will get their Grand Prix starts out of the way in the first two weeks and likely become the first qualifiers for December’s Grand Prix Final.
Also notable in the field: Spain’s Olivia Smart and Adrian Diaz train in Montreal alongside Hubbell and Donohue and a number of other teams that will be at Skate America.
Internationaux de France – Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron vs. Madison Chock and Evan Bates Four-time world champions Papadakis and Cizeron will face stiff competition from training mates Chock and Bates. Chock and Bates had an abbreviated season last year, as Chock was away from competition for nearly 10 months after ankle surgery. Nevertheless, they won Four Continents and placed sixth at worlds.
Also notable in the field: European bronze medalists Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri from Italy, who earned bronze at their first Grand Prix Final last season.
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