2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The 2016–17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from 8 to 11 December 2016 at the Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est in Marseille, France.[1] Marseille was announced as the host on 27 October 2015.[2] The combined event is the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix.[3] Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.
| 2016–17 Grand Prix Final | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix | 
| Date: | December 8 – 11, 2016 | 
| Season: | 2016–17 | 
| Location: | Marseille, France | 
| Host: | FFSG | 
| Venue: | Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est | 
| Champions | |
| Men's singles:  Yuzuru Hanyu (S)  Dmitri Aliev (J) | |
| Ladies' singles:  Evgenia Medvedeva (S)  Alina Zagitova (J) | |
| Pair skating:  Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (S)  Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev (J) | |
| Ice dance: .svg.png.webp) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (S)  Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons (J) | |
| Previous: 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | |
| Next: 2017–18 Grand Prix Final | |
| Previous GP: 2016 NHK Trophy | |
Records
    
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior ladies | Short program |  Alina Zagitova | 70.92 | 8 December 2016 | [4] | 
| Free skating |  Anastasiia Gubanova | 133.77 | 9 December 2016 | [4] | |
|  Alina Zagitova | 136.51 | [4] | |||
| Total score |  Alina Zagitova | 207.43 | [4] | ||
| Ice dancing | Short dance | .svg.png.webp) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | 80.50 | [5] | |
| Ladies | Short program |  Evgenia Medvedeva | 79.21 | [6] | |
| Junior men | Total score |  Dmitri Aliev | 240.07 | 10 December 2016 | [7] | 
| Ice dancing | Total score | .svg.png.webp) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | 197.22 | [8] | 
Schedule
    
(Local time)
Thursday, December 8
- 14:05 - Junior: Short dance
- 15:20 - Junior: Men's short
- 16:25 - Junior: Pairs' short
- 17:40 - Junior: Ladies' short
- Opening ceremony
- 19:45 - Senior: Pairs' short
- 21:10 - Senior: Men's short
Friday, December 9
- 15:45 - Junior: Free dance
- 17:05 - Junior: Ladies' free
- 19:05 - Senior: Short dance
- 20:20 - Senior: Pairs' free
- 21:45 - Senior: Ladies' short
Saturday, December 10
- 14:00 - Junior: Men's free
- 15:20 - Junior: Pairs' free
- 16:45 - Senior: Free dance
- 19:00 - Senior: Ladies' free
- 20:20 - Senior: Men's free
- Awards ceremony
Sunday, December 11
- Gala exhibition
Qualifiers
    
    Senior-level qualifiers
    
Junior-level qualifiers
    
Changes
    
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 29 | Junior ladies |  Polina Tsurskaya |  Elizaveta Nugumanova | Knee injury | [14][17] | 
| November 29 | Junior pairs |  Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot | .svg.png.webp) Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | N/A | [17] | 
| December 2 | Senior pairs |  Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot |  Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Ankle injury | [11][18] | 
Medalists
    
    Senior
    
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  Yuzuru Hanyu |  Nathan Chen |  Shoma Uno | 
| Ladies |  Evgenia Medvedeva |  Satoko Miyahara |  Anna Pogorilaya | 
| Pairs |  Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov |  Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | .svg.png.webp) Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | 
| Ice dancing | .svg.png.webp) Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir |  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |  Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | 
Junior
    
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  Dmitri Aliev |  Alexander Samarin |  Cha Jun-hwan | 
| Ladies |  Alina Zagitova |  Anastasiia Gubanova |  Kaori Sakamoto | 
| Pairs |  Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev |  Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař |  Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | 
| Ice dancing |  Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |  Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd |  Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | 
Medals table
    
    Overall
    
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 
|  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp) Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
|  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
|  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Totals (8 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Senior
    
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 
| 3 | .svg.png.webp) Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
|  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Junior
    
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 3 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
|  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Senior-level results
    
    Men
    
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu |  Japan | 293.90 | 1 | 106.53 | 3 | 187.37 | 
| 2 | Nathan Chen |  United States | 282.85 | 5 | 85.30 | 1 | 197.55 | 
| 3 | Shoma Uno |  Japan | 282.51 | 4 | 86.82 | 2 | 195.69 | 
| 4 | Javier Fernández |  Spain | 268.77 | 3 | 91.76 | 4 | 177.01 | 
| 5 | Patrick Chan | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 266.75 | 2 | 99.76 | 5 | 166.99 | 
| 6 | Adam Rippon |  United States | 233.10 | 6 | 83.93 | 6 | 149.17 | 
Ladies
    
Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record for the short program (79.21 points).[6]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva |  Russia | 227.66 | 1 | 79.21 | 1 | 148.45 | 
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara |  Japan | 218.33 | 3 | 74.64 | 2 | 143.69 | 
| 3 | Anna Pogorilaya |  Russia | 216.47 | 4 | 73.29 | 3 | 143.18 | 
| 4 | Kaetlyn Osmond | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 212.45 | 2 | 75.54 | 4 | 136.91 | 
| 5 | Maria Sotskova |  Russia | 198.79 | 6 | 65.74 | 5 | 133.05 | 
| 6 | Elena Radionova |  Russia | 188.81 | 5 | 68.98 | 6 | 119.83 | 
Pairs
    
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov |  Russia | 213.85 | 1 | 78.60 | 1 | 135.25 | 
| 2 | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao |  China | 206.71 | 2 | 75.34 | 3 | 131.37 | 
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 205.99 | 3 | 71.44 | 2 | 134.55 | 
| 4 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert |  Russia | 188.32 | 5 | 65.79 | 5 | 122.53 | 
| 5 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 186.85 | 6 | 60.86 | 4 | 125.99 | 
| 6 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang |  China | 183.19 | 4 | 70.84 | 6 | 112.35 | 
Ice dancing
    
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a new world record for the short dance (80.50 points)[5] and for the combined total (197.22 points).[8]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 197.22 | 1 | 80.50 | 1 | 116.72 | 
| 2 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |  France | 192.81 | 3 | 77.86 | 2 | 114.95 | 
| 3 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |  United States | 189.60 | 2 | 77.97 | 3 | 111.63 | 
| 4 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev |  Russia | 181.95 | 4 | 74.04 | 5 | 107.91 | 
| 5 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |  United States | 179.59 | 5 | 72.47 | 6 | 107.12 | 
| 6 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |  United States | 179.32 | 6 | 70.87 | 4 | 108.45 | 
Junior-level results
    
    Men
    
Dmitri Aliev set a new junior world record for the combined total score (240.07 points).[7]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitri Aliev |  Russia | 240.07 | 1 | 81.37 | 1 | 158.70 | 
| 2 | Alexander Samarin |  Russia | 236.52 | 2 | 81.08 | 2 | 155.44 | 
| 3 | Cha Jun-hwan |  South Korea | 225.55 | 4 | 71.85 | 3 | 153.70 | 
| 4 | Roman Savosin |  Russia | 212.39 | 3 | 72.98 | 4 | 139.41 | 
| 5 | Alexei Krasnozhon |  United States | 208.85 | 5 | 71.48 | 6 | 137.37 | 
| 6 | Ilia Skirda |  Russia | 207.11 | 6 | 68.31 | 5 | 138.80 | 
Ladies
    
Alina Zagitova set a new junior world record for the short program (70.92 points), for the free skating (136.51 points), and for the combined total (207.43 points). Anastasiia Gubanova set a new junior world record for the free skating (133.77 points) but Zagitova broke that record less than 10 minutes later.[4]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alina Zagitova |  Russia | 207.43 | 1 | 70.92 | 1 | 136.51 | 
| 2 | Anastasiia Gubanova |  Russia | 194.07 | 3 | 60.38 | 2 | 133.77 | 
| 3 | Kaori Sakamoto |  Japan | 176.33 | 2 | 64.48 | 4 | 111.85 | 
| 4 | Rika Kihira |  Japan | 175.16 | 5 | 54.78 | 3 | 120.38 | 
| 5 | Elizaveta Nugumanova |  Russia | 170.08 | 4 | 58.34 | 5 | 111.74 | 
| WD | Marin Honda |  Japan | withdrew | withdrew from competition | |||
Pairs
    
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev |  Russia | 180.63 | 1 | 64.73 | 1 | 115.90 | 
| 2 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař |  Czech Republic | 167.76 | 2 | 61.38 | 2 | 106.38 | 
| 3 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii |  Russia | 159.72 | 4 | 58.75 | 3 | 100.97 | 
| 4 | Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin |  Russia | 158.14 | 3 | 59.05 | 4 | 99.09 | 
| 5 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 141.36 | 5 | 57.08 | 5 | 84.28 | 
| 6 | Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov |  Russia | 139.50 | 6 | 56.78 | 6 | 82.72 | 
Ice dancing
    
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |  United States | 162.50 | 2 | 66.91 | 1 | 95.59 | 
| 2 | Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd |  Russia | 161.87 | 1 | 67.58 | 2 | 94.29 | 
| 3 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |  United States | 153.47 | 3 | 63.73 | 3 | 89.74 | 
| 4 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |  United States | 149.98 | 4 | 61.39 | 4 | 88.59 | 
| 5 | Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron |  France | 146.12 | 5 | 60.08 | 5 | 86.04 | 
| 6 | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov |  Russia | 140.64 | 6 | 59.29 | 6 | 81.35 | 
References
    
- "Finale du Grand Prix ISU 2016 – Marseille". FFSG.
- "Communication No. 1975: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. 27 October 2015.
- "Announcement: Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17" (PDF). International Skating Union. June 2016.
- "Highest Score: Ladies". International Skating Union. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Short Dance Score". International Skating Union. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- "Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- "Highest Score: Men". International Skating Union. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score". International Skating Union. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- "Men". International Skating Union. 28 November 2016.
- "Ladies". International Skating Union. 28 November 2016.
- "Pairs". International Skating Union. 28 November 2016.
- "Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 28 November 2016.
- "Junior Men". International Skating Union. 14 November 2016.
- "Junior Ladies". International Skating Union. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016.
- "Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. 14 November 2016.
- "Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 14 November 2016.
- "Фигуристка Цурская и пара Борисова/Сопот пропустят Финал" [Figure skaters Tsurskaya and Borisova/Sopot will miss the JGP Final]. rsport.ru (in Russian). 29 November 2016.
- "Savchenko & Massot, Russian Juniors Withdraw from Grand Prix Finale". 2 December 2016.
External links
    
- 2016–17 Grand Prix Final at the International Skating Union
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