2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	October 18 – December 8, 2013
Season:	2013–14
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The 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2013–14 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final, held in Fukuoka, Japan.

Organized by the International Skating Union, the Grand Prix series began October 18 and continued until December 8, 2013. Skaters competed for medals, prize money, and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The series set the stage for the 2014 European, Four Continents, the World Championships, as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics and each country's national championships.

The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Schedule

The ISU announced the following schedule of events taking place in autumn 2013:

Date	Event	Location
October 18–20	2013 Skate America	Detroit, USA
October 25–27	2013 Skate Canada International	Saint John, Canada
November 1–3	2013 Cup of China	Beijing, China
November 8–10	2013 NHK Trophy	Tokyo, Japan
November 15–17	2013 Trophée Éric Bompard	Paris, France
November 22–24	2013 Rostelecom Cup	Moscow, Russia
December 5–8	2013–14 Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan

General requirements

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2013 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores:

Discipline	Minimum
Men	160.68
Ladies	130.98
Pairs	135.42
Ice dance	113.73
Minimums not required for host country skaters. Skaters who need the minimum score may compete at: U.S. International F.S. Classic 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2012 Finlandia Trophy (no pairs event) 2012 Cup of Nice

Assignments

The International Skating Union released the initial list of Grand Prix assignments on June 3, 2013:

Men

Skater	Assignment(s)
Max Aaron	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Jeremy Abbott	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Florent Amodio	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Elladj Balde	Skate Canada International
Chafik Besseghier	NHK Trophy, Trophée Éric Bompard
Michal Březina	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Jason Brown	Skate America (added)
Patrick Chan	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Richard Dornbush	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Joshua Farris	Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Javier Fernández	NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Artur Gachinski	Skate America, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Misha Ge	Rostelecom Cup (added)
Yan Han	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Yuzuru Hanyu	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Brian Joubert	Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Maxim Kovtun	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Takahiko Kozuka	Skate America, Cup of China
Peter Liebers	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Evan Lysacek	Skate America
Tatsuki Machida	Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Konstantin Menshov	NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Ross Miner	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Takahito Mura	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Alexander Majorov	Skate America
Nobunari Oda	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Evgeni Plushenko	Rostelecom Cup
Romain Ponsart	Trophée Éric Bompard
Kevin Reynolds	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Adam Rippon	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Andrei Rogozine	Skate Canada International
Song Nan	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Daisuke Takahashi	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Denis Ten	Skate America, Cup of China
Sergei Voronov	NHK Trophy
Wang Yi	Cup of China

Ladies

Skater	Assignment(s)
Samantha Cesario	Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Christina Gao	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Bingwa Geng	Cup of China
Elene Gedevanishvili	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Gracie Gold	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry	Trophée Éric Bompard
Nikol Gosviani	Cup of China (added), Rostelecom Cup (added)
Joshi Helgesson	Cup of China
Viktoria Helgesson	Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Courtney Hicks	Skate Canada International (added)
Haruka Imai	Rostelecom Cup
Polina Korobeinikova	Cup of China
Carolina Kostner	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Amelie Lacoste	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Alena Leonova	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Li Zijun	Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Yulia Lipnitskaya	Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Veronik Mallet	Skate Canada International
Valentina Marchei	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Mae Berenice Meite	Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Satoko Miyahara	NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Kanako Murakami	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Mirai Nagasu	NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Kaetlyn Osmond	Skate Canada International, Rostelcom Cup
Anna Pogorilaya	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Natalia Popova	Skate Canada International (added), Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Yuna Kim	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Mao Asada	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Elena Radionova	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Yretha Silete	Trophée Éric Bompard
Adelina Sotnikova	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Akiko Suzuki	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Ashley Wagner	Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Agnes Zawadzki	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Caroline Zhang	Skate America
Zhang Kexin	Cup of China

Pairs

Pair	Assignment(s)
Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze	Rostelecom Cup
Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Trophée Éric Bompard, Rostelecom Cup
Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek	Skate America, Skate Canada International
Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker	Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup (added)
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Trophée Éric Bompard
Caydee Denney / John Coughlin	Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier	Skate Canada International (added), NHK Trophy
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres	Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov	Cup of China, NHK Trophy (added)
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch	Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Pang Qing / Jian Tong	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao	Cup of China, NHK Trophy
Daria Popova / Bruno Massot	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert	Trophée Éric Bompard (added)
Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro	Skate America (added), Skate Canada International
Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran	Trophée Éric Bompard
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer	Rostelecom Cup
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Skate America, Rostelecom Cup
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy
Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara	NHK Trophy, Rostelecom Cup
Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave	Skate Canada International
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay	Cup of China

Ice dance

Team	Assignment(s)
Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton	Cup of China
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones	Skate America, Cup of China
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland	Trophée Éric Bompard
Meryl Davis / Charlie White	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	NHK Trophy, Rostelcom Cup
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun	Rostelcom Cup
Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov	NHK Trophy, Trophée Éric Bompard
Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso	NHK Trophy
Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin	Trophée Éric Bompard
Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams	Trophée Éric Bompard
Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam	Skate Canada International
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron	Rostelecom Cup
Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat	Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	Skate America
Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko	Rostelecom Cup
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	Skate America, NHK Trophy
Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin	NHK Trophy
Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas	Skate America
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup
Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen	Cup of China
Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi	Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard
Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov	Skate America

Changes to preliminary assignments

Skate America

• Evan Lysacek withdrew and was replaced by Jason Brown.
• Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres withdrew and were replaced by Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro.
• Brian Joubert withdrew. No replacement was made.
• Denis Ten withdrew due to illness. No replacement was made.

Skate Canada International

• Yuna Kim and Kiira Korpi withdrew. They were replaced by Courtney Hicks and Natalia Popova.
• Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an injury to Smirnov. They were replaced by Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier.
• Alena Leonova withdrew due to a leg injury. No replacement was made.

Cup of China

• Polina Korobeynikova withdrew and was replaced by Nikol Gosviani.
• Geng Bingwa withdrew and was replaced by Guo Xiaowen.
• Kevin Reynolds withdrew. No replacement was made.

NHK Trophy

• Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an injury to Smirnov. Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov were named to replace them.
• Li Zijun withdrew. No replacement was made.
• Chafik Besseghier withdrew. No replacement was made.

Trophée Éric Bompard

• Yuna Kim and Kiira Korpi withdrew. They were replaced by Amelie Lacoste and Natalia Popova.
• Ross Miner withdrew. No replacement was made.
• Chafik Besseghier and Romain Ponsart withdrew.
• Annabelle Prolss / Ruben Blommaert replaced Daria Popova / Bruno Massot.

Rostelecom Cup

• Artur Gachinski, Nikol Gosviani, Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin, and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov were selected later as host picks.
• Kevin Reynolds withdrew. He was replaced by Misha Ge.
• On 13 November, it was announced that Evgeni Plushenko had withdrawn due to injury. He was replaced by Konstantin Menshov.
• Brian Joubert withdrew. No replacement was made.
• Kaetlyn Osmond withdrew. No replacement was made.
• Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer withdrew and were replaced by Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker.

Medal summary

Event	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skate America	Men	Tatsuki Machida	Adam Rippon	Max Aaron
	Ladies	Mao Asada	Ashley Wagner	Elena Radionova
	Pairs	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
	Ice dancing	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Event	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skate Canada	Men	Patrick Chan	Yuzuru Hanyu	Nobunari Oda
	Ladies	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Akiko Suzuki	Gracie Gold
	Pairs	Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
	Ice dancing	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Event	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cup of China	Men	Yan Han	Maxim Kovtun	Takahiko Kozuka
	Ladies	Anna Pogorilaya	Adelina Sotnikova	Carolina Kostner
	Pairs	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao
	Ice dancing	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Event	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
NHK Trophy	Men	Daisuke Takahashi	Nobunari Oda	Jeremy Abbott
	Ladies	Mao Asada	Elena Radionova	Akiko Suzuki
	Pairs	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
	Ice dancing	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Event	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Trophée Eric Bompard	Men	Patrick Chan	Yuzuru Hanyu	Jason Brown
	Ladies	Ashley Wagner	Adelina Sotnikova	Anna Pogorilaya
	Pairs	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Caydee Denney / John Coughlin
	Ice dancing	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov	Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat

Event	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rostelecom Cup	Men	Tatsuki Machida	Maxim Kovtun	Javier Fernández
	Ladies	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Carolina Kostner	Mirai Nagasu
	Pairs	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch
	Ice dancing	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Event	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grand Prix Final	Men	Yuzuru Hanyu	Patrick Chan	Nobunari Oda
	Ladies	Mao Asada	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Ashley Wagner
	Pairs	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Pang Qing / Tong Jian
	Ice dancing	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat

Qualification

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Grand Prix Final. Following the sixth event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:

Placement	Points (Singles/Dance)	Points (Pairs)
1st	15	15
2nd	13	13
3rd	11	11
4th	9	9
5th	7	7
6th	5	5
7th	4	-
8th	3	-
9th	-	–
10th	-	–

There were seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
3. Participated in two events.
4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings

Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification.

Points	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
30	Patrick Chan Tatsuki Machida	Mao Asada Yulia Lipnitskaya	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
28		Ashley Wagner	Pang Qing / Jian Tong	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
26	Yuzuru Hanyu Maxim Kovtun	Anna Pogorilaya Adelina Sotnikova		Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
24	Daisuke Takahashi (withdrew) Yan Han Nobunari Oda (called up)	Elena Radionova Akiko Suzuki Carolina Kostner	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
22	Adam Rippon		Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Madison Chock / Evan Bates
20		Gracie Gold	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Caydee Denney / John Coughlin	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
19
18	Jason Brown Javier Fernández	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva		Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
17
16	Takahiko Kozuka Jeremy Abbott Michal Březina	Samantha Cesario
15	Max Aaron
14	Richard Dornbush	Mirai Nagasu Satoko Miyahara	Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier	Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
13		Kanako Murakami
12	Konstantin Menshov	Christina Gao Mae Berenice Meite Amelie Lacoste	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
11
10		Nikol Gosviani
9	Denis Ten Florent Amodio	Valentina Marchei Agnes Zawadzki	Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
8	Artur Gachinski Song Nan Peter Liebers
7	Joshua Farris Alexander Majorov	Viktoria Helgesson	Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres	Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
6
5	Takahito Mura	Haruka Imai Courtney Hicks	Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay Lindsay Davis / Rockne Brubaker Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran	Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen
4	Elladj Balde	Natalia Popova Alena Leonova
3	Andrei Rogozine Misha Ge	Zhang Kexin Veronik Mallet
0	Sergei Voronov Ross Miner Wang Yi	Elene Gedevanishvili Guo Xiaowen Li Zijun Caroline Zhang	Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Daria Popova / Bruno Massot	Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabri Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams

Medal standings

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	7	4	4	15
2	Russia (RUS)	6	10	3	19
3	Canada (CAN)	4	6	2	12
4	United States (USA)	4	2	12	18
5	Germany (GER)	3	0	0	3
6	China (CHN)	2	3	3	8
7	Italy (ITA)	1	3	1	5
8	France (FRA)	1	0	2	3
9	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		28	28	28	84