2019 NHK Trophy
| 2019 NHK Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 22 – 24 |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Location: | Sapporo |
| Host: | Japan Skating Federation |
| Venue: | Makomanai Ice Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Yuzuru Hanyu | |
Ladies' singles:  Alena Kostornaia | |
Pairs:  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
Ice dance:  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Previous: 2018 NHK Trophy | |
| Next: 2020 NHK Trophy | |
| Previous GP: 2019 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Next GP: 2019–20 Grand Prix Final | |
The 2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan from November 22–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.
Entries
[edit]The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments
[edit]| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Men | — | August 1 | Koshiro Shimada
|
Host picks | [2] | |
| Ladies | Yuhana Yokoi
| |||||
| Men | August 15 | Artur Dmitriev
|
August 23 | Anton Shulepov
|
Recovery | [3] |
| Pairs | September 13 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
September 17 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
|
Personal reasons | [4][5] |
| — | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
|
Host picks | [5] | |||
| Men | October 2 | Mikhail Kolyada
|
October 9 | Makar Ignatov
|
Surgery | [6] |
| Ladies | October 9 |  Ting Cui
|
October 14 | Megan Wessenberg
|
Injury | [7][8] |
| November 5 |  Viveca Lindfors
|
November 6 |  Kailani Craine
|
[9] | ||
| Ice dance | November 14 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
|
— | Recovery | [10] | |
Records
[edit]The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
90.03 | November 22, 2019 | [11] |
| Pairs | Short program | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
81.27 | [12] | |
| Ladies | Alena Kostornaia
|
85.04 | [13] | ||
| Ice dance | Free dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
136.58 | November 23, 2019 | [14] |
| Total score | 226.61 | [15] |
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
305.05 | 1 | 109.34 | 1 | 195.71 |
| 2 | Kévin Aymoz | France
|
250.02 | 2 | 91.47 | 3 | 158.55 |
| 3 | Roman Sadovsky |  Canada
|
247.50 | 4 | 78.51 | 2 | 168.99 |
| 4 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
239.05 | 3 | 88.63 | 6 | 150.42 |
| 5 | Jason Brown |  United States
|
231.37 | 8 | 73.73 | 4 | 157.54 |
| 6 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan
|
226.27 | 7 | 74.88 | 5 | 151.39 |
| 7 | Makar Ignatov | Russia
|
222.45 | 5 | 78.47 | 8 | 143.98 |
| 8 | Anton Shulepov | Russia
|
218.38 | 9 | 71.76 | 7 | 146.62 |
| 9 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan
|
213.65 | 6 | 75.98 | 10 | 137.67 |
| 10 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States
|
207.30 | 11 | 64.54 | 9 | 142.76 |
| 11 | Alexei Bychenko |  Israel
|
197.63 | 12 | 61.97 | 11 | 135.66 |
| 12 | Conrad Orzel | Canada
|
196.34 | 10 | 70.35 | 12 | 125.99 |
Ladies
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia
|
240.00 | 1 | 85.04 | 1 | 154.96 |
| 2 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
231.84 | 2 | 79.89 | 2 | 151.95 |
| 3 | Alina Zagitova | Russia
|
217.99 | 4 | 66.84 | 3 | 151.15 |
| 4 | Yuhana Yokoi | Japan
|
189.54 | 8 | 62.67 | 4 | 126.87 |
| 5 | Mako Yamashita | Japan
|
189.25 | 5 | 65.70 | 5 | 123.55 |
| 6 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia
|
183.27 | 7 | 63.85 | 6 | 119.42 |
| 7 | Lim Eun-soo |  South Korea
|
172.47 | 6 | 65.28 | 10 | 107.19 |
| 8 | Starr Andrews | United States
|
166.72 | 9 | 58.92 | 9 | 107.80 |
| 9 | Karen Chen | United States
|
165.70 | 3 | 67.21 | 11 | 98.49 |
| 10 | Kailani Craine | Australia
|
165.46 | 10 | 55.82 | 8 | 109.64 |
| 11 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France
|
159.98 | 11 | 49.77 | 7 | 110.21 |
| 12 | Megan Wessenberg | United States
|
131.73 | 12 | 44.78 | 12 | 86.95 |
Pairs
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China
|
226.96 | 1 | 81.27 | 1 | 145.69 |
| 2 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
208.49 | 2 | 71.21 | 2 | 137.28 |
| 3 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia
|
203.35 | 3 | 69.00 | 3 | 134.35 |
| 4 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia
|
189.34 | 4 | 64.94 | 4 | 124.40 |
| 5 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan
|
179.94 | 6 | 62.41 | 6 | 117.53 |
| 6 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States
|
178.73 | 7 | 58.70 | 5 | 120.03 |
| 7 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States
|
173.33 | 5 | 63.63 | 8 | 109.70 |
| 8 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise |  Italy
|
171.43 | 8 | 57.55 | 7 | 113.88 |
Ice dance
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France
|
226.61 | 1 | 90.03 | 1 | 136.58 |
| 2 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia
|
208.81 | 2 | 84.07 | 2 | 124.74 |
| 3 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
198.06 | 3 | 82.13 | 4 | 115.93 |
| 4 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |  Great Britain
|
193.01 | 4 | 76.09 | 3 | 116.92 |
| 5 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China
|
183.11 | 6 | 74.73 | 6 | 108.38 |
| 6 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States
|
182.26 | 5 | 75.25 | 7 | 107.01 |
| 7 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | Russia
|
178.08 | 7 | 69.59 | 5 | 108.49 |
| 8 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada
|
172.01 | 9 | 68.39 | 8 | 103.62 |
| 9 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | United States
|
170.21 | 8 | 68.80 | 9 | 101.41 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20" (Press release). International Skating Union. June 20, 2019.
- ^ NHK Trophy [@NHKTrophyFigure] (August 1, 2019). "2019NHK杯国際フィギュアスケート競技大会出場選手情報を更新いたしました。" [2019 NHK Trophy international figure skating competition participant information has been updated.] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
- ^ Krasko, Irina (August 15, 2019). "Дмитриев пропустит Гран-при из-за нарушения координации после операции" [Dmitriev will miss the Grand Prix due to a lack of coordination after the operation] (in Russian). NEVA Sport.
- ^ Russell, Susan D. (September 16, 2019). "James, McGrattan Ready for a Competitive Battle". International Figure Skating Magazine.
James and Ciprès will not be competing on the Grand Prix or Challenger circuits this season.
- ^ a b "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2019/20: Pair Skating". September 17, 2019.
- ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (October 2, 2019). "Чеботарева: Коляде предстоит операция, он пропустит этапы Гран-при" [Chebotareva: Kolyada will have an operation, he will miss the stages of the Grand Prix] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
- ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Grand Prix Series Withdrawals". U.S. Figure Skating. October 10, 2019.
- ^ "Andrews and Wessenberg Added to Grand Prix Series Events". U.S. Figure Skating. October 14, 2019.
- ^ "2019 NHK Trophy: Competitors". Japan Skating Federation. November 6, 2019.
- ^ Koleto, Tim [@Timkoleto] (November 14, 2019). "As you guys have probably seen, Misato and I have withdrawn from NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. November 23, 2019.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score". International Skating Union. November 23, 2019.