2020 World Figure Skating Championships

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2020 World Figure Skating Championships
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Type: ISU Championship
Date:March 16 – 22
Season: 2019–20
Location: Montreal, Canada
Host: Skate Canada
Venue: Bell Centre
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The 2020 World Figure Skating Championships were scheduled to be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from March 16 to March 22, 2020. [1] Figure skaters would have competed for the title of world champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance. This would have been the first time that Montreal hosted the World Figure Skating Championships since 1932. [2] The competition was supposed to determine the entry quotas for each federation at the 2021 World Championships.

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The competition was cancelled on March 11 due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, with the possibility of being held later in the year, but not within the current season. [3] [4] It was the second time the event had been cancelled for reasons other than a World War, after the 1961 World Championships were cancelled following the Sabena Flight 548 crash. [5]

The competition was formally cancelled on April 16, after the International Skating Union (ISU) previously considered rescheduling to later within the year. [6] A year later, Skate Canada successfully bid for the right to host the 2024 World Championships in Montreal in lieu of the cancelled earlier event. [7]

Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic

After a spike in COVID-19 cases from the ongoing pandemic and the cancellation of the 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships in Nova Scotia by the International Ice Hockey Federation, the ISU was placed under intense pressure to make a public statement on the status of the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships, as the disease rapidly intensified across the world. The ISU had implemented prevention methods at its events since February 4, 2020 and required all attendees seeking accreditation to complete a questionnaire and temperature check. [8]

Skate Canada, the host federation, issued a statement on Friday, March 6, that all athletes would be screened for symptoms at the border, undergo health checks, and be required to fill out questionnaires throughout the competition. [9] On Tuesday, March 10, media, officials, skaters, and coaches scheduled to attend the event received a lengthy Coronavirus Information Package from the ISU. All individuals attending the event would have been required to undergo a temperature check upon arrival to the competition and would have been required to check in under 38 °C (100 °F). [10] The Quebec Health Ministry held a press conference the same day to discuss "all major events in the province...with input from the Public Health Agency of Canada." [10] At the meeting, Quebec Minister of Health Danielle McCann indicated that cancellation was a possibility, but a final decision had not yet been reached, despite athletes being scheduled to arrive within the next few days. [10]

At 3:30 PM EDT on Wednesday, March 11, the Quebec government and Quebec Health Ministry made the decision to cancel the World Championships. [3] The ISU posted a statement agreeing with the decision, saying that the event could possibly be rescheduled for later in the year, but not before October 2020. [4] It was unclear how the cancellation would affect the upcoming season and its subsequent Grand Prix assignments, which will begin before then.

On April 12, 2020, ISU Vice-President for Figure Skating, Alexander Lakernik, told media that the chances of rescheduling the championship were slim, due to the ongoing pandemic. [11] The ISU confirmed a complete cancellation of the event, with no chance of postponement to a later date, on April 16. [6]

ISU member nations' response

Prior to the cancellation announcement on March 11, the Polish Figure Skating Association asked its athletes on March 10 to make personal decisions by the next day, March 11, on whether or not to attend the event, following the Polish Minister of Sport's recommendation to avoid travel to foreign events. [12]

Skate Canada, the host federation, postponed several conference calls with its skaters from March 11 to March 13, while awaiting a decision by the local Quebec government on the status of the event. [13]

Several prominent skaters, including two-time reigning men's World Champion Nathan Chen, and coaches Rafael Arutyunyan, Lee Barkell, Marie-France Dubreuil, and Brian Orser, expressed concerns over the possibility of rescheduling the competition to fall 2020, citing the disruption to their training schedules and the proximity to the 2021 edition of the event. [5]

Qualification

Age and minimum TES requirements

Skaters are eligible for the 2020 World Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2019 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships. [1] The ISU raised the minimum for ladies' singles in both segments on January 8, 2020. [14]

Minimum technical scores (TES)
Discipline SP / RD FS / FD
Men3464
Ladies3051
Pairs2744
Ice dance3347
Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event
in the ongoing or preceding season.
SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2019 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline. [15]

SpotsMenLadiesPairsDance
3Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
If not listed above, one entry is allowed.

Schedule

DateDisciplineTimeSegment
Wednesday, March 18Pairs10:30Short program
All14:45Opening ceremony
Ladies15:45Short program
Thursday, March 19Men10:45Short program
Pairs18:00Free skating
Friday, March 20Ice dance11:25Rhythm dance
Ladies18:00Free skating
Saturday, March 21Ice dance14:30Free dance
Men19:00Free skating
Sunday, March 22All16:00–18:30ISU Skating Awards
All times are listed in local time (UTC−04:00). [16]

Entries

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2019. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on February 26, 2020.

CountryMen [17] Ladies [18] Pairs [19] Ice dance [20]
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Slavik Hayrapetyan Anastasia Galustyan Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Brendan Kerry Kailani Craine Holly Harris / Jason Chan
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Maurizio Zandron Olga Mikutina Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Vladimir Litvintsev Ekaterina Ryabova
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Viktoriia Safonova
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Isadora Williams
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Larry Loupolover Alexandra Feigin Mina Zdravkova / Christopher M. Davis
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [21] Nam Nguyen Emily Bausback
Alicia Pineault
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Jin Boyang Chen Hongyi Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Michal Březina Eliška Březinová Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Eva-Lotta Kiibus
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [22] Emmi Peltonen Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
Flag of France.svg  France [23] Kévin Aymoz Maé-Bérénice Méité Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin
Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili Alina Urushadze Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [24] Paul Fentz Nicole Schott Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [25] Peter James Hallam Natasha McKay Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Yi Christy Leung
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ivett Tóth Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Alexei Bychenko Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski Shira Ichilov / Laurent Abecassis
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Daniel Grassl
Matteo Rizzo
Alessia Tornaghi Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Katrine Roy / Claudio Pietrantonio
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [26] Yuzuru Hanyu
Keiji Tanaka
Shoma Uno
Wakaba Higuchi
Rika Kihira
Satoko Miyahara
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Maxine Weatherby / Temirlan Yerzhanov
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Angelīna Kučvaļska Aurelija Ipolito / J.T. Michel
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Julian Zhi Jie Yee
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [27] Niki Wories Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Alisson Krystle Perticheto
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [28] Dmitri Aliev
Artur Danielian
Alena Kostornaia
Anna Shcherbakova
Alexandra Trusova
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Kim Ye-lim
You Young
Yura Min / Daniel Eaton
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [29] Laura Barquero / Tòn Cónsul Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [30] Nikolaj Majorov Matilda Algotsson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland [31] Lukas Britschgi Alexia Paganini Victoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Burak Demirboğa Nicole Kelly / Berk Akalın
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [32] Ivan Shmuratko Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [33] Jason Brown
Nathan Chen
Vincent Zhou
Mariah Bell
Bradie Tennell
Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary entries

DateDisciplineWithdrewAddedReason/Other notesRefs
February 26, 2020Pairs Flag of the United States.svg Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson C. Knierim retired [34]
March 5, 2020Ladies Flag of Sweden.svg Anita Östlund Flag of Sweden.svg Matilda Algotsson Injury recovery [35]
March 6, 2020Ice dance Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Recovery from knee surgery (Sørensen) [36]
March 7, 2020Men Flag of Finland.svg Roman Galay N/ATravel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 9, 2020Men Flag of Belarus.svg Alexander Lebedev N/A

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