2016 Rostelecom Cup

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2016 Rostelecom Cup
Type: Grand Prix
Date: November 4 – 5
Season: 2016–17
Location: Moscow
Host: Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue: Megasport Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Spain.svg Javier Fernández
Ladies' singles:
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Pogorilaya
Pair skating:
Flag of Germany.svg Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
Ice dancing:
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
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The 2016 Rostelecom Cup was the third event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 4–5. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.

The 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals which ran from October through December 2016. 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 in Marseille.

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Single skating discipline of figure skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles, along with the other figure skating disciples, pair skating, ice dance, and synchronized skating, are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Contents

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Anastasia Galustyan
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Elladj Baldé Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Li Zijun
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen
Flag of France.svg  France Chafik Besseghier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Oleksii Bychenko
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberta Rodeghiero Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Keiji Tanaka
Shoma Uno
Yura Matsuda
Kanako Murakami
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbayeva
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Angelīna Kučvaļska
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Artur Dmitriev Jr.
Mikhail Kolyada
Gordei Gorshkov
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Anna Pogorilaya
Elena Radionova
Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov
Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Nicole Rajičová
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Javier Fernández
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Alexander Majorov
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Max Aaron Courtney Hicks Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
September 15 Men N/A Flag of Russia.svg Gordei Gorshkov Host pick [5]
September 15 Ice dancing N/A Flag of Russia.svg Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin Host pick [6]
September 28 and 30 Pairs Flag of the United States.svg Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Flag of Lithuania.svg Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Illness (Scimeca) [7] [8]
October 12 and 17 Ladies Flag of the United States.svg Polina Edmunds Flag of Armenia.svg Anastasia Galustyan Injury [9]
October 17 Pairs Flag of Canada.svg Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Flag of Canada.svg Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe [10]
October 17 and 20 Pairs Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Flag of Russia.svg Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin [10]

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total points [11] SP FS
1 Javier Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 292.98 2 91.55 1 201.43
2 Shoma Uno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 285.07 1 98.59 2 186.48
3 Oleksii Bychenko Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 255.52 4 86.81 3 168.71
4 Mikhail Kolyada Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 245.30 3 90.28 6 155.02
5 Max Aaron Flag of the United States.svg  United States 235.58 8 73.64 4 161.94
6 Elladj Baldé Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 225.45 6 76.36 8 149.09
7 Keiji Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 224.91 10 69.13 5 155.78
8 Chafik Besseghier Flag of France.svg  France 223.98 5 80.68 10 143.30
9 Gordei Gorshkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 223.51 9 73.37 7 150.14
10 Artur Dmitriev Jr. Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 221.52 7 76.06 9 145.46
11 Deniss Vasiļjevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 203.77 12 62.40 11 141.37
12 Alexander Majorov Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 192.14 11 67.80 12 124.34

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points [12] SP FS
1 Anna Pogorilaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 215.21 1 73.93 1 141.28
2 Elena Radionova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 195.60 2 71.93 2 123.67
3 Courtney Hicks Flag of the United States.svg  United States 182.98 6 63.68 3 119.30
4 Li Zijun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 181.83 5 63.89 4 117.94
5 Elizabet Tursynbayeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 181.32 4 64.31 5 117.01
6 Yura Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 177.65 7 61.57 6 116.08
7 Nicole Rajičová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 167.56 8 57.91 7 109.65
8 Roberta Rodeghiero Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 159.80 12 52.57 8 107.23
9 Anastasia Galustyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 159.26 9 55.93 9 103.33
10 Angelīna Kučvaļska Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 151.09 11 54.29 10 96.80
11 Kanako Murakami Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 151.03 10 55.25 11 95.78
12 Yulia Lipnitskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 148.46 3 69.25 12 79.21

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points [13] SP FS
1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 207.89 2 69.51 1 138.38
2 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 197.77 1 69.76 2 128.01
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 188.74 4 65.51 3 123.23
4 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 187.61 3 66.82 5 120.79
5 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 183.37 5 61.72 4 121.65
6 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 167.19 7 60.09 6 107.10
7 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 165.07 6 61.27 7 103.80
8 Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 137.08 8 47.39 8 89.69

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points [14] SD FD
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 186.68 2 74.92 1 111.76
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates Flag of the United States.svg  United States 182.13 1 75.04 3 107.09
3 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 178.57 3 69.81 2 108.76
4 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 170.45 4 67.72 4 102.73
5 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 156.95 5 64.28 5 92.67
6 Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Flag of the United States.svg  United States 153.92 6 62.93 6 90.99
7 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 152.52 7 62.82 7 89.70
8 Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 143.90 8 59.31 8 84.59
9 Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 133.37 9 55.83 9 77.54
10 Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 129.55 10 54.64 10 74.91

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