2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

The 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki was held in Helsinki, Finland, from November 2–4. It was the third event of the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Finland was chosen as the host after the Chinese Skating Association declined to host their annual Grand Prix event, the Cup of China.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters competed to earn points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final. Over 20,000 tickets were sold.[2]

2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 2 – 4
Season:2018–19
Location:Helsinki, Finland
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies' singles:
Russia Alina Zagitova
Pairs:
Russia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
Ice dance:
Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Navigation
Next:
2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
Previous GP:
2018 Skate Canada International
Next GP:
2018 NHK Trophy

Entries

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The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[3]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
  Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
  Belgium Loena Hendrickx
  China Jin Boyang
  Czech Republic Michal Březina
  North Korea Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
  Finland Valtter Virtanen Viveca Lindfors
Emmi Peltonen
Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
  Germany Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern
Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck
  Israel Alexei Bychenko
  Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti
  Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Keiji Tanaka
Rika Hongo
Kaori Sakamoto
Yuna Shiraiwa
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara
  Russia Mikhail Kolyada
Andrei Lazukin
Stanislava Konstantinova
Daria Panenkova
Alina Zagitova
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
  South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Kim Ha-nul
  Spain Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
  United Kingdom Phillip Harris
  United States Alexei Krasnozhon Angela Wang Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
July 19 and August 10 Pairs   Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau   Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Split [4][5]
July 30 and August 9   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong Injury recovery (Sui) [6][7]
August 6   Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Host picks [8]
August 9 and 26 Ladies   Nicole Rajičová   Viveca Lindfors [9][10]
August 15 and 16 Ice dance   Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka   Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern [11]
August 15 and 31 Men   Jorik Hendrickx   Cha Jun-hwan [12][13]
August 25   Valtter Virtanen Host picks [14]
August 28 Ice dance   Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis [15]
September 21 Ladies   Emmi Peltonen [16]
Ice dance   Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen   Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti [17]
October 8 and 9 Pairs   Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong   Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu [18][19]
October 15 and 16 Ladies   Karen Chen   Angela Wang Injury recovery [20][21]
October 16 and 18 Ice dance   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Injury recovery (Chock) [21][22]
October 20 and 23 Ladies   Carolina Kostner   Kim Ha-nul Hip injury [23][24]
October 29 Men   Alexey Erokhov [25]
Ladies   Nicole Schott [26]

Records

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The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Men Short program   Yuzuru Hanyu 106.69 November 3, 2018 [27]
Free skating 190.43 4 November 2018 [28]
Total score 297.12 [29]

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 297.12 1 106.69 1 190.43
2 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 257.98 2 93.31 2 164.67
3 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 243.19 4 82.82 3 160.37
4 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 238.79 6 81.76 4 157.03
5 Jin Boyang   China 227.28 3 85.97 5 141.31
6 Andrei Lazukin   Russia 218.22 5 82.54 7 135.68
7 Alexei Krasnozhon   United States 211.03 8 74.05 6 136.98
8 Keiji Tanaka   Japan 206.82 7 80.60 9 126.22
9 Alexei Bychenko   Israel 202.33 9 73.44 8 128.89
10 Phillip Harris   United Kingdom 182.66 10 58.99 10 123.67
11 Valtter Virtanen   Finland 154.74 11 48.16 11 106.58

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Alina Zagitova   Russia 215.29 1 68.90 1 146.39
2 Stanislava Konstantinova   Russia 197.57 4 62.56 3 135.01
3 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 197.42 7 57.26 2 140.16
4 Yuna Shiraiwa   Japan 191.46 2 63.77 5 127.69
5 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 191.22 3 63.17 4 128.05
6 Daria Panenkova   Russia 161.48 6 58.23 9 103.25
7 Kim Ha-nul   South Korea 160.15 8 55.38 8 104.77
8 Viveca Lindfors   Finland 159.62 10 52.95 6 106.67
9 Emmi Peltonen   Finland 158.72 5 59.90 10 98.82
10 Rika Hongo   Japan 156.59 11 51.11 7 105.48
11 Angela Wang   United States 149.57 9 53.76 11 95.81

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert   Russia 198.51 2 67.59 1 130.92
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Italy 185.77 1 68.18 3 117.59
3 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin   Russia 185.61 3 63.80 2 121.81
4 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer   Austria 174.81 4 62.69 5 112.12
5 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik   North Korea 174.24 5 56.87 4 117.37
6 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Nathan Bartholomay   United States 159.21 6 56.44 6 102.77
7 Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu   Spain 149.54 7 50.91 8 98.63
8 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 145.65 8 46.22 7 99.43

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Russia 200.09 1 78.18 1 121.91
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 196.29 2 77.36 2 118.93
3 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   United States 176.66 3 71.40 4 105.26
4 Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin   Spain 172.09 5 66.25 3 105.84
5 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 167.28 4 66.93 5 100.35
6 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis   Finland 160.62 6 63.06 6 97.56
7 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov   Russia 157.56 7 62.35 8 95.21
8 Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti   Italy 153.89 8 58.48 7 95.41
9 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern   Germany 143.62 9 56.71 10 86.91
10 Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck   Germany 143.59 10 56.59 9 87.00

References

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