Victoria Sinitsina
Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina (; born 29 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, 2022 Olympic silver medalist, 2021 World Figure Skating Championships, 2021 World champion, two-time European Champion (2020,2022), the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships, 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018–19 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2018–19 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian Figure Skating Championships, Russian national champion (2019–2020). They have also won several medals on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix and the ISU Challenger Series, Challenger Series, including winning the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. With former partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior champion and won bronze medals at the 2013 Figure skating at the Winter Univers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kseniia Sinitsyna
Kseniia Alexeyevna Sinitsyna (; born 5 August 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2024 Russian Bronze medalist and the 2024 Russian Final Cup Bronze Medalist.She is the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2020 Youth Olympic Champion in the team event, the 2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Italy, JGP Italy champion, the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Russia, JGP Russia silver medalist, and the 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Lithuania, JGP Lithuania bronze medalist. Personal life Sinitsyna was born on 5 August 2004 in Tver. Career Early years Sinitsyna began learning to skate in 2008. She finished 9th at the 2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships, 2018 Russian Junior Championships. 2018–2019 season: Junior international debut In the 2018–2019 season, Sinitsyna debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix, ISU Junior Grand Prix series, taking the bronze medal at the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix, 2018 JGP Lithuania. At the 2019 Russian Junior Figu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Figure Skating At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Team Event
The team event in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 4, 6, and 7 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing. Summary The 2018 team event gold was won by Canada, with the Russian Olympic Committee placing second, and the United States placing third. Canadian 2018 Olympic champion Eric Radford returned, but this time he competed with a new partner, Vanessa James. In 2022, the Russian Olympic Committee entered the team event as the favorite, with the United States, Canada, and Japan also expected to be in medal contention. The ROC decided to enter their top skaters for both the short program and free skating and initially won the event nine points ahead of the United States, who initially took silver, while Japan initially won the bronze medal. Doping controversy The medal ceremony originally scheduled for Tuesday, 8 February, was delayed over what International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesperson Mark Adams described as a situation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2011–12 Grand Prix Of Figure Skating Final
The 2011–12 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an international figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final was organized together with the senior event. The two competitions were the culmination of two international series, the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating for senior-level skaters and the 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix for juniors. The competitions were held in Quebec City, Canada at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse, from December 8–11, 2011. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. Medalists Senior Junior Medals table Schedule (Local time, UTC/GMT -05:00): * Thursday, December 8 ** 16:05–16:40 – Opening ceremony ** 17:00–17:54 – Junior: Pairs' short ** 18:15–19:01 – Junior: Ladies' short ** 19:20–20:12 – Junior: Short dance ** 20:35–21:21 – Junior: Men's short * Friday, December 9 ** 11:25–12:26 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final (titled the ISU Junior Series Final in the 1997–98 season) is the final event of a series of junior-level competitions – the ISU Junior Grand Prix – organized by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn qualifying points at each Junior Grand Prix event, and at the end of the series, the six highest-placing skaters or teams from each discipline advance to the Junior Grand Prix Final. History Switzerland hosted the inaugural Junior Series Final in Lausanne in 1997. There, Timothy Goebel of the United States became the first skater in the world to successfully perform a quadruple Salchow jump in competition, and the first American skater to land a quadruple jump of any kind in competition. At the JGP Final in 2002, Miki Ando became the first woman to land a quadruple jump A quadruple jump or quad is a figure skating jump with at least four ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2011–12 figure skating season, 2011–12 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held in Minsk, Belarus from 27 February to 4 March 2012. Qualification The competition was open to skaters from International figure skating, ISU member nations who were at least 13 but not 19—or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers—before July 1, 2011, in their place of birth. Thus, competitors had to be born before July 1, 1998, but not earlier than July 1, 1992, except male pair skaters and ice dancers who could be born no earlier than July 1, 1990. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria. The term "Junior" in ISU competition refers to age, not skill level. Skaters ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The first World Junior Championships were held in 1976 in Megève, France. Currently, skaters competing at the junior level must be at least 13 years old, but not yet 19 (for singles skaters), 21 (for women competing in ice dance or pair skating), or 23 (for men competing in ice dance or pair skating), as of the previous July 1. Adam Rippon of the United States currently holds the record for the most World Junior Championships won in men's singles (with two), while Mao Shimada of Japan holds the record in women's singles (with three). Natalia Krestianinova and Alexei Torchinski of the Soviet Union, and Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China, are tied for the most championships won in pair skating (with three each), while Luka Berulava of Georgia has al ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 ISU World Team Trophy In Figure Skating
The 2019 ISU World Team Trophy is an international figure skating competition that was held from April 11–14, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan. The top six International Skating Union members were invited to compete in a team format with points awarded based on skaters' placement. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair, and one ice dance entry for their team. Records The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Scoring Skaters competed in both the short program/rhythm dance and the free skating/free dance Free dance is a 20th-century dance form that preceded modern dance. Rebelling against the rigid constraints of classical ballet, Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis (with her work in theater) developed their own styles of free dance a ... segments for their team. Each segment was scored separately. The points earned per placement are as follows: Tie-breaking within a segment: # ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 ISU World Team Trophy In Figure Skating
The 2021 ISU World Team Trophy is an international figure skating competition that was held from April 15–18, 2021 in Osaka, Japan. The top six International Skating Union members were invited to compete in a team format with points awarded based on skaters' placement. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair, and one ice dance entry for their team. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Despite the majority of the season's ISU Championship-level events having been cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ISU decided to host the World Team Trophy, if possible. The Japan Skating Federation announced that limited tickets would be available to the public. Despite the COVID prevention measures implemented in the prefecture, the socially-distanced arena reportedly sold out. The opening day of competition took place with seating limited to alternate seats and masks required for all in attendance. Osaka Prefecture governor H ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ISU World Team Trophy In Figure Skating
The ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating is a figure skating competition, figure skating team competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. The World Team Trophy was held for the first time in Tokyo, Japan, from April 16 to 19, 2009. Traditionally, the competitive skating season had concluded with the World Figure Skating Championships, World Championships. The new event was announced at a news conference during the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, 2008 World Championships, in the hope of encouraging countries to develop top figure skaters in all disciplines. Each country sends two men, two women, one pair, and one ice dance entry. Competition and participants Selected skaters from the six countries with the best results during the season compete in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, single skating, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance in a team format. The participating countries in the inaugural event were (in descending order of f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2018–19 Grand Prix Of Figure Skating Final
The 2018–19 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from 6 to 9 December 2018 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The combined event was the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ..., and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. Schedule Listed in local time (UTC−8) Wednesday, December 5, 2018 * Official practices (all day) Thursday, December 6, 2018 * 14:05 – Junior dance: rhythm dance * 15:20 – Junior men: short program * 16:25 – Junior pairs: short program * 17:40 – ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grand Prix Of Figure Skating Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final – originally known as the Champions Series Final – is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). It is the culminating event of the Grand Prix Series. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Evgeni Plushenko of Russia and Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan are tied for winning the most Grand Prix Final titles in men's singles (with four each), while Irina Slutskaya of Russia and Mao Asada of Japan are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (also with four each). Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China hold the record in pair skating (with six), while Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States hold the record in ice dance (with five). History B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Saitama, Japan, from March 18–24, 2019. Records The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: Qualification Age and minimum TES requirements Skaters are eligible for the 2019 World Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2018, 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. Due to the difference in the rules for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, the required minimum scores have been adjusted separately for scores reached in the 2017–18 and the 2018–19 season. Number of entries per discipline Based on the results of the 2018 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline. Entries Member nations began announcing thei ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |