Alina Zagitova at the Grand Prix Final 2017 - Awarding ceremony

The 2017–18

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. Meda ...

and

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). Medal ...

took place from 7 to 10 December 2017 at the Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium (

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) in

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. Nagoya was announced as the host on 3 November 2016. The combined event was the culmination of two international series — the

Grand Prix of Figure Skating The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...

and the

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

. 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 dance Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

on the senior and junior levels.

Records

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

Schedule

(Local time) Thursday, December 7 * 14:10 - Junior: Pairs' short * 15:30 - Junior: Men's short * 16:40 - Junior: Ladies' short * Opening ceremony * 18:15 - Senior: Pairs' short * 19:30 - Senior: Men's short * 20:40 - Senior: Short dance Friday, December 8 * 14:40 - Junior: Short dance * 16:00 - Junior: Pairs' free * 17:30 - Junior: Men's free * 18:55 - Senior: Ladies' short * 20:15 - Senior: Men's free * Victory ceremony – Senior Men, Junior Men, Junior Pairs Saturday, December 9 * 13:45 - Junior: Free dance * 15:05 - Junior: Ladies' free * 16:25 - Senior: Pairs' free * 17:55 - Senior: Free dance * 19:20 - Senior: Ladies' free * Victory ceremony – Senior Ladies, Junior Ice Dance, Junior Ladies, Senior Pairs, Senior Ice Dance Sunday, December 10 * Gala exhibition

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

Junior-level qualifiers

Medalists

Senior

Junior

Medals table

Senior

Junior

Senior-level results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Junior-level results

Men

Ladies

Alena Kostornaia Alena Sergeevna Kostornaia (; her first name is properly pronounced Alyona as the Yo (Cyrillic), Cyrillic ё is pronounced yo; born 24 August 2003) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 European Figure Skating Championships, 2020 European ...

broke the

junior world record Junior or Juniors may refer to: Aircraft * Ekolot JK-05L Junior, a Polish ultralight aircraft * PZL-112 Junior, a Polish training aircraft * SZD-51 Junior, a Polish-made training and club glider Arts and entertainment Characters * Bowser Jr ...

in the women's short program, 70.92 held by

Alina Zagitova Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova ( rus, Алина Ильназовна Загитова, , ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive Figure skating, figure skater. She is the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Oly ...

, with a score of 71.65.

Alexandra Trusova Alexandra "Sasha" Vyacheslavovna Ignatova (née Trusova; rus, Александра Вячеславовна Игнатова née Трусова, , ɐlʲɪˈksandrə ˈtrusəvə; born 23 June 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 O ...

broke it again 13 minutes later with a score of 73.25.

Rika Kihira Rika Kihira (; born 21 July 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a two-time Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents champion (2019, 2020), the 2018 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix Final champion, ...

became the first woman to land triple Axel-triple toe loop combination in the free skate.

Pairs

Ice dance

References

Citations

External links

Official ISU results
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