2019 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 22 – 24
Season:2019–20
Location:Sapporo
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Makomanai Ice Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies' singles:
Russia Alena Kostornaia
Pairs:
China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:
France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
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The 2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan from November 22–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.[1]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
 Australia Kailani Craine
 Canada Conrad Orzel
Roman Sadovsky 		Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
 China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
 France Kévin Aymoz Maé-Bérénice Méité Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
 Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
 Israel Alexei Bychenko
 Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Koshiro Shimada
Sōta Yamamoto 		Rika Kihira
Mako Yamashita
Yuhana Yokoi 		Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
 Russia Makar Ignatov
Anton Shulepov
Sergei Voronov 		Alena Kostornaia
Sofia Samodurova
Alina Zagitova 		Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 		Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
 South Korea Lim Eun-soo
 United States Jason Brown
Tomoki Hiwatashi 		Starr Andrews
Karen Chen
Megan Wessenberg 		Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 		Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men — August 1 Japan Koshiro Shimada Host picks [2]
Ladies Japan Yuhana Yokoi
Men August 15 Russia Artur Dmitriev August 23 Russia Anton Shulepov Recovery [3]
Pairs September 13 France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès September 17 Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Personal reasons [4][5]
— Japan Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Host picks [5]
Men October 2 Russia Mikhail Kolyada October 9 Russia Makar Ignatov Surgery [6]
Ladies October 9 United States Ting Cui October 14 United States Megan Wessenberg Injury [7][8]
November 5 Finland Viveca Lindfors November 6 Australia Kailani Craine [9]
Ice dance November 14 Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto — Recovery [10]

Records

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

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

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Ice dance Rhythm dance France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 90.03 November 22, 2019 [11]
Pairs Short program China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 81.27 [12]
Ladies Russia Alena Kostornaia 85.04 [13]
Ice dance Free dance France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 136.58 November 23, 2019 [14]
Total score 226.61 [15]

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 305.05 1 109.34 1 195.71
2 Kévin Aymoz  France 250.02 2 91.47 3 158.55
3 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 247.50 4 78.51 2 168.99
4 Sergei Voronov  Russia 239.05 3 88.63 6 150.42
5 Jason Brown  United States 231.37 8 73.73 4 157.54
6 Sōta Yamamoto  Japan 226.27 7 74.88 5 151.39
7 Makar Ignatov  Russia 222.45 5 78.47 8 143.98
8 Anton Shulepov  Russia 218.38 9 71.76 7 146.62
9 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 213.65 6 75.98 10 137.67
10 Tomoki Hiwatashi  United States 207.30 11 64.54 9 142.76
11 Alexei Bychenko  Israel 197.63 12 61.97 11 135.66
12 Conrad Orzel  Canada 196.34 10 70.35 12 125.99

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 240.00 1 85.04 1 154.96
2 Rika Kihira  Japan 231.84 2 79.89 2 151.95
3 Alina Zagitova  Russia 217.99 4 66.84 3 151.15
4 Yuhana Yokoi  Japan 189.54 8 62.67 4 126.87
5 Mako Yamashita  Japan 189.25 5 65.70 5 123.55
6 Sofia Samodurova  Russia 183.27 7 63.85 6 119.42
7 Lim Eun-soo  South Korea 172.47 6 65.28 10 107.19
8 Starr Andrews  United States 166.72 9 58.92 9 107.80
9 Karen Chen  United States 165.70 3 67.21 11 98.49
10 Kailani Craine  Australia 165.46 10 55.82 8 109.64
11 Maé-Bérénice Méité  France 159.98 11 49.77 7 110.21
12 Megan Wessenberg  United States 131.73 12 44.78 12 86.95

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 226.96 1 81.27 1 145.69
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 208.49 2 71.21 2 137.28
3 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 203.35 3 69.00 3 134.35
4 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia 189.34 4 64.94 4 124.40
5 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 179.94 6 62.41 6 117.53
6 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea  United States 178.73 7 58.70 5 120.03
7 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim  United States 173.33 5 63.63 8 109.70
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 171.43 8 57.55 7 113.88

Ice dance

Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 226.61 1 90.03 1 136.58
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 208.81 2 84.07 2 124.74
3 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 198.06 3 82.13 4 115.93
4 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 193.01 4 76.09 3 116.92
5 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu  China 183.11 6 74.73 6 108.38
6 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 182.26 5 75.25 7 107.01
7 Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko  Russia 178.08 7 69.59 5 108.49
8 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus  Canada 172.01 9 68.39 8 103.62
9 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 170.21 8 68.80 9 101.41

References

  1. ^ "Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20" (Press release). International Skating Union. June 20, 2019.
  2. ^ NHK Trophy [@NHKTrophyFigure] (August 1, 2019). "2019NHK杯国際フィギュアスケート競技大会出場選手情報を更新いたしました。" [2019 NHK Trophy international figure skating competition participant information has been updated.] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Krasko, Irina (August 15, 2019). "Дмитриев пропустит Гран-при из-за нарушения координации после операции" [Dmitriev will miss the Grand Prix due to a lack of coordination after the operation] (in Russian). NEVA Sport.
  4. ^ Russell, Susan D. (September 16, 2019). "James, McGrattan Ready for a Competitive Battle". International Figure Skating Magazine. James and Ciprès will not be competing on the Grand Prix or Challenger circuits this season.
  5. ^ a b "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2019/20: Pair Skating". September 17, 2019.
  6. ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (October 2, 2019). "Чеботарева: Коляде предстоит операция, он пропустит этапы Гран-при" [Chebotareva: Kolyada will have an operation, he will miss the stages of the Grand Prix] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
  7. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Grand Prix Series Withdrawals". U.S. Figure Skating. October 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "Andrews and Wessenberg Added to Grand Prix Series Events". U.S. Figure Skating. October 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 NHK Trophy: Competitors". Japan Skating Federation. November 6, 2019.
  10. ^ Koleto, Tim [@Timkoleto] (November 15, 2019). "As you guys have probably seen, Misato and I have withdrawn from NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
  12. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
  14. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. November 23, 2019.
  15. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score". International Skating Union. November 23, 2019.
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