2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

2008–09 Grand Prix Final 2008 Grand Prix Final logo.png Grand Prix December 10 14, 2008 2008–09 Goyang, South Korea Seongsa Ice Rink $272,000.00 USD (senior) $105,000.00 USD (junior) USA Jeremy Abbott (S) FRA Florent Amodio (J) JPN Mao Asada (S) USA Becky Bereswill (J) CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian (S) RUS Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (J) FRA Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (S) USA Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (J) 2007–08 Grand Prix Final 2009–10 Grand Prix Final 2008 NHK Trophy Logo of the 2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final The 2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was the senior and junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2008–09 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition. The junior and senior finals were hosted together for the first time. Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2008 Skate America, the 2008 Skate Canada International, the 2008 Cup of China, the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, the 2008 Cup of Russia, and the 2008 NHK Trophy. Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the junior Grand Prix Final at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final. Hosted by the Korea Skating Union, the Grand Prix Final was held in Goyang, South Korea from December 10 to 14, 2008. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final. Schedule All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9). Thursday, December 11 16:00 Opening ceremony 16:45 Junior ice dancing - Original dance 18:10 Junior men - Short program 19:35 Junior pairs - Short program 21:00 Junior ladies - Short program Friday, December 12 14:24 Junior pairs - Free skating 16:00 Junior men - Free skating 18:00 Senior ice dancing - Original dance 19:10 Senior men - Short program 20:15 Senior ladies - Short program 21:20 Senior pairs - Short program Saturday, December 13 14:00 Junior ice dancing - Free dance 15:25 Junior ladies - Free skating 17:30 Senior ice dancing - Free dance 18:50 Senior men - Free skating 20:05 Senior ladies - Free skating 21:45 Senior pairs - Free skating Sunday, December 14 14:00 Gala exhibition Qualifiers Senior-level qualifiers The following skaters qualified for the Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.http://www.isuresults.org/events/gp2008/gpsmen.htm Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018http://www.isuresults.org/events/gp2008/gpsladies.htm Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018http://www.isuresults.org/events/gp2008/gpspairs.htm Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018http://www.isuresults.org/events/gp2008/gpsdance.htm Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018 Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 CAN Patrick Chan KOR Kim Yuna GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy FRA Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder 2 JPN Takahiko Kozuka CAN Joannie Rochette CHN Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao RUS Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin 3 USA Johnny Weir JPN Mao Asada RUS Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov ITA Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 4 FRA Brian Joubert ITA Carolina Kostner CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian RUS Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 5 USA Jeremy Abbott JPN Yukari Nakano UKR Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White 6 CZE Tomáš Verner JPN Miki Ando RUS Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov USA Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Alternates 1st FRA Alban Préaubert JPN Fumie Suguri USA Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 2nd USA Evan Lysacek USA Rachael Flatt CAN Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison CAN Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier 3rd FRA Yannick Ponsero USA Alissa Czisny USA Rena Inoue / John Baldwin GBR Sinead Kerr / John Kerr Junior-level qualifiers The following skaters qualified for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.http://www.isuresults.org/events/jgp2008/jgpsmen.htm Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018http://www.isuresults.org/events/jgp2008/jgpsladies.htm Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018http://www.isuresults.org/events/jgp2008/jgpspairs.htm Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018http://www.isuresults.org/events/jgp2008/jgpsdance.htm Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating www.isuresults.org 19 April 2018 Michal Březina, the second qualifier in the men's event, withdrew on December 1.http://www.isuresults.org/events/Entries_JuniorMen.htm SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Men isuresults.org 19 April 2018August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Artur Gachinski, the first alternate, replaced him. Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue, the fifth qualifiers in the ice dancing event, withdrew due to an injury to Gilles.http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=42263 Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating www.usfigureskating.org 19 April 2018 13 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110613143219/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=42263 dead Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev, the first alternates, replaced them. Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov, the first alternates in the pairs event, withdrew on December 1.http://www.isuresults.org/events/Entries_JuniorPairs.htm SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Junior Pairs isuresults.org 19 April 2018August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 USA Richard Dornbush USA Kristine Musademba RUS Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze USA Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell 2 CZE Michal Březina (WD) JPN Yukiko Fujisawa RUS Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov USA Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein 3 USA Armin Mahbanoozadeh USA Alexe Gilles RUS Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 4 USA Alexander Johnson JPN Kanako Murakami RUS Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh RUS Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro 5 FRA Florent Amodio USA Amanda Dobbs RUS Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert USA Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue (WD) 6 RUS Ivan Bariev USA Becky Bereswill JPN Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran UKR Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun 7 KAZ Denis Ten USA Angela Maxwell CHN Zhang Yue / Wang Lei CAN Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill 8 CAN Elladj Baldé CAN Diane Szmiett USA Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir RUS Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev Alternates 1st RUS Artur Gachinski (called up) ITA Stefania Berton RUS Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov (WD) RUS Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev (called up) 2nd USA Keegan Messing GER Sarah Hecken CAN Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers CAN Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle 3rd CHN Cheng Gongming JPN Shoko Ishikawa SUI Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz CZE Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák Senior-level results Men thumb|right|The men's podium. From left: Takahiko Kozuka (2nd), Jeremy Abbott (1st), Johnny Weir (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Jeremy Abbott 237.72 2 78.26 1 159.46 2 Takahiko Kozuka 224.63 1 83.90 3 140.73 3 Johnny Weir 215.50 4 72.50 2 143.00 4 Tomáš Verner 206.65 5 69.34 4 137.31 5 Patrick Chan 205.16 6 68.00 5 137.16 WD Brian Joubert 3 74.55 Ladies thumb|right|The ladies' podium. From left: Kim Yuna (2nd), Mao Asada (1st), Carolina Kostner (3rd). This was Mao Asada's second win.http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/sports/14iht-figure14.18662878.html Asada, Abbott win gold at finals in South Korea The New York Times 14 December 2008 Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Mao Asada 188.55 2 65.38 1 123.17 2 Kim Yuna 186.35 1 65.94 2 120.41 3 Carolina Kostner 168.01 4 55.88 4 112.13 4 Joannie Rochette 166.36 6 50.48 3 115.88 5 Yukari Nakano 161.93 3 62.08 6 99.85 6 Miki Ando 158.25 5 55.44 5 102.81 Pairs thumb|right|The pairs' podium. From left: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao (2nd), Pang Qing / Tong Jian (1st), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Pang Qing / Tong Jian 191.49 3 66.24 1 125.25 2 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 188.22 2 68.34 2 119.88 3 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 185.09 1 70.14 3 114.95 4 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 175.83 4 64.08 5 111.75 5 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov 167.45 6 55.42 4 112.03 6 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 153.16 5 61.56 6 91.60 Ice dancing thumb|right|The ice dancing podium. From left: Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (2nd), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (1st), Meryl Davis / Charlie White (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points OD FD 1 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder 156.10 1 60.35 1 95.75 2 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin 152.95 2 59.33 2 93.62 3 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 148.04 5 55.89 3 92.15 4 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 145.12 3 57.89 4 87.23 WD Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto 4 57.33 WD Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Junior-level results Men thumb|right|The junior men's podium. From left: Richard Dornbush (3rd), Florent Amodio (1st), Armin Mahbanoozadeh (2nd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Florent Amodio 199.58 1 68.20 1 131.38 2 Armin Mahbanoozadeh 193.48 2 67.05 2 126.43 3 Richard Dornbush 183.93 3 66.50 4 117.43 4 Ivan Bariev 180.65 5 63.75 5 116.90 5 Denis Ten 180.34 7 60.59 3 119.75 6 Alexander Johnson 178.40 4 64.85 6 113.55 7 Elladj Baldé 170.34 8 59.89 7 110.45 8 Artur Gachinski 168.68 6 62.20 8 106.48 Ladies thumb|right|The junior ladies' podium. From left: Yukiko Fujisawa (2nd), Becky Bereswill (1st), Alexe Gilles (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Becky Bereswill 146.69 4 48.68 2 98.01 2 Yukiko Fujisawa 145.92 7 44.48 1 101.44 3 Alexe Gilles 144.49 1 54.24 4 90.25 4 Kanako Murakami 141.63 2 51.04 3 90.59 5 Angela Maxwell 131.75 3 48.84 5 82.91 6 Kristine Musademba 122.86 8 43.04 6 79.82 7 Amanda Dobbs 117.07 5 47.48 7 69.59 8 Diane Szmiett 113.25 6 45.64 8 67.61 Pairs thumb|right|The junior pairs' podium. From left: Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh (3rd), Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (1st), Zhang Yue / Wang Lei (2nd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze 149.38 1 56.88 1 92.50 2 Zhang Yue / Wang Lei 137.92 4 50.22 3 87.70 3 Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh 137.22 2 51.54 5 85.68 4 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov 137.03 3 50.60 4 86.43 5 Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov 134.91 5 46.04 2 88.87 6 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir 126.40 6 44.84 6 81.56 7 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran 106.04 8 34.24 7 71.80 WD Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert 7 43.46 Ice dancing thumb|right|The junior ice dancing podium. From left: Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell (2nd), Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (1st), Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points OD FD 1 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein 131.15 1 51.84 1 79.31 2 Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell 124.68 6 47.98 2 76.70 3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro 124.30 2 50.85 4 73.45 4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 120.60 7 47.05 3 73.55 5 Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev 120.35 5 48.59 5 71.76 6 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill 120.09 4 48.72 6 71.37 7 Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun 119.38 3 49.45 7 69.93 8 Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev 111.43 8 43.64 8 67.79 Medals table 3 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 References External links Official site isuresults.com gpf0809 2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=956 2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement 2008-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080928000648/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=956 2008-09-28 dead http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1199 ISU Senior and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Announcement 2008-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20081222221204/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1199 2008-12-22 dead Category:2008 in figure skating Category:Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Category:ISU Junior Grand Prix Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by South Korea Category:Sports competitions in Goyang Category:2008 in youth sport Category:2009 in youth sport