2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Grand Prix October 19 December 9, 2012 2012–13 2011–12 Grand Prix 2013–14 Grand Prix The 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of senior international figure skating competitions in the 2012–13 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final, held in Sochi, Russia. Organized by the International Skating Union, the Grand Prix series ran from October 13 – December 9, 2012. Skaters competed for medals, prize money, and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The series set the stage for the 2013 European, Four Continents, and World Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix. Schedule The ISU announced the following schedule of events taking place in autumn 2012: Date Event Location October 19–21 2012 Skate America Kent, Washington, United States October 26–28 2012 Skate Canada International Windsor, Ontario, Canada November 2–4 2012 Cup of China Shanghai, China November 9–11 2012 Rostelecom Cup Moscow, Russia November 16–18 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard Paris, France November 23–25 2012 NHK Trophy Miyagi, Japan December 6–9 2012–13 Grand Prix Final Sochi, Russia Rule changes Between seasons, the ISU eliminated the option for seeded skaters to compete at a third GP event and the option for pairs to compete in both the senior Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix in the same season. General requirements Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores: Discipline Minimum Men 159.66 Ladies 113.43 Pairs 120.90 Ice dance 109.59 Minimums not required for host country skaters. Skaters who need the minimum score may compete at: U.S. International F.S. Classic 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2012 Finlandia Trophy (no pairs event) 2012 Cup of Nice Assignments The International Skating Union released the initial list of Grand Prix assignments on May 21, 2012: Due to the 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, the Japan Skating Federation said it might withdraw its competitors from the Cup of China if the organizers did not provide security guarantees. The event was held without incident. Men Skater Assignment(s) Jeremy Abbott Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Florent Amodio Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Michal Březina Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Zhan Bush Rostelecom Cup Patrick Chan Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Cup of China Richard Dornbush Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Javier Fernández Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Liam Firus Skate Canada International Artur Gachinski Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Jinlin Guan Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Yuzuru Hanyu Skate America, NHK Trophy Jorik Hendrickx Trophée Éric Bompard Brian Joubert Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Takahiko Kozuka Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Tatsuki Machida Skate America, Cup of China Armin Mahbanoozadeh Skate America Alexander Majorov Skate America Konstantin Menshov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Ross Miner Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Takahito Mura Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Daisuke Murakami NHK Trophy Nobunari Oda Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Douglas Razzano Skate America Kevin Reynolds Cup of China, NHK Trophy Adam Rippon Cup of China, NHK Trophy Andrei Rogozine NHK Trophy Song Nan Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Daisuke Takahashi Cup of China, NHK Trophy Denis Ten Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Tomáš Verner Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Sergei Voronov Cup of China, NHK Trophy Johnny Weir Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Éric Bompard Ladies Skater Assignment(s) Mao Asada Cup of China, NHK Trophy Sofia Biryukova Cup of China, NHK Trophy Alissa Czisny NHK Trophy Rachael Flatt Skate America Christina Gao Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Elene Gedevanishvili Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Bingwa Geng Cup of China Gracie Gold Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Sarah Hecken Skate America Joshi Helgesson Cup of China Viktoria Helgesson Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Haruka Imai Skate America, NHK Trophy Polina Korobeynikova Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Éric Bompard Kiira Korpi Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Amelie Lacoste Skate Canada International Alena Leonova Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Zijun Li NHK Trophy Yulia Lipnitskaya Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Ksenia Makarova Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Valentina Marchei Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Lena Marrocco Trophée Éric Bompard Maé Bérénice Méité Skate America Kanako Murakami Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Mirai Nagasu Cup of China, NHK Trophy Kaetlyn Osmond Skate Canada International Polina Shelepen NHK Trophy, Skate Canada International Adelina Sotnikova Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Akiko Suzuki Skate Canada International, NHK Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Ashley Wagner Skate America, Trophée Éric Bompard Agnes Zawadzki Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Caroline Zhang Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Kexin Zhang Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Pairs Skater Assignment(s) Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir NHK Trophy Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig NHK Trophy Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff Skate America Jessica Dube / Sebastien Wolfe Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Rostelecom Cup Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Skate America Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Stacey Kemp / David King Skate America Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Cup of China, NHK Trophy Qing Pang / Jian Tong Skate America, Cup of China Peng Cheng / Hao Zhang Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Trophée Éric Bompard Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave NHK Trophy Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin Skate Canada International Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Caitlin Yankowskas / Joshua Reagan NHK Trophy Ice dancing Skater Assignment(s) Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Skate America Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Skate America, Cup of China Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Madison Chock / Evan Bates Cup of China Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Meryl Davis / Charlie White Skate America, NHK Trophy Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Cup of China Xintong Huang / Xun Zheng Cup of China, NHK Trophy Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Skate America Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Rostelecom Cup Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Cup of China, Trophée Éric Bompard Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill Skate Canada International Cathy Reed / Chris Reed NHK Trophy Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Skate Canada International, Trophée Éric Bompard Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Rostelecom Cup, NHK Trophy Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniunas Skate America Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Skate Canada International, Rostelecom Cup Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Skate America, Cup of China Xiaoyang Yu / Chen Wang NHK Trophy Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Skate America, Rostelecom Cup Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Skate Canada International Changes to preliminary assignments Changes to the initial assignments: Skate America Evan Lysacek withdrew due to injury; Armin Mahbanoozadeh replaced him. Skate Canada International Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker withdrew due to split. Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert withdrew due to Gerboldt's injury. Cup of China Samuel Contesti withdrew due to retirement, replaced by Sergei Voronov. Carolina Kostner withdrew due to insufficient fitness. Miki Ando withdrew because she was unable to find a permanent coach. Wenjing Sui / Cong Han withdrew due to Sui's injury. Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran withdrew because she required surgery on a repeatedly dislocating left shoulder. Caitlin Yankowskas / Joshua Reagan withdrew due to Reagan's rib injury. Rostelecom Cup Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin withdrew and were replaced by Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave withdrew after she broke his cheekbone during a twist lift. Johnny Weir withdrew in competition due to right hip injury Trophée Éric Bompard Samuel Contesti withdrew due to retirement, replaced by Jinlin Guan. Carolina Kostner withdrew due to insufficient fitness. Miki Ando withdrew because she was unable to find a permanent coach. Johnny Weir withdrew due to right hip injury Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy withdrew due to Savchenko's severe sinus infection. NHK Trophy Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker withdrew due to split. Wenjing Sui / Cong Han withdrew due to Sui's injury. Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran withdrew because she required surgery on a repeatedly dislocating left shoulder. Caitlin Yankowskas / Joshua Reagan withdrew due to Reagan's rib injury. Replaced by Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim. Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov and Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise replaced withdrawals in the pairs event. Polina Shelepen withdrew due to worsening of a long-standing ankle injury. Alissa Czisny withdrew in order to continue her recovery from surgery and was replaced by Mirai Nagasu.Czisny out of NHK Trophy, Nagasu added to lineup http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121114&content_id=40282494&vkey=ice_news 26 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116042519/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121114&content_id=40282494&vkey=ice_news 2013-01-16 dead Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave withdrew due to Van Cleave's broken cheekbone. Medal summary Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Skate America Men JPN Takahiko Kozuka JPN Yuzuru Hanyu JPN Tatsuki Machida Ladies USA Ashley Wagner USA Christina Gao RUS Adelina Sotnikova Pairs RUS Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian USA Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Ice dancing USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White RUS Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Skate Canada Men ESP Javier Fernández CAN Patrick Chan JPN Nobunari Oda Ladies CAN Kaetlyn Osmond JPN Akiko Suzuki JPN Kanako Murakami Pairs GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy CAN Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford ITA Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Ice dancing CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir ITA Anna Cappelini / Luca Lanotte RUS Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Cup of China Men JPN Tatsuki Machida JPN Daisuke Takahashi RUS Sergei Voronov Ladies JPN Mao Asada RUS Yulia Lipnitskaya FIN Kiira Korpi Pairs CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Ice dancing FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat RUS Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Rostelecom Cup Men CAN Patrick Chan JPN Takahiko Kozuka CZE Michal Březina Ladies FIN Kiira Korpi USA Gracie Gold USA Agnes Zawadzki Pairs RUS Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov USA Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Ice dancing CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir RUS Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov RUS Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Trophée Eric Bompard MenJPN Takahito MuraUSA Jeremy AbbottFRA Florent Amodio Ladies USA Ashley Wagner RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS Yulia Lipnitskaya Pairs RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov CAN Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford ITA Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Ice dancing FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat ITA Anna Cappelini / Luca Lanotte RUS Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze NHK Trophy Men JPN Yuzuru Hanyu JPN Daisuke Takahashi USA Ross Miner Ladies JPN Mao Asada JPN Akiko Suzuki USA Mirai Nagasu Pairs RUS Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov CAN Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch USA Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Ice dancing USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White RUS Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Event Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Grand Prix Final Men JPN Daisuke Takahashi JPN Yuzuru Hanyu CAN Patrick Chan Ladies JPN Mao Asada USA Ashley Wagner JPN Akiko Suzuki Pairs RUS Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov RUS Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian Ice dancing USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Top Grand Prix scores Skaters ranked according to total score. The short and free columns break down the total score of a skater's best overall event into the short and free program. Top senior Grand Prix scores after all 7 events: Skate America, Skate Canada, Cup of China, Rostelecom Cup, Trophée Eric Bompard, NHK Trophy, and Grand Prix Final. Men Rank Name Country Total Short Free Event Date 1 Daisuke Takahashi 269.40 92.29 177.11 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 2 Yuzuru Hanyu 264.29 87.17 177.12 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 3 Patrick Chan 262.35 85.44 176.91 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 4 Javier Fernández 258.62 80.19 178.43 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 5 Takahiko Kozuka 253.27 86.39 166.88 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 6 Nobunari Oda 238.34 82.14 156.20 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 7 Tatsuki Machida 236.92 83.48 153.44 Cup of China 2012-11-03 8 Ross Miner 235.37 73.41 161.96 NHK Trophy 2012-11-24 9 Takahito Mura 230.68 76.65 154.12 Trophée Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 10 Jeremy Abbott 227.63 81.18 146.45 Trophée Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 11 Michal Březina 224.56 73.83 150.73 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 12 Konstantin Menshov 223.72 76.73 146.99 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 13 Florent Amodio 218.72 74.61 144.11 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 14 Sergei Voronov 217.61 73.58 144.03 Cup of China 2012-11-03 15 Richard Dornbush 217.56 70.05 147.51 NHK Trophy 2012-11-24 Ladies Rank Name Country Total Short Free Event Date 1 Mao Asada 196.80 66.96 129.84 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 2 Ashley Wagner 190.63 63.09 127.54 Trophée Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 3 Akiko Suzuki 185.22 58.60 126.62 NHK Trophy 2012-11-24 4 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 179.62 58.26 121.36 Trophée Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 5 Yulia Lipnitskaya 179.31 63.55 115.76 Trophée Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 6 Kiira Korpi 177.19 61.55 115.64 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 7 Mirai Nagasu 176.68 61.18 115.50 NHK Trophy 2012-11-24 8 Kaetlyn Osmond 176.45 60.56 115.89 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 9 Gracie Gold 175.03 62.16 112.87 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 10 Christina Gao 174.25 56.63 117.62 Skate America 2012-10-21 11 Li Zijun 174.11 59.62 114.49 NHK Trophy 2012-11-24 12 Adelina Sotnikova 168.96 58.93 110.03 Skate America 2012-10-21 13 Kanako Murakami 168.04 56.21 111.83 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 14 Agnes Zawadzki 166.61 60.18 106.43 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 15 Elene Gedevanishvili 160.52 60.80 99.72 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 Pairs Rank Name Country Total Short Free Event Date 1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 207.53 74.74 132.79 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 2 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 201.60 70.14 131.46 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 3 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 201.36 72.26 129.10 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 4 Pang Qing / Tong Jian 192.81 64.74 128.07 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 5 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 190.49 64.49 126.00 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 6 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 187.99 66.78 121.21 Trophée Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 7 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch 180.63 65.14 115.49 NHK Trophy 2012-11-25 8 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin 179.21 59.02 120.19 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 9 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir 174.51 61.85 112.66 NHK Trophy 2012-11-25 10 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 172.55 56.66 115.89 Cup of China 2012-11-03 11 Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek 172.03 59.79 112.24 Skate Canada 2012-10-27 12 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao 167.76 59.92 107.84 Trophee Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 13 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres 167.66 55.76 111.90 Skate America 2012-10-20 14 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 163.10 54.41 108.69 NHK Trophy 2012-11-25 15 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov 162.25 57.07 105.18 NHK Trophy 2012-11-25 Ice dancing Rank Name Country Total Short Free Event Date 1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 183.39 73.20 110.19 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 179.83 71.27 108.56 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 3 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 170.18 68.70 101.48 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 165.64 66.11 99.53 Grand Prix Final 2012-12-08 5 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 159.95 62.91 97.04 Skate America 2012-10-21 6 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 158.97 65.59 93.38 Cup of China 2012-11-03 7 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov 158.46 65.70 92.76 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 8 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 154.56 60.84 93.72 NHK Trophy 2012-11-24 9 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 149.54 59.26 90.28 Cup of China 2012-11-03 10 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 146.03 58.23 87.80 Trophée Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 11 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 145.23 56.54 88.69 Trophee Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 12 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin 145.08 60.85 84.23 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 13 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt 141.41 53.89 87.52 Skate America 2012-10-21 14 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 140.54 55.53 85.01 Rostelecom Cup 2012-11-10 15 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov 140.30 54.76 85.54 Trophee Eric Bompard 2012-11-17 Prize money and Grand Prix Final qualification points The top finishers will earn prize money, as well as points toward qualifying for the Grand Prix Final, according to the chart below. Placement Points Prize money: Pre-final event Prize money: GP Final 1st 15 US $18,000 $25,000 2nd 13 US $13,000 $18,000 3rd 11 US $9,000 $12,000 4th 9 US $3,000 $6,000 5th 7 US $2,000 $4,000 6th 5 - $3,000 7th 4* - - 8th 3* - - The sign * denotes not applicable to pairs and ice dancing. Pairs and ice dancers split the sum. GP total: US $180,000; GP Final total: US $272,000. After the final event, the 2012 NHK Trophy, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. If a skater or team competed at three events, their two best results counted toward the standings. There were seven tie-breakers: Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker was the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another. Participated in two events. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event. Highest combined scores in the short program/original dance of both events. Highest number of total participants at the events. If there is still a tie, the tie is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters would all qualify for the Grand Prix Final. Qualification standings Bold denotes Grand Prix Final qualification. Points Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance 30 USA Ashley Wagner JPN Mao Asada RUS Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White CAN Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 28 CAN Patrick Chan JPN Yuzuru Hanyu JPN Takahiko Kozuka RUS Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 26 JPN Tatsuki Machida JPN Daisuke Takahashi FIN Kiira Korpi JPN Akiko Suzuki CAN Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford RUS Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev RUS Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov ITA Anna Cappelini / Luca Lanotte 24 ESP Javier Fernández RUS Yulia Lipnitskaya (withdrew) 22 RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva USA Christina Gao (called up) CAN Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch USA Caydee Denney / John Coughlin ITA Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje RUS Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 20 USA Jeremy Abbott FRA Florent Amodio USA Mirai Nagasu JPN Kanako Murakami USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 19 18 JPN Takahito Mura JPN Nobunari Oda USA Ross Miner RUS Konstantin Menshov USA Agnes Zawadzki RUS Adelina Sotnikova RUS Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov USA Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir CAN Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 17 USA Gracie Gold 16 CZE Michal Březina CHN Li Zijun CHN Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao RUS Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin USA Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 15 RUS Sergei Voronov CAN Kaetlyn Osmond GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 14 FRA Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès RUS Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov CAN Piper Gilles / Paul Poirer GER Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 13 12 USA Adam Rippon USA Richard Dornbush CAN Kevin Reynolds GEO Elene Gedevanishvili FRA Maé Bérénice Méité AZE Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov 11 10 JPN Haruka Imai USA Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin 9 FRA Brian Joubert CHN Guan Jinlin ITA Valentina Marchei RUS Alena Leonova RUS Ksenia Makarova RUS Polina Korobeynikova USA Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim CAN Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams USA Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt 8 CAN Amélie Lacoste 7 CHN Song Nan FRA Daria Popova / Bruno Massot ITA Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri JPN Cathy Reed / Chris Reed 6 CZE Tomáš Verner SWE Viktoria Helgesson 5 KAZ Denis Ten CHN Wang Yi USA Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig CHN Wang Wenting / Zhang Yan USA Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff GBR Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland RUS Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin ITA Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi 4 RUS Artur Gachinski USA Armin Mahbanoozadeh CAN Elladj Baldé FRA Chafik Besseghier SWE Joshi Helgesson EST Jelena Glebova 3 RUS Zhan Bush GBR Jenna McCorkell CHN Zhang Ying Medal standings 8 7 4 5 9 7 5 4 7 4 5 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 References 3 http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-130127-131435-nav-list,00.html ISU Communication No. 1702: Decisions of the ISU Council Milano (ITA) International Skating Union October 21, 2011 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http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-136494-137802-nav-list,00.html Updated entries International Skating Union 2012-11-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110829052850/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0%2C10853%2C4844-136494-137802-nav-list%2C00.html 2011-08-29 http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Invernali/Pattinaggio/15-06-2012/contesti-parabola-argento-europeo-un-addio-inatteso-911540602542_print.html Contesti, la parabola Dall'argento europeo a un addio inatteso Italian Contesti, European silver medalist, retires unexpectedly Andrea Buongiovanni Gazzetta dello Sport 2012-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20130702082036/http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Invernali/Pattinaggio/15-06-2012/contesti-parabola-argento-europeo-un-addio-inatteso-911540602542_print.html 2013-07-02 live http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120807&content_id=36272802&vkey=ice_news Kostner's boyfriend booted from Summer Games Icenetwork August 7, 2012 August 14, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116015127/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120807&content_id=36272802&vkey=ice_news 2013-01-16 dead http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120814&content_id=36678952&vkey=ice_news U.S. pairs skaters Marley, Brubaker end partnership U.S. Figure Skating Icenetwork August 14, 2012 August 14, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140324222825/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120814&content_id=36678952&vkey=ice_news 2014-03-24 dead http://www.rsport.ru/figure_skating/20120913/616447081.html ru:Фигуристы Гербольдт/Энберт пропустят все турниры 2012 года - Москвина Russian Moskvina: Figure skaters Gerboldt/Enbert will not compete in 2012 Andrei Simonenko RIA Novosti / rsport.ru September 13, 2012 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-figure-skating-japan-china-idUSBRE88M04D20120923 Japan considers Cup of China pullout Alastair Himmer Reuters September 23, 2012 http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121009&content_id=39631856&vkey=ice_news Coachless Ando pulls out of Grand Prix Series Icenetwork October 9, 2012 2012-10-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203190129/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121009&content_id=39631856&vkey=ice_news 2013-12-03 dead http://www.zeit.de/news/2012-10/18/wintersport-deutsches-duo-sagt-grand-prix-start-ab-18100804 Deutsches Duo sagt Grand-Prix-Start ab German German pair withdraws from Grand Prix event Sport-Informations-Dienst Die Zeit October 18, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305192837/http://www.zeit.de/news/2012-10/18/wintersport-deutsches-duo-sagt-grand-prix-start-ab-18100804 March 5, 2016 live http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121026&content_id=40063922&vkey=ice_news Takahashi, Tran out of Grand Prix, worlds doubtful Lynn Rutherford Icenetwork October 26, 2012 http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=48585&type=media Yankowskas and Reagan Withdraw from Cup of China U.S. Figure Skating October 25, 2012 http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=48641&type=media Scimeca and Knierim Invited to 2012 NHK Trophy U.S. Figure Skating November 9, 2012 January 20, 2013 November 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130120021659/http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=48641&type=media dead http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121113&content_id=40264596&vkey=ice_news Ailing hip forces Weir out of Trophee Bompard IceNetwork November 13, 2012 2012-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20131025073044/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121113&content_id=40264596&vkey=ice_news 2013-10-25 dead http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121114&content_id=40282840&vkey=ice_news Savchenko, Szolkowy out of Bompard, GP Final Klaus-Reinhold Kany Lynn Rutherford IceNetwork November 14, 2012 2012-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130123195322/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121114&content_id=40282840&vkey=ice_news 2013-01-23 dead http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121114&content_id=40282494&vkey=ice_news Recovering Czisny withdraws from NHK Trophy U.S. Figure Skating IceNetwork November 14, 2012 2012-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116042519/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121114&content_id=40282494&vkey=ice_news 2013-01-16 dead http://rsport.ru/figure_skating/20121108/629299254.html ru:Фигуристка Полина Шелепень снялась с этапа Гран-при в Японии Russian Figure skater Polina Shelepen withdrew from the Grand Prix event in Japan Andrei Simonenko rsport.ru November 8, 2012 External links Entries / Results Skate America Skate Canada Cup of China Rostelecom Cup Trophée Eric Bompard NHK Trophy Grand Prix Final Standings Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Isu Grand Prix Of Figure Skating, 2012-13 Category:ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating