2018 Rostelecom Cup

The 2018 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held on November 16–18, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

2018 Rostelecom Cup
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 16 – 18
Season:2018-19
Location:Moscow
Host:Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue:Megasport Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies' singles:
Alina Zagitova
Pair skating:
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance:
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Previous:
2017 Rostelecom Cup
Next:
2019 Rostelecom Cup
Previous GP:
2018 NHK Trophy
Next GP:
2018 Internationaux de France

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Australia Brendan Kerry Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
 Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
 Canada Keegan Messing
 Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili
 Germany Paul Fentz
 Hungary Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács
 Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Kazuki Tomono		 Yura Matsuda
Mako Yamashita
Yuna Shiraiwa		 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
 Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva
 Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
 Malaysia Julian Zhi Jie Yee
 Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
 Russia Artur Dmitriev
Mikhail Kolyada
Andrei Lazukin		 Sofia Samodurova
Polina Tsurskaya
Alina Zagitova		 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov		 Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin
Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
 South Korea Lim Eun-soo
 Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
 Sweden Alexander Majorov
  Switzerland Alexia Paganini
 United States Alexei Krasnozhon Gracie Gold Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc
Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay		 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

Changes to preliminary assignments
Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
June 29 and August 28 Ice dance Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Split [2][3]
July 16 and August 10 Men Maurizio Zandron Brendan Kerry Nationality change [4][5]
July 19 and August 28 Men Denis Ten Julian Zhi Jie Yee Deceased [6][7]
August 9 and 28 Ice dance Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Split [8][3]
September 18 Ladies N/A Sofia Samodurova Host pick [9]
Ice dance Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin [10]
November 7 and 8 Ladies Wakaba Higuchi Yuna Shiraiwa Foot injury [11][12]
November 8 Ice dance Madison Chock / Evan Bates N/A Injury recovery (Chock) [13]
November 12 Ladies Karen Chen N/A Injury recovery [14]
November 13 Men Alexey Erokhov Andrei Lazukin Host pick [15]
November 13 Ladies Nicole Schott N/A [16]

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:

EventComponentSkater(s)ScoreDateRef
Men Short program Yuzuru Hanyu 110.53 16 November 2018 [17]
Pairs Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 78.47 [18]
Ladies Alina Zagitova 80.78 [19]
Ice dance Free dance Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 124.94 17 November 2018 [20]

Results

Men

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.53).

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 278.42 1 110.53 1 167.89
2 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia 248.58 2 89.94 2 158.64
3 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 238.73 4 82.26 3 156.47
4 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 225.42 8 69.10 4 156.32
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 220.75 7 73.83 6 146.92
6 Paul Fentz  Germany 220.57 5 78.28 7 142.29
7 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 215.78 11 62.45 5 153.33
8 Alexei Krasnozhon  United States 208.01 6 75.32 8 132.69
9 Alexander Majorov  Sweden 205.59 3 82.33 10 123.26
10 Brendan Kerry  Australia 197.59 10 65.22 9 132.37
11 Artur Dmitriev Jr.  Russia 189.58 9 67.58 11 122.00
12 Julian Yee  Malaysia 178.71 12 60.37 12 118.34

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 222.95 1 80.78 1 142.17
2 Sofia Samodurova  Russia 198.01 2 67.40 2 130.61
3 Lim Eun-soo  South Korea 185.67 6 57.76 3 127.91
4 Alexia Paganini   Switzerland 182.50 3 63.43 5 119.07
5 Yuna Shiraiwa  Japan 180.93 5 60.35 4 120.58
6 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 180.45 4 61.73 6 118.72
7 Mako Yamashita  Japan 161.22 9 51.00 7 110.22
8 Polina Tsurskaya  Russia 149.45 7 56.81 8 92.64
9 Yura Matsuda  Japan 137.99 8 52.00 9 85.99
WD Gracie Gold  United States withdrew 10 37.51 withdrew from competition

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 220.25 1 78.47 1 141.78
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 203.83 2 72.32 2 131.51
3 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin  Russia 190.01 3 69.38 4 120.63
4 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 187.01 5 63.75 3 123.26
5 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin  Russia 181,62 4 65.46 5 116.16
6 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 170.29 7 58.79 6 112.50
7 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor  Australia 144.00 6 59.28 7 84.72
WD Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Nathan Bartholomay  United States withdrew 8 51.25 withdrew from competition

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 199.43 1 74.49 1 124.94
2 Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin  Spain 174.42 3 66.40 2 108.02
3 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 174.21 2 69.01 3 105.20
4 Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin  Russia 164.66 6 64.05 4 100.61
5 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev  Poland 161.62 4 66.30 5 95.32
6 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 158.03 5 64.54 6 93.49
7 Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács  Hungary 148.13 7 54.83 7 93.30
8 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto  Japan 143.28 8 52.99 8 90.29
9 Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin  Russia 133.58 9 51.69 9 81.89

References
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  8. "平昌五輪アイスダンスの村元・リード組がペア解消「方向性の違い」" [Pyeongchang Olympians Muramoto and Reed end partnership due to "difference in direction"] (in Japanese). Daily Sports Japan. August 9, 2018.
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  10. "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2018: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 18, 2018.
  11. "樋口新葉、ＧＰシリーズ・ロシア杯欠場　右足リスフラン関節損傷" [Wakaba Higuchi to miss GP series Russian Cup, right foot Lisfranc joint damage] (in Japanese). Sponichi. November 8, 2018.
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  13. "Madison Chock and Evan Bates Withdraw from Rostelecom Cup" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. November 8, 2018.
  14. Chen, Karen (November 12, 2018). "Although I know that injuries make me stronger, I also understand that it takes time" (Instagram).
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