2017 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2017 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 29 March – 2 April 2017 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Host: | Finnish Figure Skating Association |
| Venue: | Hartwall Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Yuzuru Hanyu | |
Ladies' singles:  Evgenia Medvedeva | |
Pairs:  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
Ice dance:  Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | |
| Previous: 2016 World Championships | |
| Next: 2018 World Championships | |
The 2017 World Figure Skating Championships were held 29 March – 2 April 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. The host was named in June 2014.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The event also determined the number of entries for each country at the 2018 World Championships and the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Venues
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Hartwall Arena's main arena, with an ice surface measuring 60 m x 30 m, was used for all competitions and several practice sessions. The rest of the practice sessions took place at Hartwall Arena's practice rink (58 m x 28 m) and Pirkkola ice rink (for pairs, 60 m x 30 m). Hartwall Arena's main rink and practice rink facilities are in the same venue. Pirkkola practice rink is about four kilometres from Hartwall Arena.[2]
Records
[edit]The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice dance | Short dance | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
|
82.43 | 31 March 2017 | [3] |
| Ladies | Free skate | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
154.40 | [4] | |
| Total score | 233.41 | [5] | |||
| Men | Free skate | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
223.20 | 1 April 2017 | [6] |
| Ice dance | Free dance |  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
119.15 | [7] | |
| Total score | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
|
198.62 | [8] |
Qualification
[edit]Minimum TES
[edit]Participants were required to have attained minimum technical element scores at an earlier senior international competition. The scores had to be obtained at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.
| Discipline | SP / SD | FS / FD |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 34 | 64 |
| Ladies | 27 | 47 |
| Pairs | 25 | 43 |
| Ice dance | 29 | 39 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Number of entries per discipline
[edit]Based on the results of the 2016 World Championships, each ISU member nation was allowed to field one to three entries per discipline.[9]
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Japan
|
Russia  United States Japan
|
Canada Russia
|
France United States Canada
|
| 2 |  Spain China Russia Canada  Czech Republic United States
|
Canada China
|
China  Germany United States France  Italy
|
Italy  Great Britain Russia
|
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Entries
[edit]Countries began publishing their selections as early as December 2016. The International Skating Union published a complete list on 9 March 2017.
Changes to initial assignments
[edit]| Announced | Country | Discipline | Initial | Replacement | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2017 | China
|
Ladies | Zhao Ziquan | Li Xiangning | [11] |
| March 13, 2017 |  Slovakia
|
Ice dance | Lucie Myslivečková / Lukáš Csölley | None | [13] |
| March 17, 2017 | Italy
|
Men | Ivan Righini | Matteo Rizzo | [10] |
| March 17, 2017 |  South Korea
|
Pairs | Ji Min-ji / Themistocles Leftheris | None | [12] |
| March 20, 2017 | Japan
|
Ladies | Satoko Miyahara | Rika Hongo | [11] |
| March 24, 2017 |  Netherlands
|
Ladies | Niki Wories | None | [11] |
| March 25, 2017 | China
|
Men | Yan Han | None | [10] |
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the free skating (223.20 points).[6]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
321.59 | 5 | 98.39 | 1 | 223.20 WR |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Japan
|
319.31 | 2 | 104.86 | 2 | 214.45 |
| 3 | Jin Boyang | China
|
303.58 | 4 | 98.64 | 3 | 204.94 |
| 4 | Javier Fernández | Spain
|
301.19 | 1 | 109.05 | 6 | 192.14 |
| 5 | Patrick Chan | Canada
|
295.16 | 3 | 102.13 | 5 | 193.03 |
| 6 | Nathan Chen | United States
|
290.72 | 6 | 97.33 | 4 | 193.39 |
| 7 | Jason Brown | United States
|
269.57 | 8 | 93.10 | 7 | 176.47 |
| 8 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia
|
257.47 | 7 | 93.28 | 9 | 164.19 |
| 9 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada
|
253.84 | 12 | 84.44 | 8 | 169.40 |
| 10 | Alexei Bychenko |  Israel
|
245.96 | 11 | 85.28 | 12 | 160.68 |
| 11 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia
|
245.84 | 10 | 89.38 | 14 | 156.46 |
| 12 | Misha Ge |  Uzbekistan
|
243.45 | 16 | 79.91 | 10 | 163.54 |
| 13 | Moris Kvitelashvili |  Georgia
|
239.24 | 19 | 76.34 | 11 | 162.90 |
| 14 | Deniss Vasiļjevs |  Latvia
|
239.00 | 14 | 81.73 | 13 | 157.27 |
| 15 | Brendan Kerry |  Australia
|
236.24 | 13 | 83.11 | 15 | 153.13 |
| 16 | Denis Ten |  Kazakhstan
|
234.31 | 9 | 90.18 | 20 | 144.13 |
| 17 | Chafik Besseghier | France
|
230.13 | 17 | 78.82 | 16 | 151.31 |
| 18 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic
|
226.26 | 15 | 80.02 | 18 | 146.24 |
| 19 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan
|
222.34 | 22 | 73.45 | 17 | 148.89 |
| 20 | Paul Fentz | Germany
|
217.91 | 20 | 73.89 | 22 | 144.02 |
| 21 | Jorik Hendrickx |  Belgium
|
214.02 | 21 | 73.68 | 21 | 140.34 |
| 22 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee |  Malaysia
|
213.99 | 23 | 69.74 | 19 | 144.25 |
| 23 | Alexander Majorov |  Sweden
|
205.04 | 18 | 77.23 | 23 | 127.81 |
| 24 | Michael Christian Martinez |  Philippines
|
196.79 | 24 | 69.32 | 24 | 127.47 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Ivan Pavlov |  Ukraine
|
69.26 | 25 | 69.26 | — | |
| 26 | Kim Jin-seo | South Korea
|
68.66 | 26 | 68.66 | — | |
| 27 | Javier Raya | Spain
|
66.88 | 27 | 66.88 | — | |
| 28 | Stéphane Walker |  Switzerland
|
64.04 | 28 | 64.04 | — | |
| 29 | Igor Reznichenko |  Poland
|
63.88 | 29 | 63.88 | — | |
| 30 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy
|
63.14 | 30 | 63.14 | — | |
| 31 | Graham Newberry | Great Britain
|
62.04 | 31 | 62.04 | — | |
| 32 | Chih-I Tsao |  Chinese Taipei
|
61.52 | 32 | 61.52 | — | |
| 33 | Valtter Virtanen |  Finland
|
59.45 | 33 | 59.45 | — | |
| 34 | Nicholas Vrdoljak |  Croatia
|
57.28 | 34 | 57.28 | — | |
| 35 | Slavik Hayrapetyan |  Armenia
|
57.14 | 35 | 57.14 | — | |
| 36 | Larry Loupolover |  Azerbaijan
|
38.97 | 36 | 38.97 | — | |
Ladies
[edit]
Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record for the free skating (154.40 points)[4] and for the combined total (233.41 points).[5]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia
|
233.41 WR | 1 | 79.01 | 1 | 154.40 WR |
| 2 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada
|
218.13 | 2 | 75.98 | 2 | 142.15 |
| 3 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada
|
213.52 | 3 | 72.19 | 3 | 141.33 |
| 4 | Karen Chen | United States
|
199.29 | 5 | 69.98 | 6 | 129.31 |
| 5 | Mai Mihara | Japan
|
197.88 | 15 | 59.59 | 4 | 138.29 |
| 6 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
|
196.83 | 8 | 66.33 | 5 | 130.50 |
| 7 | Ashley Wagner | United States
|
193.54 | 7 | 69.04 | 10 | 124.50 |
| 8 | Maria Sotskova | Russia
|
192.20 | 6 | 69.76 | 11 | 122.44 |
| 9 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan
|
191.99 | 10 | 65.48 | 8 | 126.51 |
| 10 | Choi Da-bin | South Korea
|
191.11 | 11 | 62.66 | 7 | 128.45 |
| 11 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan
|
188.05 | 9 | 65.87 | 12 | 122.18 |
| 12 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
187.23 | 13 | 61.02 | 9 | 126.21 |
| 13 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia
|
183.37 | 4 | 71.52 | 15 | 111.85 |
| 14 | Li Xiangning | China
|
175.37 | 16 | 58.28 | 13 | 117.09 |
| 15 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium
|
172.82 | 17 | 57.54 | 14 | 115.28 |
| 16 | Rika Hongo | Japan
|
169.83 | 12 | 62.55 | 18 | 107.28 |
| 17 | Nicole Rajičová | Slovakia
|
165.55 | 18 | 57.08 | 16 | 108.47 |
| 18 | Laurine Lecavelier | France
|
162.99 | 22 | 55.49 | 17 | 107.50 |
| 19 | Nicole Schott | Germany
|
161.41 | 24 | 54.83 | 19 | 106.58 |
| 20 | Ivett Tóth |  Hungary
|
160.77 | 14 | 61.00 | 21 | 99.77 |
| 21 | Li Zijun | China
|
159.80 | 20 | 56.30 | 20 | 103.50 |
| 22 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | Latvia
|
155.02 | 21 | 55.92 | 22 | 99.10 |
| 23 | Anastasia Galustyan | Armenia
|
153.47 | 23 | 55.20 | 23 | 98.27 |
| 24 | Kailani Craine | Australia
|
152.94 | 19 | 56.97 | 24 | 95.97 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Yu Shuran |  Singapore
|
52.87 | 25 | 52.87 | — | |
| 26 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden
|
52.07 | 26 | 52.07 | — | |
| 27 | Helery Hälvin |  Estonia
|
51.94 | 27 | 51.94 | — | |
| 28 | Amy Lin | Chinese Taipei
|
51.86 | 28 | 51.86 | — | |
| 29 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland
|
50.74 | 29 | 50.74 | — | |
| 30 | Isadora Williams |  Brazil
|
50.65 | 30 | 50.65 | — | |
| 31 | Kerstin Frank |  Austria
|
50.54 | 31 | 50.54 | — | |
| 32 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain
|
50.10 | 32 | 50.10 | — | |
| 33 | Yasmine Kimiko Yamada | Switzerland
|
47.86 | 33 | 47.86 | — | |
| 34 | Anne Line Gjersem |  Norway
|
46.99 | 34 | 46.99 | — | |
| 35 | Anna Khnychenkova | Ukraine
|
46.98 | 35 | 46.98 | — | |
| 36 | Daša Grm |  Slovenia
|
46.63 | 36 | 46.63 | — | |
| 37 | Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková | Czech Republic
|
32.21 | 37 | 32.21 | — | |
Pairs
[edit]
Ice dance
[edit]Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a new world record for the short dance (82.43 points)[3] and for the combined total (198.62 points).[8] Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance (119.15 points).[7]
Medals summary
[edit]Medalists
[edit]Medals for overall placement:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Shoma Uno
|
Jin Boyang
|
| Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
Kaetlyn Osmond
|
Gabrielle Daleman
|
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
| Ice dancing | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
|
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
|
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Javier Fernández
|
Shoma Uno
|
Patrick Chan
|
| Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
Kaetlyn Osmond
|
Gabrielle Daleman
|
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
| Ice dancing | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
|
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Shoma Uno
|
Jin Boyang
|
| Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
Kaetlyn Osmond
|
Gabrielle Daleman
|
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
|
| Ice dancing | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
|
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
|
By country
[edit]Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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External links
[edit]- Official website
- 2017 World Championships at the International Skating Union
- http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/wc2017/index.htm
Categories:
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- 2017 in Finnish sport
- International figure skating competitions hosted by Finland
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