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- Dec 27, 2014
This year, we saw Nathan Chen have an undefeated season, winning every competition he entered. This got me on a path of thinking about who else had done it in recent history. Papadakis and Cizeron also accomplished it this year after scarcely missing it last year, though they did miss a second GP and GPF due to injury. Evgenia Medvedeva did it back in '16 - '17.
Yuzuru Hanyu has been close several times, but has never quite managed it. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva missed it by one GP (Skate America) back in '14 - '15. Likewise, Alina Zagitova missed it by one competition (Worlds) in '17 - '18.
Who else has accomplished this rare and difficult feat? For the sake of this discussion, let's narrow our scope to skaters/teams that competed at least three times internationally in a season (e.g. Sui and Han from this season are not eligible).
Yuzuru Hanyu has been close several times, but has never quite managed it. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva missed it by one GP (Skate America) back in '14 - '15. Likewise, Alina Zagitova missed it by one competition (Worlds) in '17 - '18.
Who else has accomplished this rare and difficult feat? For the sake of this discussion, let's narrow our scope to skaters/teams that competed at least three times internationally in a season (e.g. Sui and Han from this season are not eligible).