2019 World Figure Skating Championships - Saitama City, Japan

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2019 World Figure Skating Championships
Saitama City, Japan – Saitama Super Arena
Mar 18-24, 2019

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Promo video - It’s a gem!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu-60Dhn8IS/?hl=en

Changes to preliminary assignments​

	Date	Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Reason/Other notes	Refs
	February 26	Pairs	Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	N/A	Concussion (Kihara)	[23]
	February 27	Ladies	Stanislava Konstantinova	Evgenia Medvedeva	Further consideration	[19]
	March 5	Viveca Lindfors	Emmi Peltonen	Medical	[24]
	March 6	Matilda Algotsson	Anita Östlund	Further consideration	[25]
	March 13	Men	Maxim Kovtun	Andrei Lazukin	Medical	[19]

 

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Day 1
Pairs SP – ISU full event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Tae Ok RYOM Ju Sik KIM PRK
2 Rebecca GHILARDI Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
3 Hanna ABRAZHEVICH Martin BIDAR CZE

Ice Resurfacing -Warm-up Group 2
4 Zoe JONES Christopher BOYADJI GBR NC
5 Evelyn WALSH Trennt MICHAUD CAN CBC
6 Minerva Fabienne HASE Nolan SEEGERT GER NC
7 Lana PETRANOVIC Antonio SOUZA-KORDEIRU CRO

Warm-up Group 3
8 Laura BARQUERO Aritz MAESTU ESP
9 Annika HOCKE Ruben BLOMMAERT GER
10 Miriam ZIEGLER Severin KIEFER AUT NC
11 Wenjing SUI Cong HAN CHN CBC

Ice Resurfacing - Warm-up Group 4
12 Cheng PENG Yang JIN CHN CBC Match
13 Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS Michael MARINARO CAN CBC Match
14 Ashley CAIN Timothy LEDUC USA Match
15 Aleksandra BOIKOVA Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII RUS Match

Warm-up Group 5 / james & guarise crash on warm-up
16 Nicole DELLA MONICA Matteo GUARISE ITA DM CBC ESP
17 Evgenia TARASOVA Vladimir MOROZOV RUS CBC Match
18 Vanessa JAMES Morgan CIPRES FRA Match
19 Natalia ZABIIAKO Alexander ENBERT RUS CBC Match

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Ladies SP – ISU full event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Hongyi CHEN CHN
2 Elzbieta KROPA LTU
3 Marina PIREDDA ITA
4 Julia SAUTER ROU
5 Valentina MATOS ESP

Ice Resurfacing - Warm-up Group 2
6 Pernille SORENSEN DEN SVT
7 Dasa GRM SLO
8 Eva Lotta KIIBUS EST
9 Alexandra FEIGIN BUL ESP
10 Natasha MCKAY GBR NC

Warm-up Group 3
11 Roberta RODEGHIERO ITA ESP
12 Ekaterina RYABOVA AZE ESP
13 Anita OSTLUND SWE ESP
14 Sophia SCHALLER AUT ESP
15 Anastasiya GALUSTYAN ARM ESP
16 Aurora COTOP CAN ESP

Ice Resurfacing - Warm-up Group 4
17 Isadora WILLIAMS BRA ESP
18 Kyarha VAN TIEL NED ESP
19 Kailani CRAINE AUS ESP
20 Yi Christy LEUNG HKG ESP
21 Alexia PAGANINI SUI ESP
22 Emmi PELTONEN FIN ESP

Warm-up Group 5
23 Loena HENDRICKX BEL ESP
24 Nicole SCHOTT GER ESP
25 Nicole RAJICOVA SVK ESP
26 Ivett TOTH HUN ESP
27 Alaine CHARTRAND CAN ESP
28 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE ESP

Ice Resurfacing - Warm-up Group 6
29 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN NC ESP
30 Eunsoo LIM KOR NC
31 Mariah BELL USA NC R.ESP
32 Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ NC ESP
33 Laurine LECAVELIER FRA NC ESP
34 Sofia SAMODUROVA RUS NC ESP

Warm-up Group 7
35 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN NC CBC
36 Bradie TENNELL USA NC ESP
37 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN NC CBC
38 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS NC ESP
39 Rika KIHIRA JPN NC ESP
40 Alina ZAGITOVA RUS NC

 

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Day 2
Pairs Free Skating – ISU full Event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Hanna ABRAZHEVICH Martin BIDAR CZE
2 Rebecca GHILARDI Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
3 Zoe JONES Christopher BOYADJI GBR NC Interview after FS

Ice Resurfacing - Warm-up Group 2
4 Lana PETRANOVIC Antonio SOUZA-KORDEIRU CRO
5 Laura BARQUERO Aritz MAESTU ESP
6 Tae Ok RYOM Ju Sik KIM PRK
7 Annika HOCKE Ruben BLOMMAERT GER

Warm-up Group 3
8 Evelyn WALSH Trennt MICHAUD CAN CBC
9 Miriam ZIEGLER Severin KIEFER AUT
10 Minerva Fabienne HASE Nolan SEEGERT GER
11 Ashley CAIN Timothy LEDUC USA CBC

Ice Resurfacing - Warm-up Group 4
12 Nicole DELLA MONICA Matteo GUARISE ITA CBC Match
13 Vanessa JAMES Morgan CIPRES FRA ESP
14 Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS Michael MARINARO CAN CBC Match
15 Aleksandra BOIKOVA Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII RUS Match

Warm-up Group 5
16 Cheng PENG Yang JIN CHN Match
17 Natalia ZABIIAKO Alexander ENBERT RUS ESP
18 Evgenia TARASOVA Vladimir MOROZOV RUS ESP
19 Wenjing SUI Cong HAN CHN CBC FTV

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Men Short Program – ISU full event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Paul FENTZ GER Link 1
2 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST Link 1
3 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN Link 1
4 Julian Zhi Jie YEE MAS Link 1
5 Slavik HAYRAPETYAN ARM Link 1

Warm-up Group 2
6 Peter James HALLAM GBR Link 1
7 Alexander MAJOROV SWE Link 1
8 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE Link 1
9 Andrei LAZUKIN RUS Link 1
10 Daniel SAMOHIN ISR Link 1
11 Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR Link 1

Warm-up Group 3
12 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI Link 1
13 Luc MAIERHOFER AUT Link 1
14 Igor REZNICHENKO POL Link 1
15 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR Link 1
16 Donovan CARRILLO MEX Link 1
17 Brendan KERRY AUS Link 1

Warm-up Group 4
18 Kevin AYMOZ FRA Link 1
19 Morisi KVITELASHVILI GEO Link 1
20 Michal BREZINA CZE Link 1
21 Junhwan CHA KOR Link 1
22 Keiji TANAKA JPN Link 1
23 Nam NGUYEN CAN Link 1

Warm-up Group 5
24 Boyang JIN CHN Link 1
25 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT Link 1
26 Matteo RIZZO ITA Link 1
27 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR Link 1
28 Vincent ZHOU USA Link 1
29 Alexander SAMARIN RUS Link 1

Warm-up Group 6
30 Yuzuru HANYU JPN Link 1
31 Shoma UNO JPN Link 1
32 Jason BROWN USA Link 1
33 Mikhail KOLYADA RUS Link 1
34 Keegan MESSING CAN Link 1
35 Nathan CHEN USA Link 1

 

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Day 3
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance - ISU full event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Victoria MANNI Carlo ROETHLISBERGER SUI
2 Katerina BUNINA German FROLOV EST
3 Lilah FEAR Lewis GIBSON GBR NC
4 Shira ICHILOV Vadim DAVIDOVICH ISR link

Warm-up Group 2
5 Anna YANOVSKAYA Adam LUKACS HUN
6 Allison REED Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU
7 Jasmine TESSARI Francesco FIORETTI ITA
8 Juulia TURKKILA Matthias VERSLUIS FIN

Ice Resurfacing/Warm-up Group 3
9 Anna KUBLIKOVA Yuri HULITSKI BLR
10 Misato KOMATSUBARA Tim KOLETO JPN
11 Shari KOCH Christian NUECHTERN GER
12 Alexandra NAZAROVA Maxim NIKITIN UKR

Warm-up Group 4
13 Chantelle KERRY Andrew DODDS AUS
14 Sara HURTADO Kirill KHALIAVIN ESP SLO
15 Shiyue WANG Xinyu LIU CHN SLO
16 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY Nikolaj SORENSEN CAN CBC SLO
17 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT Romain LE GAC FRA SLO

Ice Resurfacing/Warm-up Group 5
18 Victoria SINITSINA Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS CBC ESP
19 Piper GILLES Paul POIRIER CAN CBC ESP
20 Natalia KALISZEK Maksym SPODYRIEV POL CBC ESP
21 Kaitlin HAWAYEK Jean-Luc BAKER USA CBC Match
22 Kaitlyn WEAVER Andrew POJE CAN CBC ESP

Warm-up Group 6
23 Charlene GUIGNARD Marco FABBRI ITA CBC ESP
24 Madison CHOCK Evan BATES USA CBC ESP
25 Madison HUBBELL Zachary DONOHUE USA CBC ESP
26 Alexandra STEPANOVA Ivan BUKIN RUS CBC ESP
27 Gabriella PAPADAKIS Guillaume CIZERON FRA CBC ESP

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Ladies Free Skating– ISU full Event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Natasha MCKAY GBR ESP
2 Alexandra FEIGIN BUL ESP
3 Laurine LECAVELIER FRA ESP
4 Alaine CHARTRAND CAN ESP
5 Isadora WILLIAMS BRA ESP
6 Eva Lotta KIIBUS EST ESP

Warm-up Group 2
7 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE ESP
8 Ekaterina RYABOVA AZE ESP
9 Hongyi CHEN CHN ESP
10 Loena HENDRICKX BEL ESP
11 Dasa GRM SLO ESP
12 Yi Christy LEUNG HKG ESP

Warm-up Group 3
13 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN NC ESP
14 Bradie TENNELL USA NC
15 Nicole SCHOTT GER NC ESP
16 Sofia SAMODUROVA RUS ESP
17 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
18 Rika KIHIRA JPN ESP

Warm-up Group 4
19 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS ESP
20 Mariah BELL USA ESP
21 Eunsoo LIM KOR ESP
22 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN
23 Alina ZAGITOVA RUS
24 Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ ESP
Winner interview
Medal ceremony

 

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Day 4
Ice Dance Free Dance– ISU full Event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Allison REED Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU
2 Shari KOCH Christian NUECHTERN GER
3 Alexandra NAZAROVA Maxim NIKITIN UKR
4 Anna YANOVSKAYA Adam LUKACS HUN
5 Juulia TURKKILA Matthias VERSLUIS FIN

Warm-up Group 2
6 Natalia KALISZEK Maksym SPODYRIEV POL Match
7 Sara HURTADO Kirill KHALIAVIN ESP Match
8 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT Romain LE GAC FRA
9 Lilah FEAR Lewis GIBSON GBR
10 Shiyue WANG Xinyu LIU CHN

Ice Resurfacing/Warm-up Group 3
11 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY Nikolaj SORENSEN CAN Match CBC
12 Kaitlin HAWAYEK Jean-Luc BAKER USA ESP CBC
13 Charlene GUIGNARD Marco FABBRI ITA ESP CBC
14 Madison CHOCK Evan BATES USA ESP CBC
15 Piper GILLES Paul POIRIER CAN CBC

Warm-up Group 4
16 Kaitlyn WEAVER Andrew POJE CAN ESP CBC
17 Madison HUBBELL Zachary DONOHUE USA ESP CBC
18 Alexandra STEPANOVA Ivan BUKIN RUS ESP CBC
19 Victoria SINITSINA Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS CBC ESP
20 Gabriella PAPADAKIS Guillaume CIZERON FRA ESP CBC

2019 World Ice Dance Medal Ceremony

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Men Free Skating– ISU full Event
Warm-up Group 1
1 Alex BYCHENKO ISR link
2 Keiji TANAKA JPN
3 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT link
4 Brendan KERRY AUS ESP
5 Julian Zhi Jie YEE MAS ESP
6 Alexander SAMARIN RUS

Warm-up Group 2
7 Keegan MESSING CAN ESP
8 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE ESP
9 Alexander MAJOROV SWE ESP
10 Daniel SAMOHIN ISR ESP
11 Nam NGUYEN CAN ESP
12 Junhwan CHA KOR ESP

Ice Resurfacing/Warm-up Group 3
13 Mikhail KOLYADA RUS ESP
14 Morisi KVITELASHVILI GEO ESP
15 Andrei LAZUKIN RUS ESP
16 Kevin AYMOZ FRA ESP
17 Boyang JIN CHN ESP
18 Michal BREZINA CZE ESP

Warm-up Group 4
19 Vincent ZHOU USA ESP
20 Shoma UNO JPN ESP
21 Matteo RIZZO ITA ESP
22 Yuzuru HANYU JPN ESP
23 Nathan CHEN USA ESP
24 Jason BROWN USA ESP

2019 World Men's Victory Ceremony

 

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Gala Exhibition– ISU full Event

 

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Notables from Wikipedia (spoiler alert!)

• Chen maintained the lead he gained in the short program, becoming the first American male skater to defend a World Title since Scott Hamilton in 1984.[29]
• Hanyu, who became the first skater to break the 200-point mark since the introduction of the +5 GOE system, marking the fifth consecutive year of a Japanese skater winning the silver medal.[29] Hanyu was called for an under-rotation and uneasy landing on his quad salchow, missed half of the season due to a lingering ankle injury and was proud of his performance despite not having enough strength in his ankle.[30][31]
• Zhou's bronze medal was his first major ISU Championship senior medal, making himself and Chen the first two American men to make the world championship podium since 1996.
• Kevin Aymoz suffered an injury to his hands after cutting them when trying to save a jump gone wrong, resulting in blood dripping on the ice.
• Zagitova took first in the free skate to win her first world title, becoming the first female skater since Yuna Kim to complete a Career Grand Slam after silver medal finishes at the Grand Prix Final and Europeans.[30]
• Tursynbaeva became the first senior woman to land a quad jump, completing a clean quad salchow in the free skate to take silver for Kazakhstan, their first in any discipline since Denis Ten in 2015. Tursynbaeva couldn't believe she landed her quad after falling in her previous two attempts in competition.[35]
• Event favourites Vanessa James & Morgan Cipres struggled with the short program once again, after James accidentally collided with Matteo Guarise in the warm-up that left both athletes shaken.[27][30] Guarise was left with bruises on his left hip and pain in his left knee, "I wanted to slow down when I saw Vanessa, I am a big guy and she is so tiny. I didn't want to hurt her."[38] James, who was left uninjured, when discussing the incident with Olympic Channel she noted, "we've had some hard situations but we always push through them."[39]
• Sui and Han broke the free skate world record to win their second world title in three years, with the skates by the top four considered to be one of the best in recent world championships, with Sui and Han's considered one of the best pairs free skates of all time.[28][30] Sui discussed the difficulties and challenges they had throughout the season while recovering from ankle surgery, Sui noted to the media "In the short, we performed very well, and as the last to go on today, we knew that if we did well and challenged ourselves, we would win."[28]
• Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen made their first appearance for Canada after competing for Denmark in previous championships, with Sorensen suffering a wardrobe malfunction that placed them in tenth.[35]
• Defending world champions Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron completed the Rhythm Dance with a five-point lead over the Russian team of Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov. Papadakis stated that an improvement of their technique training helped them gain the points advantage they wanted going into the free skate, calling their skate "the best performance".[36] Olympic Ice Dance Champion Meryl Davis, praised Papadakis and Cizeron for their performance, calling it "very special, [...] remarkable" and "in a class of their own".[36]
• Katsalapov achieved his first major ISU Championship medal since his bronze medal at the Sochi Olympics with previous partner Elena Ilinykh, while it was current partner Sinitsina first overall. Sinitsina and Katsalapov were also the first Russian Ice Dance team to finish on the worlds podium since Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev in 2013.[30]
• Hubbell and Donohue took the bronze ahead of Stepanova and Bukin, making it the fifth consecutive year of an American Ice Dance team finishing on the podium.[30]
• Weaver and Poje completed the top five, despite missing the first half of the season, performing a tribute program to late skater Denis Ten.[30][31]