2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

2018 Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Type: Grand Prix
Date: November 2 – 4
Season: 2018–19
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Previous GP:
2018 Skate Canada International
Next GP:
2018 NHK Trophy

The 2018 Grand Prix Helsinki is the third event of the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series, held in Helsinki, Finland from November 2-4. Finland was chosen as the host after the Chinese Skating Association declined to host their annual Grand Prix event, the Cup of China.[1] Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters will compete to earn points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[2]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
 Belgium Loena Hendrickx
 China Jin Boyang
 Czech Republic Michal Březina
 North Korea Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
 Finland Valtter Virtanen Viveca Lindfors
Emmi Peltonen		 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
 Germany Nicole Schott Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern
 United Kingdom Phillip Harris
 Israel Alexei Bychenko
 Italy Carolina Kostner Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Keiji Tanaka		 Rika Hongo
Kaori Sakamoto
Yuna Shiraiwa		 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara
 Russia Alexey Erokhov
Mikhail Kolyada
Andrei Lazukin		 Stanislava Konstantinova
Daria Panenkova
Alina Zagitova		 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert		 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan
 Spain Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
 United States Alexei Krasnozhon Karen Chen Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
July 19 and August 10 Pairs Canada Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Japan Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Split [3][4]
July 30 and August 9 Pairs China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong China Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong Injury recovery (Sui) [5][6]
August 6 Pairs N/A United States Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Host pick [7]
August 9 and 26 Ladies Slovakia Nicole Rajičová Finland Viveca Lindfors Host pick [8][9]
August 15 and 16 Ice dance Czech Republic Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka Germany Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern [10]
August 15 and 31 Men Belgium Jorik Hendrickx South Korea Cha Jun-hwan [11][12]
August 25 Men N/A Finland Valtter Virtanen Host pick [13]
August 28 Ice dance N/A Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Host pick [14]
September 21 Ladies N/A Finland Emmi Peltonen Host pick [15]
Ice dance Finland Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Italy Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti Host pick [16]
October 8 and 9 Pairs China Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong Spain Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu [17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Calendar of Events: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating". International Skating Union. June 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (June 29, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Canadian pair skaters Séguin and Bilodeau end skating partnership" (Press release). Skate Canada. July 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. August 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. July 30, 2018.
  6. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. August 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. August 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. August 9, 2018.
  9. ↑ Lindfors, Viveca (August 26, 2018). "So happy to tell you that I will compete in my first ever GP event in Helsinki" (Instagram).
  10. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. August 16, 2018.
  11. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. August 16, 2018.
  12. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. August 31, 2018.
  13. ↑ Virtanen, Valtter (August 25, 2018). "I am really happy to announce that I will skate the grand prix Helsinki 2018" (Facebook).
  14. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. August 28, 2018.
  15. ↑ "ISU GP Helsinki 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. September 21, 2018.
  16. ↑ "ISU GP Helsinki 2018: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 21, 2018.
  17. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 8, 2018.
  18. ↑ "ISU GP Helsinki 2018: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 9, 2018.
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