2018 Rostelecom Cup

2018 Rostelecom Cup
Type: Grand Prix
Date: November 16 – 18
Season: 2018-19
Location: Moscow
Host: Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue: Megasport Arena
Defending champions
Men's singles:
United States Nathan Chen
Ladies' singles:
Russia Evgenia Medvedeva
Pair skating:
Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance:
United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Previous:
2017 Rostelecom Cup
Next:
2019 Rostelecom Cup
Previous GP:
2018 NHK Trophy
Next GP:
2018 Internationaux de France

The 2018 Rostelecom Cup is the 5th event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It will be held on November 16–18. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters will earn points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

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 Nicole Schott
 Hungary Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács
 Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Kazuki Tomono		 Wakaba Higuchi
Yura Matsuda
Mako Yamashita		 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
 Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva
 Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
 Malaysia Julian Zhi Jie Yee
 Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
 South Korea Lim Eun-soo
 Russia Artur Dmitriev
Alexey Erokhov
Mikhail Kolyada		 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
 Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
 Sweden Alexander Majorov
  Switzerland Alexia Paganini
 United States Alexei Krasnozhon Karen Chen
Gracie Gold		 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc
Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay		 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
June 29 and August 28 Ice dance Armenia Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Split [2][3]
July 16 and August 10 Men Italy Maurizio Zandron Australia Brendan Kerry Nationality change [4][5]
July 19 and August 28 Men Kazakhstan Denis Ten Malaysia Julian Zhi Jie Yee Deceased [6][7]
August 9 and 28 Ice dance Japan Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Japan Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Split [8][3]
September 18 Ladies N/A Russia Sofia Samodurova Host pick [9]
Ice dance Russia Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin [10]

References

  1. ↑ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (June 29, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Tina Garabedian – Partner Search". icepartnersearch. May 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. August 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Pattinaggio artistico, Maurizio Zandron lascia la nazionale azzurra: sarà un atleta austriaco" [Figure skating, Maurizio Zandron leaves the national team: he will be an Austrian athlete] (in Italian). OA Sport. July 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. August 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kazakh figure skater Denis Ten dies at the age of 25". Kazinform. July 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. August 28, 2018.
  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.
  9. ↑ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. September 18, 2018.
  10. ↑ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2018: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 18, 2018.
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