ISU World No. 55 Jan 2015

INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER NO 55 JANUARY 2015

INSIDE• ISU NEWS• GRAND PRIX • WORLD CUP REPORTS• RESULTS

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ISU COUNCIL The ISU Council met on October 17-19, 2014 in Geneva (SUI) and granted four provisional ISU Memberships; Skating Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Figure Skating Branch, Liechtensteiner Eislauf Verband for the Figure Skating Branch, the Qatar Skating Federation for the Speed Skating Branch and the Figure Skating Federation of the Republic of Moldova.The Council also approved the Qualification Systems for the ISU sports disciplines that will take part in the 2nd Winter Youth Olympic Games – Lillehammer 2016 and the ISU Junior Grand prix of Figure Skating Calendar season 2015/16. A number of provisional allotments for 2016 and 2017 ISU Championships have been decided and the dates of the 2017 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships to be held in Gangneung (KOR) as the Olympic Test Event has been changed from Febru- ary 22 - 26, 2017 to February 15 - 19, 2017.A test consisting of splitting the judging re-sponsibilities, with some Judges evaluating the Grades of Execution and other Judges evaluat-ing the Program Components, took place during the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy (GER). Following these tests and the submission of reports from the Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance Techni-cal Committees, the Council acknowledged that further evaluation is required.The ISU World Development Trophy initiative was approved for a 3rd and 4th season and it was decided that a follow up to the Frankfurt Seminar in Figure Skating – Youth Seminar will take place. The Council also reviewed the conclusions reached by the Forum held at the beginning of the 2014 ISU Congress in Dublin and mandated Council members in order to prepare workshops focusing on selected topics of interest to the Members. The Council agreed to meet again on March 23 - 24, 2015 in Shanghai (CHN), on June 12 - 14, 2015 in Geneva (SUI) and finally on October 15 - 18, 2015 in Lausanne (SUI).For more information on the decisions of the Council see ISU Communication 1913.

DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA On November 20, 2014 the President of the International Skating Union, Mr. Ottavio Cinquanta, was presented with the honor-ary title Doctor Honoris Causa by the Rector, Associate Professor Pencho Geshev, of the National Sports Academy Vassil Levski in Sofia (BUL).

SPORTS DIRECTORSThe first part of the Figure Skating season concluded with the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Barcelona (ESP). Although it was the first time Spain organized an ISU Event on such

Probably the most embarrassing question for a sport administrator is the following: is it better to stay with tradition which means the past, or to give more considera-tion to progress i.e. the future? Both considerations deserve respect and a proper approach. To maintain a sport discipline as it was developed during the years is probably safer since the major necessities are known whilst seconding the current trend, that is more devoted to money, can be risky and requires substantial changes without knowing the final outcome.

Again, staying with the past would probably require just few changes, that however must be voted by an Assembly or Congress which means a sufficient number of votes expressed by the major body of an International Federation must be secured. Therefore it is not sufficient to have an idea, for example to use the past with some changes, it is necessary to obtain the votes!

It seems a bit easier to follow the adventure of a new impact. Of course also this case shall be duly authorized, but certain International Federations can obtain the purpose using the power of the existing Council or Executive body, instead trying to convince the Assembly or Congress.

Now allow me to better clarify what is actually at the basis of what is indicated above. It is evident that people are currently well aware that money is required to conduct a whatsoever activity. The variety of sport disciplines that might form a package easily sold substantially increased in the last period. It is not our purpose to make confrontation between technical sports of the past and technical sports of the future. But a fact is sure, anything that is maintained (past) or adopted (future) do have a value. We are witnessing that even the major sport events need to give adequate consideration to the importance of finances. On the other hand how can we criticize the ambition of International Sport Federations, which try to develop something new as an alternative to the past? In almost all other areas we have evidence that progress imposes radical changes, even if they happen over many years. We have to pay attention to what happened in the meantime and to what human beings noted as to the result of progress.

Digital instead of analog, constant variation of models in the car industry, better treatments in every medical area, a long list of examples could be included, but to be clear: it is without a doubt that the world is changing. The International Federation that I have the privilege to preside is one of the best examples of sport disciplines that need to be assessed. But the problem is big. How can we forget what truly sustained the ISU for years, just to adopt new lines for the reasons that the modern world so requires? I personally believe that to maintain a high reputation it is necessary to deliver what people would like to see (that probably means the future).

Of course an essential part of the solution is in the capable hands of those available to exchange points of view. At the end of the day I realize that there is an activity that was valid yesterday and will also be important in the future. The activity has a name: cooperation.

Ottavio CinquantaPresident, International Skating Union

HEATHER RICHARDSON (USA) Richardson is an American Speed Skater who won the 2013/14 Grand World Cup Speed Skating title and is the 2013 World Sprint cham-pion. She recently moved to the Netherlands to train and has so far had a successful World Cup season by winning two gold medals.

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ISU NEWSwill take place in the form of amendments issued in the annual ISU Communication in spring 2015 as well as proposals for the next ISU Congress 2016.

Ice DanceMembers of the Ice Dance Technical Commit-tee (IDTC) officiated as Referees and Techni-cal Controllers at Junior and Senior ISU Grand Prix competitions in addition to the Challenger Series and other International competitions. Communications for Technical Requirements for next season’s Novice Events and Junior and Senior Short Dance and Free Dance are been under taken which includes an effort to simplify and clarify all Rules so there is more uniformity in the work of Technical Panels and Judges.The IDTC continues to evaluate the work of Judges with additional and more comprehen-sive criteria included in the Reports of the OAC. Following the sudden and sad death of Technical Committee member Gilles Vanden-broeck, Walter Zuccaro (ITA) joined the IDTC. The IDTC will remember Mr Vandenbroeck with fondness.

Synchronized SkatingThe Synchronized Skating Technical Com-mittee (SySTC) will be welcoming the IOC representatives to the French Cup in Rouen (FRA) at the end of January in order to assess the possibility to include the sport in the Olym-pic Program. The SySTC also ran a successful training camp in Vierumaki (FIN) for ISU of-ficials with the on-ice support of Team Unique. A busy season of events will culminate in the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Cham-pionships in Zagreb (CRO) and the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships which will take place in Hamilton (CAN). The SySTC continue to work to enhance the training op-portunities for Coaches and will announce a new initiative that will bring the Synchronized Skating seminars more in line with those of Ice Dance and Pair Skating.

a scale, it was a great success. With the direc-tion of the ISU Figure Skating Vice President, members of the Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance Technical Committees, together with the Figure Skating Sport Directors and Sport Manager Figure Skating, are working on re-evaluating and redefining some aspects of the sport with the goal to keep the athlete in the forefront. Continuous improvements are made to further develop tools addressing account-ability.In the Speed Skating Branch the Sports Direc-tor activities included several meetings and projects. The event attendance and coordina-tion for ISU Short Track and Speed Skating events has successfully started. Regular meetings with the Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committees take place. An important step was reached during the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Event in Seoul (KOR) with the attendance of IOC persons observing the Mass Start Event for potential inclusion in the Olympic Program. Finally preparation for the 2nd Winter Youth Olympic Games – Lillehammer 2016 is ongoing.

ISU TECHNICAL COMMITTEESSingle and Pair SkatingMembers of the Single and Pair Skating Technical Committee (SPTC) served as Referees and Technical Controllers in various Junior and Senior Grand Prix Events and at the ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Final. They also moderated the ISU Recognized Judges Seminars in Japan in November and Aus-tralia in December. Following the publication of ISU Communication 1893, regarding the Rules of Procedure for Officials Assessment Commission (OAC) - Evaluation of Judging, a lot of time was devoted to the joint work conducted with the OAC on evaluating Judges that attended ISU Events. All SPTC members discussed possible ways to refine the ISU Judging System. The outcome of this work

Speed SkatingThe ISU World Cup Speed Skating Season kicked off for the first time in Asia and the results from the first four competitions have determined the allotment of quota places for the World Single Distances Championships. 23 countries have qualified quota places, and two more countries have been placed on a short list. The Mass Start event gained particu-lar attention in the first part of the World Cup season, since it will be introduced as an ISU Championships event at the 2015 World Single Distances Championships. A slightly revised set of competition rules for the event (16 laps with 3 intermediate sprints, both for Ladies and Men, and with the warm-up lane included as part of the race track) has proven successful. The ISU World Cup circuit will resume at the end of January with qualifying competitions for the World Sprint and World Allround Championships.

Short TrackThe Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committee (STSSTC) has been working on a number of projects and attended the first four ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Events that took place in 2014. The crea-tion of a DVD for Officials was successfully finalized which includes a presentation which will be available shortly on the ISU website. ISU Communications 1918 ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating 2014/15 – Update; 1919 Short Track Speed Skating Qualifying Tables and 1920 Short Track Speed Skating Ranking Races at ISU Championships have been published to provide clarification on the forthcoming ISU Events. The STSSTC ap-proved a number of seminars which will take place in Australia, Germany and Hungary and an additional regional seminar for Officials will take place in Norway.

WADA RULESThe ISU Anti-Doping Rules (Communication 1922) and the ISU Anti-Doping Procedures (Communication 1923) effective January 1, 2015 are now available on the ISU website. The ISU Anti-Doping Rules and the ISU Anti-Doping Procedures are compiled in accord-ance with the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code.

MR. GILLES VANDENBROECKMr. Gilles Vandenbroeck passed away in France on November 4th, 2014 at the age of 49. At the time of his passing he was a member of the IDTC, a role to which he was elected at the 53rd Ordinary Congress held in Barcelona (ESP) in 2010. The ISU pays tribute to Gilles Vandenbroeck’s devoted service to the ISU and will remember him with affection.

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Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov (RUS)

ISU JUNIOR GRAND PRIX The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating entered its 18th season. Overall 333 skaters/couples (142 Ladies, 105 Men, 22 Pairs, 64 Ice Dance couples) from 57 ISU Members participated in the seven events of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The series started in August in Courchevel (FRA) and continued in Ljubljana (SLO), Ostrava (CZE), Aichi (JPN), Tallinn (EST), Dresden (GER) and ended in Zagreb (CRO). Morocco and Indonesia were represented for the first time. Viewers all

over the world were able to follow the performances in the Junior Grand Prix events and the Junior Final via the ISU YouTube Channel.Russia had a strong showing in the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Barcelona (ESP) by sweeping the Ice Dance podium and claiming a total of eight medals. Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS), Serafima Sakhanovich (RUS) and Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) were the top qualifiers of the series and went on to take gold, silver and bronze in Barcelona. While the two Russian were

2015 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPSFIGURE SKATINGEuropean ChampionshipsVenue : Stockholm (SWE)Dates : January 26 - February 1

2014 European ChampionsLadies : Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS)Men : Javier Fernandez (ESP)Pairs : Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov (RUS)Ice Dance : Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (ITA)

Four Continents ChampionshipsVenue : Seoul (KOR)Dates : February 9 - 15

2014 Four Continents Champions Ladies : Kanako Murakami (JPN)Men : Takahito Mura (JPN)Pairs : Wenjing Sui / Cong Han (CHN)Ice Dance : Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (USA)

World Junior ChampionshipsVenue : Tallinn (EST)Dates : March 2 - 8

2014 World Junior ChampionsLadies : Elena Radionova (RUS)Men : Nam Nguyen (CAN)Pairs : Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin (CHN)Ice Dance : Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker (USA)

World ChampionshipsVenue : Shanghai (CHN)Dates : March 23 - 29

2014 World ChampionsLadies : Mao Asada (JPN)Men : Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN)Pairs : Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (GER)Ice Dance : Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (ITA)

World Team TrophyVenue : Tokyo (JPN)Dates : April 16 - 19

2013 ChampionsCanada

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Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau (CAN)

FIGURE SKATINGbronze and silver medallists in the Junior Final one year ago, Higuchi competed in her first Junior Grand Prix season. Defending Junior Final Champion Maria Sotskova (RUS) settled for fourth place this time. The other qualifiers were Yuka Nagai (JPN) and Miyu Nakashio (JPN).

Shoma Uno (JPN) emerged as a new top contender on the Junior circuit and claimed the title in his debut in the Final. He had advanced by taking a gold and a silver in his events. Sota Yamamoto (JPN) made it one-two for the Japanese juniors by earning the silver in the Final. Alexander Petrov (RUS) returned to the Final and this time was on the podium as the bronze medallist. Defending Champion Boyang Jin (CHN) this time finished fourth. Roman Sadovsky (CAN) and June Hyoung Lee (KOR) competed in their first Final and Lee was the first Korean man to make it to the Junior Final. In the Pairs, Russia was able to send four teams to Barcelona, however Canadians Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau won the title in their first Junior Final. Lina Fedorova/ Maxim Miroshkin (RUS) completed set of medals from the Junior Final by taking the silver. They had gold in 2012 and bronze in 2013. Maria Vigalova/Egor Zakroev (RUS) added a third Junior Grand Prix Final medal to their collection as well, this time the bronze. Daria Beklemisheva/Maxim Bobrov (RUS), Kamilla Gainetdinova/Sergei Alexeev (RUS) and Chelsea Liu/Brian Johnson (USA) also qualified and came in fourth to sixth in Barcelona.Defending Junior Grand Prix Final Champions Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov led the Russian sweep in the Ice Dance and were joined by Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd and Betina Popova/Yuri Vlasenko on the podium. Mackenzie Bent/Garrett Mackeen (CAN), Madeline Edwards/Zhao Kai Pang (CAN) and Daria Morozova/Mikhail Zhirnov (RUS) had qualified for their first Final and were ranked fourth to sixth.

ISU GRAND PRIX In the post-Olympic season, the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series 2014/15 provided the opportunity to enjoy performances of well-known champions as well as to discover new faces. The series served as a build-up towards the ISU Championships. 40 Men, 38 Ladies, 26 Pairs and 28 Ice Dance couples representing 24 countries from Austria to

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Takahito Mura (JPN)

Uzbekistan competed in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 Series. The number of entries for single skaters had been increased to 12 again. The series started in late October with Hilton HHonors Skate America in Hoffmans Estates, IL (USA) followed by Skate Canada in Kelowna (CAN) and Lexus Cup of China in Shanghai (CHN). The circuit then travelled to Europe for Rostelecom Cup in Moscow (RUS) and Trophée Bompard in Bordeaux (FRA), before the last spots for the Final were decided at NHK Trophy in Osaka (JPN).The Grand Prix season ended in December with the combined ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Barcelona (ESP). The top six skaters and couples (senior and junior) advanced to the Final. Spain hosted such a major figure skating event for the first time. Olympic Champion Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) had a rough start into the season and was the last one to squeeze into the Final by winning silver at Cup of China and placing fourth at NHK Trophy. However, in Barcelona, Hanyu showed that he is back on track and won his second consecutive title in the Final with a seasons best of 288.16 points. European Champion Javier Fernandez (ESP) recovered from a sub-par Short Program to claim silver in front of an enthusiastic home crowd. Sergei Voronov (RUS) competed in his first Grand Prix Final after earning two silver medals on the circuit and went on to take the bronze medal in Barcelona with consistent performances. Maxim Kovtun (RUS), who was the only skater to win his two GP events Cup of China and Trophée Bompard, came fourth followed by Takahito Mura (JPN) and Tatsuki Machida (JPN). Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) celebrated a triumphant return following a tough Olympic season. The now 18-year-old first returned to the Final with a silver medal from Skate America and a gold medal from Cup of China and then earned the title in Barcelona with a personal best score of 203.58 points. Elena Radionova (RUS) won at Skate America and Trophée Bompard, her first victories in the senior level Grand Prix series and went on to earn the silver medal in the Final. Ashley Wagner (USA) advanced to Barcelona with a silver and a bronze medal from the circuit and repeated as Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. Anna Pogorilaya (RUS) and Julia Lipnitskaia (RUS) completed the strong showing of the Russian Ladies in the

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Grand Prix Series and placed fourth and fifth in the Final. Rika Hongo (JPN), who won the Rostelecom Cup, came into the Final as a substitute following the withdrawal of Gracie Gold (USA).

Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN) started a successful Grand Prix season by winning their first gold medals at Skate Canada and NHK Trophy. The World bronze medalists followed up with a win at the Grand Prix Final with a personal best score of 220.72 points. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov (RUS) as well won their Grand Prix events for the first time, Rostelecom Cup and Trophée Bompard and took the silver medal in their debut in the Final. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN) led a

2015 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPSSYNCHRONIZED SKATINGWorld Junior ChampionshipsVenue: Zagreb (CRO)Dates: March 13 - 14

2014 Junior World Challenge Cup ChampionsTeam : Team Finland 1

World ChampionshipsVenue : Hamilton (CAN)Dates : April 10 - 11

2014 World ChampionsTeam : Team Finland 1

strong Chinese pairs group to the Final. The 2014 Four Continents Champions collected two silver medals on the circuit and the bronze in Barcelona. Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang (CHN) were ranked fourth in the Final and had won the Cup of China while World Junior Champions Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin (CHN) qualified for the Final in their first full senior season and came in fifth. Yuko Kavaguti/ Alexander Smirnov (RUS) successfully returned to competition following his knee injury that forced them to sit out the Olympic season. They won Skate America and were ranked sixth in the Final.Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) claimed the first Grand Prix gold medals in their career at Skate Canada and NHK Trophy. The World

silver medalists then added another gold in Barcelona, posting a personal best of 181.14 on the way to the title. Madison Chock/Evan Bates as well won gold twice on the circuit and returned home with a silver medal from Spain. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) upset the favorites at Cup of China, winning the gold, which also was the first Grand Prix title of their career. The French continued their success with another gold in France and the bronze in the Final. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (USA) returned to the Final and placed fourth while newcomers Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) were fifth while Elena Ilinykh/Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS) made it to the Final in the first year of their partnership.The ISU Figure Skating season will continue with the ISU Championships in 2015.

SYNCHRONIZED SKATINGSynchronized teams will compete in a number of major international events this season, starting in January 2015. The highlights for synchronized teams will be ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships in Zagreb (CRO) March 13 and 14 and the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships April 10 and 11 in Hamilton (CAN).

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SPEED SKATINGThe ISU World Cup Speed Skating Series consists of seven events this season. The first four events took place in 2014 and were aimed at both sprinters and allround skaters. A new rule was voted at the last ISU Con-gress, now the first four ISU World Cup Speed Skating Events are qualifying events for the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating

Championships. The Hamar World Cup is a qualification event for the ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships and the second Heerenveen World Cup is the qualifying event for the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships.The World Cup circuit skated off in Obihiro (JPN) followed one week later by Seoul (KOR) which included Team Sprint as a demon-stration event. Skaters then travelled to Berlin (GER) and Heerenveen (NED) for the

December events.For the fourth season running, a special prize will be awarded to the best female and male skater, called the ‘Grand World Cup winner’, based on a grand total of points earned from World Cup races throughout the season. Ireen Wüst (NED) currently leads the Grand World Cup standings with 790 points followed by Martina Sáblíková (CZE) with 590 points. Marrit Leenstra (NED) is in close third with 560 points. In the Men’s standings Pavel

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SPEED SKATINGEuropean ChampionshipsVenue : Chelyabinsk (RUS)Dates : January 10 - 11

2014 European ChampionsLadies : Ireen Wüst (NED)Men : Jan Blokhuijsen (NED)

World Single Distances Championships Venue : Heerenveen (NED)Dates : February12 - 15

World Junior ChampionshipsVenue : Warsaw (POL)Dates : February 20 - 22

2014 World Junior ChampionsLadies : Antoinette de Jong (NED)500 meters : Vanessa Bittner (AUT)1000 meters : Antoinette de Jong (NED)1500 meters : Melissa Wijfje, (NED)3000 meters : Antoinette de Jong (NED)Team Pursuit Ladies : Netherlands

Men : Patrick Roest (NED)500 meters : Kai Verbij (NED)1000 meters : Kai Verbij (NED)1500 meters : Fan Yang (CHN)3000 meters : Patrick Roest (NED)5000 meters : Nils van der Poel (NED)Team Pursuit Men : Republic of Korea

World Sprint ChampionshipsVenue : Astana (KAZ)Dates : February 28 - March 1

2014 World Sprint ChampionsLadies : Jing Yu (CHN)Men : Michel Mulder (NED)

World Allround ChampionshipsVenue : Calgary (CAN)Dates : March 7 - 8

2014 World Allround ChampionsLadies : Ireen Wüst (NED)Men : Koen Verweij (NED)

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Kulizhnikov (RUS) is heading the leader board with 640 points, Kjeld Nuis (NED) follows with 450 points and Bart Swings (BEL) is cur-rently third with 390 points.In the Ladies 500 m Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) leads with 750 points winning six of her eight races. Nao Kodaira (JNP) stands second with 610 with six podium finishes. German Judith Hesse is in third place with 363 points and following in close fourth position is Margot Boer (NED) with 354 points. Although Heather Richardson (USA) only competed at two events, she is fifth in the standings with 310 points.Although Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) crashed in the final pair of the 500m in Berlin (GER), he still leads the World Cup with 580 points. With 471 points Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) is second, followed by Dutchman Jan Smeekens (411 points), Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) 379 and Artur Was (POL) 360 points.With two gold and one silver medal Ireen Wüst leads the 1500 m World Cup with 340 points, compatriot Marrit Leenstra is second with 320 and Ida Njåtun (NOR) is third with 196. Heather Richardson (USA) is fourth with 180.

In the Men’s 1500 m ranking Jan Szymanski (POL) leads after his two back to back wins this season. The Polish skater has 261 points while Kjeld Nuis (NED) is in a very close second with 256 points. Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) is third with 240 points. Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) also has 240 points, but is ranked fourth because Lunde Pedersen won in Seoul.The Dutch ladies win the Team Pursuit World Cup with 350 points. Germany came second with 240 and Poland third with 236 and all qualify for the ISU World Single Distance Championships. The Japanese ladies also qualify for the Championships based on their ranking as well as Russia and Canada, while Korea and China are added based on their time ranking.With their win in the final Team Pursuit Race of the season Korea not only took their first ever gold medal in the Men’s team pursuit, they also won the World Cup with 310 points. The Netherlands ended second with 290 and Poland third with 205. The top six ranked teams and the two fastest time teams qualify for the World Single Distance Championships. Along with the medalists are Russia, Canada

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HongShuang Li (CHN), Namasthee Harris-Gauthier (CAN) and Bernadett Heidum (HUN)

and Italy who qualify based on ranking. Norway and Germany qualified on time. Qishi Li (CHN) got one gold and three bronze medals so far in the 1000 m and leads the World Cup with 310 points, Marrit Leenstra (NED) is second, with 276 points, and Karolina Erbanová (CZE) is third with 201. Ireen Wüst (NED) is fourth with 185.Winning three out of four 1000 m races, Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) leads the World Cup with 350 points, Kjeld Nuis (NED) is in second place with 251 and Samuel Schwarz (GER) is in very close third with 245.Martina Sáblíková (CZE) leads the Ladies 3000 m World Cup with 330 points. Ireen Wüst, who won two 3000 m races this season, is second with 280 and Claudia Pechstein (GER), who took gold in this season’s only Ladies’ 5000 m, is third with 235.Bob de Jong (NED) retained his lead in the Men’s 5000 m World Cup ranking with 280 points. But Aleksandr Rumyantsev (RUS) is not far with 240, while Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) is third with 225 points. Sven Kramer (NED), who won the only two races he participated in, is ranked fourth with 200 points.

Ivanie Blondin (CAN) grabbed two World Cup Mass Start golds so far this season and leads the ranking with 350 points. Irene Schouten (NED) is second with 320 points and Martina Sáblíková (CZE), who finished fourth in Heerenveen, is third with 255 points.In the final Mass Start of 2014 Seung-Hoon Lee (KOR) increased his lead in the World Cup to 350 points. Andrea Giovannini (ITA) is sec-ond with 226 points and Bart Swings (BEL) is third with 167 points. Close behind are Jorrit Bergsma (NED) 160 points and Cheol-Min Kim (KOR) with 158.The ISU World Cup Season will continue in Hamar (NOR) on January 31 - February 1, then in Heerenveen on February 7 - 8. The ISU World Cup Final will take place in Erfurt (GER) on March 21 - 22.The ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating Series started in Calgary (CAN) last Novem-ber and moved to Minsk (BLR) in December. These events were both Regional ones and the third such event will take place in Chang-chun (CHN) in the new year. All skaters will then compete at the Global Junior World Cup in Collalbo (ITA) and the Final will take place in Warsaw (POL) on February 14 - 15.

The Speed Skating Championships will start in January 2015 with the ISU European Championships and will end in March with the ISU World Allround Championships.

SHORT TRACKThe ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Series consists of six events across North America, Asia and Europe. The circuit started in Salt Lake City (USA) and moved to Montreal (CAN). The Asian stops took place in December, first in Shanghai (CHN) and then Seoul (KOR). The last two events will take place in Europe in the New Year, first in Dresden (GER) and will end in Erzurum (TUR). The format of the Series went back to its original format; one day of qualification instead of two. In the Ladies 500 m Kexin Fan (CHN) leads in the rankings having won four races and accumulated 40000 points. Ji-Soo Seon (KOR) is second with three podium finishes and 30167 points. Yue Lin (CHN) is in third place overall with 25080. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) has 25021 and Arianna Fontana (ITA) who only

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SHORT TRACKEuropean ChampionshipsVenue : Dordrecht (NED)Dates : January 23 - 25

2014 European ChampionsLadies : Jorien Ter Mors (NED)Men : Victor An (RUS)

World Junior ChampionshipsVenue : Osaka (JPN) Dates : February 27 - March 1

2014 World Junior ChampionsLadies : Do Hee Noh (KOR)Men: Munhyeon Lee (KOR)

World ChampionshipsVenue : Moscow (RUS) Dates : March 13 - 15

2014 World ChampionsLadies : Suk Hee Shim (KOR)Men : Victor An (RUS)

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competed in two races racked up 18000 points.Dmitry Migunov (RUS) collected two gold, one silver and one bronze medal so far this season in the 500 m races which puts him at the top of the leader board with 36518. Dajing Wu (CHN) and John-Henry Krueger (USA) competed in four races and are rather close in the rankings with 26640 and 25742 respectively. Yoon-Gy Kwak (KOR) and Sjinkie Knegt (NED) follow in fourth and fifth place. Suk Hee Shim (KOR) won two 1000 m races and took the silver in another and leads the overall ranking with 33120 points. With one gold and two silver medals teammate Minjeong Choi is second with 26000. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) has three podium finishes, one in each color and stands third (24400). Elise Christie (GBR) and Yutong Han (CHN) have 16475 and 15120 respectively.Sjinkie Knegt (NED) competed in three out of five 1000 m races and although he has so far not got a gold medal, he leads with 20800 points. Charles Hamelin (CAN) is second with 19216 points and one gold medal. Da Woon Sin (KOR) is just a few points ahead (16798) of Dajing Wu (CHN) (16474). Semen Elistratov (RUS) currently is fifth with 16000 points.Minjeong Choi (KOR) won three gold medals

so far in the Ladies 1500 m and has a total of 33277 points. Yutong Han (CHN) has one gold and one silver medal and stands second in the rankings (28240) while Suk Hee Shim (KOR) has one medal of each color and 24438 points. Jiaying Tao (CHN) ranks fourth (17456) and Deanna Lockett (AUS) fifth (17120).Da Woon Sin (KOR) has three gold, one silver and one bronze medal and tops the rankings in the Men’s 1500 m with 44400 points. All the other competitors trail behind, with 19201 comes teammate Jung-Su Lee and Charles Hamelin (CAN) with 18097. Se Yeong Park (KOR) has 16400 points and in fifth is John-Henry Krueger (USA) (14213).

Korea dominated the Ladies Relay by winning the first three races and finishing second in Korea. They are in the lead with 38000 points followed by China (30096), Russia (23040), Canada (22016) and Italy (17994). Korea also leads the Men’s Relay table with two gold finishes and 30240 points. Netherlands are second (26397) and Canada third (19838). China and Hungary follow with 18095 and 16290 respectively.The Short Track Speed Skating season will continue in January with the ISU Championships.

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Hilton Skate Lexus Trophée Ladies HHonors Canada Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total Skate America International China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Elena Radionova RUS 1st 1st 302 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 2nd 1st 283 Anna Pogorilaya RUS 1st 2nd 284 Gracie Gold USA 3rd 1st 265 Julia Lipnitskaia RUS 2nd 2nd 266 Ashley Wagner USA 2nd 3rd 247 Rika Hongo JPN 5th 1st 228 Satoko Miyahara JPN 3rd 3rd 229 Kanako Murakami JPN 3rd 4th 2010 Alena Leonova RUS 6th 2nd 1811 Courtney Hicks USA 4th 4th 1812 Alaine Chartrand CAN 7th 3rd 1513 Mirai Nagasu USA 6th 4th 1414 So Youn Park KOR 5th 5th 1415 Samantha Cesario USA 4th 7th 1316 Polina Edmunds USA 4th 8th 1217 Gabrielle Daleman CAN 5th 6th 1218 Zijun Li CHN 6th 7th 919 Mae Berenice Meite FRA 5th 720 Riona Kato JPN 5th 721 Haruka Imai JPN 8th 8th 622 Maria Artemieva RUS 6th 523 Miyabi Oba JPN 6th 524 Elene Gedevanishvili GEO 7th 425 Viktoria Helgesson SWE 7th 426 Maria Stavitskaia RUS 7th 427 Brooklee Han AUS 8th 328 Hae Jin Kim KOR 8th 329 Ashley Cain USA 8th 3

Hilton Skate Lexus Trophée Men HHonors Canada Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total Skate America International China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Maxim Kovtun RUS 1st 1st 302 Javier Fernandez ESP 2nd 1st 283 Tatsuki Machida JPN 1st 2nd 284 Takahito Mura JPN 1st 3rd 265 Sergei Voronov RUS 2nd 2nd 266 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 2nd 4th 227 Jason Brown USA 2nd 5th 208 Denis Ten KAZ 4th 3rd 209 Nam Nguyen CAN 3rd 4th 2010 Konstantin Menshov RUS 5th 4th 1611 Misha Ge UZB 5th 4th 1612 Daisuke Murakami JPN 1st 1513 Michal Brezina CZE 7th 3rd 1514 Richard Dornbush USA 3rd 7th 1515 Max Aaron USA 3rd 7th 1516 Jeremy Abbott USA 5th 5th 1417 Adian Pitkeev RUS 6th 6th 1018 Stephen Carriere USA 4th 919 Han Yan CHN 6th 8th 820 Takahiko Kozuka JPN 8th 6th 821 Adam Rippon USA 5th 722 Florent Amodio FRA 6th 523 Elladj Balde CAN 6th 524 Chafik Besseghier FRA 7th 425 Alexei Bychenko ISR 7th 426 Ross Miner USA 7th 427 Jeremy Ten CAN 8th 328 Artur Gachinski RUS 8th 329 Douglas Razzano USA 8th 330 Keiji Tanaka JPN 8th 3

FIGURE SKATING Grand Prix of Figure Skating – overall standings after six of six events The top six skaters / couples in each category qualified for the Grand Prix Final

JUNIOR GRAND PRIX11 – 14 December,

GRAND PRIX11 – 14 December,

Total Final - Ladies Points

1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS 203.58

2 Elena Radionova RUS 198.74

3 Ashley Wagner USA 189.50

4 Anna Pogorilaya RUS 180.29

5 Julia Lipnitskaia RUS 177.79

6 Rika Hongo JPN 176.13

Total Final - Ladies Points

1 Evgenia Medvedeva RUS 190.89

2 Serafima Sakhanovich RUS 186.01

3 Wakaba Higuchi JPN 178.09

4 Maria Sotskova RUS 175.99

5 Yuka Nagai JPN 172.34

6 Miyu Nakashio JPN 144.44

Total Final - Pair Skating Points

1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 220.72

2 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS 213.72

3 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN 194.31

4 Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang CHN 191.79

5 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin CHN 187.79

6 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 184.54

Total Final - Pair Skating Points

1 Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau CAN 175.57

2 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin RUS 165.78

3 Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev RUS 161.75

4 Daria Beklemisheva / Maxim Bobrov RUS 131.57

5 Kamilla Gainetdinova / Sergei Alexeev RUS 130.14

6 Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson USA 124.86

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Hilton Ice Dance HHonors Skate Lexus Trophée Skate Canada Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA 1st 1st 30

2 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 1st 1st 30

3 Gabriella Papadakis /

Guillaume Cizeron FRA 1st 1st 30

4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA 2nd 2nd 26

5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier CAN 2nd 2nd 26

6 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin RUS 4th 2nd 22

7 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin RUS 4th 2nd 22

8 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue USA 3rd 3rd 22

9 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland GBR 3rd 5th 18

10 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin RUS 3rd 5th 18

11 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker USA 6th 3rd 16

12 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi GER 5th 4th 16

13 Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam CAN 5th 6th 12

14 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri ITA 6th 5th 12

15 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA 3rd 11

16 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz ESP 4th 9

17 Elisabeth Paradis / Francois-Xavier Ouellette CAN 4th 9

18 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov RUS 4th 9

19 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin Mcmanus USA 5th 7

20 Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton USA 6th 5

21 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed JPN 6th 5

22 Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu CHN 6th 5

FIGURE SKATING Grand Prix of Figure Skating – overall standings after six of six events The top six skaters / couples in each category qualified for the Grand Prix Final

OF FIGURE SKATING FINALBarcelona, Spain

OF FIGURE SKATING FINALBarcelona, Spain

Total Final - Men Points

1 Yuzuru Hanyu JPN 288.16

2 Javier Fernandez ESP 253.90

3 Sergei Voronov RUS 244.53

4 Maxim Kovtun RUS 242.27

5 Takahito Mura JPN 235.37

6 Tatsuki Machida JPN 216.13

Total Final - Men Points

1 Shoma Uno JPN 238.27

2 Sota Yamamoto JPN 213.12

3 Alexander Petrov RUS 207.14

4 Boyang Jin CHN 201.02

5 Roman Sadovsky CAN 185.47

6 June Hyoung Lee KOR 180.39

Total Final - Ice Dance Points

1 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje CAN 181.14

2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA 167.09

3 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron FRA 162.39

4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA 158.94

5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier CAN 158.16

6 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin RUS 156.46

Total Final - Ice Dance Points

1 Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov RUS 148.58

2 Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd RUS 136.31

3 Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko RUS 131.88

4 Mackenzie Bent / Garrett Mackeen CAN 128.61

5 Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang CAN 122.39

6 Daria Morozova / Mikhail Zhirnov RUS 113.26

Hilton Pair Skating HHonors Skate Lexus Trophée Skate Canada Cup of Rostelecom Eric NHK Total America International China Cup Bompard Trophy Points

1 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS 1st 1st 30

2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN 1st 1st 30

3 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS 1st 2nd 28

4 Cheng Peng / Hao Zhang CHN 3rd 1st 26

5 Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN 2nd 2nd 26

6 Xiaoyu Yu / Yang Jin CHN 2nd 3rd 24

7 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov RUS 3rd 2nd 24

8 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier USA 2nd 4th 22

9 Xuehan Wang / Lei Wang CHN 3rd 3rd 22

10 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim USA 4th 4th 18

11 Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat RUS 4th 4th 18

12 Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage USA 5th 4th 16

13 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres FRA 5th 5th 14

14 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise ITA 5th 6th 12

15 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov RUS 3rd 11

16 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu USA 5th 7

17 Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave GER 5th 7

18 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro CAN 6th 5

19 Annabelle Prölss / Ruben Blommaert GER 6th 5

20 Dee Dee Leng / Simon Shnapir USA 6th 5

21 Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe CAN 6th 5

22 Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps CAN 6th 5

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SPEED SKATING

ISU WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events

Total Ladies 500 m Points

1 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 750

2 Nao Kodaira JPN 610

3 Judith Hesse GER 363

4 Margot Boer NED 354

5 Heather Richardson USA 310

6 Floor van den Brandt NED 306

7 Karolina Erbanová CZE 302

8 Olga Fatkulina RUS 300

9 Thijsje Oenema NED 272

10 Vanessa Bittner AUT 269


1 Qishi Li CHN 310

2 Marrit Leenstra NED 276

3 Karolina Erbanová CZE 201

4 Ireen Wüst NED 185


6 Brittany Bowe USA 180

7 Nao Kodaira JPN 124

8 Olga Fatkulina RUS 118

9 Ida Njåtun NOR 108

10 Ivanie Blondin CAN 102



2 Marrit Leenstra NED 320

3 Ida Njåtun NOR 196


5 Olga Graf RUS 163

6 Martina Sábliková CZE 162

7 Linda de Vries NED 156

8 Brittany Bowe USA 140

9 Marije Joling NED 136

10 Yuliya Skokova RUS 134

Total Ladies 3000/5000 m Points



3 Claudia Pechstein GER 235


5 Jorien Voorhuis NED 200

6 Marije Joling NED 170

7 Olga Graf RUS 155

8 Diane Valkenburg NED 120

9 Bente Kraus GER 108

10 Carlijn Achtereekte NED 102

Total Ladies Grand World Cup ranking Points

1 Ireen Wüst NED 7602 Martina Sábliková CZE 5903 Marrit Leenstra NED 5604 Ivanie Blondin CAN 5304 Sang-Hwa Lee KOR 475

Total Ladies Team Pursuit Points

1 Netherlands 3502 Germany 2403 Poland 2364 Japan 2265 Russia 180

Total Mass Start Ladies Points


2 Irene Schouten NED 320


4 Nana Takagi JPN 200

5 Bo-Reum Kim KOR 168

6 Claudia Pechstein GER 163

7 Miho Takagi JPN 150

8 Ye-Jin Jun KOR 136

9 Rixt Meijer NED 124

10 Kali Christ CAN 99

Total Mass Start Men Points

1 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 350

2 Andrea Giovannini ITA 226

3 Bart Swings BEL 167

4 Jorrit Bergsma NED 160

5 Cheol-Min Kim KOR 158

6 Haralds Silovs LAT 140

7 Shane Williamson JPN 125

8 Arjan Stroetinga NED 96

9 Linus Heidegger AUT 96

10 Patrick Beckert GER 95

Total Men Grand World Cup ranking Points

1 Pavel Kulizhnikov RUS 6402 Kjeld Nuis NED 4503 Bart Swings BEL 3904 Wouter Olde Heuvel NED 380

5 Sverre Lunde Pedersen NOR 370

Total Men 500 m Points

1 Pavel Kulizhnikov RUS 580

2 Laurent Dubreuil CAN 471

3 Jan Smeekens NED 411

4 Tae-Bum Mo KOR 379

5 Artur Waś POL 360

6 Nico Ihle GER 292

7 Espen Aarnes Hvammen NOR 285

8 Ruslan Murashov RUS 260

9 Denis Koval RUS 254

10 Ryohei Haga JPN 250


1 Pavel Kulizhnikov RUS 350

2 Kjeld Nuis NED 251

3 Samuel Schwarz GER 245

4 Nico Ihle GER 196

5 Hein Otterspeer NED 192

6 Stefan Groothuis NED 181

7 Shani Davis USA 160

8 Aleksey Yesin RUS 156

9 Kai Verbij NED 130

10 Denny Morrison CAN 121

Men 1500 m Points

1 Jan Szymanski POL 261

2 Kjeld Nuis NED 256


4 Wouter Olde Heuvel NED 240

5 Shani Davis USA 215

6 Denny Morrison CAN 189

7 Konrad Niedzwiedzki POL 166


9 Koen Verweij NED 152

10 Thomas Krol NED 148

Total Men 5000/10000 m Points

1 Bob de Jong NED 280

2 Aleksandr Rumyantsev RUS 240


4 Sven Kramer NED 200


6 Jorrit Bergsma NED 180

7 Douwe de Vries NED 180

8 Patrick Beckert GER 165

9 Wouter Olde Heuvel NED 140

10 Seung-Hoon Lee KOR 121

Total Men Team Pursuit Points

1 Republic of Korea 3102 Netherlands 2903 Poland 2054 Italy 166

5 Russia 166

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Short Track Speed Skating

SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING

ISU WORLD CUP SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events ISU WORLD CUP SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING – overall standings after four of six events


1 Kexin Fan CHN 30000

2 Yue Lin CHN 23738

3 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 22400

4 Ji-Soo Jeon KOR 22167

5 Arianna Fontana ITA 18000

6 Alang Kim KOR 10496

7 Kasandra Bradette CAN 10029

8 Hongshuang Li CHN 10000

9 Elise Christie GBR 9216

10 Emina Malagich RUS 9147


1 Suk Hee Shim KOR 33120

2 Minjeong Choi KOR 26000

3 Marianne St-Gelais CAN 24400

4 Elise Christie GBR 16475

5 Yutong Han CHN 15120

6 Jessica Smith USA 11538


8 Kim Boutin CAN 9338

9 Valérie Maltais CAN 9021

10 Kexin Fan CHN 8303


1 Suk Hee Shim KOR 24400

2 Minjeong Choi KOR 23277

3 Yutong Han CHN 20240

4 Arianna Fontana ITA 14400

5 Jiaying Tao CHN 14179

6 Deanna Lockett AUS 13024


8 Eun-Byul Lee KOR 7474

9 Hongshuang Li CHN 6400

10 Moemi Kikuchi JPN 6193


1 Dmitry Migunov RUS 34840

2 John-Henry Krueger USA 24400

3 Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR 21577

4 Dajing Wu CHN 21520

5 Shaolin Sandor Liu HUN 13123

6 Vladimir Grigorev RUS 12096

7 Sjinkie Knegt NED 10097

8 Jingnan Shi CHN 8476

9 Tianyu Han CHN 8192

10 William Preudhomme CAN 6408



2 Charles Hamelin CAN 19216

3 Da Woon Sin KOR 16798

4 Dajing Wu CHN 16474

5 Semen Elistratov RUS 16000

6 Yi Ra Seo KOR 15798

7 Shaolin Sandor Liu HUN 14423

8 Se Yeong Park KOR 12096

9 Dequan Chen CHN 11674

10 Victor An RUS 10003


1 Da Woon Sin KOR 38000

2 Charles Hamelin CAN 18097

3 Se Yeong Park KOR 16400

4 John-Henry Krueger USA 14213

5 Dequan Chen CHN 13373

6 Vladislav Bykanov ISR 10592

7 Jung-Su Lee KOR 9201

8 Yi Ra Seo KOR 6861

9 Ruslan Zakharov RUS 6798


Total Ladies Relay Points

1 Republic of Korea 38000

2 China 30096

3 Russia 23040

4 Canada 22016

5 Italy 17994

6 Japan 10092

7 Hungary 9216

8 USA 7995

9 France 5898

10 Poland 3775

Total Men Relay Points

1 Republic of Korea 30240

2 Netherlands 26397

3 Canada 19838

4 China 18095

5 Hungary 16290

6 USA 15215

7 Russia 14215

8 Japan 9254

9 Italy 8918

10 Kazakhstan 8813

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PAST MASTERSMARINA ANISSINA (FRA) : BORN 1975GWENDAL PEIZERAT (FRA) : BORN 1972

Olympic Winter GamesIce Dance Gold Medal 2002Ice Dance Bronze Medal 1998

ISU World Figure Skating ChampionshipsIce Dance Gold Medal 2000Ice Dance Silver Medal 1998, 1999, 2001

ISU European Figure Skating ChampionshipsIce Dance Gold Medal 2000, 2002Ice Dance Silver Medal 1999, 2001Ice Dance Bronze Medal 1998

Ice Dancers Anissina & Peizerat teamed upin early 1993. Both skaters medaled with other partners at ISU World Junior Championships. Anissina skated with Ilia Averbukh for Russia and Peizerat with Marina Morel for France. When Anissina spilt with her partner she wrote to Peizerat who in turn invited her to his hometown Lyon (FRA). They were a good match and won two European titles and crowned World Champions in 2000. In 2002 they won the first Ice Dance Olympic gold medal for France. The couple retired from competition after the Olympics but continued skating together for many years in shows. Anissina is a coach and choreographer while Peizerat was named a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit in 1998 and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2003.

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