The 2021 Rostelecom Cup was the sixth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi on 26–28 November. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.
| 2021 Rostelecom Cup | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | 26 – 28 November |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Location: | Sochi |
| Host: | Figure Skating Federation of Russia |
| Venue: | Iceberg Skating Palace |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Morisi Kvitelashvili | |
Women's singles:  Kamila Valieva | |
| Pairs: Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | |
| Ice dance: Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | |
| Previous: 2020 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Next: 2022 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Previous GP: 2021 Internationaux de France | |
| Next GP: 2021–22 Grand Prix Final | |
The event was originally scheduled to be held at its traditional location of Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, but was relocated in June after the International Ice Hockey Federation adjusted the rink size at the Megasport.[1]
Entries
editThe International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on 29 June 2021.[2]
Changes to preliminary assignments
edit| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Men | — | September 16 | Host picks | [7] | ||
| Women | [8] | |||||
| Pairs | [9] | |||||
| Ice dance | [10] | |||||
| Women | September 16 | September 29 | Retirement[11] | [8] | ||
| Ice dance | November 2 | November 3 | Galyavieva & Thauron split.[12] | [10] | ||
| Men | November 15 | November 17 | Injury[13] | [7] | ||
| Ice dance | November 16 | — | Doctor's recommendations[14] | [10] | ||
| Men | November 17 | November 18 | Injury | [7] | ||
| Pairs | Injury recovery (Kunkel)[15] | [9] | ||||
| Ice dance | November 22 | — | [10] | |||
Records
editThe following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Discipline | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Short program | 87.42 | 26 November 2021 | [16] | |
| Free skating | 185.29 | 27 November 2021 | [17] | ||
| Total score | 272.71 | [18] |
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | 266.33 | 2 | 95.37 | 3 | 170.96 | |
| 2 | Mikhail Kolyada | 264.64 | 4 | 84.48 | 1 | 180.16 | |
| 3 | Kazuki Tomono | 264.19 | 1 | 95.81 | 5 | 168.38 | |
| 4 | Roman Sadovsky | 253.80 | 3 | 84.59 | 4 | 169.21 | |
| 5 | Matteo Rizzo | 250.47 | 9 | 77.45 | 2 | 173.02 | |
| 6 | Evgeni Semenenko | 246.66 | 7 | 81.00 | 6 | 165.66 | |
| 7 | Camden Pulkinen | 237.97 | 5 | 83.47 | 9 | 154.50 | |
| 8 | Mark Kondratiuk | 231.88 | 11 | 74.16 | 8 | 157.72 | |
| 9 | Keiji Tanaka | 229.75 | 10 | 76.69 | 10 | 153.06 | |
| 10 | Michal Březina | 219.59 | 6 | 82.31 | 11 | 137.28 | |
| 11 | Nika Egadze | 210.17 | 12 | 50.35 | 7 | 159.82 | |
| 12 | Brendan Kerry | 204.19 | 8 | 80.48 | 12 | 123.71 | |
Women
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamila Valieva | 272.71 | 1 | 87.42 | 1 | 185.29 | |
| 2 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | 229.23 | 2 | 80.10 | 3 | 149.13 | |
| 3 | Maiia Khromykh | 219.69 | 5 | 64.72 | 2 | 154.97 | |
| 4 | Mariah Bell | 210.35 | 3 | 69.37 | 4 | 140.98 | |
| 5 | Loena Hendrickx | 203.69 | 6 | 64.44 | 5 | 139.25 | |
| 6 | Madeline Schizas | 192.14 | 4 | 67.49 | 7 | 124.32 | |
| 7 | Viktoriia Safonova | 185.64 | 9 | 58.19 | 6 | 127.45 | |
| 8 | Rino Matsuike | 184.36 | 7 | 62.98 | 8 | 121.38 | |
| 9 | Ekaterina Kurakova | 175.64 | 11 | 56.43 | 9 | 119.21 | |
| 10 | Ekaterina Ryabova | 175.24 | 8 | 58.87 | 10 | 116.37 | |
| 11 | Eva-Lotta Kiibus | 163.11 | 12 | 49.26 | 11 | 113.85 | |
| 12 | Olga Mikutina | 161.09 | 10 | 57.09 | 12 | 104.00 | |
Pairs
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | 226.98 | 2 | 73.64 | 1 | 153.34 | |
| 2 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | 212.59 | 1 | 73.91 | 2 | 138.68 | |
| 3 | Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko | 193.58 | 3 | 69.39 | 3 | 124.19 | |
| 4 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | 186.16 | 4 | 64.97 | 4 | 121.19 | |
| 5 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | 177.72 | 7 | 58.95 | 5 | 118.77 | |
| 6 | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar | 175.80 | 5 | 63.99 | 7 | 111.81 | |
| 7 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | 172.85 | 6 | 59.92 | 6 | 112.93 | |
| 8 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | 163.80 | 8 | 58.53 | 8 | 105.27 | |
Ice dance
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | 211.72 | 1 | 86.81 | 1 | 124.91 | |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | 203.71 | 2 | 79.56 | 2 | 124.15 | |
| 3 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | 191.40 | 3 | 76.39 | 3 | 115.01 | |
| 4 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | 189.94 | 4 | 75.94 | 4 | 114.00 | |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | 187.62 | 5 | 73.72 | 5 | 113.90 | |
| 6 | Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin | 180.93 | 6 | 71.95 | 6 | 108.98 | |
| 7 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | 177.88 | 7 | 71.43 | 8 | 106.45 | |
| 8 | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin | 177.51 | 8 | 71.05 | 7 | 106.46 | |
References
edit- ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (June 29, 2021). "Коган объяснил перенос этапа Гран-при по фигурному катанию в Сочи" [Kogan explained the postponement of the Grand Prix figure skating stage to Sochi]. RIA Novosti (in Russian).
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Men". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Women". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 16, 2021.
- ^ Tursynbaeva, Elizabet [@elizabetkz] (September 20, 2021). "Dear fans, I have decided to end my career as a professional athlete" – via Instagram.
- ^ Fédération Française des Sports de Glace [@ffsportsdeglace] (November 3, 2021). "Nos danseurs sur glace Adelina Galyavieva et Louis Thauron mettent fin à leur collaboration après quatre saisons passées ensemble, une blessure chronique de Louis les empêchant de mener à bien leur projet sportif" [Our ice dancers Adelina Galyavieva and Louis Thauron put an end to their collaboration after four seasons spent together, a chronic injury of Louis preventing them from carrying out their sporting project.] – via Instagram.
- ^ "Maxim Naumov Withdraws from 2021 Rostelecom Cup" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. November 15, 2021.
- ^ Georgian Figure Skating Federation [@fskatinggeo] (November 16, 2021). "Maria Kazakova/Georgy Reviya withdraw from Rostelecom Cup and Warsaw Cup, following doctor's recommendations" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Hocke, Annika [@anni_kamaria] (November 17, 2021). "It hurts a lot to have to withdraw from Rostelecom Cup but we can't ignore the fact that we wouldn't be able to show a good program" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 26, 2021.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. November 27, 2021.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Total Score". International Skating Union. November 27, 2021.