2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was the senior and junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2008–09 season. It was the culminating competition of the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition. The junior and senior finals were hosted together for the first time.

2008–09 Grand Prix Final
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	December 10 – 14, 2008
Season:	2008–09
Location:	Goyang, Korea
Venue:	Seongsa Ice Rink
Champions
Men's singles: Jeremy Abbott (S) Florent Amodio (J)
Ladies' singles: Mao Asada (S) Becky Bereswill (J)
Pairs: Pang Qing / Tong Jian (S) Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (J)
Ice dance: Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (S) Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (J)
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Previous Grand Prix: 2008 NHK Trophy

Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2008 Skate America, the 2008 Skate Canada International, the 2008 Cup of China, the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, the 2008 Cup of Russia, and the 2008 NHK Trophy. Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the junior Grand Prix Final at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final.

Hosted by the Korea Skating Union, the Grand Prix Final was held in Goyang, South Korea from December 10 to 14, 2008. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.

Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

• Thursday, December 11
  • 16:00 Opening ceremony
  • 16:45 Junior ice dancing - Original dance
  • 18:10 Junior men - Short program
  • 19:35 Junior pairs - Short program
  • 21:00 Junior ladies - Short program
• Friday, December 12
  • 14:24 Junior pairs - Free skating
  • 16:00 Junior men - Free skating
  • 18:00 Senior ice dancing - Original dance
  • 19:10 Senior men - Short program
  • 20:15 Senior ladies - Short program
  • 21:20 Senior pairs - Short program
• Saturday, December 13
  • 14:00 Junior ice dancing - Free dance
  • 15:25 Junior ladies - Free skating
  • 17:30 Senior ice dancing - Free dance
  • 18:50 Senior men - Free skating
  • 20:05 Senior ladies - Free skating
  • 21:45 Senior pairs - Free skating
• Sunday, December 14
  • 14:00 Gala exhibition

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^[1][2][3][4]

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Patrick Chan	Kim Yuna	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
2	Takahiko Kozuka	Joannie Rochette	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
3	Johnny Weir	Mao Asada	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
4	Brian Joubert	Carolina Kostner	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
5	Jeremy Abbott	Yukari Nakano	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
6	Tomáš Verner	Miki Ando	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
Alternates
1st	Alban Préaubert	Fumie Suguri	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
2nd	Evan Lysacek	Rachael Flatt	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
3rd	Yannick Ponsero	Alissa Czisny	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr

Junior-level qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^[5][6][7][8]

• Michal Březina, the second qualifier in the men's event, withdrew on December 1.^[9] Artur Gachinski, the first alternate, replaced him.
• Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue, the fifth qualifiers in the ice dancing event, withdrew due to an injury to Gilles.^[10] Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev, the first alternates, replaced them.
• Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov, the first alternates in the pairs event, withdrew on December 1.^[11]

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Richard Dornbush	Kristine Musademba	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
2	Michal Březina (WD)	Yukiko Fujisawa	Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3	Armin Mahbanoozadeh	Alexe Gilles	Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
4	Alexander Johnson	Kanako Murakami	Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro
5	Florent Amodio	Amanda Dobbs	Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert	Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue (WD)
6	Ivan Bariev	Becky Bereswill	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun
7	Denis Ten	Angela Maxwell	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
8	Elladj Baldé	Diane Szmiett	Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir	Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev
Alternates
1st	Artur Gachinski (called up)	Stefania Berton	Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov (WD)	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev (called up)
2nd	Keegan Messing	Sarah Hecken	Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
3rd	Cheng Gongming	Shoko Ishikawa	Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák

Senior-level results

Men

The men's podium. From left: Takahiko Kozuka (2nd), Jeremy Abbott (1st), Johnny Weir (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Jeremy Abbott	United States	237.72	2	78.26	1	159.46
2	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	224.63	1	83.90	3	140.73
3	Johnny Weir	United States	215.50	4	72.50	2	143.00
4	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	206.65	5	69.34	4	137.31
5	Patrick Chan	Canada	205.16	6	68.00	5	137.16
WD	Brian Joubert	France		3	74.55

Ladies

The ladies' podium. From left: Kim Yuna (2nd), Mao Asada (1st), Carolina Kostner (3rd).

This was Mao Asada’s second win.^[12]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Mao Asada	Japan	188.55	2	65.38	1	123.17
2	Kim Yuna	South Korea	186.35	1	65.94	2	120.41
3	Carolina Kostner	Italy	168.01	4	55.88	4	112.13
4	Joannie Rochette	Canada	166.36	6	50.48	3	115.88
5	Yukari Nakano	Japan	161.93	3	62.08	6	99.85
6	Miki Ando	Japan	158.25	5	55.44	5	102.81

Pairs

The pairs' podium. From left: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao (2nd), Pang Qing / Tong Jian (1st), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	China	191.49	3	66.24	1	125.25
2	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	China	188.22	2	68.34	2	119.88
3	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	185.09	1	70.14	3	114.95
4	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	175.83	4	64.08	5	111.75
5	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	167.45	6	55.42	4	112.03
6	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Russia	153.16	5	61.56	6	91.60

Ice dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (2nd), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (1st), Meryl Davis / Charlie White (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	OD		FD
1	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	156.10	1	60.35	1	95.75
2	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Russia	152.95	2	59.33	2	93.62
3	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	United States	148.04	5	55.89	3	92.15
4	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Italy	145.12	3	57.89	4	87.23
WD	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	United States		4	57.33
WD	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Russia

Junior-level results

Men

The junior men's podium. From left: Richard Dornbush (3rd), Florent Amodio (1st), Armin Mahbanoozadeh (2nd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Florent Amodio	France	199.58	1	68.20	1	131.38
2	Armin Mahbanoozadeh	United States	193.48	2	67.05	2	126.43
3	Richard Dornbush	United States	183.93	3	66.50	4	117.43
4	Ivan Bariev	Russia	180.65	5	63.75	5	116.90
5	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	180.34	7	60.59	3	119.75
6	Alexander Johnson	United States	178.40	4	64.85	6	113.55
7	Elladj Baldé	Canada	170.34	8	59.89	7	110.45
8	Artur Gachinski	Russia	168.68	6	62.20	8	106.48

Ladies

The junior ladies' podium. From left: Yukiko Fujisawa (2nd), Becky Bereswill (1st), Alexe Gilles (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Becky Bereswill	United States	146.69	4	48.68	2	98.01
2	Yukiko Fujisawa	Japan	145.92	7	44.48	1	101.44
3	Alexe Gilles	United States	144.49	1	54.24	4	90.25
4	Kanako Murakami	Japan	141.63	2	51.04	3	90.59
5	Angela Maxwell	United States	131.75	3	48.84	5	82.91
6	Kristine Musademba	United States	122.86	8	43.04	6	79.82
7	Amanda Dobbs	United States	117.07	5	47.48	7	69.59
8	Diane Szmiett	Canada	113.25	6	45.64	8	67.61

Pairs

The junior pairs' podium. From left: Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh (3rd), Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (1st), Zhang Yue / Wang Lei (2nd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Russia	149.38	1	56.88	1	92.50
2	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	China	137.92	4	50.22	3	87.70
3	Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Russia	137.22	2	51.54	5	85.68
4	Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov	Russia	137.03	3	50.60	4	86.43
5	Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov	Russia	134.91	5	46.04	2	88.87
6	Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir	United States	126.40	6	44.84	6	81.56
7	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Japan	106.04	8	34.24	7	71.80
WD	Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert	Russia		7	43.46

Ice dancing

The junior ice dancing podium. From left: Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell (2nd), Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (1st), Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	OD		FD
1	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein	United States	131.15	1	51.84	1	79.31
2	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell	United States	124.68	6	47.98	2	76.70
3	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	124.30	2	50.85	4	73.45
4	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	United States	120.60	7	47.05	3	73.55
5	Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev	Russia	120.35	5	48.59	5	71.76
6	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	Canada	120.09	4	48.72	6	71.37
7	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun	Ukraine	119.38	3	49.45	7	69.93
8	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev	Russia	111.43	8	43.64	8	67.79

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	2	4	9
2	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
3	China (CHN)	1	2	0	3
	Japan (JPN)	1	2	0	3
5	Russia (RUS)	1	1	2	4
6	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
7	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		8	8	8	24