2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from December 10 to 13, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] Hosted by Barcelona for the second year in a row, the combined event was the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. For the first time, medals were also awarded in synchronized skating.

2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Men's singles medal ceremonies
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	December 10 – 13, 2015
Season:	2015–16
Location:	Barcelona, Spain
Host:	Spanish Ice Sports Federation
Venue:	CCIB - Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona
Champions
Men's singles: Yuzuru Hanyu (S) Nathan Chen (J)
Ladies' singles: Evgenia Medvedeva (S) Polina Tsurskaya (J)
Pairs: Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (S) Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot (J)
Ice dance: Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje (S) Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter (J)
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Previous Grand Prix: 2015 NHK Trophy

Records

See also: List of highest historical scores in figure skating and List of highest junior scores in figure skating

The following new highest senior and junior scores were set during this competition:

Event	Component	Skater(s)	Score	Date	Ref
Men	Short program	Yuzuru Hanyu	110.95	10 December 2015	[2]
Junior Ladies	Free skating	Polina Tsurskaya	128.59	12 December 2015	[3]
	Total score		195.28
Men	Free skating	Yuzuru Hanyu	219.48		[4]
	Total score		330.43		[5]

Schedule

(Local time):

Thursday, December 10

• 14:05 - Junior: Short dance
• 15:20 - Junior: Ladies short
• 16:25 - Junior: Pairs' short
• 17:40 - Junior: Men's short
• Opening ceremony
• 20:30 - Senior: Pairs' short
• 21:55 - Senior: Men's short

Friday, December 11

• 15:45 - Junior: Free dance
• 17:05 - Junior: Men's free
• 19:05 - Senior: Short dance
• 20:20 - Senior: Pairs' free
• 21:55 - Senior: Ladies short

Saturday, December 12

• 13:30 - Junior: Ladies free
• 14:45 - Junior: Pairs' free
• 16:10 - Synchronized skating: free
• 17:25 - Senior: Free dance
• 19:45 - Senior: Ladies free
• 21:00 - Senior: Men's free
• Awards ceremony

Sunday, December 13

• Gala exhibition

Qualifiers

Senior-level qualifiers

Due to the cancellation of the free skating/dance at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, the International Skating Union announced an exception to the qualification criteria – Bompard competitors who finished seventh in the qualifying standings would be invited to compete in the Grand Prix Final.^[6]

	Men[7]	Ladies[8]	Pairs[9]	Ice dancing[10]
1	Javier Fernández	Gracie Gold	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
2	Yuzuru Hanyu	Evgenia Medvedeva	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Madison Chock / Evan Bates
3	Shoma Uno	Satoko Miyahara	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew)	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
4	Jin Boyang	Mao Asada	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
5	Patrick Chan	Elena Radionova	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
6	Daisuke Murakami	Ashley Wagner	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
7	—	—	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	—
Alternates
1st	Yan Han	Rika Hongo	Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao (called up)	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
2nd	Max Aaron	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
3rd	Adian Pitkeev	Courtney Hicks	—	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

Junior-level qualifiers

	Men[11]	Ladies[12]	Pairs[13]	Ice dancing[14]
1	Nathan Chen	Polina Tsurskaya	Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov	Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
2	Dmitri Aliev	Maria Sotskova	Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei	Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
3	Sota Yamamoto	Yuna Shiraiwa	Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot	Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
4	Roman Sadovsky	Marin Honda	Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov	Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko
5	Daniel Samohin	Mai Mihara	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
6	Vincent Zhou	Alisa Fedichkina	Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov	Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
Alternates
1st	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Kaori Sakamoto	Bryn Hoffman / Bryce Chudak	Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron
2nd	Alexander Samarin	Choi Da-bin	Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
3rd	Nicolas Nadeau	Vivian Le	Elena Ivanova / Tagir Khakimov	Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko

Synchronized skating

On 1 September 2015, the ISU announced that synchronized skating would make its debut at the Grand Prix Final. The top five countries would be allowed to send one team, with criteria used from placements at the 2015 World Synchronized Skating Championships. There would also be three substitutes. The following countries qualified:

• Canada
• Finland
• Russia
• Sweden
• United States

Substitutes:

• Germany
• Japan
• Italy

Medalists

Senior

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Yuzuru Hanyu	Javier Fernández	Shoma Uno
Ladies	Evgenia Medvedeva	Satoko Miyahara	Elena Radionova
Pairs	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dancing	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte

Junior

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Nathan Chen	Dmitri Aliev	Sota Yamamoto
Ladies	Polina Tsurskaya	Maria Sotskova	Marin Honda
Pairs	Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov
Ice dancing	Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter	Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd	Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

Medals table

Senior

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	0	2	4
2	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
3	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
4	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
6	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Junior

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	3	1	6
2	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
3	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
4	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Senior-level results

Men

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.95),^[2] for the free skating (219.48),^[4] and for the combined total (330.43).^[5]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	330.43	1	110.95	1	219.48
2	Javier Fernández	Spain	292.95	2	91.52	2	201.43
3	Shoma Uno	Japan	276.79	4	86.47	4	190.32
4	Patrick Chan	Canada	263.45	6	70.61	3	192.84
5	Jin Boyang	China	263.45	3	86.95	5	176.50
6	Daisuke Murakami	Japan	235.49	5	83.47	6	152.02

Women

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Evgenia Medvedeva	Russia	222.54	1	74.58	1	147.96
2	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	208.85	4	68.76	2	140.09
3	Elena Radionova	Russia	201.13	2	69.43	4	131.70
4	Ashley Wagner	United States	199.81	6	60.04	3	139.77
5	Gracie Gold	United States	194.79	5	66.52	5	128.27
6	Mao Asada	Japan	194.32	3	69.13	6	125.19

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Russia	229.44	1	74.84	1	154.60
2	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Canada	216.67	3	72.74	2	143.93
3	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	206.59	2	73.64	3	132.95
4	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	200.98	4	71.16	4	129.82
5	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	China	186.67	5	68.63	5	118.24
6	Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao	China	183.04	7	65.60	6	117.44
7	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	United States	177.42	6	68.14	7	109.28

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD		FD
1	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Canada	182.66	1	72.75	1	109.91
2	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	177.55	2	71.64	3	105.91
3	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	176.37	3	70.14	2	106.23
4	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	United States	174.92	4	69.11	4	105.81
5	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Russia	166.73	6	65.43	5	101.30
6	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	United States	163.20	5	66.21	6	96.99

Synchronized skating

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	FS
1	Team Paradise	Russia	131.09	1
2	Team Rockettes	Finland	127.66	2
3	Team Nexxice	Canada	120.34	3
4	Team Surprise	Sweden	118.48	4
5	Team Haydenettes	United States	106.81	5

Junior-level results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Nathan Chen	United States	225.04	1	78.59	1	146.45
2	Dmitri Aliev	Russia	211.22	2	76.78	2	134.44
3	Sota Yamamoto	Japan	205.31	3	72.85	4	132.46
4	Vincent Zhou	United States	204.56	4	70.48	3	134.08
5	Daniel Samohin	Israel	184.68	5	69.48	5	115.20
6	Roman Sadovsky	Canada	168.40	6	59.37	6	109.03

Women

Polina Tsurskaya set a new junior world record for the free skating (128.59 points) and for the combined total (195.28 points).^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Polina Tsurskaya	Russia	195.28	1	66.69	1	128.59
2	Maria Sotskova	Russia	184.01	4	62.64	2	121.37
3	Marin Honda	Japan	178.64	3	63.69	3	114.95
4	Alisa Fedichkina	Russia	178.11	2	64.17	4	113.94
5	Yuna Shiraiwa	Japan	173.82	5	60.68	5	113.14
6	Mai Mihara	Japan	166.25	6	56.01	6	110.24

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot	Russia	171.86	1	60.29	1	111.57
2	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Czech Republic	162.33	3	55.78	2	106.55
3	Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov	Russia	162.00	2	58.58	3	103.42
4	Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov	Russia	157.09	4	54.88	4	102.21
5	Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei	Ukraine	149.87	5	52.54	5	97.33
6	Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov	Russia	145.27	6	45.89	6	99.38

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD		FD
1	Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter	United States	158.26	1	65.90	1	92.36
2	Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd	Russia	150.86	3	64.01	2	86.85
3	Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons	United States	144.41	2	64.91	5	79.50
4	Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko	Russia	143.96	4	61.85	4	82.11
5	Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac	France	141.44	5	57.97	3	83.47
6	Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin	Russia	134.61	6	56.51	6	78.10