2018 Rostelecom Cup

The 2018 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held on November 16–18, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

2018 Rostelecom Cup
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 16 – 18
Season:	2018-19
Location:	Moscow
Host:	Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue:	Megasport Arena
Champions
Men's singles: Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies' singles: Alina Zagitova
Pairs: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance: Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
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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
Hungary				Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács
Italy			Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Japan	Yuzuru Hanyu Kazuki Tomono	Yura Matsuda Mako Yamashita Yuna Shiraiwa		Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Kazakhstan		Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Lithuania				Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
Malaysia	Julian Zhi Jie Yee
Poland				Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Russia	Artur Dmitriev Mikhail Kolyada Andrei Lazukin	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
South Korea		Lim Eun-soo
Spain				Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Sweden	Alexander Majorov
Switzerland		Alexia Paganini
United States	Alexei Krasnozhon	Gracie Gold	Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date	Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Reason/Other notes	Refs
June 29 and August 28	Ice dance	Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal	Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius	Split	[2][3]
July 16 and August 10	Men	Maurizio Zandron	Brendan Kerry	Nationality change	[4][5]
July 19 and August 28	Men	Denis Ten	Julian Zhi Jie Yee	Deceased	[6][7]
August 9 and 28	Ice dance	Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Split	[8][3]
September 18	Ladies	N/A	Sofia Samodurova	Host pick	[9]
	Ice dance		Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin		[10]
November 7 and 8	Ladies	Wakaba Higuchi	Yuna Shiraiwa	Foot injury	[11][12]
November 8	Ice dance	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	N/A	Injury recovery (Chock)	[13]
November 12	Ladies	Karen Chen	N/A	Injury recovery	[14]
November 13	Men	Alexey Erokhov	Andrei Lazukin	Host pick	[15]
November 13	Ladies	Nicole Schott	N/A		[16]

Records

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event	Component	Skater(s)	Score	Date	Ref
Men	Short program	Yuzuru Hanyu	110.53	16 November 2018	[17]
Pairs		Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	78.47		[18]
Ladies		Alina Zagitova	80.78		[19]
Ice dance	Free dance	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	124.94	17 November 2018	[20]

Results

Men

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.53).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	278.42	1	110.53	1	167.89
2	Morisi Kvitelashvili	Georgia	248.58	2	89.94	2	158.64
3	Kazuki Tomono	Japan	238.73	4	82.26	3	156.47
4	Mikhail Kolyada	Russia	225.42	8	69.10	4	156.32
5	Keegan Messing	Canada	220.75	7	73.83	6	146.92
6	Paul Fentz	Germany	220.57	5	78.28	7	142.29
7	Andrei Lazukin	Russia	215.78	11	62.45	5	153.33
8	Alexei Krasnozhon	United States	208.01	6	75.32	8	132.69
9	Alexander Majorov	Sweden	205.59	3	82.33	10	123.26
10	Brendan Kerry	Australia	197.59	10	65.22	9	132.37
11	Artur Dmitriev Jr.	Russia	189.58	9	67.58	11	122.00
12	Julian Yee	Malaysia	178.71	12	60.37	12	118.34

Ladies

Alina Zagitova set a new world record for the short program (80.78).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Alina Zagitova	Russia	222.95	1	80.78	1	142.17
2	Sofia Samodurova	Russia	198.01	2	67.40	2	130.61
3	Lim Eun-soo	South Korea	185.67	6	57.76	3	127.91
4	Alexia Paganini	Switzerland	182.50	3	63.43	5	119.07
5	Yuna Shiraiwa	Japan	180.93	5	60.35	4	120.58
6	Elizabet Tursynbaeva	Kazakhstan	180.45	4	61.73	6	118.72
7	Mako Yamashita	Japan	161.22	9	51.00	7	110.22
8	Polina Tsurskaya	Russia	149.45	7	56.81	8	92.64
9	Yura Matsuda	Japan	137.99	8	52.00	9	85.99
WD	Gracie Gold	United States	withdrew	10	37.51	withdrew from competition

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Russia	220.25	1	78.47	1	141.78
2	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	203.83	2	72.32	2	131.51
3	Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin	Russia	190.01	3	69.38	4	120.63
4	Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer	Austria	187.01	5	63.75	3	123.26
5	Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin	Russia	181,62	4	65.46	5	116.16
6	Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc	United States	170.29	7	58.79	6	112.50
7	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor	Australia	144.00	6	59.28	7	84.72
WD	Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Nathan Bartholomay	United States	withdrew	8	51.25	withdrew from competition

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	Russia	199.43	1	74.49	1	124.94
2	Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin	Spain	174.42	3	66.40	2	108.02
3	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko	United States	174.21	2	69.01	3	105.20
4	Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin	Russia	164.66	6	64.05	4	100.61
5	Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev	Poland	161.62	4	66.30	5	95.32
6	Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius	Lithuania	158.03	5	64.54	6	93.49
7	Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács	Hungary	148.13	7	54.83	7	93.30
8	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Japan	143.28	8	52.99	8	90.29
9	Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin	Russia	133.58	9	51.69	9	81.89