New records for Medvedeva and Kolyada: Russia is in the lead at the World Team Figure Skating Championships. Sports or show? What you need to know about the World Team Figure Skating Championships Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo

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World Team Championship figure skating 2017 (English) 2017 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating ) - fifth international team competition figure skating organized by the International Skating Union. The championship will take place from April 23, 2017, presumably in the capital of Japan, Tokyo.

Teams from six countries will compete for cash prizes, the rating of their skaters in the 2016-2017 season, compiled on the basis of the season’s competitions under the auspices of the ISU, will be the highest (the results of the stages of the “adult” and junior Grand Prix series (including the finals), the championship are taken into account World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Championships and Four Continents Championships).

Prize fund

The prize fund of the tournament will be 1,000,000, which will be distributed between teams for their places, presumably as follows:

• 1st place - 200,000
• 2nd place - 170,000
• 3rd place - 160,000
• 4th place - 150,000
• 5th place - 140,000
• 6th place - 130,000

Wherein:

• Each single player will receive 15% of the team winnings;
• Each pair gets 20% of the team winnings.

The remaining $50,000 will be awarded to the top two singles ($10,000 each) and doubles ($15,000 each)

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An excerpt characterizing the 2017 World Team Figure Skating Championships

From April 20 to 23, the capital of Japan will host team championship world, which is held every two years (certainly in Japan) and crowns the season of figure skaters. These competitions have another name, emphasizing their commercial nature - World Team Trophy. AiF.ru spoke about the favorites of the tournament and where to watch the competition press attache of the Russian Figure Skating Federation Olga Ermolina.

— From a purely professional point of view, is the World Team Trophy a sport or a show?

— In our world, the attitude towards this tournament is twofold. On the one hand, it is held under the auspices of the ISU (International Skating Union - AiF.ru note), on the other hand, it is organized by the Japanese Figure Skating Federation under the patronage of the Asahi television company, positioning the competition as commercial.

Figure skating is, in principle, an individual sport; we have only one team tournament - the Olympics. But the regulations of the World Team Trophy with the regulations Olympic Games does not coincide: the Japanese, who have very well developed single skating, but few pairs and dance duets, made it for themselves and for themselves. They found a very precise balance between sport and show. This is understandable: it is enough to visit this country at least once to understand what figure skating means to the Japanese.

-What does it mean to them?

“You can’t say it in a nutshell, but the popularity of the sport is simply incredible. Any competition that takes place in Japan is top. The halls are packed, and the public in Japan is involved, understanding and empathetic. Before the start of each performance there is such silence that you can hear your hearts beating. People spend the night under hotel doors, dreaming of at least looking at their idols up close...

“It’s nice to ride in such a positive environment.”

- Certainly. Therefore, all athletes go to Japan with great pleasure - not for the money, but for the atmosphere.

— Forecasts are a thankless task, but let’s try anyway. Who is the favorite in 2017?

— Team competitions have one feature: the composition must be balanced, because in the end it is not the athlete who wins, but the team. It is important that no one fails. From this point of view, as far as one can judge before the start, the Canadians look very decent.

- But we have Evgenia Medvedeva.

— Zhenya is the leader of two recent seasons. She not only maintains her level, but also constantly increases it: she fights with herself - she fights and defeats herself. We all really hope that she will perform no worse than at the World Championships in Helsinki.

— Why such caution in assessments?

— End of the season. Maintaining peak form is a very difficult task... In general, our composition is very interesting. If the guys show what they can and should, if they skate at their level, we will, of course, compete for good places.

— Which place is considered good for the Russian team?

— In 2015, we became silver medalists at the World Team Championship for the first time, losing to the Americans by one point, but this is just a note. Making forecasts and planning places is definitely not my function; I will not take such boldness upon myself. Another difficulty is that the sport is individual, and the competition is team. Of course, everyone is determined to do their best, but, you know, talking about “victory at any cost” always creates unnecessary pressure. Therefore, you just need to skate to your strength - and everything will be fine.

— Why is the World Team Trophy not shown on Russian television?

— Again, because this is a commercial tournament. Rights cost a lot of money. But you can watch it, for example, on the ISU website. There are some restrictions by country, but for real figure skating fans, is this really an obstacle?

Participants

• Russia

Prize-winners of the European Championships Maxim Kovtun And Mikhail Kolyada two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva, bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships Elena Radionova bronze medalists of the 2017 World Championship Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov (pair skating), Olympic champions in Sochi in the team tournament Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Soloviev(dancing on Ice).

Team captain - Ekaterina Bobrova.

• Canada

Patrick Chan, Kevin Reynolds(men's single skating), Alain Chartrand, Gabriel Daleman(women's single skating), Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro(pair skating), Caitlin Weaver/Andrew Poje(dancing on Ice).

Jason Brown, Nathan Chen(men's single skating), Karen Chen, Ashley Wagner(women's single skating), Ashley Kane/Timothy Leduc(pair skating), Madison Chalke/Evan Bates(dancing on Ice).

• Japan

Yuzuru Hanyu, Soma Uno(men's single skating), Wakaba Higuchi, Mai Mihara(women's single skating), Sumire Suto/Francis Boudreau-Audet(pair skating), Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed(dancing on Ice).

• China

Jin Boyan, Li Tangxiu(men's single skating), Li Xiangning, Li Zijun(women's single skating), Peng Cheng/Jin Yang(pair skating), Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyi(dancing on Ice).

• France

Kevin Aymoz, Shafik Besseguier(men's single skating), Laurene Lecavalier, Mae-Bérénice Meite(women's single skating), Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres(pair skating), Marie-Jade Laurieau/Romain Le Gac(dancing on Ice).

Winners of past tournaments

The current competition is only the fifth, and the 2011 championship had to be postponed due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011.

1. Canada
2. Japan

1. Japan
2. Canada

1. Canada
2. Japan

1. Russia
2. Japan

Rules

In total, 6 countries are participating in the tournament, qualifying according to ratings. World Team Trophy participants must have placed in the top ten at the previous World Championships or have the best ranking for their country in their discipline. Each team consists of the 8 strongest ( required condition) athletes: two men and two women for singles, one sports pair and one dance duet.

Two types of programs are performed: short and free. Based on the results of the competition in each discipline, points are awarded according to the following scheme:

Place Singles Couples/Dancers

1st place 12 points 12 points

2nd place 11 points 11 points

3rd place 10 points 10 points

4th place 9 points 9 points

5th place 8 points 8 points

6th place 7 points 7 points

7th place 6 points -

8th place 5 points -

9th place 4 points -

10th place 3 points -

11th place 2 points -

12th place 1 point -

The points scored by all athletes are summed up for the final distribution of places.

If any skater from a country selected to participate in the tournament makes an unmotivated decision not to participate in the World Team Trophy, he will be ineligible for an entire year to compete in any shows, exhibitions or competitions. In addition, additional sanctions may be applied.

Money

The prize fund of the tournament is $1 million, which is distributed according to the places taken:

1st place - 200 thousand

2nd place - 170 thousand

3rd place - 160 thousand

4th place - 150 thousand

5th place - 140 thousand

6th place - 130 thousand

At the same time, athletes performing in singles receive 15% of the team winnings, and doubles - 20%.

Remaining after distribution of the total prize fund 50 thousand dollars - bonuses for the two best singles (10 thousand each) and pairs (15 thousand each).

Force Majeure

On April 18, three-time Russian champion in men's single skating Maxim Kovtun reported on Instagram that he was late for the flight to Tokyo, which took the Russian team to the World Team Championship. According to the skater, the taxi driver was to blame for the delay because he got into an accident on the way to the airport.

However, the story ended quite happily: Kovtun bought a ticket at his own expense and was soon reunited with the team.

The main start of the figure skating season - the World Championships - took place in Helsinki at the end of March, but the competitive program did not exhaust itself there. It is crowned by the World Team Championship - a rather young event, dating back to 2009.

These competitions are held in odd-numbered years, in contrast to the traditional planetary championship. The exception was 2011, when it was decided to move the tournament to next year due to the fact that Japan, the permanent host of the championship, was hit by a powerful earthquake that caused a tsunami. The current World Championship is the fifth in history, and the Americans have the best results, winning three golds and one silver. Russian team can only boast of being a vice-championship in 2015.

The tournament is a competition of six teams having best rating in system International Union Speed ​​Skaters (ISU). On this moment these countries are Canada, Russia, USA, Japan, China and France. The competition program itself includes the traditional types for figure skaters - short and free programs, but in women's and men's single skating the country is represented by two athletes each, and in pairs and sports dances - by one duet. The point system at the World Championships is simple: in single events, the winner receives 12 points, and the figure skater who takes last place, is content with one point; in pair disciplines, the difference is that the duo that shows the last, sixth result brings seven points to their team.

Who plays for the Russian national team

The Russian team arrived in Tokyo with almost optimal composition. Sports dancing is represented by the best duet in the country at the moment - Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov. This season they came third at the European Championships, fourth at the Grand Prix Final, and fifth at the World Championships. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, winners of the Grand Prix finals, European Championships and bronze medalists of the World Championships this season, are performing in the pairs competition.

In men's single skating, the honor of Russia is defended by an uncontested pairing - Mikhail Kolyada and Maxim Kovtun. The latter had an unpleasant episode before the start of the competition. The 2017 European vice-champion was late for the plane to Tokyo, leaving with the Russian team for a team competition. This happened because his taxi was involved in an accident on the way to the airport. Kovtun had to purchase a ticket worth 50 thousand rubles at his own expense.

The main hope of the Russian national team is Evgenia Medvedeva. The undisputed leader of world women's figure skating, who won every possible title this year, arrived in the capital of Japan for another gold. Anna Pogorilaya was supposed to keep her company, but the Russian Figure Skating Federation decided to “give the athlete time and the opportunity to recover from psychological trauma (she took 13th place at the World Championships.” RT) and calmly prepare for the next season.” As a result, the choice was made in favor of Elena Radionova, who won the Universiade in Almaty this season.

Dance Sport

In the first of three days Only short skates were planned for the tournament. The competition program was opened with a competition of sports dancers. Bobrova and Solovyov showed the third result with a total score of 68.94. Compared to other major starts of the season, they demonstrated worst result: in the Grand Prix final, the couple received 74.04 points for the short dance, at the continental championship - 76.18, and at the World Championship - 73.54.

Nevertheless, Bobrova and Solovyov added 10 points to the Russian team, and the Americans took the lead thanks to Madison Chalk and Evan Bates (79.06). In Helsinki they also beat the Russians in the first event of the program, scoring 76.25, but after the free dance they found themselves behind Ekaterina and Dmitry. Wedged between the Americans and Russians were Canadians Caitlin Weaver and Andrew Poje, whom the judges gave 76.73 points.

Bobrova and Solovyov could easily not have made it into the top three, but for France it was not the vice-world champions Gabriela Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron who performed for France, but Marie-Jade Laurieau and Romain Le Gac, who in Finland did not even qualify to participate in the free dance.

Women

The crowning appearance for Russia, of course, was marked by the superiority of Evgenia Medvedeva. Her performance did not cause any complaints from the judges, and as a reward the judges were generous with high scores, which allowed the Russian to break her own world record in the short program, set at the Grand Prix final in Marseille (79.21). Now the new world achievement is 80.85 points.

Radionova did not disappoint either, taking second place with a personal best. Elena received 72.21 points for her short program, exceeding her achievement shown at the Grand Prix stage in Moscow last November by 0.28 points.

The girls earned 23 points - the maximum possible score, which allowed the Russian team to take the lead. The total was 33 points, and the closest pursuers from Japan had 26.

Men

Representatives of the Land of the Rising Sun hoped to make up for lost time in men's single skating, because the hosts of the tournament were represented by the current champion and vice world champion - Yuzuru Hanyu and Soma Uno. While the latter successfully completed the task and brought his team 12 points, Hanyu performed unsuccessfully, becoming only seventh. As a result, the Japanese scored 18 points in total.

The Russians had a chance to remain leaders at the end of the first day of competition, but Maxim Kovtun let his partners down and scored a modest 64.62 points. He took second to last place. Apparently, the incident with the taxi did not pass without a trace, although Kovtun is famous for the fact that he unevenly performs one of the two programs. This happened to him at the Russian Championship, but at major international competitions of the season he pulled himself together and showed good numbers. For comparison: at the European Championships he scored 94.53 points for the short program, and at the World Championships - 89.38.

Mikhail Kolyada did not allow his opponents to take the lead in the overall standings. The judges rated his performance at 95.37 points, which was not only a personal, but also a national record. The previous achievement belonged to Kovtun - 94.53. Kolyada eventually finished fourth, behind not only Hania, but also the American Nathan Chen and the Chinese Jing Boyang. Mikhail brought Russia 9 points, and the total was 44, the same as the Japanese. The Americans are breathing down the backs of the leading duo with 43 points.

On Friday there will also be three events - sports couples will compete, and dancers and men will present free programs. The World Championships will end on Saturday with free skates for pairs and girls.

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The Russian figure skating team won silver at the World Team Championships in Japan, despite Evgenia Medvedeva's two new world records.

5:32 24.04.2017

The Russian figure skating team won silver at the world team championship in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, despite two new world records and the largest number of points earned by two-time world champion in women's single skating Evgenia Medvedeva.

The Russians scored 105 points in total, the Japanese team took first place (109), and the Americans took third (97). Victory in each of the two programs of each type was estimated at 12 points and then in descending order. The total points for both programs were not officially calculated. Medvedeva won the maximum possible 24 points for her team.

Era of Medvedeva

The world champion first set a new world record in the short program, scoring 80.85 points (the previous one - 79.21 - belonged to her and was set at the Grand Prix Final in Marseille). The Russian performed all the elements to perfection, and for the “triple flip - triple toe loop” cascade she received from the judges the maximum “+3” according to the GOE (Grade of execution) system. For components, the skater did not receive a single recorded score below 9 points on a 10-point system. “Medvedeva’s era is now absolute,” the figure skater’s coach and choreographer Ilya Averbukh responded to what was happening.

Elena Radionova, who had been part of the current season for a long time, did not perform the short starting cascade “Lutz - toe loop”, which failed her at the Russian Championship in Chelyabinsk, but did a separate lutz, and in the second half of the program - a high-quality “rittberger - toe loop”, a more expensive cascade than "lutz - sheepskin coat". The result is 72.21 points, second position and 11 points for the team. Japanese Mai Mihara took third place, 11 hundredths of a point behind Radionova.

The women's free skate was the culmination of the tournament. By that time, the Russians were in third place with 85 points, three points behind the Japanese and one behind the Americans. Averbukh's words were again confirmed on the ice. Medvedeva received 160.46 points from the judges (154.40 is the previous record, which was set by the same figure skater at the World Championships in Helsinki). If we add up the sum of the points, the Russian woman would have recorded another historical achievement, but at the World Team Championship only each program is officially counted.

All 12 elements of the winner’s program were rated exclusively “+2” and “+3”; not a single judge dared to give Medvedeva even “+1”. “In the pre-Olympic year, she widens the gap not only technically, but also psychologically. These are very important things,” Honored Trainer of Russia Tatyana Tarasova shared her impressions of Medvedeva’s performances.

Mai Mihara was 14.5 points behind in second, and Wakaba Higuchi was third. Both skaters thereby brought gold to the Japanese team. Radionova coped with the starting “Lutz-toe loop” cascade, but made mistakes during the execution of the triple Lutz and double Axel. The result is fifth place.

Not long before that, a Russian sports couple, bronze medalists last championship world champions Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, became second in the free program, scoring 142.38 points. The first place was taken by the French Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres, the third - by the Chinese Peng Cheng/Jin Yang.

A day earlier, the Russians were fourth in the short program, having failed on a parallel triple toe loop and a triple loop throw (66.37 points, 9 points). “It just didn’t work out. It’s clear that it’s the end of the season. But these are more technical errors than just fatigue,” Tarasova explained. James/Cipres won the short program, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang took second place, and Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro took third place.

“Of course, we had the peak of our form at the World Championships,” shared Tarasova’s partner Morozov. “After Zhenya’s injury (received in Helsinki), upon arrival in Moscow, we did not immediately begin preparation; we did not skate with a full set of elements in the free program, but the free program in Tokyo skated well and scored high points."

The national record didn't really help

Help for the “weaker sex” from singles men looked ridiculous even against the backdrop of the national record in the short by Mikhail Kolyada. No one had ever scored 95.37 points in the short program before. Russian figure skater in history. The St. Petersburger achieved such a mark due to a cascade of essentially yesterday’s quadruple and triple toe loops, triple Axel and triple Lutz in the second half of the program. But in the company of world stars current champion Russia came fourth.

Having, however, beaten the world champion and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, who skated extremely dirty in the tournament debut (7th place). Not even two revolutions came out of the planned quadruple loop... Maxim Kovtun became 11th (64.62 points, 2 points), making a butterfly on a quadruple axel and locking a quadruple toe loop. And the Russian team fell back to second place in the team. The Japanese Soma Uno won the short race and the maximum 12 points, the American Nathan Chen was second, and the Chinese Jin Boyang was third.

A whole scattering of star skaters will gather in the capital of Japan, Tokyo, because the World Cup starts there Team Figure Skating Championships 2017. This World Cup, the final season in this sport, will be held from April 20 to 23. It is worth noting that the tradition of holding team figure skating championships began in Japan about two decades ago. Next, we will talk about the 2017 World Cup calendar, as well as the composition of the participants in the Russian team.

Figure skating World Team Championships 2017: schedule

Taking into account the fact that the competition is taking place in Japan, most of the skates will take place in the first half of the day, Moscow time. So, on April 20, the program of the world team championship The 2017 figure skaters will open with a short dance from the dancing couples. It starts at 9.15 Moscow time. A little later, at 10.35, the women will skate a short program, and at 12.40 the men’s short program will start.

The competition will continue on April 21. On this day, sports couples will be the first to take to the ice - their short program will start at 10.00. Then at 11.25 the baton will be taken over by the dance pairs, who will begin the free program at 11.25. The men will finish this day with free skating (it starts at 13.00).

Finally, on April 22, free programs will be shown by sports pairs (starts at 9.15) and women (10.15). Well, on April 23 at 8 a.m. Moscow time, demonstration performances will begin, which will conclude the figure skating festival in Tokyo.

Let us add that the 2017 World Cup will be broadcast in full by Match TV and Eurosport.

Composition of the Russian figure skating team for the 2017 World Team Championships

In conclusion, about the composition of the Russian team participants at this world team championship. For Russian fans figure skating good news: Evgenia Medvedeva is participating in the World Championship. Let us immediately note that the captain of the Russian national team will be Ekaterina Bobrova, who, together with Dmitry Solovyov, represents our country in ice dancing.

Maxim Kovtun and Mikhail Kolyada will perform in men's single skating, and Evgenia Medvedeva and Elena Radionova will perform in women's singles. Finally, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov are entered in the sports pairs competition.