2016 World Figure Skating Championships

2016 World Figure Skating Championships
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Type:ISU Championship
Date:28 March – 3 April
Season:2015–16
Location:Boston, USA
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:TD Garden
Champions
Men's singles:
Spain Javier Fernández
Ladies' singles:
Russia Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs:
Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Ice dance:
France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
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The 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place March 28 – April 3, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. Figure skaters competed for the title of World champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs and ice dancing. This marked the first time Boston was host to the World Figure Skating Championships. The competition determined the number of athlete slots for each federation at the 2017 World Championships.

Background

The World Figure Skating Championships is the sport's most important annual competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). In June 2013, the city of Boston was announced as the host city of the 2016 event. The competition was organized by U.S. Figure Skating, and the Skating Club of Boston served as the local organizing committee. Founded in 1912, it is the third-oldest skating club in the United States and is a founding member of U.S. Figure Skating.

Venues

2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships media day at TD Garden

The TD Garden was the primary arena for the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The venue hosted all competitions and several practice sessions. The second official practice venue for the event was DCR Steriti Rink.

TD Garden

The TD Garden is a multipurpose arena located in Boston, Massachusetts. The arena hosted a maximum capacity of approximately 15,000 seats for the event. The TD Garden also serves as the home arena for two of Boston's professional sports teams, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins.

DCR Steriti Rink

DCR Steriti Rink is a local area rink managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. It is located in the North End neighborhood of Boston and is a short distance from the main venue. This rink served as the practice venue and was open only to credentialed participants of the event.

Records

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

Event Component Skaters Score Date Ref
Ice dancing Free dance France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 118.17 31 March 2016
Ladies Free skate Russia Evgenia Medvedeva 150.10 2 April 2016

Argentina was represented by a skater at the ISU World Championships for the first time in history.

Qualification

Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented an ISU member nations and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2015 in their place of birth. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieved a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships.

Minimum TES

Minimum technical scores (TES)
Discipline SP / SD FS / FD
Men 34 64
Ladies 27 47
Pairs 25 43
Ice dance 29 39
Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event
in the ongoing or preceding season.
SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2015 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance
3  Spain
 United States
 Russia
 Japan
 United States
 Canada
 China
 Russia
 France
 United States
 Canada
2  Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Canada
 Uzbekistan
 Russia
 France
 China
 China
 France
 Canada
 South Korea
 United States
 France
 Italy
 Italy
 Russia
If not listed above, one entry is allowed.

Entries

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list of entries on March 8, 2016.

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Argentina Denis Margalik
 Armenia Slavik Hayrapetyan Anastasia Galustyan Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal
 Australia Brendan Kerry Kailani Craine
 Austria Kerstin Frank Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin
 Belarus Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev
 Belgium Jorik Hendrickx
 Canada Patrick Chan
Nam Nguyen
Alaine Chartrand
Gabrielle Daleman
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette
 China Jin Boyang
Yan Han
Li Zijun
Zhao Ziquan
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei
Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
 Chinese Taipei Amy Lin
 Czech Republic Michal Březina Eliška Březinová Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka
 Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
 Finland Viveca Lindfors Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen
 France Chafik Besseghier Maé-Bérénice Méité
Laurine Lecavelier
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
 Germany Franz Streubel Nathalie Weinzierl Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis
United Kingdom Great Britain Phillip Harris Kristen Spours Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
 Hungary Ivett Tóth
 Israel Alexei Bychenko Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko
 Italy Ivan Righini Roberta Rodeghiero Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Shoma Uno
Satoko Miyahara
Mao Asada
Rika Hongo
Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
 Kazakhstan Denis Ten Elizabet Tursynbayeva Anastasia Khromova / Daryn Zhunussov
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Angelīna Kučvaļska Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy
 Lithuania Aleksandra Golovkina Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev
 Malaysia Julian Zhi Jie Yee
 Netherlands Niki Wories
 Norway Anne Line Gjersem
 Philippines Michael Christian Martinez
 Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
 Russia Maxim Kovtun
Mikhail Kolyada
Evgenia Medvedeva
Elena Radionova
Anna Pogorilaya
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
 Slovakia Nicole Rajičová Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley
 Slovenia Daša Grm
 South Korea Lee June-hyoung Choi Da-bin
Park So-youn
Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov
 Spain Javier Fernández
Javier Raya
Sonia Lafuente Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero
 Sweden Joshi Helgesson
  Switzerland Yasmine Yamada Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer
 Turkey Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar
 Ukraine Ivan Pavlov Anna Khnychenkova Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
 United States Max Aaron
Grant Hochstein
Adam Rippon
Gracie Gold
Mirai Nagasu
Ashley Wagner
Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea
Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
 Uzbekistan Misha Ge

Changes to initial assignments

Announced Country Discipline Initial Replacement Reason/Other notes
January 28, 2016 United States Men Nathan Chen Grant Hochstein Chen's hip surgery
March 11, 2016 Canada Men Liam Firus Nam Nguyen Performance
March 11, 2016 Canada Pairs Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Séguin's injury
March 22, 2016 Sweden Men Alexander Majorov No substitute Precursor to a stress fracture of the pelvis
March 23, 2016 United States Ladies Polina Edmunds Mirai Nagasu Edmunds' foot injury
March 26, 2016 China Pairs Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Yu/Jin became substitutes.

Results

Men

The Men's short program was held on March 30. The free skate was held on April 1.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Javier Fernández  Spain 314.93 2 98.52 1 216.41
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 295.17 1 110.56 2 184.61
3 Jin Boyang  China 270.99 5 89.86 3 181.13
4 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 267.97 6 89.66 5 178.31
5 Patrick Chan  Canada 266.75 3 94.84 8 171.91
6 Adam Rippon  United States 264.44 7 85.72 4 178.72
7 Shoma Uno  Japan 264.25 4 90.74 6 173.51
8 Max Aaron  United States 254.14 8 81.28 7 172.86
9 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 237.99 11 79.29 10 158.70
10 Grant Hochstein  United States 237.29 16 74.81 9 162.44
11 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan 230.13 12 78.55 12 151.58
12 Ivan Righini  Italy 228.52 9 81.17 13 147.35
13 Alexei Bychenko  Israel 226.07 19 69.86 11 156.21
14 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 224.54 10 81.07 16 143.47
15 Misha Ge  Uzbekistan 223.53 15 77.43 14 146.10
16 Jorik Hendrickx  Belgium 221.43 14 77.72 15 143.71
17 Brendan Kerry  Australia 210.56 17 71.04 17 139.52
18 Maxim Kovtun  Russia 210.14 13 78.46 21 131.68
19 Michael Christian Martinez  Philippines 204.10 23 66.98 18 137.12
20 Chafik Besseghier  France 203.20 20 69.23 20 133.97
21 Julian Zhi Jie Yee  Malaysia 202.94 22 67.60 19 135.34
22 Phillip Harris United Kingdom Great Britain 190.42 21 68.53 22 121.89
23 Ivan Pavlov  Ukraine 178.89 24 65.20 23 113.69
24 Lee June-hyoung  South Korea 174.88 18 70.05 24 104.83
Did not advance to free skate
25 Javier Raya  Spain 65.06 25 65.06
26 Yan Han  China 62.56 26 62.56
27 Nam Nguyen  Canada 61.61 27 61.61
28 Franz Streubel  Germany 57.19 28 57.19
29 Denis Margalik  Argentina 52.31 29 52.31
30 Slavik Hayrapetyan  Armenia 49.36 30 49.36

Ladies

The Ladies short program was held on March 31. The free skate took place on April 2, 2016. Gracie Gold took a 2.45 point lead after the short program. Anna Pogorilaya edged out Evgenia Medvedeva for second place by 0.22. Ashley Wagner, the US Nationals bronze medalist, was just out of medal position, 0.60 behind Medvedeva. The 2015 World bronze medalist Elena Radionova was in fifth, while former World champion Mao Asada was in ninth. Defending world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was not selected by her federation for the event after finishing 8th at the Russian Championships. In the free skate, Medvedeva had a record-setting score of 150.10 to win the gold medal. Wagner moved into second place to win the United States' first World Championship ladies medal since 2006. Pogorilaya finished third ahead of Gold.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 223.86 3 73.76 1 150.10 WR
2 Ashley Wagner  United States 215.39 4 73.16 2 142.23
3 Anna Pogorilaya  Russia 213.69 2 73.98 4 139.71
4 Gracie Gold  United States 211.29 1 76.43 6 134.86
5 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 210.61 6 70.72 3 139.89
6 Elena Radionova  Russia 209.81 5 71.70 5 138.11
7 Mao Asada  Japan 200.30 9 65.87 7 134.43
8 Rika Hongo  Japan 199.15 7 69.89 8 129.26
9 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 195.68 8 67.38 9 128.30
10 Mirai Nagasu  United States 186.65 10 65.74 11 120.91
11 Li Zijun  China 184.52 11 65.39 12 119.13
12 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 183.62 12 61.63 10 121.99
13 Nicole Rajičová  Slovakia 173.05 15 56.56 13 116.49
14 Choi Da-bin  South Korea 159.92 16 56.02 15 103.90
15 Angelīna Kučvaļska  Latvia 158.99 18 54.78 14 104.21
16 Roberta Rodeghiero  Italy 158.41 13 57.90 19 100.51
17 Alaine Chartrand  Canada 157.82 17 55.67 17 102.15
18 Park So-youn  South Korea 154.24 22 52.27 18 101.97
19 Anna Khnychenkova  Ukraine 154.02 19 53.86 20 100.16
20 Viveca Lindfors  Finland 152.93 23 50.18 16 102.75
21 Amy Lin  Chinese Taipei 146.55 14 57.50 22 89.05
22 Niki Wories  Netherlands 140.87 24 49.86 21 91.01
23 Zhao Ziquan  China 139.67 21 52.80 23 86.87
24 Anastasia Galustyan  Armenia 136.07 20 53.24 24 82.83
Did not advance to free skate
25 Maé-Bérénice Méité  France 49.50 25 49.50
26 Anne Line Gjersem  Norway 49.39 26 49.39
27 Kailani Craine  Australia 48.86 27 48.86
28 Ivett Tóth  Hungary 47.92 28 47.92
29 Eliška Březinová  Czech Republic 47.75 29 47.75
30 Joshi Helgesson  Sweden 47.67 30 47.67
31 Laurine Lecavelier  France 46.92 31 46.92
32 Kerstin Frank  Austria 46.77 32 46.77
33 Aleksandra Golovkina  Lithuania 44.58 33 44.58
34 Yasmine Yamada   Switzerland 43.65 34 43.65
35 Nathalie Weinzierl  Germany 43.25 35 43.25
36 Kristen Spours United Kingdom Great Britain 42.64 36 42.64
37 Sonia Lafuente  Spain 39.99 37 39.99
38 Daša Grm  Slovenia 37.95 38 37.95

Pairs

The pairs short program was held on April 1 and the free skate on April 2.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 231.99 2 78.18 1 153.81
2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 224.47 1 80.85 2 143.62
3 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot  Germany 216.17 4 74.22 3 141.95
4 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  Russia 214.48 5 73.98 4 140.50
5 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 206.27 6 72.00 5 134.27
6 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov  Russia 205.81 3 77.13 7 128.68
7 Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 199.52 8 68.17 6 131.35
8 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 190.90 10 66.06 8 124.84
9 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim  United States 190.06 7 71.37 12 118.69
10 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 185.83 9 66.69 10 119.14
11 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 183.81 11 65.32 13 118.49
12 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao  China 182.46 12 60.01 9 122.45
13 Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea  United States 178.23 14 59.27 11 118.96
14 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek  Italy 170.73 13 59.76 15 110.97
15 Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei  China 168.64 15 57.32 14 111.33
16 Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov  France 137.24 16 52.78 16 84.46
Did not advance to free skate
17 Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev  Lithuania 51.65 17 51.65
18 Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer   Switzerland 49.32 18 49.32
19 Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski  Israel 46.81 19 46.81
20 Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk  Belarus 45.56 20 45.56
21 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 45.31 21 45.31
22 Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet  Japan 38.50 22 38.50

Ice dancing

The short dance was held on March 30. 2015 World champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France obtained a small gold medal for the short dance for the first time in their career. They were followed by two American teams. 2011 World bronze medalists Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani placed second (-1.59) while 2015 silver medalists Madison Chock / Evan Bates took the third position, 2.24 behind the Shibutanis.

The free dance was held on March 31, 2016. Papadakis/Cizeron set a new world record for the free dance (118.17 points) and they won their second consecutive world title. The Shibutanis returned to the world podium four years after their first medal. Chock/Bates took the bronze medal, marking the third time that the U.S. has finished with two ice dancing teams on the World podium (earlier: 1966, 2011). Cappellini/Lanotte rose to fourth while Weaver/Poje finished fifth.

Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 194.46 1 76.29 1 118.17
2 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 188.43 2 74.70 2 113.73
3 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 185.77 3 72.46 3 113.31
4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 182.72 6 70.65 4 112.07
5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 182.01 4 71.83 5 110.18
6 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 176.81 7 68.44 6 108.37
7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland United Kingdom Great Britain 173.17 8 68.23 7 104.94
8 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 173.07 5 70.70 8 102.37
9 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 168.97 9 67.68 10 101.29
10 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 167.91 10 65.96 9 101.95
11 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 163.30 11 63.84 11 99.46
12 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko  Israel 154.41 13 60.97 12 93.44
13 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Denmark 151.66 15 59.75 13 91.91
14 Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley  Slovakia 148.83 12 61.75 15 87.08
15 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed  Japan 147.90 16 59.00 14 88.90
16 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksim Spodirev  Poland 146.42 14 59.88 16 86.54
17 Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis  Germany 138.66 18 54.80 17 83.86
18 Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen  Finland 132.85 17 56.51 19 76.34
19 Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin  Ukraine 131.39 20 53.64 18 77.75
20 Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin  Austria 130.88 19 54.63 20 76.25
Did not advance to free dance
21 Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar  Turkey 53.56 21 53.56
22 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu  China 52.92 22 52.92
23 Elisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette  Canada 51.94 23 51.94
24 Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka  Czech Republic 51.68 24 51.68
25 Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov  South Korea 49.79 25 49.79
26 Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero  Spain 49.58 26 49.58
27 Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal  Armenia 47.11 27 47.11
28 Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev  Belarus 40.82 28 40.82
29 Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy  Latvia 40.80 29 40.80
30 Anastasia Khromova / Daryn Zhunussov  Kazakhstan 40.69 30 40.69

Medals summary

Medalists

Medals for overall placement:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Spain Javier Fernández Japan Yuzuru Hanyu China Jin Boyang
Ladies Russia Evgenia Medvedeva United States Ashley Wagner Russia Anna Pogorilaya
Pairs Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
Ice dancing France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Small medals for placement in the short segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Japan Yuzuru Hanyu Spain Javier Fernández Canada Patrick Chan
Ladies United States Gracie Gold Russia Anna Pogorilaya Russia Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Russia Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Ice dancing France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Small medals for placement in the free segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Spain Javier Fernández Japan Yuzuru Hanyu China Jin Boyang
Ladies Russia Evgenia Medvedeva United States Ashley Wagner Japan Satoko Miyahara
Pairs Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
Ice dancing France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates

By country

Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)1012
2 Canada (CAN)1001
 France (FRA)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
5 United States (USA)0213
6 China (CHN)0112
7 Japan (JPN)0101
8 Germany (GER)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)1113
2 China (CHN)1001
 France (FRA)1001
 Japan (JPN)1001
5 Russia (RUS)0123
6 Canada (CAN)0112
7 Spain (ESP)0101
Totals (7 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)1001
 France (FRA)1001
 Russia (RUS)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
5 United States (USA)0213
6 China (CHN)0112
 Japan (JPN)0112
8 Germany (GER)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

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