2022 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2022 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 21 – 27 |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Location: | Montpellier, France |
| Host: | Fédération Française des Sports de Glace |
| Venue: | Sud de France Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Shoma Uno |
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Pair skating: Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier |
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Ice dancing: Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
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The 2022 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Montpellier, France from March 21–27, 2022.[1] Figure skaters competed for the title of world champion in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition was used to determine the entry quotas for each federation at the 2023 World Championships.
Montpellier was announced as the host in June 2019.[2] It is the first time that Montpellier has ever hosted the World Championships and the first time that France has hosted since 2012.
Contents
Background
On March 1, 2022, the ISU banned figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, thereby excluding defending world champions in three of four disciplines (as well as several other medalists) from competing.[3] The Chinese Skating Association opted not to send any skaters to the competition.[4] Several leading competitors such as Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu withdrew from the World Championship due to injury.[5][6]
Controversy
During the men's short program on March 24, one judge received backlash from fans and the media for voting that Ukrainian skater Ivan Shmuratko had committed a "costume/prop violation" for wearing the Ukrainian national team's training clothes rather than his costume.[7] Shmuratko did not receive a deduction due to a majority of judges' votes being required, and the crowd gave him a standing ovation for his performance.[8] Shmuratko qualified for the free skating, where he finished at the last position.
On the same day, one day prior to the rhythm dance, the ISU rejected Ukrainian ice dancers Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin's proposed program set to music by Ukrainian artists that included a 15-second snippet of a speech by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Ukrainian language calling for peace; the ISU cited the speech portion of the program as "propaganda".[9] Following intervention by their federation, Nazarova/Nikitin were allowed to compete using a version featuring only music, and like teammate Shmuratko, they also wore the colors of the Ukrainian national team rather than their costumes and received a standing ovation.[9][10] Despite limited training time leading up to the event, they said that they wanted to perform the new program set to "1944" by Jamala and Ukrainian folk song "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna" performed by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of BoomBox to "express what they are living through."[11] After the rhythm dance, Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation president Mikhail Makarov issued an appeal to ISU president Jan Dijkema and National Olympic Committee of Ukraine president Sergey Bubka asking for help in understanding the rationale behind the ISU's decision.[9] Nazarova/Nikitin later withdrew from the free dance due to feeling that performing their upbeat Moulin Rouge! program was inappropriate in light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.[12]
Qualification
Age and minimum TES requirements
Skaters were eligible for the 2022 World Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2021, and if they met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepted scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the two preceding seasons (adjusted from the traditional one due to the pandemic).[1]
| Minimum technical scores (TES) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
| Men | 34 | 64 |
| Women | 30 | 51 |
| Pairs | 27 | 44 |
| Ice dance | 33 | 47 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding two seasons. SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events. |
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Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2021 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.[13]
| Spots | Men | Women | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | United States Japan FSR |
FSR United States Japan |
FSR  China |
FSR United States Canada |
| 2 | Canada France South Korea Italy |
 Belgium Austria South Korea |
Canada United States Italy Japan |
Italy Great Britain |
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Schedule
| Date | Discipline | Time | Segment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, March 23 | Women | 11:10 | Short program |
| Pairs | 18:30 | Short program | |
| Thursday, March 24 | Men | 11:30 | Short program |
| Pairs | 18:20 | Free skating | |
| Friday, March 25 | Ice dance | 11:00 | Rhythm dance |
| Women | 18:00 | Free skating | |
| Saturday, March 26 | Men | 10:55 | Free skating |
| Ice dance | 17:05 | Free dance | |
| All times are listed in local time (UTC+01:00).[14] | |||
Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2021. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on March 2, 2022.[15]
Changes to preliminary entries
Medal summary
Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Shoma Uno |
Yuma Kagiyama |
Vincent Zhou |
| Women | Kaori Sakamoto |
Loena Hendrickx |
Alysa Liu |
| Pairs | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier |
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara |
Vanessa James / Eric Radford |
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Shoma Uno |
Yuma Kagiyama |
Kazuki Tomono |
| Women | Kaori Sakamoto |
Loena Hendrickx |
Mariah Bell |
| Pairs | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier |
Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc |
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara |
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Shoma Uno |
Yuma Kagiyama |
Camden Pulkinen |
| Women | Kaori Sakamoto |
Loena Hendrickx |
Alysa Liu |
| Pairs | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier |
Vanessa James / Eric Radford |
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara |
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
Medals by country
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Records
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The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
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| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
92.73 | March 25, 2022 | [44] |
| Free dance | 137.09 | March 26, 2022 | [45] | ||
| Total score | 229.82 | [46] |
Results
Men
With Shoma Uno earning gold and Yuma Kagiyama taking silver, Japan placed at least one man on the podium for an eighth consecutive World Championships. Uno's title is the country's first in men's singles since 2017.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan |
312.48 | 1 | 109.63 | 1 | 202.85 |
| 2 | Yuma Kagiyama | Japan |
297.60 | 2 | 105.69 | 2 | 191.91 |
| 3 | Vincent Zhou | United States |
277.38 | 6 | 95.84 | 4 | 181.54 |
| 4 | Morisi Kvitelashvili |  Georgia |
272.03 | 7 | 92.61 | 5 | 179.42 |
| 5 | Camden Pulkinen | United States |
271.69 | 12 | 89.50 | 3 | 182.19 |
| 6 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan |
269.37 | 3 | 101.12 | 8 | 168.25 |
| 7 | Daniel Grassl | Italy |
266.66 | 5 | 97.62 | 7 | 169.04 |
| 8 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France |
266.12 | 10 | 90.97 | 6 | 175.15 |
| 9 | Ilia Malinin | United States |
263.79 | 4 | 100.16 | 11 | 163.63 |
| 10 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy |
255.75 | 8 | 91.67 | 10 | 164.08 |
| 11 | Kévin Aymoz | France |
245.46 | 15 | 85.26 | 12 | 160.20 |
| 12 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada |
245.36 | 18 | 80.54 | 9 | 164.82 |
| 13 | Deniss Vasiļjevs |  Latvia |
243.00 | 11 | 90.95 | 14 | 152.05 |
| 14 | Keegan Messing | Canada |
235.03 | 9 | 91.18 | 17 | 143.85 |
| 15 | Mihhail Selevko |  Estonia |
234.72 | 20 | 78.85 | 13 | 155.87 |
| 16 | Vladimir Litvintsev |  Azerbaijan |
233.62 | 14 | 85.83 | 15 | 147.79 |
| 17 | Maurizio Zandron | Austria |
228.27 | 16 | 83.10 | 16 | 145.17 |
| 18 | Lee Si-hyeong | South Korea |
225.06 | 13 | 86.35 | 18 | 138.71 |
| 19 | Nikolaj Majorov |  Sweden |
216.45 | 19 | 79.36 | 20 | 137.09 |
| 20 | Graham Newberry | Great Britain |
210.40 | 21 | 74.92 | 21 | 135.48 |
| 21 | Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté |  Spain |
208.95 | 24 | 71.42 | 19 | 137.53 |
| 22 | Nikita Starostin |  Germany |
205.72 | 23 | 73.79 | 22 | 131.93 |
| 23 | Ivan Shmuratko |  Ukraine |
196.65 | 22 | 73.99 | 23 | 122.66 |
| WD | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea |
withdrew | 17 | 82.43 | withdrew from competition | |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Mark Gorodnitsky |  Israel |
69.70 | 25 | 69.70 | N/A | |
| 26 | Adam Hagara |  Slovakia |
60.92 | 26 | 60.92 | N/A | |
| 27 | Vladimir Samoilov |  Poland |
60.71 | 27 | 60.71 | N/A | |
| 28 | Burak Demirboğa |  Turkey |
52.86 | 28 | 52.86 | N/A | |
| 29 | Aleksandr Vlasenko |  Hungary |
51.10 | 29 | 51.10 | N/A | |
| WD | Donovan Carrillo |  Mexico |
withdrew | withdrew from competition | |||
- Donovan Carrillo of Mexico withdrew prior to the short program when his luggage with his skates did not arrive in time for the competition.[47]
- Cha Jun-hwan of South Korea withdrew from the free skate due to boot problems.[48]
Women
The ban against Russian and Belarusian skaters seriously affected the women's singles competition as Russian skaters won 5 of the 6 last World titles in the discipline. They also won 5 of the 6 World medals awarded during the quad, including a podium sweep in 2021.
Kaori Sakamoto of Japan won the country's first medal since 2018 and the first title since Mao Asada in 2014. Silver medalist Loena Hendrickx of Belgium won the country's first ISU Championships medal in women's singles, while bronze medalist Alysa Liu of the United States won the country's first medal since Ashley Wagner in 2016. It was the first podium featuring skaters representing three different countries since 2014.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan |
236.09 | 1 | 80.32 | 1 | 155.77 |
| 2 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium |
217.70 | 2 | 75.00 | 2 | 142.70 |
| 3 | Alysa Liu | United States |
211.19 | 5 | 71.91 | 3 | 139.28 |
| 4 | Mariah Bell | United States |
208.66 | 3 | 72.55 | 4 | 136.11 |
| 5 | You Young | South Korea |
204.91 | 4 | 72.08 | 6 | 132.83 |
| 6 | Anastasiia Gubanova | Georgia |
196.61 | 14 | 62.59 | 5 | 134.02 |
| 7 | Lee Hae-in | South Korea |
196.55 | 11 | 64.16 | 7 | 132.39 |
| 8 | Karen Chen | United States |
192.51 | 8 | 66.16 | 8 | 126.35 |
| 9 | Ekaterina Ryabova | Azerbaijan |
188.50 | 9 | 65.52 | 11 | 122.98 |
| 10 | Nicole Schott | Germany |
188.42 | 6 | 67.77 | 14 | 120.65 |
| 11 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan |
188.15 | 7 | 67.03 | 12 | 121.12 |
| 12 | Madeline Schizas | Canada |
188.14 | 10 | 64.20 | 10 | 123.94 |
| 13 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland |
186.43 | 16 | 61.92 | 9 | 124.51 |
| 14 | Olga Mikutina | Austria |
182.98 | 15 | 62.14 | 13 | 120.84 |
| 15 | Mana Kawabe | Japan |
182.44 | 12 | 63.68 | 15 | 118.76 |
| 16 | Niina Petrõkina | Estonia |
176.60 | 17 | 60.24 | 16 | 116.36 |
| 17 | Lindsay van Zundert |  Netherlands |
171.39 | 18 | 58.49 | 17 | 112.90 |
| 18 | Julia Sauter |  Romania |
170.31 | 19 | 58.07 | 18 | 112.24 |
| 19 | Alexia Paganini |  Switzerland |
170.02 | 13 | 63.09 | 19 | 106.93 |
| 20 | Lara Naki Gutmann | Italy |
164.39 | 20 | 57.92 | 20 | 106.47 |
| 21 | Josefin Taljegård | Sweden |
163.24 | 21 | 57.52 | 21 | 105.72 |
| 22 | Kailani Craine |  Australia |
161.75 | 22 | 56.64 | 22 | 105.11 |
| 23 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain |
159.27 | 24 | 55.71 | 23 | 103.56 |
| 24 | Daša Grm |  Slovenia |
147.12 | 23 | 55.82 | 24 | 91.30 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Jenni Saarinen |  Finland |
55.30 | 25 | 55.30 | N/A | |
| 26 | Ting Tzu-Han |  Chinese Taipei |
55.24 | 26 | 55.24 | N/A | |
| 27 | Eliška Březinová |  Czech Republic |
55.07 | 27 | 55.07 | N/A | |
| 28 | Alexandra Feigin |  Bulgaria |
55.01 | 28 | 55.01 | N/A | |
| 29 | Léa Serna | France |
54.30 | 29 | 54.30 | N/A | |
| 30 | Marilena Kitromilis |  Cyprus |
53.32 | 30 | 53.32 | N/A | |
| 31 | Júlia Láng | Hungary |
47.93 | 31 | 47.93 | N/A | |
| 32 | Stefanie Pesendorfer | Austria |
47.23 | 32 | 47.23 | N/A | |
| 33 | Anete Lāce | Latvia |
44.60 | 33 | 44.60 | N/A | |
Pairs
Due to the ban against Russian skaters and the Chinese Skating Association's decision not to send any skaters to compete, none of top five pairs from the 2022 Winter Olympics participated at this event. The final number of participants (14 pairs) was the lowest since 1989.
Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier of the United States won the country's first pairs medal since Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman earned bronze in 2002; it was also the first World title for the country since Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner won in 1979.[49] Japan's Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara earned the highest-ever placement for a Japanese pair with their silver medal finish.[50] Americans Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc, who were in second place after the short program, withdrew after a fall by Cain-Gribble during their free skate which necessitated her to be stretchered from the ice and hospitalized.
- Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskyi of Ukraine made the predetermined decision to withdraw from the free skating due to a lack of training time following competing at the Olympics and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[51]
- Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc of the United States withdrew following an on-ice injury to Cain-Gribble during their free skate.[49]
Ice dance
- Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin of Ukraine withdrew from the free dance for personal reasons.[52] They later told the media that they felt it would be inappropriate to perform their upbeat Moulin Rouge! free dance considering the ongoing war in their home country.[12]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Under the Court of Arbitration for Sport ban, Russia may not use its name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" at any world championships until December 16, 2022.[53] Thus, Russian skaters would have competed under a modified flag of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR) and the name "FSR" at the 2022 World Championships before the ISU banned participation by Russian and Belarusian skaters due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
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