2012 World Figure Skating Championships
2012 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 26 – April 1, 2012 |
Season: | 2011–2012 |
Location: | ![]() |
Venue: | Palais des Congrès Acropolis |
Defending champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Champions | |
Pairs: ![]() | |
Ice dance: ![]() | |
Previous: 2011 World Championships | |
Next: 2013 World Championships |
The 2012 World Figure Skating Championships will be an international figure skating competition in the 2011–2012 season. The event will determine the World Champions in men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. It will be held between March 26 and April 1, 2012 in Nice, France.
Overview
In November 2009, the International Skating Union named Nice, France as the provisional host.[1][2] In early 2011, it was announced that Montpellier was also under consideration;[3] however, in May 2011 Nice's Palais des Expositions was confirmed as the event venue.[4] The nearby Jean Bouin Center is the practice rink.[5] The cost is estimated at USD $10 million.[6] The competition rink, practice rink and athletes' accommodation facilities are within 60 yards of each other, with an efficient transportation system also boosting Nice's bid.[6] The host broadcaster expects to use the Sky-Cam.[6]
The event will determine the number of entries a country may send to the 2013 Worlds.
Qualification
The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who reach the age of 15 by July 1, 2011, as well as meet the following minimum technical elements scores (TES) in a previous event:[7]
Discipline | Short program/dance | Free skating/dance |
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Men | 20 | 35 |
Ladies | 15 | 25 |
Pairs | 17 | 30 |
Ice dance | 17 | 27 |
At the previous World Championships, countries qualified the following number of entries in each discipline:[7]
Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
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Entries
Member nations submitted the following entries:[8]
Some skaters are required to compete in a preliminary round, while others receive a direct entry into the short program, after which the number of entries may be reduced further. If a country has a non-direct entry, its lowest-ranked skater according to the Worlds Standings competes in the preliminary round.
Kiira Korpi was originally nominated to represent Finland, but announced her withdrawal on March 16, 2012 due to lingering foot and hip injuries. Alisa Mikonsaari was chosen to take her place in the competition.[9]
Schedule of events
Nice time (UTC+02:00), subject to changes:[8]
- Monday, March 26
- 14:30–16:45 – Preliminary round: Pairs
- 17:15–21:15 – Preliminary round: Dance
- Tuesday, March 27
- 10:30–16:00 – Preliminary round: Ladies
- 17:00–22:15 – Preliminary round: Men
- Wednesday, March 28
- 13:00–16:20 – Pairs' short
- 18:40–22:30 – Short dance
- Thursday, March 29
- 12:30–16:55 – Ladies' short
- 19:00–22:20 – Free dance
- Friday, March 30
- 12:30–16:55 – Mens' short
- 19:30–22:25 – Pairs' free
- Saturday, March 31
- 12:55–17:00 – Men's free
- 18:30–22:25 – Ladies' free
- Sunday, April 1
- 14:15–16:45 – Exhibitions
Results
Men
27 skaters competed in the men's preliminary round and the top twelve – led by Song Nan, Sergei Voronov, and Maciej Cieplucha – advanced to the short program.[10][11]
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25 | Maciej Cieplucha | ![]() |
3 | 126.50 | 25 | 57.18 | |||
26 | Alexander Majorov | ![]() |
7 | 115.78 | 26 | 56.57 | |||
27 | Kim Min-Seok | ![]() |
11 | 110.24 | 27 | 55.41 | |||
28 | Dmitri Ignatenko | ![]() |
28 | 52.93 | |||||
29 | Alexei Bychenko | ![]() |
12 | 108.51 | 29 | 52.76 | |||
30 | Justus Strid | ![]() |
10 | 110.45 | 30 | 50.55 | |||
Did not advance to short program | |||||||||
31 | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari | ![]() |
13 | 100.16 | |||||
32 | Zoltán Kelemen | ![]() |
14 | 97.75 | |||||
33 | Brendan Kerry | ![]() |
15 | 95.40 | |||||
34 | Laurent Alvarez | ![]() |
16 | 93.24 | |||||
35 | Damjan Ostojič | ![]() |
17 | 93.11 | |||||
36 | Slavik Hayrapetyan | ![]() |
18 | 92.84 | |||||
37 | Luke Chilcott | ![]() |
19 | 91.92 | |||||
38 | Jordan Ju | ![]() |
20 | 89.56 | |||||
39 | Márton Markó | ![]() |
21 | 86.08 | |||||
40 | Ali Demirboga | ![]() |
22 | 84.34 | |||||
41 | Vitali Luchanok | ![]() |
23 | 83.97 | |||||
42 | Saulius Ambrulevičius | ![]() |
24 | 82.40 | |||||
43 | Taras Rajec | ![]() |
25 | 81.81 | |||||
44 | Manol Atanassov | ![]() |
26 | 66.56 | |||||
45 | Harry Hau Yin Lee | ![]() |
27 | 66.56 | |||||
WD | Kevin Alves | ![]() |
Ladies
33 skaters competed in the ladies' preliminary round and the top twelve – led by Jenna McCorkell, Elena Glebova, and Sonia Lafuente – advanced to the short program.[10][11] The top three skaters in the short program were Alena Leonova, Kanako Murakami, and Carolina Kostner.[12]
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | PR | SP | FS | |||
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Did not advance to free skating | |||||||||
25 | Victoria Muniz | ![]() |
9 | 75.06 | 25 | 43.27 | |||
26 | Isabelle Pieman | ![]() |
26 | 38.45 | |||||
27 | Alīna Fjodorova | ![]() |
10 | 73.64 | 27 | 38.06 | |||
28 | Kwak Min-Jeong | ![]() |
28 | 36.91 | |||||
29 | Clara Peters | ![]() |
11 | 73.36 | 29 | 34.03 | |||
30 | Lejeanne Marais | ![]() |
12 | 70.50 | 30 | 32.22 | |||
Did not advance to short program | |||||||||
31 | Melinda Wang | ![]() |
13 | 70.43 | |||||
32 | Reyna Hamui | ![]() |
14 | 69.84 | |||||
33 | Sıla Saygı | ![]() |
15 | 68.85 | |||||
34 | Inga Januleviciute | ![]() |
16 | 68.51 | |||||
35 | Karina Johnson | ![]() |
17 | 68.46 | |||||
36 | Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook | ![]() |
18 | 67.62 | |||||
37 | Fleur Maxwell | ![]() |
19 | 67.44 | |||||
38 | Chae-Yeon Suhr | ![]() |
20 | 67.17 | |||||
39 | Daša Grm | ![]() |
21 | 66.45 | |||||
40 | Chantelle Kerry | ![]() |
22 | 65.48 | |||||
41 | Eliška Březinová | ![]() |
23 | 65.47 | |||||
42 | Anine Rabe | ![]() |
24 | 64.92 | |||||
43 | Sabina Măriuţă | ![]() |
25 | 64.52 | |||||
44 | Alexandra Kunova | ![]() |
26 | 61.09 | |||||
45 | Georgia Glastris | ![]() |
27 | 60.49 | |||||
46 | Ami Parekh | ![]() |
28 | 58.06 | |||||
47 | Zhaira Costiniano | ![]() |
29 | 56.46 | |||||
48 | Daniela Stoeva | ![]() |
30 | 56.38 | |||||
49 | Marina Seeh | ![]() |
31 | 52.65 | |||||
50 | Mirna Librić | ![]() |
32 | 52.16 | |||||
51 | Viktória Pavuk | ![]() |
33 | 51.43 |
Pairs
Eleven couples competed in the pairs' preliminary round and the top eight – led by led by Sui Wenjing / Han Cong, Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres, and Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave – advanced to the short program.[13] Russian pairs Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov and Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov collided during their first practice session on March 26 but were not injured.[14]
Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy took the lead in the short program, followed by Pang Qing / Tong Jian and Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran.[15] After falls on previous competition attempts, Savchenko/Szolkowy landed the rare throw triple Axel (first successfully executed in international competition by Rena Inoue / John Baldwin at the 2006 Winter Olympics) for the first time in their career but her free foot touched the ice.[15] Takahashi/Tran's small bronze medal for the short program was the first ever World pairs medal for Japan. Some skaters expressed concerns about the ice quality. Maxim Trankov said: "It is soft in some places, brittle in others. I guess it is ok if you skate right after ice resurfacing, but if you are the last one to skate in the second group, it is quite another story."[15] Alexander Smirnov said: "Sometimes it simply crushes under your blades like glass.[15]
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | PR | SP | FS | |||
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1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | ![]() |
201.49 | 1 | 68.63 | 2 | 132.86 | ||
2 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | ![]() |
201.38 | 8 | 60.48 | 1 | 140.90 | ||
3 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | ![]() |
189.69 | 3 | 65.37 | 3 | 124.32 | ||
4 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | ![]() |
186.05 | 2 | 67.10 | 6 | 118.95 | ||
5 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | ![]() |
185.41 | 5 | 63.69 | 5 | 121.72 | ||
6 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | ![]() |
183.68 | 4 | 65.02 | 7 | 118.66 | ||
7 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | ![]() |
182.42 | 11 | 59.59 | 4 | 122.83 | ||
8 | Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | ![]() |
180.37 | 7 | 62.48 | 8 | 117.89 | ||
9 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | ![]() |
179.44 | 1 | 116.57 | 6 | 63.27 | 9 | 116.17 |
10 | Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker | ![]() |
170.90 | 10 | 59.62 | 10 | 111.28 | ||
11 | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | ![]() |
168.16 | 9 | 60.39 | 11 | 107.77 | ||
12 | Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe | ![]() |
156.36 | 12 | 55.83 | 12 | 100.53 | ||
13 | Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende | ![]() |
145.80 | 15 | 48.48 | 13 | 97.32 | ||
14 | Mari Vartmann / Aaron van Cleave | ![]() |
143.29 | 3 | 90.48 | 16 | 47.91 | 14 | 95.38 |
15 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | ![]() |
137.31 | 7 | 77.40 | 14 | 49.07 | 15 | 88.24 |
16 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | ![]() |
130.70 | 2 | 96.48 | 13 | 50.51 | 16 | 80.19 |
Did not advance to free skating | |||||||||
17 | Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski | ![]() |
5 | 84.71 | 17 | 44.69 | |||
18 | Anaïs Morand / Timothy Leemann | ![]() |
8 | 73.19 | 18 | 44.59 | |||
19 | Stacey Kemp / David King | ![]() |
4 | 89.30 | 19 | 39.33 | |||
20 | Ji-Hyang Ri / Won-Hyok Thae | ![]() |
6 | 84.28 | 20 | 36.23 | |||
Did not advance to short program | |||||||||
21 | Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk | ![]() |
9 | 71.58 | |||||
22 | Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer | ![]() |
10 | 64.72 | |||||
23 | Elizabeta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze | ![]() |
11 | 55.13 |
Ice dancing
23 couples competed in the ice dancing preliminary round and the top ten – led by Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun, and Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand – advanced to the short dance.[13] Viktor Kovalenko – who qualified with his partner Anna Nagornyuk in 9th place – received his visa on the morning of March 26 and arrived at the arena ten minutes before they were due to compete in the preliminary round.[13][16] Gregory Merriman's blade broke off his heel a minute before the end of the performance but he and his partner, Danielle O'Brien, were also able to qualify.[17]
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir took the lead in the short dance, followed by Meryl Davis / Charlie White and Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat.[18] The top three were the same in the free dance. Virtue / Moir won their second World title, while the 2011 World Champions, Davis / White, took silver, and Pechalat / Bourzat won bronze, their first World medal for overall placement.[19]
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | PR | SD | FD | |||
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1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | ![]() |
182.65 | 1 | 72.31 | 1 | 110.34 | ||
2 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | ![]() |
178.62 | 2 | 70.98 | 2 | 107.64 | ||
3 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | ![]() |
173.18 | 3 | 69.13 | 3 | 104.05 | ||
4 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | ![]() |
166.65 | 4 | 66.47 | 4 | 100.18 | ||
5 | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | ![]() |
161.00 | 1 | 92.40 | 5 | 65.34 | 5 | 95.66 |
6 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | ![]() |
160.62 | 6 | 65.11 | 6 | 95.51 | ||
7 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | ![]() |
150.75 | 9 | 58.29 | 7 | 92.46 | ||
8 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | ![]() |
144.72 | 7 | 62.35 | 11 | 82.37 | ||
9 | Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko | ![]() |
144.43 | 10 | 58.19 | 8 | 86.24 | ||
10 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | ![]() |
143.95 | 8 | 59.56 | 10 | 84.39 | ||
11 | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi | ![]() |
141.36 | 11 | 56.29 | 9 | 85.07 | ||
12 | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | ![]() |
130.27 | 2 | 79.69 | 13 | 51.35 | 13 | 78.92 |
13 | Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill | ![]() |
129.55 | 15 | 50.75 | 14 | 78.80 | ||
14 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | ![]() |
129.31 | 4 | 79.09 | 12 | 54.35 | 17 | 74.96 |
15 | Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun | ![]() |
128.75 | 17 | 48.70 | 12 | 80.05 | ||
16 | Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi | ![]() |
126.89 | 7 | 73.96 | 14 | 51.18 | 16 | 75.71 |
17 | Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov | ![]() |
126.57 | 5 | 77.80 | 19 | 48.15 | 15 | 78.42 |
18 | Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas | ![]() |
124.07 | 16 | 50.22 | 19 | 73.85 | ||
19 | Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz | ![]() |
123.12 | 6 | 76.26 | 18 | 48.68 | 18 | 74.44 |
20 | Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman | ![]() |
112.23 | 8 | 71.37 | 20 | 47.92 | 20 | 64.31 |
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21 | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones | ![]() |
21 | 47.75 | |||||
22 | Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand | ![]() |
3 | 79.17 | 22 | 47.24 | |||
23 | Zsuzsanna Nagy / Máté Fejes | ![]() |
10 | 70.84 | 23 | 45.70 | |||
24 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | ![]() |
24 | 44.19 | |||||
25 | Anna Nagornyuk / Viktor Kovalenko | ![]() |
9 | 70.88 | 25 | 44.08 | |||
Did not advance to short dance | |||||||||
26 | Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev | ![]() |
11 | 70.39 | |||||
27 | Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley | ![]() |
12 | 68.42 | |||||
28 | Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo | ![]() |
13 | 68.42 | |||||
29 | Alexandra Zvorigina / Maciej Bernadowski | ![]() |
14 | 68.29 | |||||
30 | Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost | ![]() |
15 | 66.29 | |||||
31 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | ![]() |
16 | 64.61 | |||||
32 | Ksenia Pecherkina / Aleksandrs Jakushin | ![]() |
17 | 62.15 | |||||
33 | Corenne Bruhns / Ryan Van Natten | ![]() |
18 | 61.11 | |||||
34 | Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov | ![]() |
19 | 60.81 | |||||
35 | Cortney Mansour / Daryn Zhunussov | ![]() |
20 | 58.92 | |||||
36 | Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin | ![]() |
21 | 57.78 | |||||
37 | Alexandra Chistiakova / Dimitar Lichev | ![]() |
22 | 55.22 | |||||
38 | Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov | ![]() |
23 | 53.00 |
Medals summary
Medals table by nation
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Medalists
Medals for overall placement
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Small medals for placement in the short segment
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References
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- ^ "Nice, France to host 2012 worlds". Associated Press. ESPN. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
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- ^ Berlot, Jean-Christophe (March 27, 2012). "Soup du jour: Skaters prepare for time in the sun". Ice Network.
- ^ a b c Peret, Paul (August 23, 2011). "2012 Worlds: Will Nice be Nice Again?". IFS Magazine. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
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- ^ a b "Entries and schedule". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Korpi withdraws from worlds, cites leg problems". Ice Network. March 16, 2012.
- ^ a b Berlot, Jean-Christophe (March 27, 2012). "McCorkell, Song triumph in ladies, men's prelims". Ice Network.
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- ^ Simonenko, Andrei (March 26, 2012). "Российские фигуристы при столкновении на льду не пострадали - Москвина". rsport.ru (in Russian).
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- ^ Simonenko, Andrei (March 27, 2012). "Фигуристы Нагорнюк/Коваленко прибыли в Ниццу за 30 минут до проката". rsport.ru (in Russian).
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External links
- Starting orders and results at the International Skating Union
- Official website of Nice 2012
- Entries and schedule