2018 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2018 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 19–25 March 2018 |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Location: | Milan, Italy |
| Venue: | Mediolanum Forum |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Nathan Chen | |
Ladies' singles:  Kaetlyn Osmond | |
Pairs:  Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | |
Ice dance:  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Previous: 2017 World Championships | |
| Next: 2019 World Championships | |
The 2018 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Milan, Italy from 19–25 March 2018,[1] at the Mediolanum Forum.[2]
Records
[edit]The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pairs | Free skating | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
162.86 | 22 March 2018 | [3] |
| Total score | 245.84 | [4] | |||
| Ice dance | Short dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
83.73 | 23 March 2018 | [5] |
| Free dance | 123.47 | 24 March 2018 | [6] | ||
| Total score | 207.20 | [7] |
Qualification
[edit]Age and minimum TES requirements
[edit]Skaters are eligible for the 2018 World Championships if they turned 15 years of age before 1 July 2017 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.[8]
| 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
[edit]Based on the results of the 2017 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Japan  United States
|
 Russia Canada United States
|
 China Russia Canada
|
Canada United States
|
| 2 | China  Spain Canada Russia  Israel
|
Japan  Italy  Kazakhstan  South Korea
|
Germany France Italy United States
|
France Russia Italy
|
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Schedule
[edit]| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Discipline | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | March 21 | 10:45 | 16:36 | Ladies | Short program |
| 17:30 | 18:00 | Opening ceremony | |||
| 18:20 | 23:00 | Pairs | Short program | ||
| Day 2 | March 22 | 10:05 | 15:43 | Men | Short program |
| 18:55 | 21:54 | Pairs | Free skating | ||
| Pairs | Victory ceremony | ||||
| Day 3 | March 23 | 11:00 | 15:57 | Dance | Short dance |
| 18:35 | 22:25 | Ladies | Free skating | ||
| Ladies | Victory ceremony | ||||
| Day 4 | March 24 | 10:00 | 14:04 | Men | Free skating |
| Men | Victory ceremony | ||||
| 15:20 | 18:36 | Dance | Free dance | ||
| Dance | Victory ceremony | ||||
| Day 5 | March 25 | 14:30 | 17:00 | Exhibition gala |
Note: times are local times (UTC+1 from March 21 through March 24 and UTC+2 on March 25).
Entries
[edit]Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2017. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on 28 February 2018. None of the previous year's defending champions competed.
Changes to preliminary assignments
[edit]
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States
|
321.40 | 1 | 101.94 | 1 | 219.46 |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Japan
|
273.77 | 5 | 94.26 | 2 | 179.51 |
| 3 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia
|
272.32 | 2 | 100.08 | 4 | 172.24 |
| 4 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel
|
258.28 | 7 | 90.99 | 7 | 167.29 |
| 5 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan
|
256.11 | 11 | 82.61 | 3 | 173.50 |
| 6 | Deniss Vasiļjevs |  Latvia
|
254.86 | 9 | 84.25 | 5 | 170.61 |
| 7 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia
|
252.30 | 13 | 82.15 | 6 | 170.15 |
| 8 | Keegan Messing | Canada
|
252.30 | 6 | 93.00 | 11 | 159.30 |
| 9 | Misha Ge |  Uzbekistan
|
249.57 | 8 | 86.01 | 9 | 163.56 |
| 10 | Michal Březina |  Czech Republic
|
243.99 | 17 | 78.01 | 8 | 165.98 |
| 11 | Max Aaron | United States
|
241.49 | 15 | 79.78 | 10 | 161.71 |
| 12 | Alexander Majorov |  Sweden
|
237.79 | 10 | 82.71 | 13 | 155.08 |
| 13 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan
|
236.66 | 14 | 80.17 | 12 | 156.49 |
| 14 | Vincent Zhou | United States
|
235.24 | 3 | 96.78 | 19 | 138.46 |
| 15 | Paul Fentz | Germany
|
230.92 | 12 | 82.49 | 16 | 148.43 |
| 16 | Romain Ponsart | France
|
229.20 | 16 | 79.55 | 14 | 149.65 |
| 17 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy
|
225.44 | 18 | 77.43 | 17 | 148.01 |
| 18 | Brendan Kerry |  Australia
|
223.85 | 19 | 74.99 | 15 | 148.86 |
| 19 | Jin Boyang | China
|
223.41 | 4 | 95.85 | 23 | 127.56 |
| 20 | Daniel Samohin | Israel
|
214.01 | 20 | 72.78 | 18 | 141.23 |
| 21 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee |  Malaysia
|
209.03 | 21 | 72.43 | 20 | 136.60 |
| 22 | Donovan Carrillo |  Mexico
|
200.76 | 24 | 68.13 | 21 | 132.63 |
| 23 | Slavik Hayrapetyan |  Armenia
|
199.72 | 23 | 68.18 | 22 | 131.54 |
| 24 | Phillip Harris |  Great Britain
|
187.69 | 22 | 68.59 | 24 | 119.10 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Nam Nguyen | Canada
|
67.79 | 25 | 67.79 | — | |
| 26 | Morisi Kvitelashvili |  Georgia
|
67.01 | 26 | 67.01 | — | |
| 27 | Stéphane Walker |  Switzerland
|
65.79 | 27 | 65.79 | — | |
| 28 | Burak Demirboğa |  Turkey
|
65.43 | 28 | 65.43 | — | |
| 29 | Ivan Pavlov |  Ukraine
|
64.18 | 29 | 64.18 | — | |
| 30 | Chih-I Tsao |  Chinese Taipei
|
64.06 | 30 | 64.06 | — | |
| 31 | Larry Loupolover |  Azerbaijan
|
61.82 | 31 | 61.82 | — | |
| 32 | Abzal Rakimgaliev | Kazakhstan
|
61.19 | 32 | 61.19 | — | |
| 33 | Kim Jin-seo | South Korea
|
60.72 | 33 | 60.72 | — | |
| 34 | Nicholas Vrdoljak |  Croatia
|
59.74 | 34 | 59.74 | — | |
| 35 | Valtter Virtanen |  Finland
|
55.49 | 35 | 55.49 | — | |
| 36 | Ihor Reznichenko |  Poland
|
51.70 | 36 | 51.70 | — | |
| 37 | Javier Raya | Spain
|
50.00 | 37 | 50.00 | — | |
Ladies
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada
|
223.23 | 4 | 72.73 | 1 | 150.50 |
| 2 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan
|
210.90 | 8 | 65.89 | 2 | 145.01 |
| 3 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
210.08 | 3 | 74.36 | 3 | 135.72 |
| 4 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
|
208.88 | 1 | 80.27 | 5 | 128.61 |
| 5 | Alina Zagitova | Russia
|
207.72 | 2 | 79.51 | 7 | 128.21 |
| 6 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
199.89 | 7 | 68.76 | 4 | 131.13 |
| 7 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada
|
196.72 | 6 | 71.61 | 8 | 125.11 |
| 8 | Maria Sotskova | Russia
|
196.61 | 5 | 71.80 | 9 | 124.81 |
| 9 | Loena Hendrickx |  Belgium
|
192.31 | 10 | 64.07 | 6 | 128.24 |
| 10 | Mirai Nagasu | United States
|
187.52 | 9 | 65.21 | 11 | 122.31 |
| 11 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan
|
186.85 | 11 | 62.38 | 10 | 124.47 |
| 12 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
174.40 | 17 | 59.15 | 12 | 115.25 |
| 13 | Nicole Schott | Germany
|
174.13 | 12 | 61.84 | 14 | 112.29 |
| 14 | Laurine Lecavelier | France
|
173.23 | 15 | 59.79 | 13 | 113.44 |
| 15 | Kim Ha-nul | South Korea
|
170.68 | 14 | 60.14 | 15 | 110.54 |
| 16 | Viveca Lindfors | Finland
|
166.23 | 13 | 60.18 | 16 | 106.05 |
| 17 | Kailani Craine | Australia
|
154.41 | 20 | 56.90 | 18 | 97.51 |
| 18 | Eliška Březinová | Czech Republic
|
153.14 | 18 | 58.37 | 19 | 94.77 |
| 19 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia
|
153.03 | 16 | 59.19 | 20 | 93.84 |
| 20 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland
|
149.66 | 19 | 57.86 | 22 | 91.80 |
| 21 | Elisabetta Leccardi | Italy
|
149.17 | 23 | 51.13 | 17 | 98.04 |
| 22 | Daša Grm |  Slovenia
|
144.51 | 22 | 52.43 | 21 | 92.08 |
| 23 | Ivett Tóth |  Hungary
|
136.87 | 24 | 50.63 | 23 | 86.24 |
| WD | Choi Da-bin | South Korea
|
55.30 | 21 | 55.30 | — | |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Larkyn Austman | Canada
|
50.17 | 25 | 50.17 | — | |
| 26 | Li Xiangning | China
|
50.06 | 26 | 50.06 | — | |
| 27 | Nicole Rajičová |  Slovakia
|
49.87 | 27 | 49.87 | — | |
| 28 | Amy Lin | Chinese Taipei
|
49.31 | 28 | 49.31 | — | |
| 29 | Anita Östlund | Sweden
|
48.99 | 29 | 48.99 | — | |
| 30 | Alisa Stomakhina |  Austria
|
48.71 | 30 | 48.71 | — | |
| 31 | Elžbieta Kropa |  Lithuania
|
46.53 | 31 | 46.53 | — | |
| 32 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain
|
45.89 | 32 | 45.89 | — | |
| 33 | Anne Line Gjersem |  Norway
|
45.25 | 33 | 45.25 | — | |
| 34 | Gerli Liinamäe |  Estonia
|
45.14 | 34 | 45.14 | — | |
| 35 | Isadora Williams |  Brazil
|
42.16 | 35 | 42.16 | — | |
| 36 | Antonina Dubinina |  Serbia
|
41.40 | 36 | 41.40 | — | |
| 37 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | Latvia
|
35.78 | 37 | 35.78 | — | |
Pairs
[edit]Ice dance
[edit]Medals summary
[edit]Medalists
[edit]Medals for overall placement:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Nathan Chen
|
Shoma Uno
|
Mikhail Kolyada
|
| Ladies | Kaetlyn Osmond
|
Wakaba Higuchi
|
Satoko Miyahara
|
| Pairs | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
|
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Nathan Chen
|
Mikhail Kolyada
|
Vincent Zhou
|
| Ladies | Carolina Kostner
|
Alina Zagitova
|
Satoko Miyahara
|
| Pairs | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
|
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Nathan Chen
|
Shoma Uno
|
Kazuki Tomono
|
| Ladies | Kaetlyn Osmond
|
Wakaba Higuchi
|
Satoko Miyahara
|
| Pairs | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
|
By country
[edit]Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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