World Figure Skating Championships results. Total starfall

“If we evaluate the World Cup based on maintaining quotas for the next season, and this is exactly the task that the President of the FFKKR Alexander Gorshkov called, then it can be considered successful. In pairs and women, we still have three vacancies left, the dancers still have two, and the guys were able to win three. However, the overall impression of the championship still remains painful - primarily due to the unsuccessful performance of Alina Zagitova. Falls Olympic champion in the free program, in which she frantically tried to catch up with the music, were comparable to a horror film.

If Alina had saved at least one of the three jumps from falling, then standing on the podium with a silver medal would have been psychologically easier. How could this happen? There are a number of reasons: the athlete’s physical growth, fatigue from the Olympic season, and a training schedule that was disrupted after returning from Pyeongchang. The absence of Evgenia Medvedeva, who would have shared the burden of responsibility with Alina and drawn some of the attention, also played a role.

Was it possible to leave Alina to rest at home and send another skater to Milan to maintain quotas? Taking into account the removal of Medvedeva and the inclusion of Stanislava Konstantinova in the team instead, who ultimately took 19th place, Polina Tsurskaya or Elizaveta Tuktamysheva could theoretically play instead of Alina. But hardly any of the girls could show a result higher than the 8th position of Maria Sotskova,” says Sport Express columnist Ekaterina Bespalova.

The World Championship has ended figure skating, which took place in Milan, Italy from March 19 to 25, 2018. In total, 4 sets of medals found their owners at the competitions, performing in single men's and women's skating, pair skating and ice dancing. Russia was represented in Milan by a team of 15 athletes.

World Figure Skating Championships 2018 results: how many medals and what places Russia has

Of the 15 athletes of the Russian team, only three climbed to the podium: the duet of Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, who won silver, scoring 225.53 points in the free program. Bronze medal Mikhail Kolyada earned money for the team, setting a result of 272.32 in the free program.

Thus, Russia has only 2 medals at the World Figure Skating Championships in Milan - silver and bronze.

In three types of programs, Russian figure skaters secured the maximum number of quotas at the next World Championships (three each); in dance, as a year ago, they won two vacancies. In total, our team has 11 quotas out of 12.

The rest of the skaters failed to win prizes. In the women's solo box office, the girls made mistakes one after another. Maria Sotskova was the first to take to the ice, a couple of mistakes and several falls, resulting in only 8th place.

The next performer was Stanislava Konstantinova, who replaced Evgenia Medvedeva, however, she also could not surprise, and as a result, she was in 19th position.

Well, the last one to take to the ice was the favorite of the 2018 World Cup, Alina Zagitova, but she couldn’t withstand the stress, fell several times and these falls dropped her to 5th place.

In men's free skating, Dmitry Aliev took 7th position. It is also worth noting that in sports couples ah, in the free program, the duet of Natalya Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert became 4th, and the pair of Kristina Astakhova and Alexey Rogonov secured 8th position.

On the last day of the 2108 World Cup, ice dancing competitions took place. The Russian team was represented by 2 duets Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin and Tiffany Zagorski/Jonathan Gureiro. The first pair took 7th position, and the second one took 8th place.

World Figure Skating Championships 2018 results

Let's summarize the overall results of the competition:

Prize-winners of the free program among sports pairs

gold - Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot - 245.84 points - Germany;
silver - Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov - 225.53 points - Russia;
bronze - Vannesa James and Morgan Cipres - 218.36 points - France.

Women's free skate winners:

gold - Caitlin Osmond - 223.23 points - Canada;
silver - Wakaba Higuchi - 210.90 points - Japan;
bronze - Satoko Miyahara - 210.08 points - Japan.

Men's free program medalists:

gold – Nathan Chen – 321.40 points – United States of America;
silver – Soma Uno – 273.77 points – Japan;
bronze – Mikhail Kolyada – 272.32 points – Russia.

Prize-winners in ice dancing in the free program:

gold – Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron – 207.20 points – France;
silver – Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue – 196.64 points – United States of America;
bronze – Caitlin Weaver and Andrew Poje – 192.35 points – Canada.

If we evaluate the World Cup on the basis of maintaining quotas for the next season, and this is precisely the task that the president of the FFKKR called, then it can be considered successful. In pairs and women, we still have three vacancies left, the dancers still have two, and the guys were able to win three. However, the overall impression of the championship still remains painful - primarily due to the unsuccessful performance. The Olympic champion's falls in the free program, in which she frantically tried to catch up with the music, were comparable to a horror film.

If Alina had saved at least one of the three jumps from falling, then she would have stood on the podium with a silver medal - everything would have been psychologically easier. How could this happen? There are a number of reasons: the athlete’s physical growth, fatigue from the Olympic season, and a training schedule that was disrupted after returning from Pyeongchang. The absence of a woman who would share the burden of responsibility with Alina and draw some of the attention also played a role. It can be argued that in December last year, Zagitova won the Grand Prix final without Medvedeva. But then it was only the first half of the season, Alina was not yet the champion of the country, Europe and Olympic Games and didn’t have time to go through a head-to-head confrontation with Evgenia twice. By the way, the December performance was not ideal either.

PROGRAM WITH INITIAL RISK

For all the outstanding results of her three senior seasons, Medvedeva also had her share of falls, but this never led her to failure. And it's not just about more experience and more sustainable nervous system. Not one of Medvedeva’s six competitive programs during her adult career was staged at such a crazy pace as Zagitova’s Don Quixote. If she fell, Evgenia had time to get up, recover and continue skating, rather than chasing the music. Alina’s free program initially did not leave the right to fall, and was worked out to such an extent that even thoughts about it did not arise. When the fall in Milan occurred from the first cascade, it was no longer possible to stop this chain.

It is possible that at some point Alina encountered a psychological barrier: after all, the starting signature cascade of triple lutz and loop did not work out right away in Pyeongchang and at the Moscow show of champions, and at the world championship the lutz ended in a fall. Fortunately, the season is over, the Olympic champion will be able to recharge her batteries and decide how to continue her journey. Was it possible to leave Alina to rest at home and send another skater to Milan to maintain quotas? Taking into account the removal of Medvedeva and the inclusion of Stanislava Konstantinova in the team instead, who ultimately took 19th place, theoretically, or could have played instead of Alina. But hardly any of the girls could show a result higher than 8th position.

JOY AND BRONZE KOLYADA

Joy came to us from where we didn't expect it - from men's singles skating. and , who finished third and seventh respectively, returned three men's vacancies for the following season after many years. And Kolyada entered himself into the history of our men's singles: the first medal since 2011 and the second since 2004. If we talk specifically about the quality of skating, then in comparison with the European Championships, our guys seemed to have changed places: Dmitry took risks in both programs, and Mikhail in the short program decided to return to a reliable option with one quadruple sheepskin coat. What the famous coach called “girl skating and content from 20 years ago” brought Kolyada 100.08 points in short program and allowed us to become second according to its results, less than 2 points behind the leader. In the free program, it was not possible to repeat the same brilliant performance - again three quadruples (lutz and two sheepskin coats), from which Mikhail was only able to perform a sheepskin coat, and even then with difficulty.

In the free program, Chen saved the impression from the warm-up performance of the strongest. In it, he fell three times, the same number of times - trying to perform six quadruple jumps, and the two-time bronze medalist of the world championships, the Chinese, fell even five times. Against this background, Kolyada, with his two falls, looked like a model of composure. As for Aliyev, who became, the assessment of his performance depends on the approach. If assessed locally, he should be offended by an error in the short program that cost 10 points. With them, Dmitry would confidently occupy fourth place, and maybe higher. But globally, Aliev turned out to be on top - he landed a quadruple Lutz twice, and only he and Chen succeeded in this in the free program.

OPTIMISTIC DYNAMICS

Second place, as well as fourth, coupled with seventh place, look optimistic. Although the last two duets could have taken higher places, in the short program the judges withheld their scores, and in the free program our pairs could not do without mistakes. For Evgenia and Vladimir, this championship was an opportunity to rehabilitate herself for a disappointing fourth place in the individual tournament in Pyeongchang. But the chance to win the championship also depended on Olympic champions. The German couple did not provide it with a brilliant free skate for a world record. But the dynamics of our couple’s performances at world championships are very pleasant: debut 6th place, then 5th, last year’s bronze against the backdrop of an injury, silver at the end of a difficult Olympic season, next year gold suggests itself.

UNFULFILLED HOPES

When they announced their non-participation in the World Championships, there was still hope for the return of three quotas in dance. There was a feeling that, already in the status of the first couple of the country, they were able to compete for getting into the top five. For this, more than three points were missing, lost due to lost difficulty levels and a penalty point in the short dance. As a result, in the absence of two world leaders, they managed to take only seventh place.

But our other duet can take their debut eighth place to their advantage, because, according to technical assessment, in the free dance they were able to beat not only their national team partners, but also the Americans who came in fifth. There is also a sad circumstance for us: this season the silver medalists of the championship, the Americans, won the right to be in the group of the strongest pairs. This means that even a possible departure will not free up higher places for our dancers. Taking into account the fact that Bobrova/Soloviev will miss the next season, a battle is expected not only for the status of the country’s first couple, but also with foreign couples who will also want to take advantage of the leaders’ departure.

In 2018, the World Figure Skating Championships take place from March 21 to 25 in the Italian city of Milan. The Russian national team is represented by 15 skaters, they took part in such disciplines as women's and men's singles programs, ice dancing, as well as pair skating. There will be 4 sets of medals awarded at the championship.

Figure skating results 2018 World Championships women, pairs, men: results of single skating

The gold medal in women's single skating was won by Canadian athlete Kaitlyn Osmond, who scored 223.23 points. The second position was taken by the Japanese Wakaba Higuchi - 210.90, and the third place was also secured by the Japanese participant Satoko Miyahara, she earned - 210.08 points. The performance of Russian athletes was a complete failure. The girls fell one after another during their performances. Thus, distancing yourself from the medals of the 2018 World Cup. And as a result, Russian Maria Sotskova with 196.61 points became 8th, and Stanislava Konstantinova became 19th, she replaced Evgenia Medvedeva, who was unable to take part due to a leg injury. The most shocking performance was the performance of Olympic champion Alina Zagitova, who at the beginning of her performance managed to fall 3 times. The girl tried with all her might to rehabilitate herself, but she failed, and as a result, only 5th place in the World Championship. In the men's solo performance, USA athlete Nathan Chen won with a score of 321.40. The second was the Japanese Soma Uno with 273.77 points. The bronze medalist was the athlete from Russia Mikhail Kolyada, who scored 272.32 points, but his teammate Dmitry Aliev secured 7th position with a score of 252.30. It is also worth noting that the men’s solo performance was not without falls.

Figure skating results 2018 World Championships women, pairs, men: winners of performances among duets

In the free program among sports pairs, the German duo Alena Savchenko and Bruno Massot won with a score of 248.84. The second ones were Russian athletes Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov scored 225.53 points. The third position was taken by the French duo Vannesa James and Morgan Cipres - 218.36. Russian couple Natalya Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert took 4th position with a score of 207.88. But the 3rd duet Kristina Astakhova and Alexey Rogonov were even less lucky, they became only 8th with 202.16 points. In the free ice dance, athletes from France Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron took first place with a score of 207.20. The duo from the USA, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, came second with 194.64 points. Third place went to Caitlin Weaver and Andrew Poje from Canada – 192.35. Unfortunately, a couple from Russia, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin, came 7th with 184.01 points, and Tiffany Zagorski and Jonathan Gureiro took 8th place with 180.42.

The results of the women's free program at the World Championships were shocking - and this is not an exaggeration. Fans of the Russian and Italian national teams are horrified - Carolina Kostner and Alina Zagitova could not stand the fight for gold and withdrew, making mistakes. Let us remind you that the tournament takes place from March 21 to 25, 2018 in Milan.

Judging by the density of spectators in the stands of the arena in Milan, it was clear what all figure skating fans in the world were waiting for. As we approached the climax of the girls' performance, the stands gradually filled up, and by the last warm-up there were no empty seats left in the hall. The last warm-up, of course, included performances by more than two skaters. However, neither Miyahara nor Sotskova were able to create a miracle on the ice. Sotskova’s mistake completely threw her off the podium, and therefore, before the final two skates, Canadian Caitlin Osmond, who had already tried on bronze, remained in first place.

And then Alina Zagitova took to the ice. Everyone knows very well that the most difficult free program of the 15-year-old Olympic champion is her main trump card. Therefore, Alina’s minimal gap from Caroline Kostner did not bother anyone - most experts considered the Russian figure skater to be the main contender for gold. However, what happened next was shocking.

Alina could not stand the pressure. Three falls. Complete failure. Nightmare.

Athletes from Russia won a silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships on March 22, 2018. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov became second in the free program among sports pairs. The duo managed to score 225.53 points for all competitions. The second pair Natalya Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert took 4th position, they managed to score 207.88.

In the short ice dance, Russian athletes performed slightly worse. The duo of Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin took 7th position, and the couple Tiffany Zagorski and Jonathan Gureiro took 8th. However, this is only their first performance; the decisive one will be the free performance in ice dancing, where duets must show themselves in full glory.

Women's short program

1. Carolina Kostner (Italy) - 80.27, 2. Alina Zagitova (Russia) - 79.51, 3. Satoko Miyahara (Japan) - 74.36... 5. Maria Sotskova - 71.80... 16. Stanislava Konstantinova (both Russia) - 59.19.

Pair skating, short program

1. Alena Savchenko - Bruno Massot (Germany) - 82.98, 2. Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov (Russia) - 81.29, 3. Vanessa James - Morgan Cipres (France) - 75.32, 4. Natalya Zabiyako - Alexander Enbert - 74.38... 7 . Kristina Astakhova - Alexey Rogonov (all Russia) - 71.62.

Men's short program

1. Nathan Chen (USA) - 101.94, 2. Mikhail Kolyada (Russia) - 100.08, 3. Vincent Zhou (USA) - 96.78... 13. Dmitry Aliev (Russia) - 82.15.

Pair skating, free program

1. Alena Savchenko - Bruno Massot (Germany) - 162.86, 2. Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov (Russia) - 144.24, 3. Vanessa James - Morgan Cipres (France) - 143.04... 6. Natalya Zabiyako - Alexander Enbert - 133.50... 9 . Kristina Astakhova - Alexey Rogonov (all Russia) - 130.54.

Sports couples. Results. 1. Alena Savchenko - Bruno Massot (Germany) - 245.84, 2. Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov (Russia) - 225.53, 3. Vanessa James - Morgan Cipres (France) - 218.36, 4. Natalya Zabiyako - Alexander Enbert - 207.88... 8 . Kristina Astakhova - Alexey Rogonov (all Russia) - 202.16

Ice dancing, short program

1. Gabriella Papadakis - Guillaume Cizeron (France) - 83.73, 2. Madison Chalk - Evan Bates (USA) - 80.42, 3. Caitlin Weaver - Andrew Poget (Canada) - 78.31... 7. Alexandra Stepanova - Ivan Bukin - 74.50, 8 Tiffany Zagorski – Jonathan Gureiro (all Russia) – 72.45.

Women's free program

1. Caitlin Osmond (Canada) - 150.50, 2. Wakaba Higuchi - 145.01, 3. Satoko Miyahara (both Japan) - 135.72... 7. Alina Zagitova - 128.21... 9. Maria Sotskova - 124.81... 20. Stanislava Konstantinova (all Russia) - 93.84.