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2019 World Figure Skating Championships
Logo of the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:March 18 – 24
Season:2018–19
Location:Saitama, Japan
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Saitama Super Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Nathan Chen
Women's singles:
Russia Alina Zagitova
Pairs:
China Sui Wenjing
and Han Cong
Ice dance:
France Gabriella Papadakis
and Guillaume Cizeron
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The 2019 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 18–24, 2019, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Nathan Chen of the United States won the men's event, Alina Zagitova of Russia won the women's event, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China won the pairs event, and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the ice dance event. The competition would have determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2020 World Championships; however, the 2020 World Champions were eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

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The World Figure Skating Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating.[1] The 2019 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 18–24, 2019, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[2]

Qualification

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The number of entries from each nation for the 2019 World Championships was based on the results of the 2018 World Championships. These nations were eligible to enter more than one skater or team in the indicated disciplines.

Number of entries per discipline
Spots Men Women Pairs Ice dance
3  Japan
 United States
 Russia 		 Japan
 Canada
 Russia 		 Russia  United States
 Canada
 Italy
2  Israel
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 Latvia
 Uzbekistan 		 Italy
 Belgium
 United States 		 Germany
 France
 Italy
 Canada
 China 		 France
 Russia

Changes to preliminary assignments

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The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on February 25, 2019.

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
February 26 Pairs Japan Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara N/A Concussion (Kihara) [3]
February 27 Ladies Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Evgenia Medvedeva Further consideration [4]
March 5 Finland Viveca Lindfors Finland Emmi Peltonen Medical [5]
March 6 Sweden Matilda Algotsson Sweden Anita Östlund Further consideration [6]
March 13 Men Russia Maxim Kovtun Russia Andrei Lazukin Medical [4]

Records

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For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2018–19 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

The following new record high scores were set during this event.

Record high scores
Date Skater Disc. Segment Score Ref.
March 20
  • China
 Pairs Short program 79.24 [7]
81.21
March 21 Free skating 155.60 [8]
Total score 228.47 [9]
234.84
March 22 Ice dance Rhythm dance 88.42 [10]
March 23 Free dance 134.23 [11]
Total score 222.65 [12]
Men Free skating 206.10 [13]
Total score 300.97 [14]
Free skating 216.02 [13]
Total score 323.42 [14]

Results

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Men's singles

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Defending World Champion Nathan Chen finished first after the short program, with his American teammate Jason Brown finishing in second place. Chen was satisfied with his performance, saying, "There are always things I can do better, things I can improve on but ultimately everything I did, I did as best as I could and I hope to continue that into the free program".[15] Brown's short program, despite not having any quad jumps in comparison to his competitors, has been praised as one of the best short programs of the season.[16] After moving to Toronto in the off-season, Brown reflected on his newfound maturity, noting, "There's a bit of confidence, a maturity confidence. As far as the skating goes, there's still a lot of changes that we have to make, but as the season's gone on, I've gotten a lot more confidence. I think it's a sense of maturity, the way that I'm carrying myself."[17] Two-time Olympic and World Champion Yuzuru Hanyu, rounded out the top 3 despite doubling his quad salchow attempt. While commenting about his performance at the press conference Hanyu expressed his surprise of being awarded third place, despite missing the second half of the season due to an injured ankle, "I'm disappointed with my short program, I made a big mistake and I've got to reform and improve for the free skate, but I'm honored to be in the top three."[15] Four Continents Bronze Medallist Vincent Zhou finished in fourth, European bronze medallist Matteo Rizzo was fifth, while Four Continents champion, Olympic silver medallist and two-time defending silver medallist Shoma Uno completed the top six.

Chen maintained the lead he gained in the short program, becoming the first American male skater to defend a World Title since Scott Hamilton in 1984.[18] He finished 22 points ahead of Hanyu, who became the first skater to break the 200-point mark since the introduction of the +5 GOE system, marking the fifth consecutive year of a Japanese skater winning the silver medal.[18] Hanyu was called for an under-rotation and uneasy landing on his quad salchow, missed half of the season due to a lingering ankle injury and was proud of his performance despite not having enough strength in his ankle.[19][20] Zhou's bronze medal was his first major ISU Championship senior medal, making himself and Chen the first two American men to make the world championship podium since 1996. After breaking the free skate world record at Four Continents, Uno's fourth-place finish was a shock to the home crowd—with a fall on his quad flip, an under-rotation on a combination jump and incomplete landing call on his opening quad salchow—was notably in tears when speaking to Japanese media stating feelings of regret and disappointment.[20] When reflecting on his season, Uno was upset at his performance "If I recall, there are more competitions that I got disappointed over joyful ones in this season, [...] Overall, I am still disappointed in myself. I need to become much stronger mentally."[19] Jin Boyang finished in fifth with two triple Axels and a big cheer from the crowd, with his performance component score bringing down his marks.[20] Despite a second-place finish in the short program, Brown could not maintain his lead and dropped to ninth overall after a messy free skate, including a fall on his quad salchow, although was positive about his incredible improvement throughout the season.[18][20] Kevin Aymoz suffered an injury to his hands after cutting them when trying to save a jump gone wrong, resulting in blood dripping on the ice.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen  United States 323.42 1 107.40 1 216.02
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 300.97 3 94.87 2 206.10
3 Vincent Zhou  United States 281.16 4 94.17 3 186.99
4 Shoma Uno  Japan 270.32 6 91.40 4 178.92
5 Jin Boyang  China 262.71 9 84.26 5 178.45
6 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 262.44 10 84.23 6 178.21
7 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 257.66 5 93.37 10 164.29
8 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 254.28 8 86.96 8 167.32
9 Jason Brown  United States 254.15 2 96.81 14 157.34
10 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 248.74 11 84.05 9 164.69
11 Kévin Aymoz  France 247.47 7 88.24 12 159.23
12 Alexander Samarin  Russia 246.33 20 78.38 7 167.95
13 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia 240.74 12 82.67 13 158.07
14 Keiji Tanaka  Japan 238.40 19 78.76 11 159.64
15 Keegan Messing  Canada 237.64 14 82.38 15 155.26
16 Nam Nguyen  Canada 237.27 13 82.51 16 154.76
17 Vladimir Litvintsev  Azerbaijan 230.84 16 81.46 19 149.38
18 Alexander Majorov  Sweden 229.72 17 79.17 17 150.55
19 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 229.26 18 79.17 18 150.09
20 Brendan Kerry  Australia 222.02 21 78.26 21 143.76
21 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 218.52 23 74.74 20 143.78
22 Alexei Bychenko  Israel 216.60 22 77.67 22 138.93
23 Julian Zhi Jie Yee  Malaysia 205.97 24 73.63 23 132.34
24 Daniel Samohin  Israel 205.28 15 82.00 24 123.28
25 Peter James Hallam  Great Britain 66.06 25 66.06 N/a
26 Luc Maierhofer  Austria 65.78 26 65.78 N/a
27 Aleksandr Selevko  Estonia 63.25 27 63.25 N/a
28 Paul Fentz  Germany 63.24 28 63.24 N/a
29 Ivan Shmuratko  Ukraine 62.99 29 62.99 N/a
30 Burak Demirboğa  Turkey 60.79 30 60.79 N/a
31 Slavik Hayrapetyan  Armenia 60.66 31 60.66 N/a
32 Valtter Virtanen  Finland 55.73 32 55.73 N/a
33 Donovan Carrillo  Mexico 54.99 33 54.99 N/a
34 Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland 54.58 34 54.58 N/a
35 Ihor Reznichenko  Poland 50.15 35 50.15 N/a

Women's singles

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2018 Olympic gold medallist Alina Zagitova took the lead in the short program, ahead of home crowd favourite and Japanese national champion Kaori Sakamoto who achieved a personal best score after performing a near perfect triple flip-triple toe-loop combination.[21][22] Zagitova mentioned that she was nervous before beginning her program as she had experienced several mistakes and errors throughout the season, although stated that she felt more mentally prepared in comparison to the rest of her season.[23] Sakamoto was pleased with her performance, "I was able to execute everything as I did in practice and will aim to do that again in the free skate."[23] Zagitova's training partner Elizabet Tursynbaeva surprised both critics and the crowd to finish in third. After a rocky season, two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva finished fourth by achieving a seasons best for a short program that was first performed in December, receiving a standing ovation from the Japanese crowd despite an under-rotation call on her triple toe-loop.[19][22] Short program world record holder and Grand Prix Final champion, Rika Kihira finished in seventh after singling her triple Axel attempt.[19][21][22] 2017 World bronze medallist and 2018 Olympic Team Champion Gabrielle Daleman made her return to international competition after taking personal leave for mental health reasons, finishing in 11th despite skating clean.[21]

Ladies' podium (left to right) – Tursynbaeva (silver), Zagitova (gold) and Medvedeva (bronze)

Zagitova took first in the free skate to win her first world title, becoming the first female skater since Yuna Kim to complete a Career Grand Slam after silver medal finishes at the Grand Prix Final and Europeans.[19] When speaking to the media Zagitova stated "I realized that I needed a clean skate and I went into each jump determined to land it".[24] Tursynbaeva became the first senior woman to land a quad jump, completing a clean quad salchow in the free skate to take silver for Kazakhstan, their first in any discipline since Denis Ten in 2015. Tursynbaeva couldn't believe she landed her quad after falling in her previous two attempts in competition.[24] Medvedeva narrowly beat Kihira for the bronze by a tenth of a mark, despite Kihira beating Medvedeva in the free skate the deficit from the short program it was not enough to change the standings. Kihira's Japanese teammates, short program silver medallist Sakamoto and Satoko Miyahara finished fifth and sixth, respectively, with Sakamoto popping her planned triple-flip which cost her a place on the podium.[19][25] The judging panel came under scrutiny with Medvedeva not being called for her lutz performed with the wrong edge, with critics and fans criticising a lack of consistency amongst the judging of other skaters, marring the final result.[26]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 237.50 1 82.08 1 155.42
2 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 224.76 3 75.96 4 148.80
3 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 223.80 4 74.23 3 149.57
4 Rika Kihira  Japan 223.49 7 70.90 2 152.59
5 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 222.83 2 76.86 5 145.97
6 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 215.95 8 70.60 6 145.35
7 Bradie Tennell  United States 213.47 10 69.50 7 143.97
8 Sofia Samodurova  Russia 208.58 9 70.42 8 138.16
9 Mariah Bell  United States 208.07 6 71.26 9 136.81
10 Lim Eun-soo  South Korea 205.57 5 72.91 10 132.66
11 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 192.67 11 69.19 12 123.48
12 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 186.29 13 62.60 11 123.69
13 Ekaterina Ryabova  Azerbaijan 179.88 17 57.18 13 122.70
14 Yi Christy Leung  Hong Kong 177.22 14 58.60 14 118.62
15 Laurine Lecavelier  France 170.59 19 56.81 15 113.78
16 Nicole Schott  Germany 170.56 12 63.18 17 107.38
17 Alexandra Feigin  Bulgaria 165.31 20 56.69 16 108.62
18 Daša Grm  Slovenia 161.16 16 57.58 18 103.58
19 Chen Hongyi  China 157.59 15 58.53 19 99.06
20 Eliška Březinová  Czech Republic 153.45 18 57.13 20 96.32
21 Natasha McKay  Great Britain 151.56 21 56.40 21 95.16
22 Eva Lotta Kiibus  Estonia 149.99 23 55.38 22 94.61
23 Alaine Chartrand  Canada 148.97 22 55.89 23 93.08
24 Isadora Williams  Brazil 143.22 24 55.20 24 88.02
25 Ivett Tóth  Hungary 54.87 25 54.87 N/a
26 Pernille Sørensen  Denmark 54.36 26 54.36 N/a
27 Marina Piredda  Italy 53.27 27 53.27 N/a
28 Emmi Peltonen  Finland 53.22 28 53.22 N/a
29 Julia Sauter  Romania 53.11 29 53.11 N/a
30 Anita Östlund  Sweden 53.07 30 53.07 N/a
31 Roberta Rodeghiero  Italy 51.50 31 51.50 N/a
32 Nicole Rajičová  Slovakia 51.22 32 51.22 N/a
33 Alexia Paganini  Switzerland 50.51 33 50.51 N/a
34 Valentina Matos  Spain 50.25 34 50.25 N/a
35 Aurora Cotop  Canada 48.83 35 48.83 N/a
36 Kailani Craine  Australia 48.82 36 48.82 N/a
37 Sophia Schaller  Austria 48.72 37 48.72 N/a
38 Elžbieta Kropa  Lithuania 47.95 38 47.95 N/a
39 Anastasia Galustyan  Armenia 47.75 39 47.75 N/a
40 Kyarha van Tiel  Netherlands 41.85 40 41.85 N/a

Pairs

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Evgenia Tarasova & Vladimir Morozov finished the short program by breaking the world record, competing with their 2018 Olympic short program.[19] In their second competition of the season, 2017 World Champions Sui Wenjing & Han Cong finished in second place, with their training partners and compatriots Peng Cheng & Jin Yang finishing in third. Event favourites Vanessa James & Morgan Cipres struggled with the short program once again, after James accidentally collided with Matteo Guarise in the warm-up that left both athletes shaken.[16][19] Guarise was left with bruises on his left hip and pain in his left knee, "I wanted to slow down when I saw Vanessa, I am a big guy and she is so tiny. I didn't want to hurt her."[27] James, who was left uninjured, when discussing the incident with Olympic Channel she noted, "we've had some hard situations but we always push through them."[28]

World Champions, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong (China), with their gold medals after the pairs event podium presentation

Sui and Han broke the free skate world record to win their second world title in three years, with the skates by the top four considered to be one of the best in recent world championships, with Sui and Han's considered one of the best pairs free skates of all time.[17][19] Sui discussed the difficulties and challenges they had throughout the season while recovering from ankle surgery, Sui noted to the media "In the short, we performed very well, and as the last to go on today, we knew that if we did well and challenged ourselves, we would win."[17] Although Morozov stumbled his side-by-side jump, he and his partner Tarasova finished in second place, with their compatriots Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert taking a surprising bronze medal after finishing in fourth in the short program.[17] Despite finishing third in the free skate and fifth overall, James and Cipres were frustrated with their performances, with Cipres adding although they were proud of their performance, "we want this title, everybody knows that we can do it, we know that we can do it, and we are going to do it."[17]

Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 234.84 2 79.24 1 155.60
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 228.47 1 81.21 2 147.26
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 217.81 4 73.96 4 144.02
4 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 215.84 3 75.51 5 140.33
5 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 215.19 7 68.67 3 146.52
6 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 210.30 6 69.99 6 140.31
7 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 200.02 5 73.08 8 126.94
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 195.74 8 67.29 7 128.45
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 193.81 9 66.93 9 126.88
10 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 178.66 11 63.65 11 115.01
11 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik  North Korea 175.31 13 58.77 10 116.54
12 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud  Canada 174.40 12 59.84 12 114.56
13 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany 174.04 10 64.28 14 109.76
14 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert  Germany 166.36 16 53.16 13 113.20
15 Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu  Spain 162.27 14 55.58 15 106.69
16 Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru  Croatia 153.99 15 53.70 17 100.29
17 Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji  Great Britain 153.70 17 52.45 16 101.25
18 Hanna Abrazhevich / Martin Bidař  Czech Republic 140.02 19 48.66 18 91.36
19 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 133.75 18 52.02 19 81.73

Ice dance

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Defending world champions Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron completed the Rhythm Dance with a five-point lead over the Russian team of Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov. Papadakis stated that an improvement of their technique training helped them gain the points advantage they wanted going into the free skate, calling their skate "the best performance".[25] Olympic Ice Dance Champion Meryl Davis, praised Papadakis and Cizeron for their performance, calling it "very special, [...] remarkable" and "in a class of their own".[25] Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin finished in third, leading by 0.01 over Americans and defending silver medallists Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue. Hubbell was positive about their performance as they had improved their technical score, which was their main goal for their performance.[25] The reigning bronze medallists, Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje finished in fifth, with Weaver calling their performance "a magical experience [...] but not perfect".[24] Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen made their first appearance for Canada after competing for Denmark in previous championships, with Sorensen suffering a wardrobe malfunction that placed them in tenth.[24]

Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov at the conclusion of their silver medal-winning free skate

Papadakis and Cizeron maintained their lead from the Rhythm Dance winning their fourth World Title in five years by finishing eleven points higher overall than silver medallists Sinitsina and Katsalapov, with the French team's only loss being to Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir in 2017.[18] Cizeron was happy with their performance, while Papadakis reflected at the last time the world championships were in Saitama, "we were exactly here five years ago for the worlds in Saitama and it's funny to remember the whole experience we came in this five years, where we were at the time and where we are now".[20] Katsalapov achieved his first major ISU Championship medal since his bronze medal at the Sochi Olympics with previous partner Elena Ilinykh, while it was current partner Sinitsina first overall. Sinitsina and Katsalapov were also the first Russian Ice Dance team to finish on the worlds podium since Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev in 2013.[19] Hubbell and Donohue took the bronze ahead of Stepanova and Bukin, making it the fifth consecutive year of an American Ice Dance team finishing on the podium.[19] Hubbell explained how their partnership had improved throughout the year and the risk to change their program choreography weeks before the world championship, "to be able to skate an emotionally strong performance as well as a technically strong performance, it's what every athlete wants."[20] Despite receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, Stepanova and Bukin's technical content was not enough to push them into the top three, missing by two points.[20] Weaver and Poje completed the top five, despite missing the first half of the season, performing a tribute program to late skater Denis Ten.[19][20]

Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 222.65 1 88.42 1 134.23
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 211.76 2 83.94 2 127.82
3 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 210.40 4 83.09 3 127.31
4 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 208.52 3 83.10 4 125.42
5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 205.62 5 82.84 5 122.78
6 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 204.92 6 82.32 6 122.60
7 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 200.92 8 80.44 7 120.48
8 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 199.18 7 81.66 8 117.52
9 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 189.06 9 75.90 10 113.16
10 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 188.10 10 74.76 9 113.34
11 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev  Poland 183.30 11 73.64 12 109.66
12 Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin  Spain 180.93 12 72.45 13 108.48
13 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 179.57 15 68.46 11 111.11
14 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  France 179.26 13 71.26 14 108.00
15 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu  China 173.89 14 68.47 15 105.42
16 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 168.12 18 66.01 16 102.11
17 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 168.06 16 67.21 17 100.85
18 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern  Germany 162.47 17 66.91 18 95.56
19 Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács  Hungary 156.81 20 61.96 19 94.85
20 Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin  Ukraine 153.43 19 65.76 20 87.67
21 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto  Japan 60.98 21 60.98 N/a
22 Anna Kublikova / Yuri Hulitski  Belarus 56.55 22 56.55 N/a
23 Victoria Manni / Carlo Rothlisberger  Switzerland 53.94 23 53.94 N/a
24 Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti  Italy 53.47 24 53.47 N/a
25 Shira Ichilov / Vadim Davidovich  Israel 52.51 25 52.51 N/a
26 Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds  Australia 51.94 26 51.94 N/a
27 Katerina Bunina / German Frolov  Estonia 46.22 27 46.22 N/a

Medals summary

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Medalists

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Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States Nathan Chen Japan Yuzuru Hanyu United States Vincent Zhou
Ladies Russia Alina Zagitova Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Russia Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Russia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
Ice dancing France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States Nathan Chen United States Jason Brown Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies Russia Alina Zagitova Japan Kaori Sakamoto Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Pairs Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Ice dancing France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States Nathan Chen Japan Yuzuru Hanyu United States Vincent Zhou
Ladies Russia Alina Zagitova Japan Rika Kihira Russia Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Ice dancing France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Medals by country

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Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)1225
2 United States (USA)1023
3 China (CHN)1001
 France (FRA)1001
5 Japan (JPN)0101
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0101
Totals (6 entries)44412

Controversy

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Mariah Bell/Lim Eun-soo collision

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During a practice session run-through of American skater Mariah Bell's short program, Bell skated past Korean skater Lim Eun-soo, who was along the baseboards. As Bell approached, her toe-pick scraped the back of Lim's left calf, causing a minor injury. Bell had right-of-way on the ice at the time due to it being her program run-through. Lim's management agency, All That Skate, claimed that the incident was a deliberate attack by Bell on her training teammate in Rafael Arutyunyan's coaching group, while Bell said it was an accident. Because Bell's music was playing during practice, she had the right-of-way at the time and Lim should have been aware of where Bell was on the ice.[29][30] ISU released a statement clearing Bell of wrongdoing in the incident.[31] U.S. Figure Skating extended an apology to the Korean Skating Union over the incident.[31]

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