The 2012 Rostelecom Cup was the fourth event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Ice Palace Megasport in Moscow on November 8–11. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final.
Eligibility Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012, were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.
Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores (3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):
Discipline Minimum Men 159.66 Ladies 113.43 Pairs 120.90 Ice dancing 109.59
Entries The entries were as follows.International Skating Union
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Patrick Chan Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Michal Březina Kiira Korpi Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Valentina Marchei Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Takahiko Kozuka Nobunari Oda Kanako Murakami Denis Ten Zhan Bush Artur Gachinski Konstantin Menshov Alena Leonova Adelina Sotnikova Polina Korobeynikova Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin Viktoria Helgesson Richard Dornbush Johnny Weir Gracie Gold Agnes Zawadzki Caroline Zhang Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Overview Canada's Patrick Chan led after the men's short program, followed by Russia's Konstantin Menshov and Japan's Takahiko Kozuka. Chan was also first in the free skating, with Nobunari Oda in second and Kozuka in third. Chan won the title, Kozuka finished with the silver medal, and the Czech Republic's Michal Březina took the bronze. Johnny Weir re-aggravated an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament and withdrew after the short program.
Gracie Gold of the United States won the ladies' short program ahead of Finland's Kiira Korpi and American Agnes Zawadzki. Korpi won the free skating and her first gold medal on the Grand Prix series, with Gold and Zawadzki taking silver and bronze respectively, their first GP medals.
Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov won the pairs' short program ahead of teammates Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov and the United States' Caydee Denney / John Coughlin. The standings remained the same after the free skating.
Canada's Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir were first in the short dance, followed by Russia's Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov and Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin. The standing remained the same after the free dance. Virtue / Moir won gold, Ilinykh / Katsalapov the silver, and Sinitsina / Zhiganshin their first senior Grand Prix medal.
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Patrick Chan 262.35 1 85.44 1 176.91 2 Takahiko Kozuka 229.99 3 76.34 3 153.65 3 Michal Březina 224.56 6 73.83 4 150.73 4 Konstantin Menshov 223.72 2 76.73 5 146.99 5 Nobunari Oda 217.92 8 63.18 2 154.74 6 Richard Dornbush 210.89 7 67.44 6 143.45 7 Artur Gachinski 209.84 5 74.07 7 135.77 8 Zhan Bush 199.37 4 74.50 8 124.87 9 Denis Ten 177.77 9 59.42 9 118.35 WD Johnny Weir 10 57.47
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Kiira Korpi 177.19 2 61.55 1 115.64 2 Gracie Gold 175.03 1 62.16 2 112.87 3 Agnes Zawadzki 166.61 3 60.18 4 106.43 4 Kanako Murakami 166.34 6 56.78 3 109.56 5 Adelina Sotnikova 157.98 5 57.11 7 100.87 6 Alena Leonova 157.27 4 58.85 8 98.42 7 Polina Korobeynikova 153.32 8 51.45 6 101.87 8 Viktoria Helgesson 151.48 7 54.10 9 97.38 9 Valentina Marchei 148.67 9 46.25 5 102.42 10 Caroline Zhang 138.21 10 46.15 10 92.06
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 207.53 1 74.74 1 132.79 2 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 191.08 2 66.02 2 125.06 3 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin 179.21 3 59.02 3 120.19 4 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 154.16 4 51.86 4 102.30 5 Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov 150.15 5 50.90 5 99.25 6 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin 143.15 7 45.91 6 97.24 7 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 142.53 6 50.25 7 92.28
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD 1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 173.99 1 70.65 1 103.34 2 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov 158.46 2 65.70 2 92.76 3 Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin 145.08 3 60.85 4 84.23 4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 140.91 4 58.26 5 82.65 5 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 140.54 6 55.53 3 85.01 6 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin 135.84 5 55.81 6 80.03 7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland 126.66 8 51.39 7 75.27 8 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams 124.96 7 51.44 8 73.52
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