2023-24 Grand Prix Finalists

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MEN

1	Adam SIAO HIM FA	FRA			15	15			30	1	605.16	Q
2	Ilia MALININ	USA	15		13				28	1	615.15	Q
3	Kao MIURA	JPN		13			15		28	1	532.45	Q
4	Yuma KAGIYAMA	JPN			11			15	26	1	561.53	Q
5	Shoma UNO	JPN				13		13	26	2	566.53	Q
6	Kevin AYMOZ	FRA	13				11		24	2	529.12	Q
7	Shun SATO	JPN	11				13		24	2	520.84	S
8	Sota YAMAMOTO	JPN		15		5			20	1	504.00	S
9	Lukas BRITSCHGI	SUI			9			11	20	3	518.03	S

WOMEN

1	Kaori SAKAMOTO	JPN		15			15		30	1	431.34	Q
2	Isabeau LEVITO	USA	13		15				28	1	411.37	Q
3	Loena HENDRICKX	BEL	15			11			26	1	422.77	Q
4	Hana YOSHIDA	JPN	9			15			24	1	394.95	Q
5	Nina PINZARRONE	BEL			13			11	24	2	393.46	Q
6	Rion SUMIYOSHI	JPN			11		13		24	2	387.97	Q
7	Chaeyeon KIM	KOR		13			9		22	2	382.57	S
8	Lindsay THORNGREN	USA		7				13	20	2	388.25	S
9	Niina PETROKINA	EST	11			9			20	3	382.59	S

PAIRS

1	Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS	CAN		15		15			30	1	416.12	Q
2	Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN	GER					15	15	30	1	395.23	Q
3	Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD	CAN	13		15				28	1	377.26	Q
4	Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII	ITA			13		13		26	2	378.06	Q
5	Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL	GER	15			9			24	1	354.88	Q
6	Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI	ITA				13		11	24	2	377.47	Q
7	Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO	HUN		13			11		24	2	373.97	S
8	Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE	ITA		11				13	24	2	371.73	S
9	Cheng PENG / Lei WANG	CHN				11	9		20	3	364.22	S

ICE DANCE

1	Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER	CAN		15		15			30	1	426.84	Q
2	Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES	USA	15				15		30	1	422.42	Q
3	Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI	ITA			15			13	28	1	429.10	Q
4	Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON	GBR		13				15	28	1	424.74	Q
5	Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN	CAN			13		13		26	2	411.47	Q
6	Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA	CAN	13			13			26	2	403.01	Q
7	Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS	LTU		11				11	22	3	388.87	S
8	Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA	11		11				22	3	384.29	S
9	Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN					11	9	20	3	386.81	S

 

[SmileHappy34]

Congratulations all.good luck all in the finals (both juniors and seniors.)

 

[Dreamer57]

I am so excited for Pairs and Men!

Also I hope we get a photo of Rio Nakata with Shoma, as Rio has said in the past that he looks up to him

 

[macy]

this is the first time in history two Belgians have made it to the same final. huge congrats to Loena and Nina!!!

 

[cheerknithanson]

Discipline I'm most excited about: Pairs followed by ladies.
Discipline I'm most nervous about: Men for sure (Please Ilia, all I want is a podium finish).
Discipline I'm the most "Oh, cool cool cool" about: Dance. I like dance, but it's mostly predictable.

 

[ladyjane]

I am so pleased for my neighbouring country Belgium. Two women in the Final. What a wonderful achievement.
Looking forward mostly to pairs and men (always my favourites).
Dance is going to be exciting (even if it's the most predictable) with three Canadian couples, one from the US, one from Italy and one from the UK. Interesting!

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

The fields this year are really fantastic and quite unpredictable, but I think the results here could be quite telling for the upcoming Worlds and Olympics. I am so excited for this event!

 

[DancingCactus]

Most interesting for me is if Adam will keep it together.

Who knows with ice dance. Obviously I want Piper and Paul to win, but who knows what the powers that be will decide.

As for women, this is Kaori's to lose.

 

[4everchan]

Dance is pretty much unpredictable. This is a pretty bold statement to make as usually, that is the steady discipline.

 

[icewhite]

To me it looks like all categories this year are really open. I'm having such a hard time predicting this. There are four realistic contenders for the win in men's (my favourite discipline), Kaori, despite being the favourite, can potentially be beaten by pretty much everyone else on the days, similar goes for pairs, and even ice dance looks like it has four teams that can actually win.

Kévin will likely be last, but I just hope for a good showing from him and that he's having fun!
Due to their programs this season my love has shifted a bit from Kaori to Yoshida... would be great if she could land her 3A cleanly.

 

[withwings]

Germans Hocke/Kunkel withdraw, hungarians Pavlova/Sviatchenko in.

 

[cheerknithanson]

Germans Hocke/Kunkel withdraw, hungarians Pavlova/Sviatchenko in.

What happened? Was there any reason given?

 

[TT_Fin]

What happened? Was there any reason given?

Robert having immense pain, no more explanation about it.

 

[ladyjane]

This is what they wrote (found it via Anything Goes social media):

We are extremely sad that we have to withdraw from the GP Final. We have been super excited to go but with Robert having immense Pain there was no other option than to withdraw.
We are working hard on finding a solution to get back to full practice as quick and most importantly as healthy as possible.
Even tho this was a hard one to take we are ready to work our way back and be ready for the second half of the season
Thank you to everyone who was so excited for us going to the finals.
We appreciate your ongoing support a ton
Can’t wait to get out there again.

Annika&Robert

 

[noskates]

Oh I'm sorry to hear about the Germans withdrawing. They were exciting to watch. I'm really looking forward to the GPF and it's wonderful to have some "new" countries represented. There doesn't seem to be a dominating force (other than maybe the Japanese . I think the Men's competition is going to be incredible. I, too, want to see Ilia on the podium but he has an uphill battle with Adam SHF and the two men from Japan. Not too thrilled about the pairs or the dance but the Women's competition should be pretty interesting. Overall, the talent in this years GPF is outstanding and each and every skater (skaters?) is going to have to skate clean to medal. Can't wait.

 

[withwings]

What happened? Was there any reason given?

Kunkel is having serious back problems.

 

[Dreamer57]

Kunkel is having serious back problems.

I read somewhere that he made it through last season just on painkillers, without extra funding it would be hard to get proper medical treatment.

 

[DancingCactus]

He's German. Paying for Medical treatment should not be the issue.

 

[cheerknithanson]

Kunkel is having serious back problems.

Ouch. Back pain is one worst pains.

 

[icewhite]

I read somewhere that he made it through last season just on painkillers, without extra funding it would be hard to get proper medical treatment.

This "lack of funding" thing really got so blown out of proportion.
And we have general public health insurance that can be very bureaucratic when you want certain extras but basically pays for everything, unless you want some experimental treatment. As a sports soldier his conditions might be even better, not sure he even has so pay for insurance.