Team competition in figure skating —relatively recent kind of sport, which includes performances in different types of figure skating and evaluates them in aggregate.
It is designed to promote the development of all types of figure skating, since the overall result depends on the ratings of athletes in each stage commands.
The history of the emergence and development of team figure skating
Officially International Union skaters ( ISU) for the first time this sport was included in the program of the world championships in 2009 in April in Tokyo in the arena Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
It was planned that team championship, which was named World Team Trophy, will take place once every two years.
The tournament is unusual in that, along with the ISU, it is organized by the Japanese Figure Skating Federation with the support of the TV company Asahi that commercializes the sporting event. The next time such a competition was going to be held in 2011 again Japan, Yokohama, in April. But in March, the largest natural and man-made disasters occurred in Japan, and the World Cup was postponed to next year.
By 2018, 5 such championships were held — in 2009/12/13/15/17, and all in Tokyo, on which the Americans won three times and the Japanese won twice.
In general, it was Japan that played a special role in the development of team figure skating, since the prototype of modern competitions was held there. since 1997 entertainment tournament Japan Open. It was not of an official nature, and teams of popular athletes were formed not by country, but, for example, by parts of the world.
Starting with the Olympic Games (OI) 2014 in Sochi, this species became Olympic. Then the Russian team managed to win gold medal. The first Olympic champions in this sport were Evgeni Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Tatyana Volosozhar - Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova - Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova - Dmitry Solovyov and Elena Ilinykh - Nikita Katsalapov. At the last in 2018 At the Olympiad in Korea, our team won silver in this event, this time Canadians got gold.
Photo 1. Performance Russian figure skaters Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov in the team figure skating competition at the 2014 Olympics.
Team figure skating rules
The rules of this sport are somewhat different. depending on the type of competition - World Cup or Olympic Games.
Species, what is it
In both types of competitions, men's and women's single skating, sports skating and ice dancing, that is, everything four classic types. The difference is that at the World Team Trophy in each team are 2 single skaters and single skaters, 1 sports couple and a dance duet.
There is a certain bias towards single skating, the reason for which is the significant participation of the Japanese in the organization of the event.
Traditionally, Japan is strong in single skaters, but lags behind in sports skating and dancing, so it gives preference to representatives of single figure skating.
At the Olympics, all four types are represented evenly: one representative single men's and women's skating, sports pair, dance duet.
In this way, Olympic competitions in this sport are more balanced.
How many stages
The number of stages in both competitions is the same - two by two. Participants perform in the short and free program. But if the same athletes take part in the championship in both programs, then substitutions are possible at the Olympic Games, and not all teams are allowed to the second stage.
How is the selection of participants
At the championship World Team Trophy each program has 6 teams, a at the Olympics first compete in the short program 10 teams, and than Top 5 according to its results, they perform in a free program and play medals.
The strongest skaters of their country with the highest ISU rating for couples and dance duets are selected for the World Team Championship, as well as two best single skaters among men and among women. In addition, these athletes must be included top ten in its form following the results of the previous World Figure Skating Championships.
Attention! When unreasonable refusal from the participation in these competitions of a selected single skater, single skater, pair or dance duet, they lose the right to speak in shows, demonstrations and competitions during a year and other measures are also applied to them.
In the event that the selected country refuses to participate as a whole team, the team of the next ranked country is invited to take its place.
The selection of participants for the Olympic Games is based on the results of the previous World Cup and recently passed stages of the Grand Prix series. To determine the country's rating, the results of the performances of the best representatives are taken. in four types of figure skating in these competitions.
Photo 2. Russian team figure skating team at the Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
Sometimes rating points are still not enough. In this case, the results of other well-known competitions are also taken into account, for example, European Championship, Four Continents Tournament, Junior Championship. Of course, only those athletes who, according to their results, get to the individual championship of the Olympiad, can compete at the Olympic Games.
There may be cases when one of the sports is not represented in the team due to the fact that the athlete could not qualify for the Olympic Games. Then the team has the right to use an additional quota and take part in the competition. At the same time, the country does not put up a representative in this form and cannot compensate in any other way for the lack of a participant, as well as, accordingly, points. It should be borne in mind that the team applying for participation in team competitions, must obtain a license in at least three types of skating.
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How points are awarded
In team competitions, when summing up the results, not the points themselves, scored by the skaters at the end of the performance, are taken into account, but points awarded to them for this.
In the World Figure Skating Championships, points are awarded for both short and free programs according to the following principle: in singles competitions 12 points for first place, 11 points for second and so on up to twelfth place with 1 point.
In competitions of couples and dancers 12 points for first place, 11 points for second, and so on up to sixth place with 7 points. Points of all team members are added up for both programs. According to their overall result, the places of the participating countries are determined.
On the Olympic Games in the short program, points are awarded according to the same principle: 10 points for first place, 9 points for second, and 1 point for tenth. For representatives of the top five teams following the results of the short program, the free composition is evaluated as follows: 1st place - 10 points, 2nd place - 9, and so on, 5th - 6 points. Sum of points for two programs all members of the team and determines its position.
How are replacements
At the Olympic Games one participating country is entitled to produce between the short and free programs no more than two replacements subject to the presence of athletes who have received Olympic licenses in the type of figure skating in which this replacement takes place.
This rotation allows you to involve a larger number of participants, to give an opportunity to reduce the load on the leaders, to demonstrate the maximum result, because often, for various reasons, short and free programs can be better or worse for athletes.
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Expert:
According to the results of the free program among sports couples, the Canadian team currently occupies the first place (45 points), the second place belongs to Russia (39 points), the US team closes the top three (36 points).
Natalya Zabiyako/Alexander Enbert (Russia) made a lot of mistakes in the free program. A slight loss of balance on a triple flip, a lady's fall between elements. 133.28 and this is the third place.
Megan Duhamel/Eric Redford (Canada) did everything they could today and a little more with a few minor blots. Triple twist of the second level of difficulty, parallel triple lutz, quadruple salchow throw, triple salchow cascade - double sheepskin coat - double sheepskin coat, triple lutz throw. For a free program, the couple receives 148.51 and comes out on top.
The second warm-up session was opened by Alex Simek Knerim/Chris Knerim (USA). Athletes made a lot of mistakes in the free program. Stepout on the partner's triple parallel salzow, fall on the triple toe loop, also on the partner's. On the triple flip, the partner touched the ice with her free foot. 126.56 and this is the second result at the moment.
The performances of sports couples in the free program were opened by Miu Suzaki / Ryuchi Kihara (Japan). The partner fell from a triple ejection. The pair performed a triple lutz out of sync. Due to the large number of errors, the couple gets 97.67 points.
Valentina Markey/Ondrej Hotarek (Italy) brilliantly coped with the free program. Perfectly executed parallel toe loop, triple twist of the second level, triple salchow combination - double toe loop - double toe loop, triple loop throw and flip. 138.44 points and this best result in a career. One deduction point.
According to the results of the short program, Canada, Russia, USA, Japan, Italy entered the free program.
Caitlin Osmond (Canada) made many mistakes in the short program. Cascade triple flip - triple toe loop (poor-quality exit from the first jump, underrotation), triple lutz (wrong edge) in the first half of the program, double axel in the second half of the program. 71.38 and this is the second result.
Evgenia Medvedeva (Russia) won the short program with a new world record of 81.06! Cascade triple flip - triple toe loop rippon, triple rittberger, double axel tano.
Satoko Miahara (Japan) coped with the short program. Triple lutz - a triple toe loop in a combination in the first half of the program. Triple loop and double Axel in the second half of the program. 68.95 and she is behind Carolina Kostner.
The second warm-up of the participants was opened by Dabin Choi (South Korea), having allowed several underrotations, the athlete scored 65.73 and this is the second place at the moment.
Carolina Kostner (Italy) fought for every jump. Triple toe loop in combination with triple toe loop, triple loop in the first half of the program, double axel in the second half of the program. Under-rotation on the sheepskin coat in the starting cascade. 75.10 and this is the first place.
Maya Berenice Meite (France) failed the short program. With a score of 46.62, the athlete takes third place.
Nicole Schott (Germany) couldn't avoid mistakes in the short program. But she was able to become the third at the moment.
On the ice, the second warm-up of the participants.
Brady Tennell (USA) did well in the short program. The skater performed a triple lutz combination - a triple toe loop in the first half of the program, a triple loop and a double axel in the second half of the program. 68.94 (the best result of the season) and the first place at the moment.
Aime Buchanan from Israel opened the women's short program. With a score of 46.30, he tops the standings.
Following the Israeli athlete on the ice came the representative of China - Li Hiandning. The athlete allowed an under-rotation on a triple flip and landed on two legs from a triple lutz. Despite this, she leads the tournament table with a score of 58.62 points.
On the ice, the first warm-up of the participants.
According to the results of the short dance, the Canadian team takes the first place - 10 points. Team USA is second with 9 points. The third place belongs to the Russian team - 8 points.
Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (Canada) did a brilliant job with the short dance. 80.51 points and this is a well-deserved first place.
Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov (Russia) received the second level of difficulty for the pattern. Unfortunately, this is only the third place at the moment. 74.76.
Maya and Alex Shibutani (USA) did well in the short dance, but the scores didn't go up compared to the first half of the season. The athletes lost 4 points to their best result in the short dance. But this is enough to top the table. 75.46 points.
Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (Italy) were unable to compete with the American duo and are currently in second place with a score of 72.51 points.
Representatives of Japan Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed opened the second warm-up. In general, the duo coped with the short dance and topped the standings at the moment with a score of 62.15.
The Chinese national team was represented by the dance duo Shiue Wang/Xu Liu. The duet made a blot on the support, but despite this, the duet was able to lead the standings with a score of 56.98 points.
The French team represented by Marie-Jede Le Gac/Romain Le Gac made several mistakes in the short dance. They parted a little on the first series of twizzles, they also made a blot in the pattern. With a score of 57.94, they topped the standings.
The second group of participants appears on the ice.
The ice dancing team of South Korea was represented by the duo Mina Yura/Alexander Gamelin. The partner broke the third series of twizzles, which was reflected in the ratings. And, unfortunately, the partner's dress unraveled during the dance. 51.97 and is currently in third place.
Kavita Lorenz/Yoti Polizoakis (Germany) also made a mistake when performing a series of twizzles, but compared to the Israeli duet, the marks are much higher. 56.88 and at the moment it is the first place.
The representatives of Israel Adel Tankova/Ronald Zilberbeg opened the competition of dance duets and made a blot on the twizzles. A modest result of 44.61 for a short dance.
On the ice, the first warm-up of the participants.
Team figure skating competitions continue at the XXIII Winter Olympic Games. On the second day of the competition, dance duets and women will take to the ice at the Gyeongpo Ice Hall. Based on the results of the women's performances, five teams will advance to the second part of the competition - to the free program. Sports couples will be the first to perform a free program.
Good morning figure skating fans. Anastasia Roshchina works for you.
On the night of the second day of the team tournament in figure skating for the third, Russia's chances to compete for gold increased. The main forces in single skating - Canada, the USA and Japan - decided on replacements. There was no doubt about Alina Zagitova, and Mikhail Kolyada had the opportunity to rehabilitate himself for his failure in the short program. In company with the American Adam Rippon and the Japanese Keiji Tanaka, he looked much more preferable, and the Canadian Patrick Chan, with his not the most difficult program, was not an insurmountable obstacle.
Kolyada only needed to perform in his own strength and skate cleanly in the free program. The bronze medalist of the European Championship simplified it a little by replacing the quadruple salchow with a sheepskin coat and redistributing the jumps in the second program. Kolyada did not refuse the quadruple lutz, but again fell on it, and the subsequent sheepskin coat was in three turns. But the Russian skated the rest of the program cleanly and with enthusiasm, inherent only to him. The final score was 173.57 points, which is below the average level of Kolyada. It remained to wait how the rivals Rippon and Chan would perform.
The American, who made his Olympic debut at the age of 28, did not perform a single quadruple jump. Although his production was flawless, the judges made it clear that they would not be encouraged. Rippon located right behind Kolyada, losing to the Russian by 0.59 points.
But Chan was rewarded for his efforts. Although he did not cope with the axels and rittberger - therefore, the technical assessment was lower than that of Kolyada - the Canadian received generous components. The total score for the rental for the song Hallelujah was 179.75 points. Chan did not become an Olympic champion in Sochi, but he stayed in figure skating for another four years and did it in Pyeongchang. His team was already ahead of the Russian team by seven points, and this gap was no longer to win back.
- Mikhail Kolyada
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Women
Alina Zagitova, and then Ekaterina Bobrova with Dmitry Solovyov, could only skate for their own pleasure and show what they are capable of before personal starts. The 15-year-old Russian woman received the last starting number and could first see what her rivals had prepared.
American Mirai Nagasu performed a clean triple Axel - only Japan's Mitori Ido and Mao Asada could do this at the Olympics. At the same time, Nagasu became the oldest among them. The fourth place winner at the Vancouver Olympics with one jump was able to leave behind the Japanese Kaori Sakamoto, the Canadian Gabrielle Daleman and even the Italian Carolina Costner. A participant in four Olympic Games was able to perform a triple lutz for the first time in several years, but in the middle of the program she failed several jumps and eventually became only the fourth.
At the same time, Nagasu's score was still not some kind of prohibitive - with 137.53 points, she would not have entered the top five of the Grand Prix finals, if we talk only about the free program. In reserve, Zagitova had an element even more valuable than the triple axel - a cascade of a triple sheepskin coat - a triple rittberger. The Russian woman, in her debut performance at the Olympic Games, performed it superbly, and then she was already on the knurled. The wonderful performance of the program to the music from Don Quixote brought the 15-year-old athlete 158.08 points. Only the world record set at last year's World Championship surpasses these figures.
After the girls' competition, it became finally clear that Canada won the gold, and Russia the silver. Teams USA and Italy have to play bronze in dancing. Frustrated by this prospect, the American figure skater Ashley Wagner, who failed to qualify for the Games, lashed out at Zagitova on Twitter.
“I respect the competitive approach. But I cannot accept this position. This is not a program. She killed time in the beginning and then just jumped around in the second half. This is not a performance. I understand that the judging system allows this, but figure skating is not about that, ”said Wagner.
- Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov
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Dancing
Dance competitions turned into an exhibition tournament, and this only adorned the performances of the skaters. Except for the Japanese duo, who fell twice during their performance, the rest of the members took turns making a splash.
Italians Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte once again caused regret among the fans that this is their last season. Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov successfully brought to life their complex artistic images, which brought them 110.43 points.
On the second attempt to bypass Maya and Alex Shibutani from the USA, the Russians failed. The siblings scored 112.01 due to their technical background. The team tournament of dancers closed with the performance of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who repeated the record of Yillis Glafström and Evgeni Plushenko, only these skaters were able to win four Olympic medals.
The Russian team won the second medal in Pyeongchang, moreover, at the same rink where the first bronze was obtained. Silver awards were given to Mikhail Kolyada, Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Tarasova, Vladimir Morozov, Natalya Zabiyako, Alexander Enbert, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov. Soon all of them will have a chance to replenish their piggy banks - at the Olympics, individual competitions will be held almost every day.
Russian figure skaters won silver in the team tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In an interview with Gazeta.Ru, this achievement was commented on by the head of the Russian Figure Skating Federation Alexander Gorshkov and the honorary president of the organization Valentin Piseev. The latter also responded to the criticism of the American athlete Ashley Wagner against Alina Zagitova.
Russia won silver in team tournament in figure skating at the Olympics, losing the victory to the Canadians. The International Olympic Committee has already congratulated them on this result. How do you rate this achievement?
President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) Alexander Gorshkov:
In the situation in which we were put, the second place is a victory. I can't say whether this is an achievement or not, but, in any case, it is a victory.
Honorary President of the FFKKR Valentin Piseev:
Congratulations to the team for the silver medal. Given that our team is young and promising, this is not bad. Everyone tried: someone succeeded 100%, and someone less. I think that if everyone managed to show themselves to the maximum, then we could take gold. But sport is sport.
So I pass on my congratulations. All the guys are great. They have good prospects both at this Olympics and in the future. Our figure skating is now in a very good condition.
Today, women singles also showed a free program. Alina Zagitova won with a margin of more than 20 points from Mirai Nagasu, who became the second American.
A.G.: - Well done Alina, like our girls in general.
Zhenya Medvedeva skated beautifully in the short program, breaking her own world record. And today Alina has already shown the class, for which - you can imagine! - This is the first season at the adult level. And immediately such an achievement is a plus at the Olympic Games. Here you can only express congratulations. The girls' nerves are not steel, but they are all great.
V.P.: - That Medvedev, that Zagitova are unique girls. Between them there will be a very interesting competition in the individual championship. Rivals also do not sleep. What the American Nagasu showed looked very confident. But I still think that ours will be better - and which of them, Medvedev or Zagitova, will be shown by the competition.
American figure skater Ashley Wagner tweeted that Zagitova's program looks chaotic, because at first almost nothing happens, and then there are a lot of jumps. "This is not a program, this is not a performance," Wagner wrote. What arguments could be used to respond to this criticism?
V.P.: - There are rules that give advantages to skaters who perform the most difficult elements, in particular jumps, in the second half of the program.
For Wagner, it is surprising that Medvedev and Zagitova strictly follow these rules. They are so ready that they can do it all in the second half. The American woman, on the other hand, is not able to build her program in this way, so it must be strange for her how it can be done this way. And, it turns out, you can, only you need to be Zagitova or Medvedeva for this.
- What about couples?
A. G.: - Bobrova and Solovyov performed well in dancing. And in the free program of sports couples, Zabiyako and Enbert showed themselves well, who were destined to perform in team competitions. You know that we did not receive an invitation to the Stolbov Games, and their duet with Klimov could not take part in the Olympics.
But these are very experienced athletes - Olympic champions team tournament and silver medalists of individual competitions in Sochi-2014. According to the plan, it was they who were supposed to skate the free program in Pyeongchang, but it turned out like this, and Natasha and Sasha had to replace them.
How can you rate their performance? Why do they often come third in international competitions?
A. G.: - It is difficult to explain why the guys became only third. The scores are given by the judges. There is both a technical part and an artistic part - the components of the program. I, by virtue of my position, cannot give assessments to refereeing. But, of course, Tessa and Scott are very experienced athletes, Vancouver 2010 Olympic champions and Sochi 2014 silver medalists. It is very difficult to compete with them.
As for the Americans, our guys fought with them, and if they lost, then quite a bit.
V.P.: - In ice dancing, the Canadians were clearly better than both ours and the Americans. Bobrova and Solovyov performed confidently - both in the short program and in the free program (especially in the free program, which makes a very strong impression). Did the Americans beat the Russians in the fight for second place? They have more experience, they are more titled athletes.
