ISU Grand Prix 2023-2024 - dates & locations plus preliminary entry lists

[Elizabeth]

There are still some locations to be determined (TBD) but here are the dates shown on the ISU website:

• 20-22 October - GP in USA
• 27-29 October - GP in Canada
• 3-5 November - GP in France
• 10-12 November - GP in China
• 17-19 November - GP *
• 24-26 November - GP in Japan
• 7-10 December - GPF *

* From the report of the January 16th, 2023 ISU Council meeting:

The Council considered the requirements of ISU Communication No. 2469, reconfirmed by the 2022 ISU Congress, which includes, in particular but not limited to, provision 2.b) which states that ‘Until further notice no International Competitions shall be held in Russia and Belarus.’ and decided that no ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event can take place in Russia during the 2023/24 Season.

In addition, the Council noted that the Fédération Française de Sports de Glace is no longer able to host the ISU Grand Prix Final 2023 in Orléans, France.

Interested ISU Members are therefore invited to contact Ms. Patricia Mayor (mayor@isu.ch) for further information and to submit applications by February 24, 2023 to host:
* ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event on November 17-19, 2023
* ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2023 on December 7-10, 2023

[Elizabeth]

The ISU Council has now updated the information about the 2023/24 Grand Prix locations: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15
There will be a return to China both for a GP event and for the GPF while Finland will host the event that used to be in Russia. The city to host Skate America is yet to be named.

The full list:

• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Skate America: October 20-22, 2023 – TBA (USA)
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Skate Canada International: October 27-29, 2023 – Vancouver (CAN)
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Grand Prix de France: Novembre 3-5, 2023 – Angers (FRA)
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cup of China: November 10-12, 2023 – Chongqing (CHN)
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Grand Prix Espoo: November 17-19, 2023 – Espoo (FIN)
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – NHK Trophy: November 24-26, 2023 – Osaka (JPN)
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (Junior & Senior): December 7-10, 2023 – Beijing (CHN)

[Elizabeth]

The ISU has now released the names of the skaters currently assigned to each of the GP events plus full details about the series. See: https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/125-g ... teParam=15
The preliminary lists of entries, by discipline, are linked from that page. They are, as we know from experience, always subject to change.

Skate Canada's press release appears to indicate that Gilles & Poirier will continue to compete in the coming season : https://skatecanada.ca/2023/06/30-canad ... 24-season/

CANADIAN ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 2023-2024 ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING SERIES

*Entries are subject to change

SKATE AMERICA – Allen, USA – October 20-22, 2023
Men: Stephen Gogolev
Pair: Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud
Ice Dance: Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha

SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL – Vancouver, B.C. – October 27-29, 2023
Men: Wesley Chiu, Conrad Orzel, Roman Sadovsky
Women: Sara-Maude Dupuis, Kaiya Ruiter, Madeline Schizas
Pair: Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier, Brooke McIntosh & Benjamin Mimar, Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps
Ice Dance: Alicia Fabbri & Paul Ayer, Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier, Molly Lanaghan & Dmitre Razgulajevs

GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE – Angers, France – November 3-5, 2023
Pair: Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud
Ice Dance: Laurence Fournier-Beaudry & Nikolaj Soerensen, Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac

CUP OF CHINA – Chongquing, China – November 10-12, 2023
Women: Madeline Schizas
Pair: Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps
Ice Dance: Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier, Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha

GRAND PRIX ESPOO – Espoo, Finland – November 17-19, 2023
Pair: Brooke McIntosh & Benjamin Mimar
Ice Dance: Nadiia Bashynska & Peter Beaumont, Laurence Fournier-Beaudry & Nikolaj Soerensen

NHK TROPHY – Osaka, Japan – November 24-26, 2023
Pair: Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier
Ice Dance: Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac

USFS press release about the US skaters going to GP events: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news ... tions.aspx

[Elizabeth]

Here are the full lists, by discipline, at the current time.

[Elizabeth]

An interesting statistic (thanks to Europe on Ice on Twitter) -
Number of GP Figure 2023/2024 spots per nation (Total )

[Elizabeth]

Some more GP trivia - skaters currently assigned/invited who will be making their Senior GP debuts (not including the "TBD" spots):

Men
Makar Suntsev
Mark Gorodnitsky
Nikolaj Memola
Nozumu Yoshioka, Takeru Amine Kataise
Mikhail Shaidorov
Andreas Nordeback
Maxim Naumov (not counting 2020 domestic Skate America), Andrew Torgashev, Lucas Broussard

Women
Sara-Maude Dupuis, Kaiya Ruiter
Xiangyi An (expect her 2nd Grand Prix event will be Cup of China)
Chaeyeon Kim
Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida
Kimmy Repond

Pairs
Golubeva/Giotopoulos-Moore
Pereira/Michaud
Cheng Peng/Lei Wang (new pair)
Vouillamoz/Giniaux
Hase/Volodin (new pair)
Pavlova/Sviatchenko
Kam/O’Shea

Ice Dance
Bashynska/Beaumont
Mrazkova/Mrazek
Smart/Dieck (new team)
Lim/Quan
Zingas/Kolesnik

[Elizabeth]

Some updated information on the Women currently assigned to GP events regarding those making a GP debut from Sylvia on Twitter.

As of today, *8* Women will make their #GPFigure debuts in 2023:
Sara-Maude Dupuis, Kaiya Ruiter
Xiangyi An
Chaeyeon Kim
Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida
Kimmy Repond
ADDED: Nina Pinzarrone (had to WD from GPs in 2022 due to injury)

[Elizabeth]

There have been updates to all the entry lists, by discipline, across the GP season - many of these pertain to the "host" picks, ie. the assignment of skaters from the host country.
Here are the latest:

[Elizabeth]

Daiwei Dai CHN will make his GP debut later this season - he is currently competing at the Asian Open and is in 1st place after the SP.
The results for the Men SP:

The full results link: http://www.fsatresults.com/2023AOFST/index.htm

[Elizabeth]

There have been a number of changes in the skaters assigned to the various GP events and they are probably not over. The Jr GP is finished, except for the final in December, and next week the GP for the senior skaters begins with Skate America in Allen, TX. There is now a thread for it.

[Elizabeth]

The ISU preview article about the 2023-24 Grand Prix: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

[Elizabeth]

Having withdrawn from Skate America, Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara have now also withdrawn from NHK Trophy 2023 due to Ryuichi Kihara's lumbar spondylolysis not being completely healed.

[Elizabeth]

A space for a Woman has now opened up at the Cup of China and the NHK Trophy with the withdrawal of Bradie Tennell of the USA: