ISU GP#4 - MK John Wilson Trophy - Sheffield, England - 10-13 Nov. 2022

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The current list of entries, by discipline, can be found here: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113623.htm

The full time and practice schedule: http://results.isu.org/schedules/gpgbr2 ... hedule.pdf

The day-by-day schedule as posted on Twitter by the hosts - all times are 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time as both are now off daylight saving:




The live stream should be available on the ISU YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SkatingISU

The CBC Sports live stream schedule:
Fri Nov 11
1:00 PM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Pairs Short Program
2:25 PM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Men's Short Program

Sat Nov 12
8:45 AM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
10:20 AM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Women's Short Program
1:30 PM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Pairs Free Program
3:05 PM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Men's Free Program

Sun Nov 13
6:15 AM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Women's Free Program
8:25 AM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Ice Dance Free Dance
2:00 PM ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: MK John Wilson Trophy Sheffield - Gala

[Elizabeth]

The Skate Canada press release on the CDN team going to Sheffield: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/11/nine-can ... on-trophy/

Nine Canadians Make the Trip Across the Pond for the MK John Wilson Trophy
November 8, 2022/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (November 8, 2022) – After a successful start to the season that saw Canadians win six medals, the ISU Grand Prix now heads to Sheffield, Great Britain from November 11-13, 2022 for the MK John Wilson Trophy. Team Canada will be comprised of nine skaters, including one entry in women, two entries in men and three entries in ice dance.

2018 Olympian and 2022 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships bronze medallist Gabrielle Daleman will be the sole Canadian entry in the women’s discipline. Daleman kicked off her season a few weeks ago at Skate Canada International, where she placed second in the short program and finished 10th overall.

Beijing 2022 Olympian Roman Sadovsky will be competing in his second Grand Prix of the season after putting in a solid performance at Skate America that earned him a 5th place finish. He will be joined by 2022 Skate Canada Challenge bronze medallist Corey Circelli, who will be making his senior Grand Prix debut.

Olympians Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha will be headlining the Canadian entries in ice dance. Lajoie and Lagha are no strangers to the podium, having won gold at the 2022 Budapest Trophy and the 2022 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, as well as a bronze medal on home ice at Skate Canada International. First-year National Team members Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer will be competing at their first ISU Grand Prix after finishing 4th at the 2022 Budapest Trophy. Rounding out the team will be Haley Sales and Nikolas Wamsteeker, who placed 5th at the 2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic earlier this season.

Pairs team Lori-Ann Matte and Thierry Ferland were assigned to the event but have pulled out due to injury.

The competition starts on Friday, November 11 with the men and pair short programs. Saturday will see the rhythm dance and women’s short program, as well as the first medals awarded following the men and pair free programs. The event concludes on Sunday with the women’s free program and ice dance free dance.

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The ice is ready...

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The Entries/Schedule/Start Orders/Results link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/gpgbr2022/

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The ISU preview of this event: https://t.co/2JMpXEKz2O

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The Pairs SP is about to begin.


Results after the Pairs SP:






After that the Men SP took place


Results after the Men SP:








The ISU summaries of Friday's competition includes some photos, quotes from the press conference, etc.:

• Pairs SP https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15
• Men SP https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

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Today opened with the RD




It will be followed by the Women SP

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The full schedule for today - in local time which is 5 hours ahead of ET:


The start orders & results link: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/gpgbr2022/

The ISU YouTube links are on their channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SkatingISU

The RD is up first with 10 couples in two warm-up groups of 5 each - there are 3 CDN couples and 6 couples who train at one or the other of the I.AM facilities:


Happy CDN team & coach


As you would expect, Fear & Gibson were very well received by their "home" crowd


Fear & Gibson are in 2nd place but it's very close after the RD:

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After the Women SP:








Coming up next the Pairs FS followed by the Men FS.

Pairs will have a warm-up group of 3 couples and a second of 4 couples:


The details of the Pairs FS:


The overall Pairs results:

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The final event today will be the Men FS


Sadly, Roman wasn't able to follow up on his SP success
The FS details:


The overall results:

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An update from Skate Canada: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/11/roman-sa ... rand-prix/

Sunday begins with the Women FS followed by the Free Dance.



The Women FS results:


The overall Women results:

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The FD start orde (two warm-up groups of 5):


The FD results:


The overall Dance results:









The medals were awarded by Dr. Susanna Rahkamo, representing the ISU, with bouquets and prizes being presented by Robin Cousins, President of British Ice Skating (BIS). Both of them well known to skating fans over the years

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The programme for the Gala

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In case you thought Mark Hanretty was actually at the event, here's his Tweet showing the studio he was working in:

Feels strange commentating on the MK John Wilson trophy in Sheffield from afar!
The rink where I trained, coach, choreograph & met my wife in!

Congratulations to all who have worked so hard to make the event a success!

[Elizabeth]

Skate Canada's press release about the event: https://t.co/f0IOuYpYPP