ISU GP#5 - NHK Trophy - Sapporo, JPN - Nov. 18-20, 2022

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The current entries, by discipline, can be found here: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00113541.htm

The full time and practice schedule (in local time): http://results.isu.org/schedules/2022NH ... hedule.pdf

The Skate Canada press release on the CDN team: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/11/six-skat ... -in-japan/

Six Skaters to Represent Canada at the NHK Trophy in Japan
November 14, 2022/by Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (November 14, 2022) – After a successful trip to Sheffield, Great Britain, Canadian skaters make their way to Sapporo, Japan for the fifth stop on the ISU Grand Prix circuit. Canada will be sending a small squad comprised of two men and one team in pair and ice dance at the NHK Trophy, scheduled to take place from November 18-20, 2022.

Stephen Gogolev and Conrad Orzel will represent the maple leaf in the men’s discipline. Gogolev kicked off his first senior season by finishing 6th at the 2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic and 7th at the 2022 Skate Canada International. Orzel has competed at both the Finlandia Trophy and Skate Canada International, where he finished 11th.

The young team of Brooke McIntosh and Benjamin Mimar will be the face of Canada in the pair discipline. McIntosh and Mimar have gotten off to an electric start in their senior careers by winning bronze at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy and placing 4th on home soil at Skate Canada International.

In ice dance, Olympians Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen will look to continue their medal streak, with the duo securing a gold medal at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy and a silver medal at the 2022 Grand Prix de France.

The competition starts on Friday, November 18 with every discipline performing their short program/rhythm dance. All medals will be awarded on Saturday, November 19, as all disciplines will perform their free program/free dance. The event concludes on Sunday with the exhibition gala.

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The live stream should be available on the ISU YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SkatingISU/featured
The individual event links are posted there.

CBC Sports has this schedule posted (in Eastern time) for their streaming:
Thu Nov 17
10:32 PM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Paris Short Program
Fri Nov 18
12:15 AM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Women's Short Program
2:15 AM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
5:03 AM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Men's Short Program
10:05 PM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Pairs Free Program
11:50 PM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Women's Free Program
Sat Nov 19
2:50 AM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Ice Dance Free Dance
5:30 AM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Men's Free Program
11:20 PM - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: NHK Trophy Japan - Gala


Sapporo, Japan is 14 hours ahead of ET.

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The Pairs field is now down to 6 - Germany's Annika Hocke posted on Instagram that she and Robert Kunkel have had to withdraw from NHK Trophy due to her testing positive for COVID.

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The Entries/Schedule/Start Orders/Results link is now available: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/gpjpn2022/

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The ISU has posted a preview of this event: https://isu.org/figure-skating/news/new ... teParam=15

Several of the competitors will be trying to qualify themselves for the Grand Prix Final.

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Ice Academy of Montreal (I.AM) has a large group of ice dancers from around the world - in this event which involves 10 ice dance couples, they will be the team behind 6 couples from 6 different countries!

Madison Chock & Evan Bates
Laurence Fournier-Beaudry & Nikolaj Sørensen
Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud
Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevičius
Misato Komatsubara & Tim Koleto
Shiyue Wang & Xin Yu Liu


They also have 1 couple competing at the Warsaw Cup this weekend:
Emmy Bronsard & Jacob Richmond

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NBC TV will have coverage on Sunday afternoon - check your local schedules

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Asher Hill has a preview on "That Skating Show": https://youtu.be/7U-hw4hISmY

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The first event of the NHK Trophy - the Pairs SP.

Brook McIntosh & Benjamin Mimar of Canada skated 2nd of the 6 couples and got a season's and personal best score.


The SP results:






There was joy and surprise for Miura & Kihara when they received their marks after their SP They too received a personal best score.

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Results in the Women SP:

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I managed to stay awake until the end of the Rhythm Dance but didn't quite manage an "all nighter"

The RD results:


A reaction to their scores from Laurence & Nikolaj who skated before Chock & Bates - the RD scores were their personal best

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I waited until this morning to watch the Men SP on the ISU YouTube, unspoiled by knowing the results in advance.

The Men SP results:

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All the free programs will be skated tonight and overnight, beginning about 10 p.m. ET.

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The Pairs FS results:


The overall results:


The ecstatic winners have confirmed their qualification to the Grand Prix Final







Proud coach and team look forward to the GPF


A bronze medal at the NHK Trophy for McIntosh & Mimar

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After the Women FS - the overall results and the details from the FS:


There was some surprise expressed in the Kiss 'n Cry by the winner of the gold medal, Yelim Kim - she was 2nd in the FS but 1st overall







The medals for the Women and Pairs were awarded before the competition moved on to the Free Dance.

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The free dance results:


The overall ice dance results:


A lot of emotion in that Kiss 'n Cry






Celebrating the first GP gold medal





The Ice Academy of Montreal (I.AM) team celebrating two medals

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The last event of the competition was the Men FS - the free program results


The overall results
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fh7TLgPWIAA ... name=small





A happy Japanese team after the results were determined


Celebrating the gold medal with coaching team

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At the NHK Trophy each of the medalists received these instead of the flower bouquets



The Skate Canada recap: https://skatecanada.ca/2022/11/canadas- ... prix-gold/

Canada’s Fournier Beaudry and Soerensen win first Grand Prix gold
November 19, 2022/by Skate Canada

SAPPORO, Japan – Canadian ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen earned their first career gold on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit on Saturday at the NHK Trophy.

The Montreal skaters totalled 210.41 points, a career high at the international level.

It was one of two medals on the day for Canada. In pairs, Brooke McIntosh of Toronto and Benjamin Mimar of Terrebonne, Que., collected a bronze medal for their first Grand Prix podium finish.

In ice dancing, the Canadians edged world championship bronze medallists Madison Chock and Eva Bates of the U.S. second at 209.13. Another American couple Caroline Green and Michael Parsons was third at 191.10.

“There are a lot of emotions and a lot of thoughts,’’ said Soerensen. ‘’We were just extremely proud of being able to deliver these two performances that brought us to the top of the podium.’’

The Canadian Olympians also won silver at their other Grand Prix assignment two weeks ago in France and will advance to the ISU Grand Prix Final next month for the first time in their careers.

In pairs, McIntosh and Mimar overcame a fall in their program to post an international best 175.65.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan won the gold with 216.16 and Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe of the U.S. were second at 187.49.

“We are very happy about our first Grand Prix medal, and I am proud of my partner,” Mimar said. “Even with fall she fought to the end.”

Japanese skaters were 1-2 in men’s competition with world champion Shoma Uno taking the gold and Sota Yamamoto the silver. Junhwan Cha of South Korea was third.

Stephen Gogolev of Toronto was eighth and Conrad Orzel of Woodbridge, Ont., 10th.

The sixth stop on the circuit is this upcoming Friday and Saturday in Espoo, Finland.

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At the finale of the Gala, the "traditional" gold medallist "jump shot" by the photographers was taken