The2015World Figure Skating Championshipswas an internationalfigure skatingcompetition in the2014–15 season.Figure skaters competed for the title of World champion inmen's singles, ladies' singles,pairs,andice dancing.
| 2015 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 2015 World Championships women's podium | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 23 – 29 |
| Season: | 2014–15 |
| Location: | Shanghai,China |
| Host: | Chinese Skating Association |
| Venue: | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Javier Fernández | |
Ladies' singles: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | |
Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford | |
Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Previous: 2014 World Championships | |
| Next: 2016 World Championships | |
In June 2012, it was announced thatShanghai,Chinawould host the 2015 Worlds.[1]All events were held at theShanghai Oriental Sports Center.
Qualification
editSkaters are eligible for the event if they are representing anISUmember nations and have reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2014 in their place of birth. National associations select their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandates that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships.
Minimum TES
edit| Discipline | SP/SD | FS/FD |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 34 | 64 |
| Ladies | 27 | 47 |
| Pairs | 25 | 43 |
| Ice dancing | 29 | 39 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Number of entries per discipline
editBased on the results of the2014 World Championships,each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Japan United States
|
JapanRussiaUnited States
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Canada ChinaRussia
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CanadaRussiaUnited States
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| 2 | CanadaChina Czech RepublicFranceRussiaSpain
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Canada Italy South Korea
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France GermanyItalyUnited States
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FranceItaly United Kingdom
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| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Entries
editMember nations began announcing their selections in January 2015.[3]
- Anna Ovcharovadeclined Switzerland's nomination after a poor performance at the 2015 Hellmut Seibt Memorial and was replaced byEveline Brunner.[12]
- On March 19, 2015Penny Coomes/Nicholas Bucklandwithdrew due to Coomes having an illness. They were not replaced.[13]
Results
editMen
edit
The Men's short program was held on March 27. The free skate was held on March 28.[14]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP[15] | FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Fernández | Spain
|
273.90 | 2 | 92.74 | 2 | 181.16 | ||
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
271.08 | 1 | 95.20 | 3 | 175.88 | ||
| 3 | Denis Ten |  Kazakhstan
|
267.72 | 3 | 85.89 | 1 | 181.83 | ||
| 4 | Jason Brown | United States
|
248.29 | 6 | 84.32 | 5 | 163.97 | ||
| 5 | Nam Nguyen | Canada
|
242.59 | 9 | 77.73 | 4 | 164.86 | ||
| 6 | Misha Ge |  Uzbekistan
|
234.89 | 8 | 78.52 | 7 | 156.37 | ||
| 7 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia
|
230.70 | 16 | 70.82 | 6 | 159.88 | ||
| 8 | Adam Rippon | United States
|
229.71 | 11 | 75.14 | 8 | 154.57 | ||
| 9 | Florent Amodio | France
|
229.62 | 7 | 80.84 | 11 | 148.78 | ||
| 10 | Yan Han | China
|
229.15 | 5 | 84.45 | 13 | 144.70 | ||
| 11 | Joshua Farris | United States
|
223.04 | 13 | 73.52 | 10 | 149.52 | ||
| 12 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan
|
222.69 | 19 | 70.15 | 9 | 152.54 | ||
| 13 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
218.41 | 4 | 84.70 | 17 | 133.71 | ||
| 14 | Ronald Lam |  Hong Kong
|
214.36 | 14 | 72.66 | 14 | 141.70 | ||
| 15 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic
|
213.83 | 10 | 76.84 | 15 | 136.99 | ||
| 16 | Takahito Mura | Japan
|
211.74 | 23 | 64.93 | 12 | 146.81 | ||
| 17 | Alexei Bychenko |  Israel
|
209.26 | 12 | 74.98 | 16 | 137.28 | ||
| 18 | Chafik Besseghier | France
|
199.86 | 18 | 70.27 | 19 | 129.59 | ||
| 19 | Lee June-hyoung | South Korea
|
197.52 | 24 | 64.51 | 18 | 133.01 | ||
| 20 | Brendan Kerry |  Australia
|
194.57 | 17 | 70.36 | 21 | 124.21 | ||
| 21 | Michael Christian Martinez |  Philippines
|
192.38 | 22 | 67.03 | 20 | 125.35 | ||
| 22 | Jeremy Ten | Canada
|
183.79 | 15 | 72.28 | 22 | 111.51 | ||
| 23 | Alexander Majorov |  Sweden
|
176.55 | 21 | 67.53 | 23 | 109.02 | ||
| 24 | Yaroslav Paniot |  Ukraine
|
174.52 | 20 | 69.09 | 24 | 105.43 | ||
| Did not advance to free skate | |||||||||
| 25 | Ivan Righini | Italy
|
25 | 63.05 | — | ||||
| 26 | Song Nan | China
|
26 | 61.69 | — | ||||
| 27 | Petr Coufal | Czech Republic
|
27 | 60.31 | — | ||||
| 28 | Pavel Ignatenko |  Belarus
|
28 | 58.78 | — | ||||
| 29 | Peter Liebers | Germany
|
29 | 54.28 | — | ||||
| 30 | Stéphane Walker |  Switzerland
|
30 | 53.42 | — | ||||
Ladies
editThe Ladies short program was held on March 26. The free skate was held on March 28, 2015.[16]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP[17] | FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
210.36 | 1 | 77.62 | 1 | 132.74 | ||
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
193.60 | 3 | 67.02 | 4 | 126.58 | ||
| 3 | Elena Radionova | Russia
|
191.47 | 2 | 69.51 | 6 | 121.96 | ||
| 4 | Gracie Gold | United States
|
188.96 | 8 | 60.73 | 2 | 128.23 | ||
| 5 | Ashley Wagner | United States
|
185.01 | 11 | 57.81 | 3 | 127.20 | ||
| 6 | Rika Hongo | Japan
|
184.58 | 5 | 62.17 | 5 | 122.41 | ||
| 7 | Kanako Murakami | Japan
|
179.66 | 4 | 65.48 | 8 | 114.18 | ||
| 8 | Polina Edmunds | United States
|
177.83 | 7 | 61.71 | 7 | 116.12 | ||
| 9 | Li Zijun | China
|
165.22 | 6 | 61.83 | 11 | 103.39 | ||
| 10 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France
|
162.75 | 12 | 57.08 | 10 | 105.67 | ||
| 11 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada
|
161.18 | 10 | 60.24 | 12 | 100.94 | ||
| 12 | Park So-youn | South Korea
|
160.75 | 15 | 53.95 | 9 | 106.80 | ||
| 13 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia
|
160.31 | 9 | 60.50 | 13 | 99.81 | ||
| 14 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden
|
155.35 | 13 | 56.28 | 14 | 99.07 | ||
| 15 | Nicole Rajičová |  Slovakia
|
152.61 | 14 | 54.40 | 15 | 98.21 | ||
| 16 | Angelīna Kučvaļska |  Latvia
|
141.54 | 23 | 45.74 | 16 | 95.80 | ||
| 17 | Anne Line Gjersem |  Norway
|
139.75 | 20 | 49.25 | 17 | 90.50 | ||
| 18 | Daša Grm |  Slovenia
|
137.45 | 22 | 47.21 | 18 | 90.24 | ||
| 19 | Kim Hae-jin | South Korea
|
136.24 | 18 | 50.03 | 19 | 86.21 | ||
| 20 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Italy
|
134.74 | 17 | 51.42 | 21 | 83.32 | ||
| 21 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada
|
133.57 | 21 | 48.13 | 20 | 85.44 | ||
| 22 | Elene Gedevanishvili |  Georgia
|
132.25 | 16 | 52.11 | 22 | 80.14 | ||
| 23 | Nicole Schott | Germany
|
127.56 | 19 | 49.29 | 23 | 78.27 | ||
| 24 | Giada Russo | Italy
|
120.11 | 24 | 43.85 | 24 | 76.26 | ||
| Did not advance to free skate | |||||||||
| 25 | Natalia Popova | Ukraine
|
25 | 43.60 | — | ||||
| 26 | Ivett Tóth |  Hungary
|
26 | 43.47 | — | ||||
| 27 | Eliška Březinová | Czech Republic
|
27 | 43.37 | — | ||||
| 28 | Aleksandra Golovkina |  Lithuania
|
28 | 43.16 | — | ||||
| 29 | Anastasia Galustyan |  Armenia
|
29 | 41.84 | — | ||||
| 30 | Netta Schreiber | Israel
|
30 | 41.84 | — | ||||
| 31 | Kiira Korpi |  Finland
|
31 | 41.11 | — | ||||
| 32 | Niki Wories |  Netherlands
|
32 | 40.38 | — | ||||
| 33 | Eveline Brunner | Switzerland
|
33 | 39.69 | — | ||||
| 34 | Alisson Krystle Perticheto | Philippines
|
34 | 38.75 | — | ||||
| 35 | Brooklee Han | Australia
|
35 | 35.54 | — | ||||
| WD | Kerstin Frank |  Austria
|
withdrew from competition | ||||||
Pairs
editThe pairs short program was held on March 25. The free skate was held on March 26.[18]
Ice dancing
editThe short dance was held on March 25. The free dance was held on March 27, 2015.[22]
Medals summary
editMedalists
editMedals for overall placement:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Javier Fernández
|
Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Denis Ten
|
| Ladies | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
|
Satoko Miyahara
|
Elena Radionova
|
| Pairs | Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
|
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
|
Pang Qing/Tong Jian
|
| Ice dancing | Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
|
 Madison Chock/Evan Bates
|
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
|
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Javier Fernández
|
Denis Ten
|
| Ladies | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
|
Elena Radionova
|
Satoko Miyahara
|
| Pairs | Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
|
Pang Qing/Tong Jian
|
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
|
| Ice dancing | Madison Chock/Evan Bates
|
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
|
Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte
|
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Denis Ten
|
Javier Fernández
|
Yuzuru Hanyu
|
| Ladies | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
|
Gracie Gold
|
Ashley Wagner
|
| Pairs | Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
|
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
|
Pang Qing/Tong Jian
|
| Ice dancing | Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
|
Madison Chock/Evan Bates
|
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
|
By country
editTable of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada(CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia(RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | France(FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain(ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Japan(JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | China(CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | United States(USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan(KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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External links
edit- 2015 ISU World Figure Skating ChampionshipsInternational Skating Union