The 2012 Finlandia Trophy was an international figure skating competition in the 2012–13 season. The 17th edition of the annual event was held on October 5–7, 2012 at the Barona Arena in Espoo.[1] Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the senior level.[2]
| 2012 Finlandia Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Senior International |
| Date: | October 5 – 7 |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Location: | Espoo |
| Host: | Finnish Figure Skating Association |
| Venue: | Barona Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Yuzuru Hanyu | |
Ladies' singles:  Yulia Lipnitskaya | |
Synchronized skating:  Team Unique | |
| Previous: 2011 Finlandia Trophy | |
| Next: 2013 Finlandia Trophy | |
Competitors
editThe initial entries were:[3]
Overview
editSpain's Javier Fernández won the men's short program ahead of Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu and the United States' Richard Dornbush.[4][5] Hanyu placed first in the free program and won the title while Dornbush moved up to take the silver and Fernandez slipped to third.[5][6] Johnny Weir made his return to competition at Finlandia Trophy after a two-season absence.[6]
In the ladies' event, Finland's Kiira Korpi was first in the short program, followed by Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya and the United States' Mirai Nagasu.[5][7] Yulia Lipnitskaya won the free program and the overall ladies' event.[5][8]
Canada's Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir withdrew before the event due to a slight muscle strain in Moir's neck.[9] Russia's Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev won the short dance ahead of Italy's Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte and the United States' Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue.[5][10] Cappellini and Lanotte were first in the free dance by a small margin but it was not enough to overtake Bobrova and Soloviev for the gold.[2][5][8]
In the synchronized skating competition, included in Finlandia Trophy for the first time, the Finnish Team Unique took gold by a margin of 2.48 points to the fellow Finnish Rockettes, who in turn were closely followed by the Russian Paradise by a margin of only 0.61 points.[2]
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | 248.13 | 2 | 75.57 | 1 | 172.56 | |
| 2 | Richard Dornbush | 239.99 | 3 | 71.19 | 2 | 168.80 | |
| 3 | Javier Fernández | 235.20 | 1 | 80.77 | 3 | 154.43 | |
| 4 | Johnny Weir | 201.42 | 4 | 69.03 | 5 | 132.39 | |
| 5 | Zhan Bush | 194.29 | 5 | 69.01 | 7 | 125.28 | |
| 6 | Misha Ge | 187.92 | 6 | 61.32 | 6 | 126.60 | |
| 7 | Kento Nakamura | 187.42 | 9 | 54.14 | 4 | 133.28 | |
| 8 | Adrian Schultheiss | 177.84 | 7 | 57.30 | 9 | 120.54 | |
| 9 | Maciej Cieplucha | 177.82 | 10 | 53.59 | 8 | 124.23 | |
| 10 | Valtter Virtanen | 151.93 | 8 | 56.81 | 11 | 95.12 | |
| 11 | Mikael Redin | 146.27 | 12 | 47.40 | 10 | 98.87 | |
| 12 | Matthias Versluis | 144.92 | 11 | 52.71 | 12 | 92.21 | |
| 13 | Julian Lagus | 134.46 | 13 | 43.79 | 13 | 90.67 | |
| 14 | Viktor Zubik | 131.06 | 14 | 41.53 | 14 | 89.53 | |
| 15 | Samuel Koppel | 118.90 | 15 | 38.20 | 15 | 80.70 | |
Ladies
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yulia Lipnitskaya | 188.23 | 2 | 64.05 | 1 | 124.18 | |
| 2 | Kiira Korpi | 181.16 | 1 | 69.27 | 2 | 111.89 | |
| 3 | Mirai Nagasu | 163.09 | 3 | 52.75 | 3 | 110.34 | |
| 4 | Natalia Popova | 153.39 | 5 | 48.74 | 4 | 104.65 | |
| 5 | Isabelle Olsson | 151.67 | 4 | 51.18 | 5 | 100.49 | |
| 6 | Juulia Turkkila | 143.04 | 6 | 47.04 | 6 | 96.00 | |
| 7 | Sonia Lafuente | 126.80 | 7 | 45.75 | 7 | 81.09 | |
| 8 | Beata Papp | 118.95 | 8 | 45.59 | 8 | 73.36 | |
| 9 | Fleur Maxwell | 112.57 | 9 | 44.93 | 10 | 67.64 | |
| 10 | Alisa Mikonsaari | 112.04 | 11 | 39.54 | 9 | 72.50 | |
| 11 | Jasmine Costa | 109.46 | 10 | 42.66 | 11 | 66.80 | |
Synchronized skating
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Unique | 60.43 | 1 | 60.43 | |
| 2 | Rockettes | 57.95 | 2 | 57.95 | |
| 3 | Paradise | 57.34 | 3 | 57.34 | |
| 4 | Marigold IceUnity | 51.80 | 4 | 51.80 | |
| 5 | Revolutions | 46.39 | 5 | 46.39 | |
References
edit- ^ "Finlandia Trophy Announcement". International Skating Union. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
- ^ a b c d "Full event protocol" (PDF). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2012.
- ^ "Entries". Finnish Figure Skating Association. September 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ^ Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 5, 2012). "Fernandez steals Weir's thunder in Finlandia short". Icenetwork.
- ^ a b c d e f Flade, Tatjana (October 8, 2012). "2012 Finlandia Trophy". Golden Skate.
- ^ a b Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 6, 2012). "Humble Hanyu wins Finlandia with grace on, off ice". Icenetwork.
- ^ Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 6, 2012). "Flaxen-haired Korpi delights Finn crowd with win". Icenetwork.
- ^ a b Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 7, 2012). "Russia wins ladies, dance on last day at Finlandia". Icenetwork.
- ^ "Virtue, Moir withdraw from Finlandia Trophy". Skate Canada. Icenetwork. October 4, 2012.
- ^ Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (October 6, 2012). "Bobrova, Soloviev dot Finlandia lead with polka". Icenetwork.
External links
edit- 2012 Finlandia Trophy results Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Finlandia Trophy at the Finnish Figure Skating Association