2015_World_Figure_Skating_Championships
2015 World Figure Skating Championships
2015 edition of the World Figure Skating Championships
The 2015 World Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2014–15 season. Figure skaters competed for the title of World champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing.
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| 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 | |
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| Next: 2016 World Championships | |
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In June 2012, it was announced that Shanghai, China would host the 2015 Worlds.[1] All events were held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.
Skaters are eligible for the event if they are representing an ISU member 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
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| 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. | ||
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Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2014 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.
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| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Japan  United States |
Japan Russia United States |
Canada  China Russia |
Canada Russia United States |
| 2 | Canada China  Czech Republic France Russia Spain |
Canada  Italy  South Korea |
France  Germany Italy United States |
France Italy  United Kingdom |
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
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Member nations began announcing their selections in January 2015.[3]
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- Anna Ovcharova declined Switzerland's nomination after a poor performance at the 2015 Hellmut Seibt Memorial and was replaced by Eveline Brunner.[12]
- On March 19, 2015 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland withdrew due to Coomes having an illness. They were not replaced.[13]
Men
The Men's short program was held on March 27. The free skate was held on March 28.[14]
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| 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 | — | ||||
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Ladies
The Ladies short program was held on March 26. The free skate was held on March 28, 2015.[16]
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| 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 | ||||||
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Pairs
The pairs short program was held on March 25. The free skate was held on March 26.[18]
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Ice dancing
The short dance was held on March 25. The free dance was held on March 27, 2015.[22]
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Medalists
Medals for overall placement:
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| 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 |
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Small medals for placement in the short segment:
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| 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 |
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Small medals for placement in the free segment:
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| 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 |
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By country
Table of medals for overall placement:
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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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Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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