2022 Grand Prix of Espoo

The 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo was the sixth event of the 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland, from November 25-27. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final.

2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 25 – 27
Season:	2022–23
Location:	Espoo
Venue:	Espoo Metro Areena
Champions
Men's singles: Ilia Malinin
Women's singles: Mai Mihara
Pairs: Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Ice dance: Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Navigation
Previous: 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Next: 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
Previous GP: 2022 NHK Trophy
Next GP: 2022–23 Grand Prix Final

In April 2022, the ISU cancelled the Rostelecom Cup in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1] The Grand Prix of Espoo was named as its replacement on July 14, 2022.^[2]

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on July 22, 2022.^[3][4]

Country	Men[5]	Women[6]	Pairs[7]	Ice dance[8]
Belgium		Loena Hendrickx
Canada	Keegan Messing	Madeline Schizas		Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
China				Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Czech Republic				Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler
Estonia	Arlet Levandi Aleksandr Selevko	Eva-Lotta Kiibus
Finland	Valtter Virtanen	Linnea Ceder Janna Jyrkinen Jenni Saarinen		Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
France	Kévin Aymoz			Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa
Georgia	Morisi Kvitelashvili	Anastasiia Gubanova	Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman
Germany			Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert
Italy			Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza
Japan	Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Shun Sato Tatsuya Tsuboi	Mana Kawabe Rika Kihira Mai Mihara
Netherlands			Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein
Sweden	Nikolaj Majorov		Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord
United States	Ilia Malinin Camden Pulkinen	Bradie Tennell Lindsay Thorngren	Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia	Oona Brown / Gage Brown Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline	Withdrew		Added		Notes	Refs.
	Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Pairs	August 5	Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	August 29	Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskyi	Remained in Juniors	[9]
	October 26	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	October 27	Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert	Injury (Jin)	[10]
		Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskyi		Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza	Injury (Holichenko)
	November 8	Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland	November 11	Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein	Injury	[11]
	November 11	Karina Safina / Luka Berulava	November 14	Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord	Injury (Safina)
Men	November 16	Mikhail Shaidorov	November 17	Aleksandr Selevko
Women	November 23	Emmi Peltonen	November 23	Janna Jyrkinen	COVID-19	[12]

Results

Men's singles

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Ilia Malinin	United States	278.39	2	85.57	1	192.82
	Shun Sato	Japan	262.21	3	81.59	2	180.62
	Kévin Aymoz	France	255.69	1	88.96	3	166.73
4	Tatsuya Tsuboi	Japan	244.90	5	78.82	4	166.08
5	Camden Pulkinen	United States	229.92	7	72.45	5	157.47
6	Nikolaj Majorov	Sweden	209.55	8	69.94	6	139.61
7	Arlet Levandi	Estonia	209.50	6	72.67	7	136.83
8	Keegan Messing	Canada	205.02	4	80.12	12	124.09
9	Valtter Virtanen	Finland	204.02	9	69.15	8	134.87
10	Aleksandr Selevko	Estonia	199.47	11	66.96	10	132.51
11	Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda	Japan	197.90	10	67.92	11	129.98
12	Morisi Kvitelashvili	Georgia	196.80	12	62.42	9	134.38

Women's singles

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Mai Mihara	Japan	204.14	2	73.58	1	130.56
	Loena Hendrickx	Belgium	203.91	1	74.88	3	129.03
	Mana Kawabe	Japan	197.41	3	67.03	2	130.38
4	Rika Kihira	Japan	192.43	6	64.07	4	128.36
5	Madeline Schizas	Canada	187.84	5	65.19	5	122.65
6	Lindsay Thorngren	United States	183.23	4	65.75	6	117.48
7	Anastasiia Gubanova	Georgia	166.57	9	56.03	8	110.54
8	Bradie Tennell	United States	163.98	7	60.64	9	103.34
9	Jenni Saarinen	Finland	155.64	8	59.69	11	95.95
10	Janna Jyrkinen	Finland	154.45	12	42.89	7	111.56
11	Linnea Ceder	Finland	151.91	10	55.63	10	96.28
12	Eva-Lotta Kiibus	Estonia	138.89	11	49.27	12	89.62

Pairs

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini	Italy	189.74	1	67.31	1	122.43
	Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert	Germany	170.75	4	62.46	2	108.29
	Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman	Georgia	166.56	3	62.59	3	103.97
4	Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia	United States	165.12	2	63.01	4	102.11
5	Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba	Netherlands	146.15	5	56.41	6	89.74
6	Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein	Netherlands	138.10	6	47.97	5	90.13
7	Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza	Italy	129.02	8	44.36	7	84.66
8	Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord	Sweden	127.37	7	45.79	8	81.58

Ice dance

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Canada	219.49	1	87.80	1	131.69
	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	United States	202.46	2	80.93	2	121.53
	Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis	Finland	191.79	4	75.06	3	116.73
4	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko	United States	188.80	3	76.20	4	112.60
5	Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler	Czech Republic	186.39	5	74.60	5	111.79
6	Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus	Canada	175.63	6	72.38	7	103.25
7	Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen	Finland	173.17	8	69.13	6	104.04
8	Oona Brown / Gage Brown	United States	166.70	9	65.71	8	100.99
9	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	China	165.20	7	69.95	9	95.25
10	Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa	France	151.63	10	60.07	10	91.56

References

1. "Communication No. 2469: Decisions of the ISU Council – War in Ukraine/Protective Measures". International Skating Union. April 25, 2022.
2. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2022–23". International Skating Union. July 14, 2022.
3. Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (July 22, 2022). "2022/23 Grand Prix Assignments" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. "World Champions to highlight ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events 2022/23". International Skating Union. July 22, 2022.
5. "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022 - Men: Entries". International Skating Union. July 25, 2022.
6. "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022 - Women: Entries". International Skating Union. July 25, 2022.
7. "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022 - Pairs: Entries". International Skating Union. July 25, 2022.
8. "ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022 - Ice Dance: Entries". International Skating Union. July 25, 2022.
9. "2022 - 23 International Assignments". Ice Skating Australia. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
10. "ISU GP Grand Prix of Espoo 2022 - Pairs - Entries". October 26, 2022.
11. "ISU GP Grand Prix of Espoo 2022 - Pairs - Entries". November 11, 2022.
12. "Janna Jyrkinen pikakomennuksella GP-edustajaksi" [Janna Jyrkinen on express assignment as a GP representative] (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 23 November 2022.

External links

• Grand Prix of Espoo at the International Skating Union
• Official website (in Finnish)
• Results