title: 2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
text: # 2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
  
  The 2010–11 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was a figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season, held in conjunction with the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. It was the culminating competition of both the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition, and the 2010–11 ISU Junior Grand Prix, a junior-level international competition.
  
  The event was held in Beijing, China from December 8–12, 2010. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  (Local Time, GMT +08:00)
  
  * Thursday, December 9
     * 16:45 Junior ice dancing: Short dance
     * 18:10 Junior ladies: Short program
     * 19:35 Junior men: Short program
     * 21:00 Junior pairs: Short program
  * Friday, December 10
     * 14:15 Junior ice dancing: Free dance
     * 15:45 Junior ladies: Free skating
     * 17:15 Ice dancing: Short dance
     * 18:25 Men: Short program
     * 19:30 Ladies: Short program
     * 20:35 Pairs: Short program
  * Saturday, December 11
     * 13:45 Junior men: Free skating
     * 15:20 Junior pairs: Free skating
     * 16:55 Men: Free skating
     * 18:10 Ladies: Free skating
     * 19:20 Ice dancing: Free dance
     * 20:40 Pairs: Free skating
  * Sunday, December 12
     * Exhibition gala
  
  ## Qualifiers
  
  ### Senior-level qualifiers
  
  Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2010 were eligible to compete at two senior 2010–11 Grand Prix events, including the 2010 NHK Trophy, 2010 Skate Canada International, 2010 Cup of China, 2010 Skate America, 2010 Cup of Russia, and 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard. They earned points at these events and the six highest ranking skaters/teams qualified for the senior Grand Prix Final. The following skaters qualified for the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final.
  
  | | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Takahiko Kozuka | Miki Ando | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
  | 2 | Daisuke Takahashi | Alissa Czisny | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat |
  | 3 | Patrick Chan | Carolina Kostner | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier |
  | 4 | Tomáš Verner | Kanako Murakami | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev |
  | 5 | Nobunari Oda | Akiko Suzuki | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
  | 6 | Florent Amodio | Rachael Flatt | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin |
  | Alternates |||||
  | 1st | Jeremy Abbott | Kiira Korpi | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |
  | 2nd | Brandon Mroz | Mirai Nagasu | Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin | Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein |
  | 3rd | Adam Rippon | Ashley Wagner | Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers | Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko |
  
  ### Junior-level qualifiers
  
  Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2010 but were not yet 19 on that date (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete at two 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix events. They earned points at these events and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.
  
  The following skaters qualified for the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final.
  
  | | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Andrei Rogozine | Adelina Sotnikova | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin |
  | 2 | Yan Han | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong (withdrew) | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
  | 3 | Joshua Farris | Risa Shoji | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro |
  | 4 | Keegan Messing | Polina Shelepen | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely |
  | 5 | Richard Dornbush | Christina Gao | Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz | Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin |
  | 6 | Max Aaron | Yasmin Siraj | Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk | Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin |
  | 7 | Zhan Bush | Kristiene Gong | Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan | Anastasia Galyeta /Alexei Shumski |
  | 8 | Gordei Gorshkov | Kiri Baga (withdrew) | Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz | Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev |
  | Alternates |||||
  | 1st | Artur Dmitriev Jr | Li Zijun (called up) | Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell (called up) | Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart |
  | 2nd | Jason Brown | Ira Vannut | Tatiana Danilova / Andrei Novoselov | Anastasia Cannuscio/ Colin McManus |
  | 3rd | Alexander Majorov | Shion Kokobun | Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
  
  ## Competition notes
  
  In the junior event, Kiri Baga had to withdraw due to Achilles tendinopathy in her left ankle. Sui Wenjing and Han Cong withdrew due to qualification to senior Grand Prix Final. There were allegations that two female skaters, Sui in the senior event and Yu Xiaoyu in the junior event, were too young for those competitions, while a male skater Jin Yang was alleged to be too old for the junior event.
  
  ## Senior-level results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 259.75 | 2 | 85.59 | 1 | 174.16 |
  | 2 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 242.81 | 1 | 86.59 | 3 | 156.22 |
  | 3 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 237.79 | 4 | 77.90 | 2 | 159.89 |
  | 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 219.77 | 3 | 82.57 | 6 | 137.20 |
  | 5 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 213.64 | 5 | 65.37 | 4 | 148.27 |
  | 6 | Florent Amodio | France | 201.90 | 6 | 61.64 | 5 | 140.26 |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alissa Czisny | United States | 180.75 | 1 | 63.76 | 3 | 116.99 |
  | 2 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 178.60 | 2 | 62.13 | 4 | 116.47 |
  | 3 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 178.59 | 3 | 61.47 | 2 | 117.12 |
  | 4 | Akiko Suzuki | Japan | 173.72 | 4 | 58.26 | 5 | 115.46 |
  | 5 | Miki Ando | Japan | 173.15 | 5 | 50.45 | 1 | 122.70 |
  | 6 | Rachael Flatt | United States | 127.57 | 6 | 45.19 | 6 | 82.38 |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 210.72 | 1 | 74.40 | 1 | 136.32 |
  | 2 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 189.93 | 2 | 68.63 | 2 | 121.30 |
  | 3 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 179.04 | 4 | 61.49 | 3 | 117.55 |
  | 4 | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Russia | 177.44 | 5 | 60.06 | 4 | 117.38 |
  | 5 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Russia | 176.80 | 3 | 63.86 | 5 | 112.94 |
  | 6 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 169.57 | 6 | 58.73 | 6 | 110.84 |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 171.58 | 1 | 68.64 | 1 | 102.94 |
  | 2 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France | 162.10 | 2 | 65.66 | 2 | 96.44 |
  | 3 | Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier | Canada | 139.74 | 5 | 54.82 | 3 | 84.92 |
  | 4 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 136.75 | 6 | 54.33 | 4 | 82.42 |
  | 5 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 136.34 | 4 | 55.51 | 5 | 80.83 |
  | 6 | Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin | Hungary | 132.07 | 3 | 55.98 | 6 | 76.09 |
  
  ### Medal count
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Junior-level results
  
  ### Junior men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Richard Dornbush | United States | 219.56 | 1 | 70.75 | 1 | 148.81 |
  | 2 | Yan Han | China | 186.05 | 3 | 67.29 | 3 | 118.76 |
  | 3 | Andrei Rogozine | Canada | 181.78 | 7 | 59.17 | 2 | 122.61 |
  | 4 | Max Aaron | United States | 181.28 | 5 | 63.78 | 4 | 117.50 |
  | 5 | Keegan Messing | United States | 174.42 | 2 | 68.52 | 8 | 106.90 |
  | 6 | Joshua Farris | United States | 173.97 | 4 | 65.24 | 7 | 108.73 |
  | 7 | Zhan Bush | Russia | 173.75 | 6 | 60.05 | 6 | 113.70 |
  | 8 | Gordei Gorshkov | Russia | 171.81 | 8 | 55.55 | 5 | 116.26 |
  
  ### Junior ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia | 169.81 | 1 | 57.27 | 1 | 112.54 |
  | 2 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 160.87 | 2 | 53.76 | 2 | 107.11 |
  | 3 | Li Zijun | China | 149.82 | 5 | 49.62 | 4 | 100.20 |
  | 4 | Risa Shoji | Japan | 149.82 | 4 | 52.56 | 5 | 97.26 |
  | 5 | Polina Shelepen | Russia | 147.37 | 3 | 53.26 | 6 | 94.11 |
  | 6 | Christina Gao | United States | 145.01 | 7 | 43.98 | 3 | 101.03 |
  | 7 | Yasmin Siraj | United States | 130.95 | 8 | 38.08 | 7 | 92.87 |
  | 8 | Kristiene Gong | United States | 129.90 | 6 | 47.24 | 8 | 82.66 |
  
  ### Junior pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Japan | 159.52 | 1 | 53.94 | 1 | 105.58 |
  | 2 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Russia | 150.54 | 2 | 49.63 | 2 | 100.91 |
  | 3 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China | 140.58 | 6 | 43.68 | 3 | 96.90 |
  | 4 | Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz | Canada | 133.08 | 3 | 48.07 | 6 | 85.01 |
  | 5 | Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan | United States | 131.96 | 5 | 43.92 | 5 | 88.04 |
  | 6 | Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell | Canada | 131.04 | 7 | 42.34 | 4 | 88.70 |
  | 7 | Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz | Canada | 127.02 | 4 | 45.30 | 7 | 81.72 |
  | 8 | Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk | Russia | 113.99 | 8 | 35.25 | 8 | 78.74 |
  
  ### Junior ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin | Russia | 136.22 | 2 | 55.50 | 1 | 80.72 |
  | 2 | Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia | 134.62 | 1 | 55.58 | 2 | 79.04 |
  | 3 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia | 129.94 | 3 | 53.59 | 3 | 76.35 |
  | 4 | Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 123.75 | 4 | 53.06 | 6 | 70.69 |
  | 5 | Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely | United States | 121.58 | 5 | 50.74 | 5 | 70.84 |
  | 6 | Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin | Russia | 118.60 | 6 | 46.98 | 4 | 71.62 |
  | 7 | Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski | Ukraine | 113.54 | 7 | 45.10 | 7 | 68.44 |
  | 8 | Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev | Russia | 110.16 | 8 | 43.18 | 8 | 66.98 |
  