World Figure Skating Championships 2017

World Figure Skating Championships 2017
107th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	March 27 - April 2, 2017
Venue:	Hartwall Arena , Helsinki , Finland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Yuzuru Hanyu (2)
Women:	Yevgenia Medvedeva (2)
Couples:	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (3)
Defending champion
Men's:	Javier Fernández
Women:	Yevgenia Medvedeva
Couples:	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Ice dance:	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
World figure skating championships
2016 ◄ 2017 ► 2018

The 107th World Figure Skating Championships took place from March 27th to April 2nd, 2017 in the Hartwall Arena in the Finnish capital Helsinki . The International Skating Union announced the award of the title fights in June 2014. Helsinki hosted the World Figure Skating Championships for the fifth time after 1914 , 1934 , 1983 and 1999 .

Starting places

The following countries were entitled to several starting places for the 2017 World Championships on the basis of the previous year's results.

Starting places	Men's	Ladies	Couples	Ice dance
3	Japan	Russia United States Japan	Canada Russia	France United States Canada
2	Spain People's Republic of China Russia Canada United States Czech Republic	Canada People's Republic of China	People's Republic of China Germany United States France Italy	Italy United Kingdom Russia

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Canada	1	1	1	3
2	Japan	1	1	-	2
3	Russia	1	-	1	2
	People's Republic of China	1	-	1	2
5	Germany	-	1	-	1
	France	-	1	-	1
7th	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Men's	Yuzuru Hanyu	Shoma Uno	Jin Boyang
Ladies	Yevgenia Medvedeva	Kaetlyn Osmond	Gabrielle Daleman
Couples	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Results

• K = freestyle
• KP = short program
• KT = short dance
• Pts = points

Men's

space	athlete	country	Pt.	KP		K
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	321.59	5	098.39	1	223.20
2	Shoma Uno	Japan	319.31	2	104.86	2	214.45
3	Jin Boyang	People's Republic of China	303.58	4th	098.64	3	204.94
4th	Javier Fernández	Spain	301.19	1	109.05	6th	192.14
5	Patrick Chan	Canada	295.16	3	102.13	5	193.03
6th	Nathan Chen	United States	290.72	6th	097.33	4th	193.39
7th	Jason Brown	United States	269.57	8th	093.10	7th	176.47
8th	Mikhail Koljada	Russia	257.47	7th	093.28	9	164.19
9	Kevin Reynolds	Canada	253.84	12	084.44	8th	169.40
10	Oleksiy Bychenko	Israel	245.96	11	085.28	12	160.68
11	Maxim Kowtun	Russia	245.84	10	089.38	14th	156.46
12	Misha Ge	Uzbekistan	243.45	16	079.91	10	163.54
13	Moris Qwitelashvili	Georgia	239.24	19th	076.34	11	162.90
14th	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	239.00	14th	081.73	13	157.27
15th	Brendan Kerry	Australia	236.24	13	083.11	15th	153.13
16	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	234.31	9	090.18	20th	144.13
17th	Chafik Besseg here	France	230.13	17th	078.82	16	151.31
18th	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	226.26	15th	080.02	18th	146.24
19th	Keiji Tanaka	Japan	222.34	22nd	073.45	17th	148.89
20th	Paul Fentz	Germany	217.91	20th	073.89	22nd	144.02
21st	Jorik Hendrickx	Belgium	214.02	21st	073.68	21st	140.34
22nd	Julian Zhi Jie Yee	Malaysia	213.99	23	069.74	19th	144.25
23	Alexander Majorov	Sweden	205.04	18th	077.23	23	127.81
24	Michael Christian Martinez	Philippines	196.79	24	069.32	24	127.47
Not qualified for the freestyle
25th	Ivan Pavlov	Ukraine	069.26	25th	069.26	-
26th	Kim Jin-seo	South Korea	068.66	26th	068.66	-
27	Javier Raya	Spain	066.88	27	066.88	-
28	Stéphane Walker	Switzerland	064.04	28	064.04	-
29	Igor Reznichenko	Poland	063.88	29	063.88	-
30th	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	063.14	30th	063.14	-
31	Graham Newberry	United Kingdom	062.04	31	062.04	-
32	Chih-I Tsao	Chinese Taipei	061.52	32	061.52	-
33	Valtter Virtanen	Finland	059.45	33	059.45	-
34	Nicholas Vrdoljak	Croatia	057.28	34	057.28	-
35	Slavik Hajrapetjan	Armenia	057.14	35	057.14	-
36	Larry Loupolover	Azerbaijan	038.97	36	038.97	-

The short program was the most technically advanced in figure skating history. A total of 27 quadruple jumps were attempted, with seven men each showing two quadruple jumps. Eight runners exceeded the 90-point mark and three exceeded the 100-point mark. Defending champion Javier Fernández won the short program with a personal best of 109.05 points. Besides him, Shōma Uno and Patrick Chan also broke the 100-point mark thanks to personal bests. The strong jumpers Nathan Chen and Jin Boyang and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyū were still within reach of the first three .

The latter went into the freestyle as the first of the last group and showed a faultless freestyle, which with a rating of 223.20 points meant a new world record. Despite the lead over Hanyū, no one managed to wrest his second world title from the Japanese. However, compatriot Shōma Uno came threateningly close to him, who won his first World Cup medal with silver. As in the previous year, the bronze medal went to the Chinese Jin Boyang. The eagerly awaited performance by US champion Nathan Chen ended with a record of six attempted quadruple jumps. However, he couldn't land two of them, so in the end it wasn't enough for a medal. Patrick Chan and Javier Fernández also made too many mistakes to defend their podium position.

A total of 47 quadruple jumps were attempted by the participants in the freestyle. Three runners reached the 200-point mark with their freestyle, Shōma Uno and Jin Boyang for the first time in their careers. In the overall ranking, the first four runners exceeded the 300-point mark, and Shōma Uno and Jin Boyang succeeded in this for the first time.

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country	Pt.	KP		K
1	Yevgenia Medvedeva	Russia	233.41	1	79.01	1	154.40
2	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	218.13	2	75.98	2	142.15
3	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	213.52	3	72.19	3	141.33
4th	Karen Chen	United States	199.29	5	69.98	6th	129.31
5	Mai Mihara	Japan	197.88	15th	59.59	4th	138.29
6th	Carolina Kostner	Italy	196.83	8th	66.33	5	130.50
7th	Ashley Wagner	United States	193.54	7th	69.04	10	124.50
8th	Maria Sotskova	Russia	192.20	6th	69.76	11	122.44
9	Elisabet Tursynbayeva	Kazakhstan	191.99	10	65.48	8th	126.51
10	Choi Da-bin	South Korea	191.11	11	62.66	7th	128.45
11	Wakaba Higuchi	Japan	188.05	9	65.87	12	122.18
12	Mariah Bell	United States	187.23	13	61.02	9	126.21
13	Anna Pogorilaja	Russia	183.37	4th	71.52	15th	111.85
14th	Li Xiangning	People's Republic of China	175.37	16	58.28	13	117.09
15th	Loena Hendrickx	Belgium	172.82	17th	57.54	14th	115.28
16	Rika Hongo	Japan	169.83	12	62.55	18th	107.28
17th	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	165.55	18th	57.08	16	108.47
18th	Laurine Lecavelier	France	162.99	22nd	55.49	17th	107.50
19th	Nicole Schott	Germany	161.41	24	54.83	19th	106.58
20th	Ivett Tóth	Hungary	160.77	14th	61.00	21st	099.77
21st	Li Zijun	People's Republic of China	159.80	20th	56.30	20th	103.50
22nd	Angelīna Kučvaļska	Latvia	155.02	21st	55.92	22nd	099.10
23	Anastassia Galustjan	Armenia	153.47	23	55.20	23	098.27
24	Kailani Craine	Australia	152.94	19th	56.97	24	095.97
Not qualified for the freestyle
25th	Yu Shuran	Singapore	52.87	25th	52.87	-
26th	Joshi Helgesson	Sweden	52.07	26th	52.07	-
27	Helery Halvin	Estonia	51.94	27	51.94	-
28	Amy Lin	Chinese Taipei	51.86	28	51.86	-
29	Emmi Peltonen	Finland	50.74	29	50.74	-
30th	Isadora Williams	Brazil	50.65	30th	50.65	-
31	Kerstin Frank	Austria	50.54	31	50.54	-
32	Natasha McKay	United Kingdom	50.10	32	50.10	-
33	Yasmine Kimiko Yamada	Switzerland	47.86	33	47.86	-
34	Anne Line Gjersem	Norway	46.99	34	46.99	-
35	Anna Chnychenkova	Ukraine	46.98	35	46.98	-
36	Daša Grm	Slovenia	46.63	36	46.63	-
37	Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková	Czech Republic	32.21	37	32.21	-

Yevgenia Medvedeva defended her title from the previous year by a large margin. This makes her the first Russian woman to defend the women's figure skating title. Michelle Kwan had her last title defense ever in 2001. The Canadians Kaetlyn Osmond and Gabrielle Daleman were surprisingly able to secure their first medals at world championships with silver and bronze. It was the first time in history that two Canadians stood on the podium.

Couples

space	athlete	country	Pt.	KP		K
1	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	People's Republic of China	232.06	1	81.23	1	150.83
2	Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Germany	230.30	2	79.84	2	150.46
3	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Russia	219.03	3	79.37	4th	139.66
4th	Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	People's Republic of China	211.51	4th	75.23	5	136.28
5	Xenija Stolbowa / Fyodor Klimow	Russia	206.72	13	65.69	3	141.03
6th	Lyubov Ilyushetschkina / Dylan Moscovitch	Canada	206.19	6th	73.14	8th	133.05
7th	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Canada	206.06	7th	72.67	7th	133.39
8th	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	France	204.68	10	70.10	6th	134.58
9	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Italy	203.92	9	71.04	9	132.88
10	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	United States	202.37	8th	72.17	11	130.20
11	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	198.21	12	66.31	10	131.90
12	Natalja Sabijako / Alexander Enbert	Russia	192.54	5	74.26	13	118.28
13	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	192.02	11	70.08	12	121.94
14th	Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař	Czech Republic	179.70	15th	63.36	14th	116.34
15th	Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik	North Korea	169.65	14th	64.52	15th	105.13
16	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor	Australia	164.10	16	62.03	16	102.07
Not qualified for the freestyle
17th	Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet	Japan	61.70	17th	61.70	-
18th	Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer	Austria	61.01	18th	61.01	-
19th	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	Germany	59.76	19th	59.76	-
20th	Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier	United States	56.23	20th	56.23	-
21st	Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru	Croatia	52.83	21st	52.83	-
22nd	Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev	Lithuania	52.49	22nd	52.49	-
23	Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk	Belarus	51.79	23	51.79	-
24	Daria Beklemisheva / Márk Magyar	Hungary	45.96	24	45.96	-
25th	Emilia Simonen / Matthew Penasse	Finland	45.49	25th	45.49	-
26th	Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji	United Kingdom	44.33	26th	44.33	-
27	Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov	France	43.78	27	43.78	-
28	Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer	Switzerland	40.50	28	40.50	-

Ice dance

space	athlete	country	Pt.	KT		K
1	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Canada	198.62	1	82.43	2	116.19
2	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron	France	196.04	1	76.89	1	119.15
3	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	United States	185.18	5	74.88	4th	110.30
4th	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Canada	184.81	6th	74.84	6th	109.97
5	Ekaterina Bobrowa / Dmitri Solovyov	Russia	184.06	8th	73.54	3	110.52
6th	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	183.73	7th	73.70	5	110.03
7th	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	182.04	4th	76.25	8th	105.79
8th	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Canada	178.99	9	72.83	7th	106.16
9	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	United States	177.70	3	76.53	10	101.17
10	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	Russia	174.70	10	69.07	9	105.63
11	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Italy	165.68	11	67.56	11	098.12
12	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Israel	162.63	12	66.27	12	096.36
13	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen	Denmark	159.53	13	66.05	14th	093.48
14th	Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev	Poland	157.15	15th	63.37	13	093.78
15th	Oleksandra Nasarowa / Maksym Nikitin	Ukraine	155.35	14th	63.86	15th	091.49
16	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	People's Republic of China	150.25	18th	60.77	16	089.48
17th	Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar	Turkey	146.89	17th	60.80	17th	086.09
18th	Olivia Smart / Adrià Díaz	Spain	145.61	16	60.93	19th	084.68
19th	Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis	Germany	142.86	20th	57.10	18th	085.76
20th	Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin	South Korea	136.71	19th	57.47	20th	079.24
Free dance not achieved
21st	Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac	France	56.43	21st	56.43	-
22nd	Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson	United Kingdom	54.82	22nd	54.82	-
23	Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Japan	54.68	23	54.68	-
24	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen	Finland	52.22	24	52.22	-
25th	Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal	Armenia	51.39	25th	51.39	-
26th	Nicole Kuzmichová / Alexandr Sinicyn	Czech Republic	51.02	26th	51.02	-
27	Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev	Belarus	49.73	27	49.73	-
28	Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet	France	49.51	28	49.51	-
29	Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy	Latvia	48.26	29	48.26	-
30th	Taylor Tran / Saulius Ambrulevičius	Lithuania	46.14	30th	46.14	-
31	Anastasia Galyeta / Avidan Brown	Azerbaijan	45.58	31	45.58	-
32	Tatiana Kozmava / Oleksii Shumskyi	Georgia	42.71	32	42.71	-

Web links

• Official website (English)
• 2017 World Figure Skating Championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ isu.org: ISU Championships 2017 Provisional Allotments ( Memento from June 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) June 15, 2014
2. ↑ http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/wc2017/wc2017_Men_SP_Scores.pdf