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2020 Rostelecom Cup

The 2020 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia on November 20–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2020 Rostelecom Cup
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 20 – 22
Season:2020–21
Location:Moscow
Host:Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue:Megasport Sport Palace
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Mikhail Kolyada
Ladies' singles:
Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Pairs:
Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Ice dance:
Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
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2019 Rostelecom Cup
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2021 Rostelecom Cup
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2020 Cup of China
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2020 NHK Trophy

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons.[1] However, the event became controversial after apparent COVID-19 spread among attendees led to suggestions that it had been a superspreading event.[2]

Entries edit

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on October 1, 2020.[3]

Country Men[4] Ladies[5] Pairs[6] Ice dance[7]
  Armenia Anastasia Galustyan
  Azerbaijan Vladimir Litvintsev Ekaterina Ryabova
  Belarus Alexander Lebedev Viktoriia Safonova Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya Yukhimuk
  Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus
  Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili Alina Urushadze
  Hungary Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács
  Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
  Russia Dmitri Aliev
Petr Gumennik
Makar Ignatov
Mikhail Kolyada
Artem Kovalev
Andrei Mozalev
Roman Savosin
Evgeni Semenenko
Ilya Yablokov 		Anastasiia Guliakova
Alena Kostornaia
Elizaveta Nugumanova
Sofia Samodurova
Anna Shcherbakova
Alexandra Trusova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 		Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov
Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov 		Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin
Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko
Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
  Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin

Changes to preliminary assignments edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men — October 9   Alexander Lebedev [8]
Ladies   Anastasia Galustyan [9]
Pairs   Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev [10]
October 9   Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski   Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov
Men October 16   Irakli Maysuradze November 12   Artem Kovalev [11]
Ice dance   Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya October 28   Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius [12]
Ladies —   Eva-Lotta Kiibus [13]
Ice dance November 4   Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd November 7   Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács [14][15]
Men November 12   Artur Danielian November 12   Evgeni Semenenko Recovery from surgery[16] [11]
Pairs   Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin November 13   Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Respiratory infection (Khodykin)[17] [18][19]
Ladies November 16   Evgenia Medvedeva November 16   Elizaveta Nugumanova Recovery from injury[20] [21]
Ice dance   Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko   Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko COVID-19[22] [23]
  Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya Yukhimuk
Men November 17   Alexander Samarin November 17   Ilya Yablokov Recovery from injury[24] [25]
Pairs November 18   Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov — COVID-19 (coach)[26] [27]

Results edit

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 281.89 3 93.34 1 188.55
2 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 275.80 1 99.56 4 176.24
3 Petr Gumennik   Russia 268.47 2 96.26 6 172.21
4 Andrei Mozalev   Russia 266.69 6 86.01 2 180.68
5 Dmitri Aliev   Russia 265.11 5 89.62 5 175.49
6 Evgeni Semenenko   Russia 260.78 7 83.42 3 177.36
7 Makar Ignatov   Russia 260.78 4 91.82 7 168.96
8 Roman Savosin   Russia 250.07 8 82.35 8 167.72
9 Ilya Yablokov   Russia 242.52 10 79.15 9 163.37
10 Vladimir Litvintsev   Azerbaijan 239.79 9 81.55 10 158.24
11 Artem Kovalev   Russia 212.50 11 77.67 11 134.83
12 Alexander Lebedev   Belarus 182.30 12 62.88 12 119.42

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 223.39 2 74.70 1 148.69
2 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 220.78 1 78.84 2 141.94
3 Anastasiia Guliakova   Russia 199.03 4 70.07 3 128.96
4 Alexandra Trusova   Russia 198.93 3 70.81 4 128.12
5 Elizaveta Nugumanova   Russia 191.52 5 68.47 6 123.05
6 Eva-Lotta Kiibus   Estonia 186.00 9 57.88 5 128.12
7 Sofia Samodurova   Russia 184.81 6 68.01 8 116.80
8 Viktoriia Safonova   Belarus 184.57 7 64.25 7 120.32
9 Ekaterina Ryabova   Azerbaijan 167.85 8 58.58 9 109.27
10 Alina Urushadze   Georgia 150.68 10 55.86 10 94.82
WD Anastasia Galustyan   Armenia withdrew 11 52.06 withdrew from competition
WD Anna Shcherbakova   Russia withdrew from competition

Pairs edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Russia 232.56 2 78.29 1 154.27
2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Russia 225.80 1 79.34 2 146.46
3 Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov   Russia 210.07 3 73.84 3 136.23
4 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko   Russia 204.87 4 70.62 4 134.05
5 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev   Russia 200.77 5 70.11 5 130.66
6 Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov   Russia 176.63 6 67.50 6 109.13
7 Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar   Hungary 163.77 7 58.60 7 105.17

Ice dance edit

Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Russia 217.51 1 91.13 1 126.38
2 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Russia 206.91 2 84.46 2 122.45
3 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin   Russia 199.25 3 79.75 3 119.50
4 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin   Russia 193.18 5 76.10 4 117.08
5 Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin   Russia 191.00 4 76.21 5 114.79
6 Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin   Ukraine 188.25 6 74.86 6 113.39
7 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 182.56 7 72.43 7 110.13
8 Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács   Hungary 163.65 8 61.34 8 102.31
9 Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko   Russia 152.14 9 56.47 9 95.67
10 Viktoria Semenjuk / Ilya Yukhimuk   Belarus 146.38 10 56.22 10 90.16

COVID-19 spread and controversy edit

Improper mask wearing at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup

Despite some precautionary measures being taken, the Rostelecom Cup's organization came under criticism for, like many other Russian domestic competitions held during the season, allowing a large audience and insufficient enforcement of mandates regarding social distancing and proper mask usage. A focal point of criticism was the decision to hold the traditional post-competition banquet where many skaters were documented not wearing masks or socially distancing at all, as well as sharing food from a communal buffet; in addition, several skaters who competed at the event were photographed in the following weeks at a birthday party for retired Russian skater Alena Leonova.[2]

Several Russian skaters who competed at the event subsequently reported contracting the virus in the weeks afterward, including Dmitri Aliev, Alena Kostornaia, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Victoria Sinitsina, and Nikita Katsalapov.[28][29] Estonian skater Eva-Lotta Kiibus later also reported contracting COVID-19 at the event and was still suffering effects two months later.[30]

Irina Rodnina, a three-time Olympic pairs champion for Russia and current State Duma member, strongly criticized the handling of the Rostelecom Cup and cited it as an example of the government needing to more aggressively fine people for non-compliance.[2] After the event, an American journalist questioned Jan Dijkema, president of the ISU, whether the Figure Skating Federation of Russia would be sanctioned over their disregard for safety protocols. Dijkema acknowledged "the regrettable news about the situation involving positive test results for COVID-19 of certain Russian Skaters [sic]," but denied the ISU taking responsibility over the situation due to the 2020–21 Grand Prix series' semi-domestic nature.[31]

References edit

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