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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships

The ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships (WSSC) are the world championships for the sport of synchronized skating. Held since 2000, the World Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual event organized by the International Skating Union and attracts the most elite senior-level synchronized skating teams from around the world to compete for the World Championship.

Latvia Team Amber competing in 2013

Since the beginning, the top positions have been mainly dominated by Sweden and Finland: the Swedish Team Surprise have won six World titles, four silver medals and one bronze medal and the Finnish Marigold IceUnity are five-time World Champions with seven silver medals and two bronze medals. Rockettes from Finland have earned three World titles, four silver medals and six bronze medals. Other major teams include the Canadian Les Suprêmes with three World titles and one bronze medal and NEXXICE with two World titles, three silvers and two bronzes, the Russian Team Paradise with three World titles and two bronze medals, the Finnish Team Unique with one gold and one silver, as well as the American teams, Miami University and the Haydenettes with one silver and four bronze medals, respectively. Other medalists include the (now-discontinued) Canadian black ice with one silver medal and two bronze medals.

At the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, Les Suprêmes made history by winning three consecutive World Championships. The previous consecutive world championships were achieved in 2000-2001 by Team Surprise, 2010-2011 by Rockettes and 2016-2017 by Team Paradise.

Although initially dominated by just a handful of teams and countries, the sport has arguably become more competitive over time; as supported by an analysis of the point 'gap' between the 1st and 10th placed teams. Starting from the 2005 WSSC (the first year the current ISU Judging System was introduced), the point 'gap' has tended to decrease over time:

WSSC (year) 1st vs. 10th place (∆ points)
2005 85.27 [1]
2006 77.56 [2]
2007 77.03 [3]
2008 63.06 [4]
2009 48.02 [5]
2010 56.42 [6]
2011 52.69 [7]
2012 38.32 [8]
2013 55.12 [9]
2014 56.32 [10]
2015 50.39 [11]
2016 53.32 [12]
2017 53.41 [13]
2018 40.03 [14]
2019 63.20 [15]
2020 Event not held [1]
2021 Event not held
2022 66.39 [16]
2023 61.76 [17]
2024 56.92 [18]

Medalists edit

Year Location Gold Total SP FS Silver Total SP FS Bronze Total SP FS Source(s)
2000   Minneapolis, United States   Team Surprise 1.5 0.5 1.0   black ice 3.0 1.0 2.0   Marigold IceUnity 4.5 1.5 3.0 [19][20]
2001   Helsinki, Finland   Team Surprise 1.5 0.5 1.0   Rockettes 4.0 2.0 2.0   black ice 4.0 1.0 3.0 [20]
2002   Rouen, France   Marigold IceUnity 2.0 1.0 1.0   Team Surprise 2.5 0.5 2.0   black ice 4.5 1.5 3.0 [21]
2003   Ottawa, Canada   Team Surprise 2.0 1.0 1.0   Marigold IceUnity 3.5 1.5 2.0   Les Suprêmes 3.5 0.5 3.0 [22]
2004   Zagreb, Croatia   Marigold IceUnity 1.5 0.5 1.0   Team Surprise 3.0 1.0 2.0   Rockettes 4.5 1.5 3.0 [23]
2005   Gothenburg, Sweden   Team Surprise 207.75 71.23 136.02   Rockettes 188.40 64.33 124.07   Marigold IceUnity 187.17 68.67 118.50 [1]
2006   Prague, Czech Republic   Marigold IceUnity 197.29 69.89 127.40   Team Surprise 188.57 69.09 119.48   Rockettes 180.32 62.66 117.66 [2]
2007   London, Canada   Team Surprise 222.24 77.54 144.70   Miami University 198.71 69.75 128.96   NEXXICE 194.08 68.54 125.54 [3]
2008   Budapest, Hungary   Rockettes 210.48 72.55 137.93   Team Surprise 205.71 74.72 130.99   NEXXICE 198.81 70.67 128.14 [4]
2009   Zagreb, Croatia   NEXXICE 223.58 80.12 143.46   Team Unique 220.28 82.36 137.92   Team Surprise 209.30 78.24 131.06 [5]
2010   Colorado Springs, United States   Rockettes 223.90 81.40 142.50   Marigold IceUnity 216.98 75.34 141.64   Haydenettes 216.48 78.62 137.86 [6]
2011   Helsinki, Finland   Rockettes 215.43 74.81 140.62   Marigold IceUnity 213.48 73.54 139.94   Haydenettes 205.40 71.16 134.24 [7]
2012   Gothenburg, Sweden   Team Surprise 194.87 64.63 130.24   NEXXICE 193.64 63.76 129.88   Haydenettes 192.78 62.14 130.64 [8]
2013   Boston, United States   Team Unique 208.77 69.28 139.49   NEXXICE 208.25 72.84 135.41   Haydenettes 202.53 71.87 130.66 [9]
2014   Courmayeur, Italy   Marigold IceUnity 223.45 76.14 147.31   NEXXICE 220.88 74.85 146.03   Rockettes 220.66 74.98 145.68 [10]
2015   Hamilton, Canada   NEXXICE 214.73 71.06 143.67   Marigold IceUnity 214.06 70.39 143.67   Paradise 203.48 66.25 137.23 [11]
2016   Budapest, Hungary   Paradise 212.69 73.86 138.83   Rockettes 207.84 70.03 137.81   Haydenettes 206.95 68.09 138.86 [12]
2017   Colorado Springs, USA   Paradise 208.70 72.62 136.08   Marigold IceUnity 208.58 70.88 137.70   NEXXICE 197.54 67.17 130.37 [13]
2018   Stockholm, Sweden   Marigold IceUnity 209.02 72.61 136.41   Team Surprise 207.99 72.83 135.16   Paradise 200.97 76.05 124.92 [24][2]
2019   Helsinki, Finland   Paradise 234.38 87.12 147.26   Marigold IceUnity 228.70 85.90 142.80   Rockettes 228.61 82.12 146.49 [25][3]
2020   Lake Placid, NY, USA Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 3–5 April 2020) [4]
2021   Zagreb, Croatia Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 8–10 April 2021) [5][6]
2022   Hamilton, ON, Canada   Les Suprêmes 236.31 81.51 154.80   Marigold IceUnity 228.72 77.48 151.24   Rockettes 226.20 82.76 143.44 [26][7][8]
2023   Lake Placid, NY, USA   Les Suprêmes[27] 240.98 79.00 161.98   Rockettes 239,56 78.61 160.95   Team Unique 239.56 78.01 161.55 [9][10]
2024   Zagreb, Croatia   Les Suprêmes 237.97 78.89 159.08   Haydenettes 233.85 76.74 157.11   Rockettes 229.84 78.00 151.84 [11][12]
2025   Helsinki, Finland To be held on 4–5 April 2025
2026   Salzburg, Austria To be held on 10–11 April 2026
2027   Nottingham, United Kingdom To be held on 2–3 April 2027

Summary edit

Medals by country
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Finland912930
2  Sweden65112
3  Canada54615
4  Russia3025
5  United States0257
Totals (5 entries)23232369
Medals by team
RankTeamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Team Surprise65112
2  Marigold IceUnity57214
3  Rockettes34613
4  Paradise3025
5  Les Suprêmes3014
6  NEXXICE2338
7  Team Unique1113
8  Haydenettes0156
9  Black Ice0123
10  Miami University0101
Totals (10 entries)23232369

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2005 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
    • "Senior Teams - Short Program". International Skating Union. 2005-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
    • "Senior Teams - Free Skating". International Skating Union. 2005-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
    • "MM-muodostelmaluistelusta hopea ja pronssi" [Silver and bronze at Synchro Worlds] (in Finnish). Yle. Suomen Tietotoimisto. 2005-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  2. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2006 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  3. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2007 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article:
  4. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2008 WSSC results, the third is a Savon Sanomat news article:
  5. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2009 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article:
  6. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2010 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article and the fourth is a U.S. Figure Skating news article:
  7. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2011 WSSC results, the third is an Iltalehti news article:
  8. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2012 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  9. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2013 WSSC results, the third is an Ice Network news article:
  10. ^ a b The first three sites show the official 2014 WSSC results, the fourth is an article by the Finnish Figure Skating Association about the competition:
  11. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2015 WSSC results, the third is an ISU news article:
  12. ^ a b "2016 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  13. ^ a b "2017 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  14. ^ "2018 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  15. ^ "2019 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  16. ^ "2022 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  17. ^ "2023 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  18. ^ "2024 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  19. ^ "2000 World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  20. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2001 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  21. ^ The first two sites show the official 2002 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  22. ^ The first two sites show the official 2003 WSSC results, the third is a Kaleva news article:
  23. ^ The first two sites show the official 2004 WSSC results, the third is a Kaleva news article:
  24. ^ "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championship 2018". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  25. ^ "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2019". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  26. ^ "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2022". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  27. ^ "Canada's Les Suprêmes successfully defend world synchronized skating title". CBC Sports. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

External links edit

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