The ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating is a figure skating team competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union . The World Team Trophy was held for the first time in Tokyo, Japan , from April 16 to 19, 2009. Traditionally, the competitive skating season had concluded with the World Championships .
19-431: The new event was announced at a news conference during the 2008 World Championships , in the hope of encouraging countries to develop top figure skaters in all disciplines. Each country sends two men, two women, one pair, and one ice dance entry. Selected skaters from the six countries with the best results during the season compete in the disciplines of men's singles , women's singles , pair skating , and ice dance in
38-526: A new world record of 74.36 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program. European champion ice dancers Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (RUS) withdrew before the event due to an injury to his knee. They were replaced by Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev . Four Continents and Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Evan Lysacek withdrew before the event due to injury. He was replaced by US pewter medalist Jeremy Abbott . Jeffrey Buttle
57-593: A team format. The participating countries in the inaugural event were (in descending order of finish) the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Russia, and China. The Japan Skating Federation paid the global prize money for the ISU World Team Trophy in 2009. The total prize money in 2009 was US$ 1,000,000, the highest ever in an ISU event, with $ 200,000 awarded to the winning country. In 2015, the qualifying countries (in descending order of qualification) were Russia,
76-437: The 2008 World Championships. Compulsory dance The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance , is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and genre. One or more compulsory dances were usually skated as the first phase of ice dancing competitions . The 2009–10 season
95-577: The United States, Japan, Canada, France, and China, with the United States taking the title. Prize money was once again US$ 1,000,000. In 2009, there were reports that some of the participating skaters did not wish to take part in the event. Canadian ice dancer Scott Moir was quoted as saying that although the event was fun, skaters had been pressured to attend. U.S. ice dancer Tanith Belbin told an interviewer that she and partner Benjamin Agosto had not been aware of
114-478: The change was also made because "the compulsory dances were not very attractive for spectators and television". The SD had to incorporate a compulsory element in which each dance team must perform the same two patterns of a set pattern dance. Its rhythms and themes are determined beforehand by the ISU. The ice dancers are judged on how well they integrate the pattern dance into the entire SD. The 2010 World Championships
133-723: The competition as "a lot of fun", while Scott Moir said it was turning into an exciting event, especially considering a team event would be contested at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The fact that this event is held after all major competitions forced many athletes to not attend in order to not risk injuries or fatigue after a long season. The event is also not in a similar format as the Olympics: ice dance and pairs events only count as two events each and individual competitions for four events, thus favoring teams and nations who are not well fulfilled in ice dance and pairs events. The lowest ranked ice dancers and pairs are also awarded 7 points, marginalizing
152-490: The early years after the sport was contested at the 1952 World Championships . The prominence of the CD in ice dance slowly declined, until it was removed and replaced by the SD in 2011, the year that the ISU voted to restructure ice dance competitions by removing the compulsory dance and original dance (OD) and replacing them with the short dance and free dance (FD). Ice dancers performed
171-657: The event until after the 2009 World Championships . Evan Lysacek , who had won the World Championship shortly before the World Team Trophy, was quoted in the same article as saying he was excited and looking forward to competing in Japan as part of the American team, referring to the event as "icing on the cake". In 2012, skaters expressed more enthusiasm about competing at the World Team Trophy. Daisuke Takahashi referred to
190-545: The large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skating after the short program. In ice dancing, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance , and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance . The compulsory dance was the Argentine Tango. Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang from China set
209-424: The point difference toward the winners who are awarded only five more points for a maximum of twelve points. 2008 World Figure Skating Championships The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2007–08 figure skating season . Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . The event
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#1732875915155228-518: The same pattern around the rink once or twice, to the same step sequences and the same standardized tempo. The competitors were then scored based on their execution of the various elements of the dance. The CD allowed the judges to compare the technical skills of each dancer. Ice dance was contested for the first time at the World Championships in 1952 ; for most of that period, the British dominated
247-502: The second CD. In 1988, the same year compulsory figures was removed from women's and men's single figure skating, CDs were decreased from three to two. In 2010, after urging by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to decrease the number of segments from three to two "for some time", the ISU voted to remove the CD from competitions, replacing it with the SD. According to then-ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta ,
266-430: The short program with 64.28 points, just 0.18 points higher than Mao Asada who was in second. Kim Yuna fell on her triple Lutz, leaving her in fifth place after the short program. Despite popping a triple lutz at the end of her program and saving multiple jump landings, Kim earned the top free skate score of 123.38 points. Kostner received negative grade of execution on five of her seven jumping passes but still managed
285-411: The sport, winning 12 out of the next 16 championships. Many of the first CDs were developed during the 1930s by teams from Great Britain, some of which have been used by ice dance teams throughout the history of the sport. The CD's prominence in ice dance slowly declined; in 1952, CDs accounted for 60% of the total points dancers could earn, but when the original dance (OD) was added in 1967, it replaced
304-422: The third highest free score. Asada, one of two women attempting the triple Axel in the competition, fell during the takeoff of the axel, but still managed to do two triple-triples and score 1.46 points higher than Kostner, securing the gold medal. Silver went to Kostner and Kim received the bronze medal. The following countries have earned more than one entry to the 2009 World Championships based on performance at
323-605: Was held at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg , Sweden from March 16 to 23. The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2008 World Junior Championships . Based on the results of the 2007 World Championships , each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Due to
342-499: Was the final season in which the segment was included in International Skating Union (ISU) junior and senior level competition. In June 2010, the ISU replaced the name "compulsory dance" with "pattern dance" for ice dance, and merged it into the short dance (SD) beginning in the 2010–11 figure skating season . The first CDs were developed during the 1930s by teams from Great Britain, who dominated ice dance for most of
361-462: Was the sixth Canadian man to win the world title. His win set off a controversy because he did not attempt a quadruple jump. Brian Joubert the silver medalist criticized the system for producing a winner who did not complete or attempt a quadruple jump. This set off the first of many debates on the value of the quads and what men's figure skating should be about that would culminate in the 2010 Olympic Quadruple jump controversy . Carolina Kostner led
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