2016 Rostelecom Cup
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 2016 Rostelecom Cup | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 4 – 5 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Location: | Moscow |
| Host: | Figure Skating Federation of Russia |
| Venue: | Megasport Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Javier Fernández | |
Ladies' singles:  Anna Pogorilaya | |
Pairs:  Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | |
| Ice dance: Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | |
| Previous: 2015 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Next: 2017 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Previous Grand Prix: 2016 Skate Canada International | |
| Next Grand Prix: 2016 Trophée de France | |
The 2016 Rostelecom Cup was the third event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 4–5. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.
Changes to preliminary assignments
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.[1][2][3][4]
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 15 | Men | N/A | Gordei Gorshkov |
Host pick | [5] |
| September 15 | Ice dancing | N/A | Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin |
Host pick | [6] |
| September 28 and 30 | Pairs |  Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim |
 Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev |
Illness (Scimeca) | [7][8] |
| October 12 and 17 | Ladies | Polina Edmunds |
 Anastasia Galustyan |
Injury | [9] |
| October 17 | Pairs |  Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro |
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe |
[10] | |
| October 17 and 20 | Pairs | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov |
Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin |
[10] |