2017 Rostelecom Cup
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| 2017 Rostelecom Cup | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 20 – 22 |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Location: | Moscow, Russia |
| Host: | Figure Skating Federation of Russia |
| Venue: | Megasport Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Nathan Chen | |
Ladies' singles:  Evgenia Medvedeva | |
| Pairs: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | |
| Ice dance: Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | |
| Previous: 2016 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Next: 2018 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Next Grand Prix: 2017 Skate Canada International | |
The 2017 Rostelecom Cup was the first event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on October 20–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final.
Changes to preliminary assignments
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.[1][2][3][4]
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Ladies | September 13 |  Ivett Tóth |
September 26 |  Nicole Schott |
Injury | [5] |
| Men | N/a | September 14 | Andrei Lazukin |
Host picks | [6] | |
| Pairs | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov |
[7] | ||||
| Ice dance | Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin |
[8] | ||||
| Ladies | September 20 | Valeria Mikhailova |
[5] | |||
| Pairs | September 20 |  Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei |
September 22 |  Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer |
Injury (Xuehan) | [7] |
| Ice dance | October 9 | Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin |
October 9 | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov |
Injury (Evdokimova) | |
| Ladies |  Park So-youn |
October 10 |  Anastasia Galustyan |
Injury recovery | ||
| Men | October 16 |  Keiji Tanaka |
October 16 |  Moris Kvitelashvili |
Injury | |