2021–22 figure skating season
Competitive figure skating year, 2021/7/1 to 2022/6/30
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The 2021–22 figure skating season began on July 1, 2021, and ended on June 30, 2022. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level at the 2022 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Championships, as well as at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They also competed at elite events such as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, and the ISU Challenger Series.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Prix Final was cancelled, while parts of the Junior Grand Prix, Grand Prix, and Challenger Series were not held as scheduled. Among the ISU Championships events, the 2022 Four Continents Championships were relocated, and the 2022 World Junior Championships were also postponed and relocated. Due to these re-allocations, the Estonian Skating Union ended up hosting three of the four ISU Championships events this season.
Beginning from the 2021–22 season, the International Skating Union officially changed the terminology in all ISU rules and events from "ladies" to "women".[1]
On March 1, 2022, the ISU banned all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending any international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The ISU acknowledged two key challenges in organizing the season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: entry restrictions into host countries and/or return to the home countries and limited air travel options. However, the ISU remained committed to having a full calendar of events, with modifications as necessary, and issued the following statement:
"Despite the lingering world-wide coronavirus pandemic, the ISU is looking forward to the Olympic season and will do its utmost to assist the ISU Members in maintaining and safely conducting the planned ISU Events and allowing a maximum number of participants."[3]
On August 5, the ISU announced that due to varying travel and quarantine restrictions during the pandemic, it would consider re-allocation requests for the Junior Grand Prix series on a case-by-case basis according to an outlined criteria of preference. The ISU also said that they would abandon the re-allocation process in the event of an abundance of requests or overly complex requests that would cause logistical issues. In addition, the ISU decided not to implement a JGP ranking for the season and to instead prioritize holding the JGP series safely "with the best possible participation" in light of the pandemic.[3] In October, the ISU announced alternative qualification criteria for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final.[4]
Skate Canada was scheduled to host the second JGP event in Edmonton, Alberta, but cancelled the event due to uncertainties surrounding the pandemic. The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace hosted two back-to-back JGP events in Courcheval.[5]
On August 16, the ISU announced the cancellation of the third Grand Prix event, the 2021 Cup of China, citing the limited number of international flights to China and strict COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.[6] On August 27, the Gran Premio d'Italia was named as the replacement event.[7] On December 2, the ISU announced that the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final would not be able to be held as scheduled in Osaka, Japan, and that they were considering the possibility of postponement to later in the season.[8] The event was definitively cancelled on December 17.[9]
On September 13, the Chinese Skating Association also announced the cancellation of the 2022 Four Continents Championships.[10] The ISU again asked for other members to apply as alternate hosts on the originally scheduled dates. After receiving no applications from non-European members, the ISU asked the Estonian Skating Union, the host of the 2022 European Championships, to host the Four Continents Championships at the same venue the week after the European Championships.[11]
On February 12, the ISU announced that the 2022 World Junior Championships could not be held as planned due to concerns about a surge in omicron variant cases Bulgaria peaking on the originally scheduled dates, as well as the host nation's restrictive entry requirements. As the 2021 World Junior Championships had already been cancelled, the ISU announced that they would evaluate the feasibility of postponing the event until May if the Bulgarian Skating Federation were willing and other ISU member nations were willing to attend.[12] On March 4, the ISU announced that the event would be held from April 13–17 in Tallinn, Estonia, the second ISU Championships event of the season to be re-allocated to the Estonian Skating Union.[13]
ISU member nations' responses
Due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic, as well as varying vaccination requirements, several federations faced issues traveling to certain countries to compete. Russia was unable to send athletes to France for the first two Junior Grand Prix events and required the ISU's re-allocation system to obtain additional quotas at other events.[14] The federation also faced logistical difficulties in obtaining visas for their athletes at both Skate America and Skate Canada.[15][16][17] Other federations limited international competitive opportunities for their skaters due to lengthy quarantine periods upon returning home.[18] Both Japan and China did not send any athletes to the Junior Grand Prix, with China also skipping the entirety of the ISU Challenger Series; Japan only sent athletes to the latter events of the Challenger Series.[19] China later also opted not to send any athletes to the 2022 World Championships or the World Junior Championships.[20]
Season notes
Age eligibility
Skaters were eligible to compete in ISU events on the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.
| Level | Date of birth |
|---|---|
| Junior (females in all disciplines; males in singles) | Born between July 1, 2002 & June 30, 2008 |
| Junior (males in pairs & ice dance) | Born between July 1, 2000 & June 30, 2008 |
| Senior (all disciplines) | Born before July 1, 2006 |
Changes
If skaters of different nationalities formed a team, the ISU required that they choose one country to represent. The date provided is the date when the change occurred or, if not available, the date when the change was announced.
Partnership changes
| Date | Skaters | Disc. | Type | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22, 2021 |  Giulia Papa / Riccardo Maglio |
Pairs | Dissolved | [21] | |
| Irma Caldara / Marco Santucci |
|||||
| Irma Caldara / Riccardo Maglio |
Formed | ||||
| July 25, 2021 |  Milania Väänänen / Mikhail Akulov |
For Finland | [22] | ||
| August 1, 2021 |  Arianna Wróblewska / Stéphane Walker |
Ice dance | Dissolved | [23] | |
| Jasmine Tessari / Stéphane Walker |
Formed | For Switzerland | |||
| August 2, 2021 |  Aljona Savchenko / TJ Nyman |
Pairs | Dissolved | [24] | |
| August 3, 2021 |  Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava |
[25] | |||
 Karina Safina / Sergei Bakhmat |
|||||
| Karina Safina / Luka Berulava |
Formed | For Georgia | |||
| August 4, 2021 |  Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg |
Ice dance | Dissolved | [26] | |
| Elizabeth Bernardini / Ronald Zilberberg |
Formed | ||||
| August 14, 2021 |  Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao |
Pairs | Dissolved | [27] | |
| Zhang Siyang / Yang Yongchao |
Formed | ||||
| August 16, 2021 |  Maria Chernyshova / Harley Windsor |
For Australia | [28][29] | ||
| August 17, 2021 |  Isabella Gamez / Alexander Korovin |
For the Philippines | [30] | ||
| August 25, 2021 |  Emmanuelle Proft / Nicolas Nadeau |
[31] | |||
| September 3, 2021 |  Miyu Yunoki / Shoya Ichihashi |
[32] | |||
| September 6, 2021 | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville |
Ice dance | Dissolved | [33] | |
| September 17, 2021 | Avonley Nguyen / Grigory Smirnov |
Formed | For the United States | [34] | |
| September 20, 2021 | Maria Pavlova / Ilia Spiridonov |
Pairs | Dissolved | [35] | |
 Maria Pavlova / Balázs Nagy |
Formed | For Hungary | |||
| September 29, 2021 | Shira Ichilov / Laurent Abecassis |
Ice dance | Dissolved | Abecassis retired. | [36] |
 Emily Bratti / Mathieu Couyras |
[37] | ||||
| Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville |
Formed | For the United States | |||
| Sophia Eowyn Hsu / Vadym Kolesnik |
[38] | ||||
| October 21, 2021 | Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin |
Pairs | Dissolved | [39] | |
| October 27, 2021 | Leia Dozzi / Pietro Papetti |
Ice dance | Formed | For Italy | [40] |
| November 3, 2021 | Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron |
Dissolved | [41] | ||
| Elisabetta Leccardi / Mattia Dalla Torre |
Formed | [42] | |||
| November 17, 2021 | Viktoria Vasilieva / Nikita Volodin |
Pairs | Dissolved | [43] | |
| November 29, 2021 | Diana Mukhametzianova / Vladislav Antonyshev |
[44] | |||
| December 1, 2021 | Utana Yoshida / Seiji Urano |
Ice dance | [45] | ||
| December 7, 2021 | Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin |
Kanysheva retired. | [46] | ||
| December 15, 2021 | Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiège |
[47] | |||
 Darya Popova / Volodymyr Byelikov |
[48] | ||||
| Shira Ichilov / Volodymyr Byelikov |
Formed | For Israel | |||
| January 22, 2022 | Justine Brasseur / Zachary Daleman |
Pairs | Dissolved | Brasseur retired. | [49] |
| January 28, 2022 | Svetlana Lizunova / Alexander Vakhnov |
Ice dance | [50] | ||
| January 31, 2022 | Océane Piegad / Rémi Belmonte |
Pairs | [51] | ||
| Océane Piegad / Denys Strekalin |
Formed | ||||
| February 15, 2022 |  Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru |
Dissolved | Souza-Kordeiru retired. | [52] | |
| February 16, 2022 | Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre |
[53] | |||
| March 10, 2022 | Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama |
Ice dance | [54] | ||
| March 11, 2022 | Natasha Purich / Bryce Chudak |
Pairs | Chudak retired. | [55] | |
| March 19, 2022 | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin |
Ice dance | [56] | ||
| Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy |
|||||
| Annabelle Morozov / Devid Naryzhnyy |
Formed | ||||
| March 20, 2022 | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar |
Pairs | Dissolved | [57] | |
| March 21, 2022 | Coline Keriven / Tom Bouvart |
Formed | [58] | ||
| Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov |
Dissolved | [59][60] | |||
| Hazel Collier / Misha Mitrofanov |
Formed | ||||
| March 25, 2022 | Hailey Kops / Evgeni Krasnopolski |
Dissolved | Krasnopolski retired. | [61] | |
| March 28, 2022 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko |
Ice dance | Shevchenko & Eremenko retired. | [62][63][64] | |
 Maxine Weatherby / Temirlan Yerzhanov |
[65] | ||||
| March 31, 2022 | Milania Väänänen / Mikhail Akulov |
Pairs | [66] | ||
| April 3, 2022 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson |
Johnson retired. | [67] | ||
| April 6, 2022 | Anzhelika Abachkina / Pavel Drozd |
Ice dance | [68] | ||
| Elizaveta Shanaeva / Pavel Drozd |
Formed | ||||
| Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov |
Dissolved | [69] | |||
| Elizaveta Pasechnik / Maxim Nekrasov |
Formed | ||||
| April 13, 2022 | Shira Ichilov / Volodymyr Byelikov |
Dissolved | [70] | ||
| April 17, 2022 | Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov |
Pairs | [71] | ||
| April 18, 2022 | Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov |
[72] | |||
| Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko |
|||||
| Yasmina Kadyrova / Valerii Kolesov |
Formed | ||||
| April 19, 2022 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise |
Dissolved | Della Monica retired. | [73] | |
| April 25, 2022 |  Sasha Fear / George Waddell |
Ice dance | [74] | ||
| April 28, 2022 | Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov |
Pairs | [75] | ||
| May 2, 2022 | Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy |
Ice dance | [76] | ||
| May 3, 2022 | Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell |
D'Alessandro retired. | [77] | ||
| May 7, 2022 | Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds |
[78] | |||
| May 15, 2022 | Sophia Eowyn Hsu / Vadym Kolesnik |
[79] | |||
| Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik |
Formed | For the United States | |||
| May 17, 2022 | Sofya Tyutyunina / Andrei Bagin |
[80] | |||
| Olivia Flores / Luke Wang |
Pairs | [81] | |||
| May 18, 2022 | Natalia Zabiiako / Zachary Daleman |
For Canada | [82] | ||
| May 23, 2022 |  Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz |
Ice dance | Dissolved | Díaz retired. | [83] |
| June 2, 2022 | Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev |
Pairs | [84] | ||
| Iuliia Artemeva / Aleksei Briukhanov |
Formed | [85] | |||
| Nadezhda Labazina / Mikhail Nazarychev |
|||||
| June 9, 2022 |  Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Senecal |
Ice dance | Dissolved | Garabedian retired. | [86] |
| June 19, 2022 | Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici |
Pairs | Formed | For Finland | [87] |
| June 20, 2022 |  Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert |
Dissolved | [88] | ||
| Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck |
Ice dance | ||||
 Denisa Cimlová / Joti Polizoakis |
Formed | For the Czech Republic | [89] | ||
| June 27, 2022 | Isabella Flores / Ivan Desyatov |
For the United States | [90] |
Retirements
| Date | Skater(s) | Disc. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 4, 2021 | Anastasia Tarakanova |
Women | [91] |
| August 10, 2021 | Matilda Friend / William Badaoui |
Ice dance | [92] |
| August 26, 2021 |  Illya Solomin |
Men | [93] |
| September 20, 2021 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva |
Women | [94] |
| October 4, 2021 | Yura Matsuda |
[95] | |
| October 8, 2021 | Tarah Kayne |
Pairs | [96] |
| October 23, 2021 |  Isadora Williams |
Women | [97] |
| November 5, 2021 | Serafima Sakhanovich |
[98] | |
| November 16, 2021 | Ivett Tóth |
[99] | |
| November 23, 2021 | Christopher Caluza |
Men | [100] |
| November 27, 2021 | Romain Ponsart |
[101] | |
| December 6, 2021 | Peter James Hallam |
[102] | |
| December 7, 2021 | Alena Kanysheva |
Ice dance | [46] |
| January 5, 2022 | Lea Johanna Dastich |
Women | [103] |
| January 14, 2022 | Emily Bausback |
[104] | |
| January 22, 2022 | Justine Brasseur |
Pairs | [49] |
| January 25, 2022 | Aurora Cotop |
Women | [105] |
| January 27, 2022 | Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno |
Ice dance | [106] |
| February 8, 2022 | Michal Březina |
Men | [107] |
| February 15, 2022 | Antonio Souza-Kordeiru |
Pairs | [52] |
| March 6, 2022 | Karly Robertson |
Women | [108] |
| March 11, 2022 | Bryce Chudak |
Pairs | [55] |
| March 18, 2022 | Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan |
[109] | |
| March 24, 2022 |  Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer |
[110] | |
| Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji |
[111] | ||
| March 25, 2022 | Evgeni Krasnopolski |
[61] | |
| March 26, 2022 | Satoko Miyahara |
Women | [112] |
| Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
Ice dance | [113] | |
| April 3, 2022 | Brian Johnson |
Pairs | [67] |
| April 5, 2022 | Ryan Dunk |
Men | [114] |
| April 8, 2022 | Igor Eremenko |
Ice dance | [64] |
| April 9, 2022 | Alysa Liu |
Women | [115] |
| April 11, 2022 | Keiji Tanaka |
Men | [116] |
| April 15, 2022 | Sofia Shevchenko |
Ice dance | [63] |
| April 18, 2022 | Danielle Harrison |
Women | [117] |
| April 19, 2022 | Nicole Della Monica |
Pairs | [73] |
| April 29, 2022 | Sofia Samodurova |
Women | [118] |
| May 3, 2022 | Natalie D'Alessandro |
Ice dance | [77] |
| May 5, 2022 |  Emmy Ma |
Women | [119] |
| May 17, 2022 |  Niki Wories |
[120] | |
| May 20, 2022 | Nam Nguyen |
Men | [121] |
| May 23, 2022 | Adrián Díaz |
Ice dance | [83] |
| May 24, 2022 | Adrien Tesson |
Men | [122] |
| Alexei Bychenko |
[123] | ||
| May 30, 2022 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin |
Ice dance | [124] |
| June 2, 2022 | Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin |
[125] | |
| June 7, 2022 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro |
Pairs | [126] |
| June 9, 2022 | Tina Garabedian |
Ice dance | [86] |
| June 13, 2022 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc |
Pairs | [127] |
| June 23, 2022 | Joseph Phan |
Men | [128] |
Coaching changes
Nationality changes
International competitions
Several competitions were rescheduled from the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scheduled competitions:[156][157]
- Code key
- S – Senior event
- J – Junior event
- N – Novice event
- M – Men's singles
- W – Women's singles
- P – Pair skating
- D – Ice dance
- Color key
- Other competition
Cancelled events
Several competitions were cancelled by either the ISU, the host federation, or the local government due to the COVID-19 pandemic or the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
| Dates | Event | Type | Location | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1–4 | Ice Mall Cup | Other | Eilat, Israel | [159] |
| September 30 – October 2 | Nepela Memorial | Challenger | Bratislava, Slovakia | [160] |
| October 28–31 | Crystal Skate of Romania | Other | Bucharest, Romania | [161] |
| Golden Bear of Zagreb | Other | Zagreb, Croatia | [162] | |
| November 5–7 | Cup of China | Grand Prix | Chongqing, China | [6] |
| November 23–28 | Denkova-Staviski Cup | Other | Sofia, Bulgaria | [163] |
| December 3–5 | Kaunas Amber Cup | Other | Kaunas, Lithuania | [164] |
| December 7–11 | Bosphorus Cup | Other | Istanbul, Turkey | [165] |
| December 8–11 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | Other | Sisak, Croatia | [166] |
| December 9–12 | Grand Prix Final | Grand Prix | Osaka, Japan | [8][9] |
| Christmas Magic | Other | Bucharest, Romania | [167] | |
| December 10–12 | Latvia International Competition | Other | Mārupe, Latvia | [168] |
| December 11–21 | Winter Universiade | Other | Lucerne, Switzerland | [169] |
| December 17–19 | Grand Prix of Bratislava | Other | Bratislava, Slovakia | [170] |
| January 5–9 | Mentor Toruń Cup | Other | Toruń, Poland | [171] |
| January 14–16 | Bergamo on Ice Cup | Other | Bergamo, Italy | [172] |
| January 26–30 | Maria Olszewska Memorial | Other | Łódź, Poland | [173] |
| February 4–6 | LuMi Dance Trophy | Other | Odesa, Ukraine | [174] |
| March 3–6 | EduSport Trophy | Other | Bucharest, Romania | [175] |
| March 29 – April 1 | Spring Talents Cup Ukraine | Other | Brovary, Ukraine | [176] |
| April 7–10 | Black Sea Ice Cup | Other | Kranevo, Bulgaria | [177] |
| April 8–10 | Sarajevo Open | Other | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | [178] |
| April 13–17 | Ice Cup | Other | Minsk, Belarus | [179] |
International medalists
Men's singles
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics |
Nathan Chen | Yuma Kagiyama | Shoma Uno | Details |
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JGP France I |
Ilia Malinin | Lucas Broussard | François Pitot | Details |
| JGP France II |
Wesley Chiu |  Arlet Levandi | Edward Appleby | Details |
 JGP Slovakia |
Kirill Sarnovskiy | Ilya Yablokov | William Annis | Details |
| JGP Russia |
Gleb Lutfullin | Egor Rukhin | Wesley Chiu | Details |
 JGP Slovenia |
Ilya Yablokov | Arlet Levandi | Matthew Nielsen | Details |
 JGP Poland |
Gleb Lutfullin | Mikhail Shaidorov | Egor Rukhin | Details |
| JGP Austria |
Ilia Malinin | Artem Kovalev | Kirill Sarnovskiy | Details |
Women's singles
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics |
 Anna Shcherbakova | Alexandra Trusova | Kaori Sakamoto | Details |
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JGP France I |
Lindsay Thorngren | Kaiya Ruiter | Clare Seo | Details |
| JGP France II |
Isabeau Levito |  Kim Chae-yeon | Kaiya Ruiter | Details |
| JGP Slovakia |
Veronika Zhilina | Sofia Muravieva | Adeliia Petrosian | Details |
| JGP Russia |
Sofia Akateva | Anastasia Zinina | Sofia Samodelkina | Details |
| JGP Slovenia |
Adeliia Petrosian | Sofia Samodelkina | Lindsay Thorngren | Details |
| JGP Poland |
Sofia Akateva | Elizaveta Kulikova | Shin Ji-a | Details |
| JGP Austria |
Sofia Muravieva | Isabeau Levito | Anastasia Zinina | Details |
Pairs
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics |
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Details |
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JGP Slovakia |
Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev | Karina Safina / Luka Berulava | Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov | Details |
| JGP Russia |
Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov | Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk | Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov | Details |
| JGP Poland |
Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov | Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov | Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov | Details |
| JGP Austria |
Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk | Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev | Karina Safina / Luka Berulava | Details |
Ice dance
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics |
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Details |
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JGP France I |
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara | Hannah Lim / Ye Quan | Details |
| JGP France II |
Oona Brown / Gage Brown | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski | Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko | Details |
| JGP Slovakia |
Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell | Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol | Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy | Details |
| JGP Russia |
Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano | Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin | Angela Ling / Caleb Wein | Details |
| JGP Slovenia |
Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell | Details |
| JGP Poland |
Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski |  Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich | Details |
| JGP Austria |
Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont | Details |
Records and achievements
Records
The following new senior ISU best scores were set during this season:
| Disc. | Segment | Skater(s) | Score | Event | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Short program | Kamila Valieva |
87.42 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup | November 26, 2021 | [180] |
| Free skating | 185.29 | November 27, 2021 | [181] | |||
| Combined total | 272.71 | [182] | ||||
| Pairs | Free skating | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov |
157.46 | 2022 European Championships | January 13, 2022 | [183] |
| Men | Short program | Nathan Chen |
113.97 | 2022 Winter Olympics | February 8, 2022 | [184] |
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong |
84.41 | February 18, 2022 | [185] | ||
| Combined total | 239.88 | February 19, 2022 | [186] | |||
| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
92.73 | 2022 World Championships | March 25, 2022 | [187] |
| Free dance | 137.09 | March 26, 2022 | [188] | |||
| Combined total | 229.82 | [189] |
The following new junior ISU best scores were set during this season:
| Disc. | Segment | Skater(s) | Score | Event | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Free skating | Sofia Akateva |
157.19 | 2021 JGP Russia | September 18, 2021 | [190] |
| Combined total | 233.08 | [191] | ||||
| Men | Short program | Ilia Malinin |
88.99 | 2022 World Junior Championships | April 14, 2022 | [192] |
| Free skating | 187.12 | April 16, 2022 | [193] | |||
| Combined total | 276.11 | [194] |
Achievements
- At the 2022 European Championships, Deniss Vasiļjevs was the first Latvian skater to win a medal (a bronze medal) at an ISU Championship event.[195]
- At the 2022 Four Continents Championships, Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi earned the highest placement (the silver medal) for a Japanese ice dance team at an ISU Championship event. Takahashi was also the first skater to earn a medal in two different disciplines at the Four Continents Championships, having previously won four medals in men's singles.[196]
- At the 2022 Four Continents Championships, Cha Jun-hwan was the first Korean men's singles skater to win a gold medal at an ISU Championship event.[197]
- At the 2022 World Championships, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara earned the highest placement (the silver medal) for a Japanese pair team at the World Championships.[198]
- At the 2022 World Championships, Loena Hendrickx was the first Belgian women's singles skater to win a medal (a silver medal) at an ISU Championship event.[199] At the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia, Hendrickx also won Belgium's first Grand Prix medal (a bronze medal) in women's singles.[200]
- At the 2022 World Junior Championships, Karina Safina and Luka Berulava were the first Georgian pair team to win a gold medal at an ISU Championship event.[201]
- At the 2022 World Junior Championships, Mikhail Shaidorov was the first Kazakh skater to win a medal (a silver medal) at the World Junior Championships.[202]
- At the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, Morisi Kvitelashvili won Georgia's first Grand Prix gold medal at the senior level in any discipline.[203]
- At the 2021 Autumn Classic International, Marilena Kitromilis was the first Cypriot skater to win a gold medal at an ISU-sanctioned event.[204]
Season's best scores
Men's singles
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen |  United States |
332.60 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Japan |
312.48 | 2022 World Championships |
| 3 | Yuma Kagiyama | 310.05 | 2022 Winter Olympics | |
| 4 | Vincent Zhou | United States |
295.56 | 2021 Skate America |
| 5 | Mark Kondratiuk | Russia |
286.56 | 2022 European Championships |
| 6 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan |
283.21 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 7 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea |
282.38 | |
| 8 | Jason Brown | United States |
281.24 | |
| 9 | Daniel Grassl | Italy |
278.07 | |
| 10 | Ilia Malinin | United States |
276.11 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States |
113.97 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Japan |
109.63 | 2022 World Championships |
| 3 | Yuma Kagiyama | 108.12 | 2022 Winter Olympics | |
| 4 | Kazuki Tomono | 101.12 | 2022 World Championships | |
| 5 | Ilia Malinin | United States |
100.16 | |
| 6 | Andrei Mozalev | Russia |
99.76 | 2022 European Championships |
| 7 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea |
99.51 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| Vincent Zhou | United States |
2021 NHK Trophy | ||
| 9 | Mark Kondratiuk | Russia |
99.06 | 2022 European Championships |
| 10 | Evgeni Semenenko | 99.04 |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States |
218.63 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Yuma Kagiyama | Japan |
208.94 | 2022 Winter Olympics (Team event) |
| 3 | Shoma Uno | 202.85 | 2022 World Championships | |
| 4 | Vincent Zhou | United States |
198.13 | 2021 Skate America |
| 5 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan |
188.06 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 6 | Mark Kondratiuk | Russia |
187.50 | 2022 European Championships |
| 7 | Daniel Grassl | Italy |
187.43 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 8 | Ilia Malinin | United States |
187.12 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| 9 | Jason Brown | 184.00 | 2022 Winter Olympics | |
| 10 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea |
182.87 |
Women's singles
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamila Valieva | Russia |
272.71 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup |
| 2 | Anna Shcherbakova | 255.95 | 2022 Winter Olympics | |
| 3 | Alexandra Trusova | 251.73 | ||
| 4 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan |
236.09 | 2022 World Championships |
| 5 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia |
233.30 | 2021 Finlandia Trophy |
| 6 | Sofia Akateva | 233.08 | 2021 JGP Russia | |
| 7 | Maiia Khromykh | 226.35 | 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia | |
| 8 | Alena Kostornaia | 221.85 | 2021 Internationaux de France | |
| 9 | Alysa Liu | United States |
219.24 | 2021 Lombardia Trophy |
| 10 | Loena Hendrickx |  Belgium |
219.05 | 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamila Valieva | Russia |
87.42 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup |
| 2 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | 81.53 | 2021 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 3 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan |
80.32 | 2022 World Championships |
| 4 | Anna Shcherbakova | Russia |
80.20 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 5 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan |
79.73 | 2021 Cup of Austria |
| 6 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia |
78.61 | 2021 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Alexandra Trusova | 77.69 | 2021 Skate America | |
| 8 | Daria Usacheva | 76.71 | ||
| 9 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium |
76.25 | 2022 European Championships |
| 10 | Sofia Akateva | Russia |
75.89 | 2021 JGP Russia |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamila Valieva | Russia |
185.29 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup |
| 2 | Alexandra Trusova | 177.13 | 2022 Winter Olympics | |
| 3 | Anna Shcherbakova | 175.75 | ||
| 4 | Sofia Akateva | 157.19 | 2021 JGP Russia | |
| 5 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan |
155.77 | 2022 World Championships |
| 6 | Maiia Khromykh | Russia |
154.97 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup |
| 7 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | 151.77 | 2021 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 8 | You Young | South Korea |
146.24 | 2021 Skate America |
| 9 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium |
145.53 | 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia |
| 10 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia |
145.41 | 2021 Internationaux de France |
| Mai Mihara | Japan |
145.41 | 2022 Four Continents Championships |
Pairs
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China |
239.88 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia |
239.82 | 2022 European Championships |
| 3 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | 239.25 | 2022 Winter Olympics | |
| 4 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | 227.23 | 2022 European Championships | |
| 5 | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier | United States |
221.09 | 2022 World Championships |
| 6 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China |
214.84 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 7 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia |
212.59 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup |
| 8 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan |
211.89 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 10 | Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev | Russia |
205.15 | 2021 Internationaux de France |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China |
84.41 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia |
84.25 | |
| 3 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | 82.76 | ||
| 4 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | 78.59 | ||
| 5 | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier | United States |
76.88 | 2022 World Championships |
| 6 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China |
76.71 | 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia |
| 7 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | United States |
75.85 | 2022 World Championships |
| 8 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan |
74.45 | 2022 Winter Olympics (Team event) |
| 9 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia |
73.91 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup |
| 10 | Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev | 73.02 | 2021 Internationaux de France |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia |
157.46 | 2022 European Championships |
| 2 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China |
155.47 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 3 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia |
155.00 | |
| 4 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | 150.97 | 2022 European Championships | |
| 5 | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier | United States |
144.21 | 2022 World Championships |
| 6 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan |
141.04 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 7 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China |
138.74 | |
| 8 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia |
138.68 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup |
| 9 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States |
135.16 | 2021 Warsaw Cup |
| 10 | Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev | Russia |
132.13 | 2021 Internationaux de France |
Ice dance
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France |
229.82 | 2022 World Championships |
| 2 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States |
222.39 | |
| 3 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia |
220.51 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 4 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States |
216.83 | 2022 World Championships |
| 5 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia |
213.20 | 2022 European Championships |
| 6 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada |
210.97 | 2021 Skate Canada |
| 7 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy |
209.92 | 2022 World Championships |
| 8 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | United States |
200.59 | 2022 Four Continents Championships |
| 9 | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin | Russia |
199.90 | 2021 Warsaw Cup |
| 10 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | Spain |
199.11 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France |
92.73 | 2022 World Championships |
| 2 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States |
89.72 | |
| 3 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia |
88.85 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 4 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States |
87.51 | 2022 World Championships |
| 5 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia |
86.45 | 2022 European Championships |
| 6 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada |
85.65 | 2021 Skate Canada International |
| 7 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy |
84.22 | 2022 World Championships |
| 8 | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin | Russia |
81.30 | 2021 Warsaw Cup |
| 9 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | United States |
80.62 | 2022 Four Continents Championships |
| 10 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain |
79.97 | 2022 European Championships |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France |
137.09 | 2022 World Championships |
| 2 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States |
132.67 | |
| 3 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia |
131.66 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 4 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States |
130.63 | |
| 5 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia |
126.75 | 2022 European Championships |
| 6 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy |
126.10 | 2021 Cup of Austria |
| 7 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada |
125.62 | 2021 Autumn Classic International |
| 8 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | Spain |
121.41 | 2022 Winter Olympics |
| 9 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | United States |
119.97 | 2022 Four Continents Championships |
| 10 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain |
119.28 | 2022 World Championships |
World standings
Men's singles
As of April 16, 2022[update].[217]
| No. | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States |
| 2 | Yuma Kagiyama | Japan |
| 3 | Shoma Uno | |
| 4 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia |
| 5 | Daniel Grassl | Italy |
| 6 | Jason Brown | United States |
| 7 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan |
| 8 | Keegan Messing | Canada |
| 9 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy |
| 10 | Deniss Vasiljevs |  Latvia |
Women's singles
As of April 17, 2022[update].[218]
| No. | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Shcherbakova | Russia |
| 2 | Alexandra Trusova | |
| 3 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan |
| 4 | You Young | South Korea |
| 5 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia |
| 6 | Alysa Liu | United States |
| 7 | Kamila Valieva | Russia |
| 8 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium |
| 9 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia |
| 10 | Karen Chen | United States |
Pairs
As of April 15, 2022[update].[219]
Ice dance
As of April 17, 2022[update].[220]
Current season's world rankings
Men's singles
As of April 16, 2022[update].[221]
| No. | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Zhou | United States |
| 2 | Yuma Kagiyama | Japan |
| 3 | Shoma Uno | |
| 4 | Nathan Chen | United States |
| 5 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia |
| 6 | Daniel Grassl | Italy |
| 7 | Jason Brown | United States |
| 8 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia |
| 9 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan |
| 10 | Mark Kondratiuk | Russia |
Women's singles
As of April 17, 2022[update].[222]
| No. | Skater | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Shcherbakova | Russia |
| 2 | Alysa Liu | United States |
| 3 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan |
| 4 | Kamila Valieva | Russia |
| 5 | You Young | South Korea |
| 6 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium |
| 7 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia |
| 8 | Mai Mihara | Japan |
| 9 | Wakaba Higuchi | |
| 10 | Mariah Bell | United States |
Pairs
As of April 15, 2022[update].[223]
Ice dance
As of April 17, 2022[update].[224]