The 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy was the fourth event of the 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the IceSheffield in Sheffield, England, from 11 to 13 November.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final.
| 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy | |
|---|---|
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| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | 11 – 13 November |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Location: | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom |
| Host: | British Ice Skating |
| Venue: | IceSheffield |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Daniel Grassl | |
Women's singles:  Mai Mihara | |
Pairs:  Alexa Knierimand Brandon Frazier | |
| Ice dance: Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri | |
| Previous GP: 2022 Grand Prix de France | |
| Next GP: 2022 NHK Trophy | |
On 21 July 2022 the International Skating Union announced that the MK John Wilson Trophy would replace the Cup of China, which was cancelled on 10 May due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]
Entries
editThe International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on July 22, 2022.[4]
| Country | Men[5] | Women[6] | Pairs[7] | Ice dance[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada
|
Corey Circelli | Gabrielle Daleman | — | |
| Roman Sadovsky | — | |||
| — | ||||
 Czech Republic
|
— | |||
 Georgia
|
Morisi Kvitelashvili | Anastasiia Gubanova | ||
 Germany
|
— | Nicole Schott | — | |
 Great Britain
|
Edward Appleby | Natasha McKay | ||
| Graham Newberry | — | |||
| Italy
|
Daniel Grassl | — | ||
| — | — | |||
| Japan
|
Shun Sato | Mai Mihara | — | |
| Koshiro Shimada | — | |||
| Tatsuya Tsuboi | ||||
 Latvia
|
Deniss Vasiļjevs | — | ||
 Poland
|
— | Ekaterina Kurakova | — | |
 Romania
|
— | Julia Sauter | — | |
 South Korea
|
— | You Young | — | |
 Switzerland
|
— | Alexia Paganini | — | |
 Ukraine
|
— | |||
 United States
|
Tomoki Hiwatashi | Bradie Tennell | ||
| Jimmy Ma | Gabriella Izzo | |||
| — | Isabeau Levito | — | ||
Changes to preliminary assignments
edit| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Pairs | 5 August | 19 August | Walsh retired. | [9] | ||
| Men | — | 16 August | Host pick | [10] | ||
| 31 August | 8 September | [11] | ||||
| Women | 6 September | 20 September | Injury | [12] | ||
| Pairs | 5 November | — | [7] | |||
Results
editMen's singles
edit| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Daniel Grassl | Italy
|
264.35 | 2 | 86.85 | 1 | 177.50 |
|
Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia
|
254.56 | 3 | 83.01 | 2 | 171.55 |
|
Shun Sato | Japan
|
249.03 | 4 | 82.68 | 3 | 166.35 |
| 4 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan
|
247.17 | 5 | 80.84 | 4 | 166.33 |
| 5 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Japan
|
226.13 | 7 | 76.75 | 5 | 149.38 |
| 6 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada
|
219.35 | 1 | 89.49 | 8 | 129.86 |
| 7 | Jimmy Ma | United States
|
214.47 | 6 | 77.72 | 7 | 136.75 |
| 8 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia
|
195.25 | 12 | 56.42 | 6 | 138.83 |
| 9 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States
|
188.73 | 8 | 66.68 | 9 | 122.05 |
| 10 | Corey Circelli | Canada
|
182.81 | 10 | 62.97 | 10 | 119.84 |
| 11 | Graham Newberry | Great Britain
|
180.42 | 9 | 64.30 | 12 | 116.12 |
| 12 | Edward Appleby | Great Britain
|
180.13 | 11 | 62.52 | 11 | 117.61 |
Women's singles
edit| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Mai Mihara | Japan
|
217.43 | 1 | 72.23 | 1 | 145.20 |
|
|
Isabeau Levito | United States
|
215.74 | 2 | 72.06 | 2 | 143.68 |
|
|
Anastasiia Gubanova | Georgia
|
193.11 | 3 | 66.82 | 5 | 126.29 |
| 4 | You Young | South Korea
|
191.36 | 6 | 61.21 | 3 | 130.15 |
| 5 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland
|
190.44 | 4 | 63.46 | 4 | 126.98 |
| 6 | Nicole Schott | Germany
|
181.41 | 7 | 60.38 | 6 | 121.03 |
| 7 | Gabriella Izzo | United States
|
174.10 | 5 | 62.92 | 7 | 111.18 |
| 8 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada
|
163.77 | 8 | 58.95 | 8 | 104.82 |
| 9 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland
|
156.89 | 11 | 54.63 | 10 | 102.26 |
| 10 | Julia Sauter | Romania
|
156.46 | 12 | 52.38 | 9 | 104.08 |
| 11 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain
|
155.20 | 9 | 57.62 | 11 | 97.58 |
| 12 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
153.19 | 10 | 56.50 | 12 | 96.69 |
Pairs
edit| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
United States
|
205.85 | 1 | 75.88 | 1 | 129.97 | |
|
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Italy
|
184.19 | 2 | 68.69 | 2 | 115.50 | |
|
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Germany
|
167.37 | 3 | 60.24 | 3 | 107.13 | |
| 4 | Georgia
|
165.60 | 4 | 58.70 | 4 | 106.90 | |
| 5 | Italy
|
160.23 | 6 | 55.70 | 5 | 104.53 | |
| 6 | United States
|
147.29 | 5 | 57.21 | 7 | 90.08 | |
| 7 | Great Britain
|
143.81 | 7 | 50.29 | 6 | 93.52 | |
Ice dance
edit| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Italy
|
213.74 | 1 | 86.30 | 1 | 127.44 | |
|
|
Great Britain
|
205.56 | 2 | 85.37 | 2 | 120.19 | |
|
|
Canada
|
198.95 | 3 | 81.09 | 3 | 117.86 | |
| 4 | United States
|
187.42 | 4 | 75.00 | 4 | 112.42 | |
| 5 | Czech Republic
|
177.89 | 5 | 74.09 | 6 | 103.80 | |
| 6 | Georgia
|
176.71 | 6 | 70.71 | 5 | 106.00 | |
| 7 | United States
|
173.74 | 7 | 70.34 | 7 | 103.40 | |
| 8 | Canada
|
165.78 | 8 | 67.45 | 9 | 98.33 | |
| 9 | Canada
|
163.69 | 9 | 63.35 | 8 | 100.34 | |
| 10 | Ukraine
|
156.04 | 10 | 61.32 | 10 | 94.72 | |
References
edit- ^ "Sheffield selected to host first-ever UK Figure Skating Senior Grand Prix". British Ice Skating. July 24, 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (May 10, 2022). "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating leg latest event in China cancelled over COVID-19". Inside the Games.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2022–23". International Skating Union. July 14, 2022.
- ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (July 22, 2022). "2022/23 Grand Prix Assignments" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU GP MK John Wilson Trophy 2022 - Men: Entries". International Skating Union. August 3, 2022.
- ^ "ISU GP MK John Wilson Trophy 2022 - Women: Entries". International Skating Union. August 3, 2022.
- ^ a b "ISU GP MK John Wilson Trophy 2022 - Pairs: Entries". International Skating Union. August 3, 2022.
- ^ "ISU GP MK John Wilson Trophy 2022 - Ice Dance: Entries". International Skating Union. August 3, 2022.
- ^ "Walsh and Michaud End Partnership". Skate Canada. August 5, 2022.
- ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (August 16, 2022). "Edward Appleby has been assigned the host pick for MK John Wilson Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU GP MK John Wilson Trophy - Men - Entries". August 31, 2022.
- ^ "Nina Pinzarrone on Instagram: "One day so honoured, the next so sad... 🥺 I am forced to withdraw from the Grand Prix series - both Skate Canada & MK John Wilson - due to injury... We will now concentrate on full recovery and I will be back! I promise!! Let Europeans and Worlds be the meeting! 💥 @a.bocklandt @benoitrichaud @thepeakicecamps . #ninapinzarrone #isu #grandprix #teamansjebocklandt #teambelgium #vlsu #benoitrichaud #peakice #figureskating #figureskater #sport #justdoit #johnwilsonblades #edea #figureskatinglove #topsport #topsportschoolwilrijk #juniornationalchampion #ニナピンザローネ #ベルギーのフィギュアスケーター #フィギュアスケート"". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-09-06.