Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2008 Skate America, the 2008 Skate Canada International, the 2008 Cup of China, the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, the 2008 Cup of Russia, and the 2008 NHK Trophy. Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the junior Grand Prix Final at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The six highest ranking skaters/teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters/teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final.
Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.
The following skaters qualified for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[5][6][7][8]
Michal Březina, the second qualifier in the men's event, withdrew on December 1.[9]Artur Gachinski, the first alternate, replaced him.
Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue, the fifth qualifiers in the ice dancing event, withdrew due to an injury to Gilles.[10] Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev, the first alternates, replaced them.
The junior pairs' podium. From left: Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh (3rd), Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze (1st), Zhang Yue / Wang Lei (2nd).
The junior ice dancing podium. From left: Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell (2nd), Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein (1st), Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro (3rd).
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2008 09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message The 2008 09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was the senior and junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2008 09 season It was the culminating competition of the 2008 09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating a senior level international invitational competition and the 2008 09 ISU Junior Grand Prix a junior level international competition The junior and senior finals were hosted together for the first time 2008 09 Grand Prix FinalType Grand PrixDate December 10 14 2008Season 2008 09Location Goyang KoreaVenue Seongsa Ice RinkChampionsMen s singles Jeremy Abbott S Florent Amodio J Ladies singles Mao Asada S Becky Bereswill J Pairs Pang Qing Tong Jian S Lubov Iliushechkina Nodari Maisuradze J Ice dance Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder S Madison Chock Greg Zuerlein J NavigationPrevious 2007 08 Grand Prix FinalNext 2009 10 Grand Prix FinalPrevious GP 2008 NHK Trophy Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the senior Grand Prix Final at the 2008 Skate America the 2008 Skate Canada International the 2008 Cup of China the 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard the 2008 Cup of Russia and the 2008 NHK Trophy Skaters had earned points towards qualifying for the junior Grand Prix Final at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events The six highest ranking skaters teams from the Grand Prix series and the eight highest ranking skaters teams from the Junior Grand Prix met at the Grand Prix Final Hosted by the Korea Skating Union the Grand Prix Final was held in Goyang South Korea from December 10 to 14 2008 Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men s singles ladies singles pair skating and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels Unlike the other events in both series there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition Ice dancers were ranked in the original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final Contents 1 Schedule 2 Qualifiers 2 1 Senior level qualifiers 2 2 Junior level qualifiers 3 Senior level results 3 1 Men 3 2 Ladies 3 3 Pairs 3 4 Ice dancing 4 Junior level results 4 1 Men 4 2 Ladies 4 3 Pairs 4 4 Ice dancing 5 References 6 External linksSchedule editAll times are Korea Standard Time UTC 9 Thursday December 11 16 00 Opening ceremony 16 45 Junior ice dancing Original dance 18 10 Junior men Short program 19 35 Junior pairs Short program 21 00 Junior ladies Short program Friday December 12 14 24 Junior pairs Free skating 16 00 Junior men Free skating 18 00 Senior ice dancing Original dance 19 10 Senior men Short program 20 15 Senior ladies Short program 21 20 Senior pairs Short program Saturday December 13 14 00 Junior ice dancing Free dance 15 25 Junior ladies Free skating 17 30 Senior ice dancing Free dance 18 50 Senior men Free skating 20 05 Senior ladies Free skating 21 45 Senior pairs Free skating Sunday December 14 14 00 Gala exhibitionQualifiers editSenior level qualifiers edit The following skaters qualified for the Grand Prix Final in order of qualification 1 2 3 4 Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 nbsp Patrick Chan nbsp Kim Yuna nbsp Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy nbsp Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder 2 nbsp Takahiko Kozuka nbsp Joannie Rochette nbsp Zhang Dan Zhang Hao nbsp Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin 3 nbsp Johnny Weir nbsp Mao Asada nbsp Yuko Kawaguchi Alexander Smirnov nbsp Federica Faiella Massimo Scali 4 nbsp Brian Joubert nbsp Carolina Kostner nbsp Pang Qing Tong Jian nbsp Jana Khokhlova Sergei Novitski 5 nbsp Jeremy Abbott nbsp Yukari Nakano nbsp Tatiana Volosozhar Stanislav Morozov nbsp Meryl Davis Charlie White 6 nbsp Tomas Verner nbsp Miki Ando nbsp Maria Mukhortova Maxim Trankov nbsp Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto Alternates 1st nbsp Alban Preaubert nbsp Fumie Suguri nbsp Keauna McLaughlin Rockne Brubaker nbsp Nathalie Pechalat Fabian Bourzat 2nd nbsp Evan Lysacek nbsp Rachael Flatt nbsp Jessica Dube Bryce Davison nbsp Vanessa Crone Paul Poirier 3rd nbsp Yannick Ponsero nbsp Alissa Czisny nbsp Rena Inoue John Baldwin nbsp Sinead Kerr John Kerr Junior level qualifiers edit The following skaters qualified for the 2008 09 Junior Grand Prix Final in order of qualification 5 6 7 8 Michal Brezina the second qualifier in the men s event withdrew on December 1 9 Artur Gachinski the first alternate replaced him Piper Gilles Zachary Donohue the fifth qualifiers in the ice dancing event withdrew due to an injury to Gilles 10 Marina Antipova Artem Kudashev the first alternates replaced them Ekaterina Sheremetieva Mikhail Kuznetsov the first alternates in the pairs event withdrew on December 1 11 Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing 1 nbsp Richard Dornbush nbsp Kristine Musademba nbsp Lubov Iliushechkina Nodari Maisuradze nbsp Madison Hubbell Keiffer Hubbell 2 nbsp Michal Brezina WD nbsp Yukiko Fujisawa nbsp Anastasia Martiusheva Alexei Rogonov nbsp Madison Chock Greg Zuerlein 3 nbsp Armin Mahbanoozadeh nbsp Alexe Gilles nbsp Sabina Imaikina Andrei Novoselov nbsp Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani 4 nbsp Alexander Johnson nbsp Kanako Murakami nbsp Ksenia Krasilnikova Konstantin Bezmaternikh nbsp Ekaterina Riazanova Jonathan Guerreiro 5 nbsp Florent Amodio nbsp Amanda Dobbs nbsp Ksenia Ozerova Alexander Enbert nbsp Piper Gilles Zachary Donohue WD 6 nbsp Ivan Bariev nbsp Becky Bereswill nbsp Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran nbsp Alisa Agafonova Dmitri Dun 7 nbsp Denis Ten nbsp Angela Maxwell nbsp Zhang Yue Wang Lei nbsp Kharis Ralph Asher Hill 8 nbsp Elladj Balde nbsp Diane Szmiett nbsp Marissa Castelli Simon Shnapir nbsp Ekaterina Pushkash Dmitri Kiselev Alternates 1st nbsp Artur Gachinski called up nbsp Stefania Berton nbsp Ekaterina Sheremetieva Mikhail Kuznetsov WD nbsp Marina Antipova Artem Kudashev called up 2nd nbsp Keegan Messing nbsp Sarah Hecken nbsp Paige Lawrence Rudi Swiegers nbsp Karen Routhier Eric Saucke Lacelle 3rd nbsp Cheng Gongming nbsp Shoko Ishikawa nbsp Anais Morand Antoine Dorsaz nbsp Lucie Mysliveckova Matej NovakSenior level results editMen edit nbsp The men s podium From left Takahiko Kozuka 2nd Jeremy Abbott 1st Johnny Weir 3rd Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Jeremy Abbott nbsp United States 237 72 2 78 26 1 159 46 2 Takahiko Kozuka nbsp Japan 224 63 1 83 90 3 140 73 3 Johnny Weir nbsp United States 215 50 4 72 50 2 143 00 4 Tomas Verner nbsp Czech Republic 206 65 5 69 34 4 137 31 5 Patrick Chan nbsp Canada 205 16 6 68 00 5 137 16 WD Brian Joubert nbsp France 3 74 55 Ladies edit nbsp The ladies podium From left Kim Yuna 2nd Mao Asada 1st Carolina Kostner 3rd This was Mao Asada s second win 12 Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Mao Asada nbsp Japan 188 55 2 65 38 1 123 17 2 Kim Yuna nbsp South Korea 186 35 1 65 94 2 120 41 3 Carolina Kostner nbsp Italy 168 01 4 55 88 4 112 13 4 Joannie Rochette nbsp Canada 166 36 6 50 48 3 115 88 5 Yukari Nakano nbsp Japan 161 93 3 62 08 6 99 85 6 Miki Ando nbsp Japan 158 25 5 55 44 5 102 81 Pairs edit nbsp The pairs podium From left Zhang Dan Zhang Hao 2nd Pang Qing Tong Jian 1st Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy 3rd Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Pang Qing Tong Jian nbsp China 191 49 3 66 24 1 125 25 2 Zhang Dan Zhang Hao nbsp China 188 22 2 68 34 2 119 88 3 Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy nbsp Germany 185 09 1 70 14 3 114 95 4 Tatiana Volosozhar Stanislav Morozov nbsp Ukraine 175 83 4 64 08 5 111 75 5 Yuko Kawaguchi Alexander Smirnov nbsp Russia 167 45 6 55 42 4 112 03 6 Maria Mukhortova Maxim Trankov nbsp Russia 153 16 5 61 56 6 91 60 Ice dancing edit nbsp The ice dancing podium From left Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin 2nd Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder 1st Meryl Davis Charlie White 3rd Rank Name Nation Total points OD FD 1 Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder nbsp France 156 10 1 60 35 1 95 75 2 Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin nbsp Russia 152 95 2 59 33 2 93 62 3 Meryl Davis Charlie White nbsp United States 148 04 5 55 89 3 92 15 4 Federica Faiella Massimo Scali nbsp Italy 145 12 3 57 89 4 87 23 WD Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto nbsp United States 4 57 33 WD Jana Khokhlova Sergei Novitski nbsp RussiaJunior level results editMen edit nbsp The junior men s podium From left Richard Dornbush 3rd Florent Amodio 1st Armin Mahbanoozadeh 2nd Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Florent Amodio nbsp France 199 58 1 68 20 1 131 38 2 Armin Mahbanoozadeh nbsp United States 193 48 2 67 05 2 126 43 3 Richard Dornbush nbsp United States 183 93 3 66 50 4 117 43 4 Ivan Bariev nbsp Russia 180 65 5 63 75 5 116 90 5 Denis Ten nbsp Kazakhstan 180 34 7 60 59 3 119 75 6 Alexander Johnson nbsp United States 178 40 4 64 85 6 113 55 7 Elladj Balde nbsp Canada 170 34 8 59 89 7 110 45 8 Artur Gachinski nbsp Russia 168 68 6 62 20 8 106 48 Ladies edit nbsp The junior ladies podium From left Yukiko Fujisawa 2nd Becky Bereswill 1st Alexe Gilles 3rd Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Becky Bereswill nbsp United States 146 69 4 48 68 2 98 01 2 Yukiko Fujisawa nbsp Japan 145 92 7 44 48 1 101 44 3 Alexe Gilles nbsp United States 144 49 1 54 24 4 90 25 4 Kanako Murakami nbsp Japan 141 63 2 51 04 3 90 59 5 Angela Maxwell nbsp United States 131 75 3 48 84 5 82 91 6 Kristine Musademba nbsp United States 122 86 8 43 04 6 79 82 7 Amanda Dobbs nbsp United States 117 07 5 47 48 7 69 59 8 Diane Szmiett nbsp Canada 113 25 6 45 64 8 67 61 Pairs edit nbsp The junior pairs podium From left Ksenia Krasilnikova Konstantin Bezmaternikh 3rd Lubov Iliushechkina Nodari Maisuradze 1st Zhang Yue Wang Lei 2nd Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Lubov Iliushechkina Nodari Maisuradze nbsp Russia 149 38 1 56 88 1 92 50 2 Zhang Yue Wang Lei nbsp China 137 92 4 50 22 3 87 70 3 Ksenia Krasilnikova Konstantin Bezmaternikh nbsp Russia 137 22 2 51 54 5 85 68 4 Anastasia Martiusheva Alexei Rogonov nbsp Russia 137 03 3 50 60 4 86 43 5 Sabina Imaikina Andrei Novoselov nbsp Russia 134 91 5 46 04 2 88 87 6 Marissa Castelli Simon Shnapir nbsp United States 126 40 6 44 84 6 81 56 7 Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran nbsp Japan 106 04 8 34 24 7 71 80 WD Ksenia Ozerova Alexander Enbert nbsp Russia 7 43 46 Ice dancing edit nbsp The junior ice dancing podium From left Madison Hubbell Keiffer Hubbell 2nd Madison Chock Greg Zuerlein 1st Ekaterina Riazanova Jonathan Guerreiro 3rd Rank Name Nation Total points OD FD 1 Madison Chock Greg Zuerlein nbsp United States 131 15 1 51 84 1 79 31 2 Madison Hubbell Keiffer Hubbell nbsp United States 124 68 6 47 98 2 76 70 3 Ekaterina Riazanova Jonathan Guerreiro nbsp Russia 124 30 2 50 85 4 73 45 4 Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani nbsp United States 120 60 7 47 05 3 73 55 5 Ekaterina Pushkash Dmitri Kiselev nbsp Russia 120 35 5 48 59 5 71 76 6 Kharis Ralph Asher Hill nbsp Canada 120 09 4 48 72 6 71 37 7 Alisa Agafonova Dmitri Dun nbsp Ukraine 119 38 3 49 45 7 69 93 8 Marina Antipova Artem Kudashev nbsp Russia 111 43 8 43 64 8 67 79References edit Grand Prix of Figure Skating www isuresults org Retrieved 19 April 2018 Grand Prix of Figure Skating www isuresults org Retrieved 19 April 2018 Grand Prix of Figure Skating www isuresults org Retrieved 19 April 2018 Grand Prix of Figure Skating www isuresults org Retrieved 19 April 2018 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating www isuresults org Retrieved 19 April 2018 Junior Grand Prix of Figure 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