Results of the team competition at the Olympics. Russia is fighting for medals in the team figure skating tournament. We don't need gifts

The men opened the team figure skating tournament with their short program. And with the performance of each subsequent participant, it became clear: whoever does “his own thing” will get closer to the top.

The Korean was the first to take to the ice Chun Hwan Cha, who is trained by Brian Orser, and he did exactly what he knows how to do. No quadruple jumps, but very clean. And I received not fantastic, but completely normal scores - 77.70.

German Paul Fentz, French Shafik Bessegye and Italian Matteo Rizzo did not claim high scores and did not receive them, although Rizzo was ahead of Cha by seven hundredths. From the first warm-up, the Chinese Han Yan seemed to be the most serious opponent, but he made mistakes on every jumping element.

Everything was decided by the second five skaters. Canadian Patrick Chan, three-time world champion, two-time silver medalist in Sochi, declared only one quadruple - a sheepskin coat, but fell on the landing. In the cascade, instead of a triple toe loop, he did a double one and fell from the axel. With such an unimportant box office, it received an absolutely incredible second rating.

The judges did not just everything they could, but even more. Yi Chan took the intermediate lead. But for how long with such distribution? The next speaker was an Israeli. Alexey Bychenko skated absolutely clean, scored a record amount of points (88.49) and was ahead of Chan. From a team standpoint, it was ideal.

And the performance of American Nathan Chen was simply inspiring - a quadruple flip with an error, a double toe loop instead of a quadruple, a fall from an Axel and a score lower than Chan's.

Kolyada failed the short program. I did what I did all season. I did what I did at the European Championships in Moscow.

We don't need gifts

Russian Mikhail Kolyada all that remained was to do what he knew how to do and seize the intermediate leadership. But he didn't do anything. Nothing at all, if you look at the jumping elements. A quadruple lutz is a fall, a quadruple toe loop is a fall (and without a cascade), an axel is single instead of triple, and for men this jump is not evaluated. And it didn’t even matter that the judges gave him a high second mark.

Kolyada failed the short program. I did what I did all season. I did what I did at the European Championships in Moscow. Now you can say as much as you like what could have been delivered Dmitry Aliev or make changes to Mikhail’s program in favor of reliability. But nothing can be corrected. Any place in the top five would be considered an acceptable result. But the eighth place, which gave only three points to the team standings, is an outright failure.

Now Mikhail needs to somehow survive such an unsuccessful Olympic debut. After all, there may be a free program in the team ahead, and then definitely an individual tournament.

The Japanese was the first Soma Uno, one of the favorites in the fight for victory and in the personal tournament. He made a small mistake on the quadruple flip, but easily surpassed 100 points. Chan, with numerous mistakes, remained third.

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The champions decide

At such a moment, when one fails, the rest must show their best. And the current European champions and Vladimir Morozov, for whom this is also their debut, showed, if not their maximum, then simply a gorgeous performance.

and Vladimir Morozov, for whom this is also the debut Olympics, showed, if not their maximum, then simply amazing performance.

They were the last of all the participants and understood perfectly well that it depended on them whether the Russian team would still be a contender for medals or not. The All-Russian “saffron milk caps” did not make a single mistake during the program. All elements are made at the highest level. And the total score - 80.92 - became their personal record.

Team figure skating competitions - a relatively new sport, which includes performances in different types of figure skating and evaluates them as a whole.

It is designed to promote the development of all types of figure skating, since The overall result depends on the athletes’ assessments in each stage teams.

History of the emergence and development of team figure skating

Officially by the International Skating Union ( ISU) this sport was included in the world championship program for the first time in 2009 in April in Tokyo in the arena Yoyogi National Gymnasium.

It was planned that the team championship, which was called World Team Trophy, will take place once every two years.

The tournament is unusual in that, along with the ISU, it is organized by the Japanese Figure Skating Federation with the support of the television company Asahi, which commercializes a sporting event. The next time such a competition was going to be held in 2011 again in Japan, Yokohama, in April. But in March, major natural and man-made disasters occurred in Japan, and the World Cup was postponed until next year.

By 2018, 5 such championships were held — in 2009/12/13/15/17, and everyone in Tokyo, on which The Americans won three times and the Japanese twice.

In general, it was Japan that played a special role in the development of team figure skating, since the prototype of modern competitions was the one held there since 1997 entertaining tournament Japan Open. It was not of an official nature, and teams of popular athletes were formed not by country, but, for example, by part of the world.

Starting with the Olympic Games (OG) 2014 in Sochi, this event became Olympic. Then the Russian team managed to win the gold medal. The first Olympic champions in this sport were Evgeni Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Tatyana Volosozhar - Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova - Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova - Dmitry Solovyov and Elena Ilinykh - Nikita Katsalapov. On the last in 2018 At the Olympics in Korea, our team won silver in this event, and the Canadians won gold this time.

Photo 1. Performance of Russian figure skaters Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov as part of the team figure skating competition at the 2014 Olympics.

Team figure skating rules

The rules of this sport are slightly different depending on the type of competition - World Cup or Olympic Games.

Types, what is it

Both types of competitions feature men's and women's singles skating, sport skating and ice dancing, that is, all four classic types. The difference is that for the World Team Trophy Each team has 2 singles and singles, 1 sports pair and dance duet.

There is a certain bias towards single skating, the reason for which is the significant participation of the Japanese in organizing the event.

Traditionally, Japan is strong in singles, but lags behind in sports skating and dancing, so preference is given to representatives of single types of figure skating.

At the Olympics, all four types are equally represented: one representative each single men's and women's skating, sports pair, dance duet.

Thus, Olympic competitions in this sport are more balanced.

How many stages

The number of stages in both versions of the competition is the same - two each. Participants perform in short and free program. But if the same athletes take part in both programs at the championship, then substitutions are possible at the Olympic Games, and not all teams are allowed to the second stage.

How is the selection of participants carried out?

At the championship World Team Trophy each program presents 6 teams, A at the Olympic Games first they compete in the short program 10 teams, and than 5 best Based on its results, they perform in a free program and compete for medals.

The strongest skaters of their country with the highest ISU rating for pairs and dance duets, as well as two best single skaters among men and women. In addition, these athletes must be included in the top ten in its form based on the results of the previous World Figure Skating Championships.

Attention! When unjustified refusal from participation in these competitions of the selected single skater, single skater, pair or dance duet, they lose the right to speak in shows, demonstrations and competitions during a year, and other measures are also applied to them.

In the event that the selected country refuses to participate as a whole team, the team from the next ranked country is invited to take its place.

The selection of participants for the Olympic Games is based on the results of the previous World Cup and recent stages of the Grand Prix series. To determine a country’s rating, the results of the best representatives’ performances are taken in four types of figure skating at these competitions.

Photo 2. Russian team figure skating team at the Olympics in Sochi in 2014.

Sometimes rating points are still not enough. In this case, the results of other well-known competitions are also taken into account, for example, European Championship, Four Continents Tournament, Junior Championship. Of course, only those athletes who, based on their results, qualify for the individual championship of the Olympics can compete at the Olympic Games.

There may be cases when one event is not represented in a team due to the fact that the athlete was unable to qualify for the Olympic Games. Then the team has the right to take advantage of an additional quota and take part in the competition. At the same time, the country does not field a representative in this event and cannot compensate in any other way for the lack of a participant, as well as, accordingly, points. It should be borne in mind that the team applying for participation in team competitions must obtain a license in at least three types of skating.

How points are awarded

In team competitions, when summing up the results, it is not the points themselves scored by the skaters based on the results of the performance that are taken into account, but points awarded to them for this.

At the World Figure Skating Championships, points are awarded for both the short and free programs according to the following principle: in singles competitions for first place - 12 points, for second - 11 And so on until twelfth place with 1 point.

In competitions of couples and dancers for first place - 12 points, for second - 11 and so on until sixth place with 7 points. The points of all team members are added up for both programs. Based on their overall results, the places of the participating countries are determined.

At the Olympic Games, points are awarded according to the same principle in the short program: for first place - 10 points, for second - 9 and so on, for tenth - 1 point. For representatives of the five best teams based on the results of the short program, the free composition is assessed as follows: first place - 10 points, second - 9 and so on, fifth - 6 points. Sum of points for two programs of all team representatives and determines its position.

How are replacements carried out?

At the Olympic Games one participating country has the right to perform between the short and free program no more than two substitutions subject to the presence of athletes who have received Olympic licenses in the type of figure skating in which this replacement occurs.

This rotation allows for a larger number of participants to be involved., to provide an opportunity to reduce the load on leaders, to demonstrate maximum results, because often, for various reasons, short and free programs can turn out better or worse for athletes.

Team competitions are nothing new in figure skating. For the first time, the International Skating Union (ISU) included them in the world championships program in 2009 to stimulate countries to develop all types of figure skating. And now the team championship is ready to make its debut at the Olympic Games, increasing the number of medals up for grabs from four to five.

INNOVATIONS

The main difference between the upcoming Olympic team tournament and those held as part of the World Championships is the even distribution of the load between all four types, while at the World Cup there was a clear bias towards single skating. It was they who did most of the work in extracting precious metals, since the team consisted of four singles skaters - two men and two women, one couple and one dance duet. As a result, countries where these species were especially developed received an advantage. At the Olympic Games, each country can field only one representative in men's and women's singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Not counting replacements, but they will be discussed separately.

SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS

Selection for the Olympic team tournament took place based on the results of the 2013 World Championships, as well as the Grand Prix series of the 2013/14 season. The ranking of countries was compiled based on the results of the performances of their best representatives in each of the four types of figure skating at these tournaments. In case of a lack of rating points, the results of the 2013 European Championship, the Four Continents Tournament and the junior championship were taken into account. In addition, only those athletes who have qualified for the individual championship can compete in the team championship at the Olympic Games.

An exception can be made only for those countries that have no representatives at all in any of the species. For example, the Japanese team failed to qualify for the Olympics as a couple, and the British team had a shortage in the men's singles. Nevertheless, both of them got a chance to start in Sochi, using an additional quota. In this case, the team may not field its participant in one of the disciplines, but does not have the right to compensate for the deficiency with an additional unit in the remaining three disciplines.

POINTS SYSTEM

Representatives from 10 countries will compete in the team competition. These included: Canada, Russia, USA, Japan, Italy, France, China, Germany, Ukraine and Great Britain. First, all participants in all four events will skate a short program, but only skaters from five countries with the most points will be allowed to participate in the free program. The points of each single skater and each pair are taken into account, awarded according to the following scheme: 1st place in the discipline - 10, 2nd place - 9, 3rd place - 8 and so on. The final result of the Olympic team tournament will be determined by adding the points scored in the short and free programs.

REPLACEMENTS

Each federation has the right to make no more than two substitutions between the short and free programs. Of course, provided that its skaters managed to earn more than one Olympic license in those events where replacement is expected. Otherwise, there will be no one to change it to. So, for example, in men's single skating, the Russian national team can only be represented by one skater -. But in the other three types, the FFKKR is free to make two substitutions, giving some athletes the opportunity to perform in the short program, and others in the free program. This can be done both with the aim of unloading the skaters, and to achieve maximum results, if someone is better at the short program and someone at the free program.

COMPOSITION OF THE RUSSIAN TEAM

Initially, it was known that Russian leaders And will help the team only in the short program, and then focus on preparing for the individual championship. They will be replaced in the free program Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov, who recently became silver medalists at the European Championships. In the men's singles, as already noted, no replacement is provided, and in both types of the program he will perform. And finally, the FFKKR decided to use the second replacement in ice dancing. A short dance will be performed Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, arbitrary – Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov. For girls, the entire burden will fall on the shoulders of a 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya. This distribution can only be explained by the federation’s desire to achieve the maximum result in the team tournament - that is, a gold medal. And since the wards Alexandra Zhulina a month before the Games they decided to change the free dance, then such a decision was the only possible one.

MEDAL CONTENDANTS

Since the Japanese team, which is in fourth place, according to the ranking, has two weak links - in pair skating and ice dancing, it is assumed that three countries will compete for medals in the Olympic team championship: Russia, the USA and Canada. And here the composition of the Russian squad looks the most balanced - in all four events our skaters are capable of finishing in the top three. While the USA does not have the strongest pairs, Canada does not have the strongest singles. The rest will be decided by the arbitrators and Lady Luck.