The fifth event of the 2023-2024 Grand Prix season is Grand Prix Espoo, taking place at Espoo, Finland. Finland has previously hosted a Grand Prix event in Helsinki in 2018 as a replacement for the then cancelled Cup of China, and in 2022 in Espoo as a replacement for Rostelecom Cup. This year’s event is also the replacement for Rostelecom Cup.
Figure Skaters Online will be covering Grand Prix Espoo. Check back for our coverage on the event.
Entries
| Men | Women | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlet Levandi (EST) | Janna Jyrkinen (FIN) | Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar (CAN) | Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont (CAN) |
| Makar Suntsev (FIN) | Oona Ounasvuori (FIN) | Cheng Peng /Lei Wang (CHN) | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen (CAN) |
| Kévin Aymoz (FRA) | Nella Pelkonen (FIN) | Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici (FIN) | Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek (CZE) |
| Nikita Starostin (GER) | Lorine Schild (FRA) | Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev (FRA) | Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen (FIN) |
| Nikolaj Memola (ITA) | Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA) | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin (GER) | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis (FIN) |
| Matteo Rizzo (ITA) | Mana Kawabe (JPN) | Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN) | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan (GER) |
| Kao Miura (JPN) | Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii (ITA) | Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko (HUN) |
| Shun Sato (JPN) | Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) | Ellie Kam / Daniel O'Shea (USA) | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) |
| Koshiro Shimada (JPN) | Chaeyeon KIm (KOR) | Madison Chock / Evan Bates (USA) | |
| Andreas Nordeback (SWE) | Young You (KOR) | Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik (USA) | |
| Ivan Shmuratko (UKR) | Starr Andrews (USA) | ||
| Jimmy Ma (USA) | Amber Glenn (USA) |
Event Schedule
Friday, November 17, 2023
Men’s Short Program: 13:00 (Eastern European Standard Time)/ 6:00 a.m. (ET)
Pairs’ Short Program: 14:50 (Eastern European Standard Time) / 7:50 a.m. (ET)
Women’s Short Program: 17:00 (Eastern European Standard Time) / 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Rhythm Dance: 18:50 (Eastern European Standard Time) / 11:50 a.m. (ET)
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Men’s Free Skate: 12:30 (Eastern European Standard Time) / 5:30 a.m. (ET)
Pairs’ Free Skate: 14:40 (Eastern European Standard Time) / 7:40 a.m. (ET)
Women’s Free Skate: 17:30 (Eastern European Standard Time) / 10:30 a.m. (ET)
Free Dance: 19:40 (China Standard Time) / 12:40 p.m. (ET)
TV Schedule
Grand Prix Finland Highlights – 4 p.m. (ET) NBC – Nov 19.
(delayed broadcast)
Streaming Schedule
Friday, November 17, 2023
Men’s Short Program – 6:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. (ET)
Pairs’ Short Program – 7:50 a.m. – 8:55 a.m. (ET)
Women’s Short Program – 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (ET)
Rhythm Dance – 11:50 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. (ET)
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Men’s Free Skate – 5:30 a.m. – 7:20 a.m.. (ET)
Pairs’ Free Skate: 7:40 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. (ET)
Women’s Free Skate: 10:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. (ET)
Free Dance: 12:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. (ET)
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Gala – 7 a.m. – 9:30 a.m (ET)
Previous Winners
| Past Winners | Men | Women | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (Espoo) | Ilia Malinin (USA) | Mai Mihara (JPN) | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini (ITA) | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (CAN) |
| 2021 (Sochi) | Morisi Kvitelashvili (GEO) | Kamila Valieva (RUS) | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov (RUS) | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) |
| 2020 (Moscow -Domestic) | Mikhail Kolyada (RUS) | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii (RUS) | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) |
| 2019 (Moscow) | Alexander Samarin (RUS) | Alexandra Trusova (RUS) | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii (RUS) | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) |
| 2018 (Moscow) | Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) | Alina Zagitova (RUS) | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (RUS) |
| 2017 (Moscow) | Nathan Chen (USA) | Evgenia Medvedeva (RUS) | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (USA) |
