2018 Rostelecom Cup


The 2018 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of six in the 2018–19 [ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating], a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held on November 16–18, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
CountryMenLadiesPairsIce dancing
Brendan KerryEkaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Keegan Messing
Morisi Kvitelashvili
Paul Fentz
Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Yuzuru Hanyu
Kazuki Tomono		Yura Matsuda
Mako Yamashita
Yuna Shiraiwa		Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
Julian Zhi Jie Yee
Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Artur Dmitriev
Mikhail Kolyada
Andrei Lazukin		Sofia Samodurova
Polina Tsurskaya
Alina Zagitova		Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov		Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin
Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Lim Eun-soo
Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Alexander Majorov
Alexia Paganini
Alexei KrasnozhonGracie GoldAshley Cain / Timothy LeDuc
Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay		Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
EventComponentSkaterScoreDateRef
MenShort program

Results

Men

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program.

Ladies

Alina Zagitova set a new world record for the short program.