2018 Rostelecom Cup Men's Preview
Yuzuru Hanyu, Keegan Messing, and Artur Dmitriev wish to make claims on the quadruple Axel, Mikhail Kolyada hopes to improve on his last Grand Prix
The Olympic Champion, Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, will make his second Grand Prix appearance at the Rostelecom Cup this week. He won his previous event, Grand Prix Helsinki, in decisive fashion, with world records in both segments of the competition.
This is Hanyu's fourth appearance at the Rostelecom Cup and the second year in a row. He won the silver medal last year to American Nathan Chen. He also won the event back in 2011 as well.
Hanyu is set to skate his short program to "Otoñal" by Raul DiBlasio and his free skate Origin to "Art on Ice" and "Magic Stradivarius" by Edvin Marton.
Hoping to improve upon his previous Grand Prix performance is the reigning World bronze medalist, Mikhael Kolyada from Russia. He had error-filled skates at his first event, including two falls in the free skate, to end up in fourth place overall.
Kolyada is set to skate to Muse in the short program and the Carmen Suite in the free skate.
Keegan Messing of Canada is coming off of a successful season of strong performances last year. The Alaska native qualified for the two-man Canadian national team, finishing 12th at the Olympics and in the top ten at Worlds. He capitalized on the momentum to grab his first Grand Prix medal, a silver, at Skate Canada earlier this season.
Messing is set to skate to "You've got a friend in me" by Randy Newman for his short program and selections by Charlie Chaplin for his free skate.
Saint Petersburg native Artur Dmitriev hopes to make history by landing the first-ever quadruple Axel, a jump that he has been training and attempting for over two years. This will be Dmitriev's second-only Grand Prix event, having competed once before in Russia back in 2016.
The world has not yet seen a quadruple Axel performed cleanly by any skater in any shape or form. At four and a half rotations, it is the most technically difficult jump being attempted in competition in the history of figure skating.
Both Hanyu and Messing have also expressed a desire to land the quadruple Axel. However, unlike Dmitriev, both Hanyu and Messing have made it clear that they won't attempt the elusive jump at this event.
Alexey Erokhov of Russia withdrew from the event recently and was replaced by fellow countryman, Andrei Lazukin.
Also challenging for the podium are Brendan Kerry of Australia, Morisi Kvitelashvili of Georgia, Paul Fentz of Germany, Kazuki Tomono of Japan, Julian Zhi Jie Yee of Malaysia, Alexander Majorov of Sweden, and Alexei Krasnozhon of the USA.
This is Hanyu's fourth appearance at the Rostelecom Cup and the second year in a row. He won the silver medal last year to American Nathan Chen. He also won the event back in 2011 as well.
Hanyu is set to skate his short program to "Otoñal" by Raul DiBlasio and his free skate Origin to "Art on Ice" and "Magic Stradivarius" by Edvin Marton.
Hoping to improve upon his previous Grand Prix performance is the reigning World bronze medalist, Mikhael Kolyada from Russia. He had error-filled skates at his first event, including two falls in the free skate, to end up in fourth place overall.
Kolyada is set to skate to Muse in the short program and the Carmen Suite in the free skate.
Keegan Messing of Canada is coming off of a successful season of strong performances last year. The Alaska native qualified for the two-man Canadian national team, finishing 12th at the Olympics and in the top ten at Worlds. He capitalized on the momentum to grab his first Grand Prix medal, a silver, at Skate Canada earlier this season.
Messing is set to skate to "You've got a friend in me" by Randy Newman for his short program and selections by Charlie Chaplin for his free skate.
Saint Petersburg native Artur Dmitriev hopes to make history by landing the first-ever quadruple Axel, a jump that he has been training and attempting for over two years. This will be Dmitriev's second-only Grand Prix event, having competed once before in Russia back in 2016.
The world has not yet seen a quadruple Axel performed cleanly by any skater in any shape or form. At four and a half rotations, it is the most technically difficult jump being attempted in competition in the history of figure skating.
Both Hanyu and Messing have also expressed a desire to land the quadruple Axel. However, unlike Dmitriev, both Hanyu and Messing have made it clear that they won't attempt the elusive jump at this event.
Alexey Erokhov of Russia withdrew from the event recently and was replaced by fellow countryman, Andrei Lazukin.
Also challenging for the podium are Brendan Kerry of Australia, Morisi Kvitelashvili of Georgia, Paul Fentz of Germany, Kazuki Tomono of Japan, Julian Zhi Jie Yee of Malaysia, Alexander Majorov of Sweden, and Alexei Krasnozhon of the USA.
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