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2007–08 Grand Prix Final
Type: Grand Prix
Date:December 13 – 16, 2007
Season:2007–08
Location: Turin, Italy
Venue: Palavela
Champions
Men's singles:
Switzerland Stéphane Lambiel
Ladies' singles:
South Korea Kim Yuna
Pairs:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
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The 2007–08 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an elite figure skating competition held at the Palavela in Turin, Italy from December 13 through 16, 2007. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

It was the culminating event of the 2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which consisted of 2007 Skate America, 2007 Skate Canada International, 2007 Cup of China, 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard, 2007 Cup of Russia, and 2007 NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)1001
  Russia (RUS)1001
  South Korea (KOR)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
5  Japan (JPN)0202
6  China (CHN)0112
  United States (USA)0112
8  France (FRA)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (9 entries)44412

Results

Men

The men's podium. From left: Daisuke Takahashi (2nd), Stéphane Lambiel (1st), Evan Lysacek (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Stéphane Lambiel   Switzerland 239.10 2 83.80 1 155.30
2 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 238.94 1 84.20 2 154.74
3 Evan Lysacek   United States 229.78 3 79.70 3 150.08
4 Johnny Weir   United States 216.16 4 74.80 4 141.36
5 Patrick Chan   Canada 208.13 6 68.86 5 139.27
6 Kevin van der Perren   Belgium 189.52 5 72.83 6 116.69

Ladies

The ladies' podium. From left: Mao Asada (2nd), Kim Yuna (1st), Carolina Kostner (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kim Yuna   South Korea 196.83 1 64.62 2 132.21
2 Mao Asada   Japan 191.59 6 59.04 1 132.55
3 Carolina Kostner   Italy 178.93 3 59.86 3 119.07
4 Caroline Zhang   United States 176.48 2 61.82 4 114.66
5 Yukari Nakano   Japan 172.96 4 59.78 5 113.18
6 Kimmie Meissner   United States 154.22 5 59.08 6 95.14

Pairs

Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy from Germany set a new world record of 72.14 points under the ISU Judging System for pairs' short program.

The pairs' podium. From left: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Pang Qing / Tong Jian (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Germany 199.23 1 72.14 1 127.09
2 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   China 191.20 2 71.40 2 119.80
3 Pang Qing / Tong Jian   China 185.13 3 66.68 3 118.45
4 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison   Canada 172.43 4 57.06 4 115.37
5 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 161.75 6 51.74 5 110.01
WD Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker   United States 5 55.24

Ice dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (2nd), Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (1st), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points OD FD
1 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Russia 165.57 3 62.31 1 103.26
2 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto   United States 164.14 1 63.64 2 100.50
3 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder   France 163.40 2 63.29 3 100.11
4 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Canada 159.40 4 61.14 4 98.26
5 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski   Russia 153.58 5 58.30 5 95.28
6 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   France 140.82 6 57.73 6 83.09

External links

  • Official site
  • 2007–08 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at the International Skating Union
  • "2007/08 Grand Prix Announcement" (PDF).