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2012 Trophée Éric Bompard
Type: Grand Prix
Date:November 15 – 18
Season: 2012–13
Location: Paris
Host:Federation Française des Sports de Glace
Venue: Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Takahito Mura
Ladies' singles:
United States Ashley Wagner
Pairs:
Russia Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dance:
France Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat
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2011 Trophée Éric Bompard
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2013 Trophée Éric Bompard
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2012 Cup of Russia
Next GP:
2012 NHK Trophy

The 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard the fifth event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris on November 15–18. [1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final.

Eligibility

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores (3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships): [2]

Discipline Minimum
Men 159.66
Ladies 113.43
Pairs 120.90
Ice dancing 109.59

Entries

The entries were as follows. [3]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
  Azerbaijan Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
  Belgium Jorik Hendrickx
  Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
  China Jinlin Guan
Song Nan
Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao
  Czech Republic Tomáš Verner
  Estonia Jelena Glebova
  France Florent Amodio
Chafik Besseghier
Brian Joubert
Léna Marrocco
Maé Bérénice Méité
Daria Popova / Bruno Massot
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
  United Kingdom Jenna McCorkell
  Italy Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
  Japan Takahito Mura
  Russia Polina Korobeynikova
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro
Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
  Sweden Joshi Helgesson
  United States Jeremy Abbott Ashley Wagner
Christina Gao
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Italy's Carolina Kostner withdrew from the ladies' event due to insufficient fitness, [4] the United States' Johnny Weir withdrew due to a right hip injury, [5] and Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy withdrew as a result of Savchenko's severe sinus infection. [6]

Overview

Jeremy Abbott of the United States was first in the men's short program, followed by Japan's Takahito Mura and France's Brian Joubert. [7] [8] [9] Mura was also second in the free skating but finished first overall and took his first Grand Prix title, while Abbott took silver, and France's Florent Amodio – 7th in the short – won the segment and rose to third overall. [10] [11] [12] Jorik Hendrickx withdrew before the free skating due to a twisted ankle in an off-ice warm up. [10]

Despite spraining her right ankle before the start of the competition, Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya placed first in the ladies' short program ahead of the United States' Ashley Wagner and Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. [9] [13] [14] [15] Wagner won the free skating and her second Grand Prix title, Tuktamysheva rose to take the silver, and Lipnitskaia finished with the bronze. [12] [16] [17]

Russia's Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov won the pairs' short program by over four points ahead of Canada's Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, with China's Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao in third. [9] [18] [19] Kavaguti / Smirnov were second in the free skating but their lead from the short program took them to the gold medal, Duhamel / Radford were first in the free skating and finished second overall, and Italy's Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek rose to take the bronze medal despite placing 5th in the segment. [12] [20] [21]

France's Nathalie Pechalat were first in the short dance, followed by Italy's Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte and Russia's Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko. [9] [22] [23] In the free dance, Pechalat / Bourzat maintained their lead and won the gold medal, Cappellini / Lanotte were fourth in the segment but held on to second place overall, and Riazanova / Tkachenko finished in third. [12] [24] [25]

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Takahito Mura   Japan 230.68 2 76.65 2 154.03
2 Jeremy Abbott   United States 227.63 1 81.18 3 146.45
3 Florent Amodio   France 214.25 7 60.13 1 154.12
4 Brian Joubert   France 210.16 3 75.46 5 134.70
5 Song Nan   China 205.48 6 65.75 4 139.73
6 Guan Jinlin   China 191.99 5 65.77 6 126.22
7 Chafik Besseghier   France 183.32 8 58.28 7 125.04
8 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 181.72 9 57.40 8 124.32
WD Jorik Hendrickx   Belgium 4 68.90

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ashley Wagner   United States 190.63 2 63.09 1 127.54
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 179.62 3 58.26 2 121.36
3 Yulia Lipnitskaya   Russia 179.31 1 63.55 3 115.76
4 Christina Gao   United States 164.71 7 52.55 4 112.16
5 Maé Bérénice Méité   France 157.58 4 54.83 5 102.75
6 Polina Korobeynikova   Russia 144.82 5 54.50 7 90.32
7 Jelena Glebova   Estonia 140.86 6 52.61 9 88.25
8 Jenna McCorkell   United Kingdom 135.40 10 43.15 6 92.25
9 Joshi Helgesson   Sweden 133.77 9 45.19 8 88.58
10 Léna Marrocco   France 132.44 8 48.86 10 83.58

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 187.99 1 66.78 2 121.21
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Canada 186.71 2 62.28 1 124.43
3 Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek   Italy 169.49 4 57.30 5 112.19
4 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao   China 167.76 3 59.92 6 107.84
5 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov   Russia 166.73 5 53.64 3 113.09
6 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   France 163.65 7 51.44 4 112.21
7 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot   France 151.34 6 52.96 7 98.38

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   France 168.90 1 68.48 1 100.42
2 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 153.26 2 66.18 4 87.08
3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko   Russia 146.03 3 58.23 3 87.80
4 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 145.23 4 56.54 2 88.69
5 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov   Azerbaijan 140.30 5 54.76 5 85.54
6 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 135.86 6 51.99 6 83.87
7 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro   Russia 128.26 7 49.88 7 78.38
8 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones   France 120.23 8 48.35 8 71.88

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