# 2011 Rostelecom Cup

The 2011 Rostelecom Cup was the final event of six in the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Ice Palace Megasport in Moscow on November 24–27. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2011–12 Grand Prix Final.

## Eligibility

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.
In July 2011, minimum score requirements were added to the Grand Prix series and were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to earn the following:
| Discipline | Minimum |
| Men | 168.60 |
| Ladies | 117.48 |
| Pairs | 130.71 |
| Ice dancing | 111.15 |

## Entries

The entries were as follows.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Canada | Andrei Rogozine | Amélie Lacoste | Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
| Czech Republic | Michal Březina | | | |
| Finland | | Kiira Korpi | | |
| France | | | | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones |
| Germany | | | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | |
| Italy | | | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu | Mao Asada Haruka Imai | | |
| Lithuania | | | | Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas |
| Russia | Artur Gachinski Sergei Voronov Konstantin Menshov | Sofia Biryukova Alena Leonova Adelina Sotnikova | Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro |
| Spain | Javier Fernández | | | |
| United States | Jeremy Abbott Brandon Mroz | Rachael Flatt Christina Gao Agnes Zawadzki | Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |

## Schedule

(Local time, UTC +04:00):
* Thursday, November 24
** 10:30–15:15 – Official practices
* Friday, November 25
** 08:00–13:25 – Official practices
** 15:00–16:20 – Ladies' short
** 16:45–17:45 – Pairs' short
** 18:00–18:30 – Opening ceremony
** 18:45–20:05 – Men's short
** 20:25–21:45 – Short dance
* Saturday, November 26
** 08:00–13:25 – Official practices
** 14:00–15:30 – Ladies' free
** 15:55–17:10 – Pairs' free
** 17:30–19:10 – Men's free
** 19:30–21:05 – Free dance
* Sunday, November 27
** 08:00–10:35 – Official practices
** 14:00–14:20 – Medal ceremonies
** 14:35–17:00 – Exhibitions

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 241.66 | 2 | 82.78 | 2 | 158.88 |
| 2 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 241.63 | 4 | 78.50 | 1 | 163.13 |
| 3 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 229.08 | 1 | 83.54 | 5 | 145.54 |
| 4 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 226.35 | 3 | 79.01 | 3 | 147.34 |
| 5 | Artur Gachinski | Russia | 221.43 | 5 | 74.73 | 4 | 146.70 |
| 6 | Andrei Rogozine | Canada | 197.85 | 7 | 65.11 | 7 | 132.74 |
| 7 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 197.19 | 8 | 61.15 | 6 | 136.04 |
| 8 | Konstantin Menshov | Russia | 192.68 | 9 | 60.91 | 8 | 131.77 |
| 9 | Brandon Mroz | United States | 185.49 | 6 | 69.35 | 9 | 116.14 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 183.25 | 1 | 64.29 | 1 | 118.96 |
| 2 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 180.45 | 2 | 63.91 | 2 | 116.54 |
| 3 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia | 169.75 | 3 | 57.79 | 3 | 111.96 |
| 4 | Sofia Biryukova | Russia | 166.07 | 4 | 56.30 | 4 | 109.77 |
| 5 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 160.92 | 5 | 55.81 | 5 | 105.11 |
| 6 | Haruka Imai | Japan | 154.76 | 6 | 55.20 | 6 | 99.56 |
| 7 | Agnes Zawadzki | United States | 149.38 | 7 | 53.81 | 8 | 95.57 |
| 8 | Amélie Lacoste | Canada | 148.48 | 9 | 50.63 | 7 | 97.85 |
| 9 | Rachael Flatt | United States | 147.63 | 8 | 53.36 | 9 | 94.27 |
| 10 | Christina Gao | United States | 117.77 | 10 | 39.64 | 10 | 78.13 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 208.69 | 1 | 68.72 | 1 | 139.97 |
| 2 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 197.84 | 2 | 65.17 | 2 | 132.67 |
| 3 | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 168.02 | 3 | 60.13 | 3 | 107.89 |
| 4 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Russia | 149.66 | 4 | 51.73 | 5 | 97.93 |
| 5 | Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 148.94 | 7 | 47.40 | 4 | 101.54 |
| 6 | Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan | United States | 138.02 | 5 | 49.03 | 6 | 88.99 |
| 7 | Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell | Canada | 136.54 | 6 | 47.76 | 7 | 88.78 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 179.06 | 1 | 69.94 | 1 | 109.12 |
| 2 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 161.18 | 2 | 64.45 | 2 | 96.73 |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 156.83 | 3 | 61.69 | 3 | 95.14 |
| 4 | Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko | Russia | 132.73 | 4 | 55.83 | 5 | 76.90 |
| 5 | Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas | Lithuania | 130.47 | 5 | 52.36 | 4 | 78.11 |
| 6 | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones | France | 126.04 | 7 | 50.52 | 6 | 75.52 |
| 7 | Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 124.53 | 6 | 52.05 | 7 | 72.48 |