# 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.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Australia | Brendan Kerry | | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | |
| Austria | | | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | |
| Canada | Keegan Messing | | | |
| Georgia | Morisi Kvitelashvili | | | |
| Germany | Paul Fentz | | | |
| Hungary | | | | Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács |
| Italy | | | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu Kazuki Tomono | Yura Matsuda Mako Yamashita Yuna Shiraiwa | | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| Kazakhstan | | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | | |
| Lithuania | | | | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius |
| Malaysia | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | | | |
| Poland | | | | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev |
| Russia | 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 |
| South Korea | | Lim Eun-soo | | |
| Spain | | | | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin |
| Sweden | Alexander Majorov | | | |
| Switzerland | | Alexia Paganini | | |
| United States | Alexei Krasnozhon | Gracie Gold | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| June 29 and August 28 | Ice dance | Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Split |
| July 16 and August 10 | Men | Maurizio Zandron | Brendan Kerry | Nationality change |
| July 19 and August 28 | Men | Denis Ten | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | Deceased |
| August 9 and 28 | Ice dance | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Split |
| September 18 | Ladies | N/A | Sofia Samodurova | Host pick |
| September 18 | Ice dance | N/A | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin | Host pick |
| November 7 and 8 | Ladies | Wakaba Higuchi | Yuna Shiraiwa | Foot injury |
| November 8 | Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | N/A | Injury recovery (Chock) |
| November 12 | Ladies | Karen Chen | N/A | Injury recovery |
| November 13 | Men | Alexey Erokhov | Andrei Lazukin | Host pick |
| November 13 | Ladies | Nicole Schott | N/A | |

## Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date |
| Men | Short program | Yuzuru Hanyu | 110.53 | 16 November 2018 |
| Pairs | Short program | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | 78.47 | 16 November 2018 |
| Ladies | Short program | Alina Zagitova | 80.78 | 16 November 2018 |
| Ice dance | Free dance | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | 124.94 | 17 November 2018 |

## Results
### Men

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.53).
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 278.42 | 1 | 110.53 | 1 | 167.89 |
| 2 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia | 248.58 | 2 | 89.94 | 2 | 158.64 |
| 3 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan | 238.73 | 4 | 82.26 | 3 | 156.47 |
| 4 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia | 225.42 | 8 | 69.10 | 4 | 156.32 |
| 5 | Keegan Messing | Canada | 220.75 | 7 | 73.83 | 6 | 146.92 |
| 6 | Paul Fentz | Germany | 220.57 | 5 | 78.28 | 7 | 142.29 |
| 7 | Andrei Lazukin | Russia | 215.78 | 11 | 62.45 | 5 | 153.33 |
| 8 | Alexei Krasnozhon | United States | 208.01 | 6 | 75.32 | 8 | 132.69 |
| 9 | Alexander Majorov | Sweden | 205.59 | 3 | 82.33 | 10 | 123.26 |
| 10 | Brendan Kerry | Australia | 197.59 | 10 | 65.22 | 9 | 132.37 |
| 11 | Artur Dmitriev Jr. | Russia | 189.58 | 9 | 67.58 | 11 | 122.00 |
| 12 | Julian Yee | Malaysia | 178.71 | 12 | 60.37 | 12 | 118.34 |

### Ladies

Alina Zagitova set a new world record for the short program (80.78).
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 222.95 | 1 | 80.78 | 1 | 142.17 |
| 2 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia | 198.01 | 2 | 67.40 | 2 | 130.61 |
| 3 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea | 185.67 | 6 | 57.76 | 3 | 127.91 |
| 4 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland | 182.50 | 3 | 63.43 | 5 | 119.07 |
| 5 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Japan | 180.93 | 5 | 60.35 | 4 | 120.58 |
| 6 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Kazakhstan | 180.45 | 4 | 61.73 | 6 | 118.72 |
| 7 | Mako Yamashita | Japan | 161.22 | 9 | 51.00 | 7 | 110.22 |
| 8 | Polina Tsurskaya | Russia | 149.45 | 7 | 56.81 | 8 | 92.64 |
| 9 | Yura Matsuda | Japan | 137.99 | 8 | 52.00 | 9 | 85.99 |
| WD | Gracie Gold | United States | withdrew | 10 | 37.51 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 220.25 | 1 | 78.47 | 1 | 141.78 |
| 2 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 203.83 | 2 | 72.32 | 2 | 131.51 |
| 3 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 190.01 | 3 | 69.38 | 4 | 120.63 |
| 4 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Austria | 187.01 | 5 | 63.75 | 3 | 123.26 |
| 5 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia | 181,62 | 4 | 65.46 | 5 | 116.16 |
| 6 | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc | United States | 170.29 | 7 | 58.79 | 6 | 112.50 |
| 7 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Australia | 144.00 | 6 | 59.28 | 7 | 84.72 |
| WD | Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Nathan Bartholomay | United States | withdrew | 8 | 51.25 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia | 199.43 | 1 | 74.49 | 1 | 124.94 |
| 2 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain | 174.42 | 3 | 66.40 | 2 | 108.02 |
| 3 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 174.21 | 2 | 69.01 | 3 | 105.20 |
| 4 | Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin | Russia | 164.66 | 6 | 64.05 | 4 | 100.61 |
| 5 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 161.62 | 4 | 66.30 | 5 | 95.32 |
| 6 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 158.03 | 5 | 64.54 | 6 | 93.49 |
| 7 | Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács | Hungary | 148.13 | 7 | 54.83 | 7 | 93.30 |
| 8 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Japan | 143.28 | 8 | 52.99 | 8 | 90.29 |
| 9 | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin | Russia | 133.58 | 9 | 51.69 | 9 | 81.89 |