# 2021 Rostelecom Cup

The 2021 Rostelecom Cup was the sixth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi on 26–28 November. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.
The event was originally scheduled to be held at its traditional location of Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, but was relocated in June after the International Ice Hockey Federation adjusted the rink size at the Megasport.

## Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on 29 June 2021.
| Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Australia | Brendan Kerry | | | |
| Austria | | Olga Mikutina | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | |
| Azerbaijan | | Ekaterina Ryabova | | |
| Belarus | | Viktoriia Safonova | | |
| Belgium | | Loena Hendrickx | | |
| Canada | Roman Sadovsky | Madeline Schizas | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen |
| Czech Republic | Michal Březina | | | |
| Estonia | | Eva-Lotta Kiibus | | |
| Georgia | Nika Egadze Morisi Kvitelashvili | | | |
| Hungary | | | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar | |
| Italy | Matteo Rizzo | | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| Japan | Keiji Tanaka Kazuki Tomono | Rino Matsuike | | |
| Lithuania | | | | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius |
| Poland | | Ekaterina Kurakova | | |
| Russia | Mikhail Kolyada Mark Kondratiuk Evgeni Semenenko | Maiia Khromykh Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Kamila Valieva | Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin |
| Spain | | | | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin |
| United States | Camden Pulkinen | Mariah Bell | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Discipline | Withdrew | Withdrew | Added | Added | Notes | Ref. |
| Discipline | Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | Notes | Ref. |
| Men | — | — | September 16 | Mark Kondratiuk | Host picks | |
| Women | — | — | September 16 | Maiia Khromykh | Host picks | |
| Pairs | — | — | September 16 | Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko | Host picks | |
| Ice dance | — | — | September 16 | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin | Host picks | |
| Women | September 16 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | September 29 | Viktoriia Safonova | Retirement | |
| Ice dance | November 2 | Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron | November 3 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Galyavieva & Thauron split. | |
| Men | November 15 | Maxim Naumov | November 17 | Brendan Kerry | Injury | |
| Ice dance | November 16 | Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya | — | — | Doctor's recommendations | |
| Men | November 17 | Yuzuru Hanyu | November 18 | Nika Egadze | Injury | |
| Pairs | November 17 | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | November 18 | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar | Injury recovery (Kunkel) | |
| Ice dance | November 22 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | — | — | | |

## Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Discipline | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date |
| Women | Short program | Kamila Valieva | 87.42 | 26 November 2021 |
| Women | Free skating | Kamila Valieva | 185.29 | 27 November 2021 |
| Women | Total score | Kamila Valieva | 272.71 | 27 November 2021 |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia | 266.33 | 2 | 95.37 | 3 | 170.96 |
| 2 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia | 264.64 | 4 | 84.48 | 1 | 180.16 |
| 3 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan | 264.19 | 1 | 95.81 | 5 | 168.38 |
| 4 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada | 253.80 | 3 | 84.59 | 4 | 169.21 |
| 5 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 250.47 | 9 | 77.45 | 2 | 173.02 |
| 6 | Evgeni Semenenko | Russia | 246.66 | 7 | 81.00 | 6 | 165.66 |
| 7 | Camden Pulkinen | United States | 237.97 | 5 | 83.47 | 9 | 154.50 |
| 8 | Mark Kondratiuk | Russia | 231.88 | 11 | 74.16 | 8 | 157.72 |
| 9 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan | 229.75 | 10 | 76.69 | 10 | 153.06 |
| 10 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 219.59 | 6 | 82.31 | 11 | 137.28 |
| 11 | Nika Egadze | Georgia | 210.17 | 12 | 50.35 | 7 | 159.82 |
| 12 | Brendan Kerry | Australia | 204.19 | 8 | 80.48 | 12 | 123.71 |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kamila Valieva | Russia | 272.71 | 1 | 87.42 | 1 | 185.29 |
| 2 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 229.23 | 2 | 80.10 | 3 | 149.13 |
| 3 | Maiia Khromykh | Russia | 219.69 | 5 | 64.72 | 2 | 154.97 |
| 4 | Mariah Bell | United States | 210.35 | 3 | 69.37 | 4 | 140.98 |
| 5 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 203.69 | 6 | 64.44 | 5 | 139.25 |
| 6 | Madeline Schizas | Canada | 192.14 | 4 | 67.49 | 7 | 124.32 |
| 7 | Viktoriia Safonova | Belarus | 185.64 | 9 | 58.19 | 6 | 127.45 |
| 8 | Rino Matsuike | Japan | 184.36 | 7 | 62.98 | 8 | 121.38 |
| 9 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | 175.64 | 11 | 56.43 | 9 | 119.21 |
| 10 | Ekaterina Ryabova | Azerbaijan | 175.24 | 8 | 58.87 | 10 | 116.37 |
| 11 | Eva-Lotta Kiibus | Estonia | 163.11 | 12 | 49.26 | 11 | 113.85 |
| 12 | Olga Mikutina | Austria | 161.09 | 10 | 57.09 | 12 | 104.00 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia | 226.98 | 2 | 73.64 | 1 | 153.34 |
| 2 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 212.59 | 1 | 73.91 | 2 | 138.68 |
| 3 | Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko | Russia | 193.58 | 3 | 69.39 | 3 | 124.19 |
| 4 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 186.16 | 4 | 64.97 | 4 | 121.19 |
| 5 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 177.72 | 7 | 58.95 | 5 | 118.77 |
| 6 | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar | Hungary | 175.80 | 5 | 63.99 | 7 | 111.81 |
| 7 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 172.85 | 6 | 59.92 | 6 | 112.93 |
| 8 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Austria | 163.80 | 8 | 58.53 | 8 | 105.27 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 211.72 | 1 | 86.81 | 1 | 124.91 |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 203.71 | 2 | 79.56 | 2 | 124.15 |
| 3 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada | 191.40 | 3 | 76.39 | 3 | 115.01 |
| 4 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain | 189.94 | 4 | 75.94 | 4 | 114.00 |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | 187.62 | 5 | 73.72 | 5 | 113.90 |
| 6 | Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 180.93 | 6 | 71.95 | 6 | 108.98 |
| 7 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 177.88 | 7 | 71.43 | 8 | 106.45 |
| 8 | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin | Russia | 177.51 | 8 | 71.05 | 7 | 106.46 |