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Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
The figure skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place from 9 to 23 February at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event. Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won the men's event; Alina Zagitova, representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia, won the women's event; Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany won the pairs event; Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada won the ice dance event; and the team from Canada won the team event. Several world record scores in figure skating were set at the Olympics, including by Savchenko and Massot in the pairs event; Evgenia Medvedeva and Zagitova in the women's event; and both Virtue and Moir, and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, in the ice dance event. Virtue and Moir, who had previously won medals in both the ice dance and team events in 2010 and 2014, became the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history.
In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi. On 5 December 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Athletes with no previous drug violations and a consistent history of drug testing were allowed to compete under the Olympic flag as an "Olympic Athlete from Russia" (OAR). Under the terms of the decree, neither the Russian flag nor anthem would be allowed at the Olympics; the Olympic flag and Olympic Anthem were used instead.
A total of five figure skating events were contested: men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event. All events were held from 9 to 23 February at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.
A total of 144 quota spots were available to athletes to compete in figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter a maximum of 18 skaters, with a maximum of nine men or nine women. The results of the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships determined 83 total spots: 24 entries each in men's and women's singles, 16 in pair skating, and 19 in ice dance. The remaining quota spots were allocated based on the results of the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy.
For the team event, scores from the 2017 World Championships and the 2017–18 Grand Prix of Figure Skating season were tabulated to establish the top ten nations.
Countries began announcing their entries following the 2017 World Championships. The International Skating Union published the complete list on 30 January 2018. Skaters or teams denoted with ● were eligible for the team event only. This was the first time that Malaysia had ever qualified for a figure skating event at the Winter Olympics; the Olympic Council of Malaysia chose to send Julian Yee.
North Korea originally qualified one quota spot in pair skating after Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik finished in sixth place at the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy. However, after North Korea missed the deadline to submit their entries for the Olympics, their spot was re-allocated to Japan. Following negotiations with South Korea – the first in more than two years – North Korea agreed to "actively cooperate" at the Olympics. and on 20 January, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that, as part of the "Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration", they had granted accreditation to North Korea for twenty-two athletes to compete at the Olympics and allocated an additional quota spot in pair skating for Ryom and Kim. In addition, the IOC approved the request of the North and South Korean Olympic committees to allow the two delegations to enter the arena together under the name "Korea" during the opening ceremony. Thomas Bach, then-president of the IOC, stated: "The Olympic spirit is about respect, dialogue and understanding. The Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 are hopefully opening the door to a brighter future on the Korean peninsula, and inviting the world to join in a celebration of hope."
All times are in local time (UTC+9).
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Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
The figure skating events at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place from 9 to 23 February at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event. Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won the men's event; Alina Zagitova, representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia, won the women's event; Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany won the pairs event; Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada won the ice dance event; and the team from Canada won the team event. Several world record scores in figure skating were set at the Olympics, including by Savchenko and Massot in the pairs event; Evgenia Medvedeva and Zagitova in the women's event; and both Virtue and Moir, and Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, in the ice dance event. Virtue and Moir, who had previously won medals in both the ice dance and team events in 2010 and 2014, became the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history.
In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi. On 5 December 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Athletes with no previous drug violations and a consistent history of drug testing were allowed to compete under the Olympic flag as an "Olympic Athlete from Russia" (OAR). Under the terms of the decree, neither the Russian flag nor anthem would be allowed at the Olympics; the Olympic flag and Olympic Anthem were used instead.
A total of five figure skating events were contested: men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event. All events were held from 9 to 23 February at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.
A total of 144 quota spots were available to athletes to compete in figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter a maximum of 18 skaters, with a maximum of nine men or nine women. The results of the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships determined 83 total spots: 24 entries each in men's and women's singles, 16 in pair skating, and 19 in ice dance. The remaining quota spots were allocated based on the results of the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy.
For the team event, scores from the 2017 World Championships and the 2017–18 Grand Prix of Figure Skating season were tabulated to establish the top ten nations.
Countries began announcing their entries following the 2017 World Championships. The International Skating Union published the complete list on 30 January 2018. Skaters or teams denoted with ● were eligible for the team event only. This was the first time that Malaysia had ever qualified for a figure skating event at the Winter Olympics; the Olympic Council of Malaysia chose to send Julian Yee.
North Korea originally qualified one quota spot in pair skating after Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik finished in sixth place at the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy. However, after North Korea missed the deadline to submit their entries for the Olympics, their spot was re-allocated to Japan. Following negotiations with South Korea – the first in more than two years – North Korea agreed to "actively cooperate" at the Olympics. and on 20 January, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that, as part of the "Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration", they had granted accreditation to North Korea for twenty-two athletes to compete at the Olympics and allocated an additional quota spot in pair skating for Ryom and Kim. In addition, the IOC approved the request of the North and South Korean Olympic committees to allow the two delegations to enter the arena together under the name "Korea" during the opening ceremony. Thomas Bach, then-president of the IOC, stated: "The Olympic spirit is about respect, dialogue and understanding. The Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 are hopefully opening the door to a brighter future on the Korean peninsula, and inviting the world to join in a celebration of hope."
All times are in local time (UTC+9).