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2020 CS Budapest Trophy
Logo of the 2020 Budapest Trophy
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:15 – 17 October
Season:2020–21
Location:Budapest, Hungary
Host:Hungarian National Skating Federation
Venue:Vasas Jégcentrum
Champions
Men's singles:
Italy Daniel Grassl
Ladies' singles:
Belgium Loena Hendrickx
Ice dance:
Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova
and Maksym Nikitin
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The 2020 Budapest Trophy was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Hungarian National Skating Federation, and the second of two events of the 2020 Challenger Series.[1] It was the inaugural edition of the Budapest Trophy and took place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It was one of only two Challenger Series competitions not cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, and was held from 15 to 17 October at the Vasas Jégcentrum in Budapest, Hungary. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance. Daniel Grassl of Italy won the men's event, Loena Hendrickx of Belgium won the women's event, and Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin of Ukraine won the ice dance event.

Background

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The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and organized by ISU member nations. The objective is to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.[2]

The inaugural edition of the Budapest Trophy was intended to be the sixth event of the 2020 Challenger Series, however all but two of the events – the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2020 Budapest Trophy – were ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 13 July, the ISU announced that the remaining Challenger Series events would be treated as separate individual competitions rather than part of a series; as a result, no Challenger Series ranking would be determined and no prize money distributed at the end of the series, although skaters could still earn Challenger Series points to apply toward their world rankings.[3] However, the ISU later revised their decision on 3 August, announcing that world ranking points would not be awarded due to the limited nature of the competitions.[4] On 1 October, the Hungarian National Skating Federation released a statement detailing the Hungarian government's COVID-19 regulations for competitors seeking to gain entry to Hungary.[5] The 2020 Budapest Trophy was held from 15 to 17 October at the Vasas Jégcentrum.[1] Only 300 spectators were allowed into the arena each day, with temperatures taken prior to admittance and strict requirements for the wearing of face masks.[6]

Changes to preliminary assignments

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The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 2 October 2020.[7][8][9]

Changes to preliminary assignments
Date Discipline Withdrew Ref.
October 6 Women
  • Israel
  • Alina Iushchenkova
 [10]
  • Israel
  • Viktoriia Iushchenkova
October 7 Men
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Samuel McAllister
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Women [12]
October 12 Ice dance
  • Hungary
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Required performance elements

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Single skating

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Men and women competing in single skating performed their short programs on Thursday, 15 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[14] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[15]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin or sideways leaning spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[16]

Men performed their free skates on Friday, 16 October, while women performed theirs on Saturday, 17 October.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes each,[14] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[17]

Ice dance

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See also: Competition elements in ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Friday, 16 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[14] the required theme of the rhythm dance this season was music from musicals or operettas, from any of the following rhythms: quickstep, blues, march, polka, foxtrot, swing, Charleston, or waltz. The required pattern dance element was the Finnstep. The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one section of the Finnstep skated to either the quickstep, Charleston, or swing; one pattern dance type step sequence, one pattern dance in hold or not touching, one short lift, and one set of sequential twizzles.[18]

Couples performed their free dances on Saturday, 17 October.[1] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[14] and had to include the following: three short lifts or one short lift and one combination lift, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.[18]

Judging

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See also: ISU Judging System

For the 2020–21 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps, spins, and lifts – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -3 to +3 based on their quality of execution.[19] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[20] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music/timing – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[21]

Program component factoring[21]
Discipline Short progam
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.00 2.00
Women 0.80 1.60
Ice dance 0.80 1.20

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[22] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[23]

Medalists

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Daniel Grassl at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Loena Hendrickx at the 2018 Skate America
Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin at the 2018 European Championships
The 2020 Budapest Trophy champions: Daniel Grassl of Italy (men's singles), Loena Hendrickx of Belgium (women's singles), and Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin of Ukraine (ice dance)
Medalists[24]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Italy Daniel Grassl Turkey Burak Demirboğa Estonia Aleksandr Selevko
Women Belgium Loena Hendrickx Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus Bulgaria Alexandra Feigin
Ice dance

Results

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Men's singles

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Men's results[25]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Grassl  Italy 233.04 1 82.27 1 150.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Burak Demirboğa  Turkey 213.39 4 70.89 2 142.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Selevko  Estonia 204.88 3 71.55 5 133.33
4 Başar Oktar  Turkey 202.17 5 68.16 4 134.01
5 Maurizio Zandron  Austria 200.80 2 71.78 6 129.02
6 Ivan Shmuratko  Ukraine 200.74 6 60.14 3 140.60
7 Jari Kessler  Croatia 176.13 7 59.06 8 117.07
8 Larry Loupolover  Bulgaria 173.39 9 54.92 7 118.47
9 András Csernoch  Hungary 171.46 8 56.88 9 114.58
10 Máté Böröcz  Hungary 123.60 11 44.88 10 78.72
11 Marco Klepoch  Slovakia 110.39 10 45.72 11 64.67

Women's singles

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Women's results[26]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 198.87 1 72.18 1 126.69
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eva-Lotta Kiibus  Estonia 184.27 2 65.37 2 118.90
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Feigin  Bulgaria 172.68 3 60.90 3 111.78
4 Júlia Láng  Hungary 166.55 4 58.20 4 108.35
5 Daša Grm  Slovenia 152.07 5 53.75 6 98.32
6 Ivett Tóth  Hungary 146.66 6 48.83 7 97.83
7 Emilea Zingas  Cyprus 144.21 7 46.86 8 97.75
8 Regina Schermann  Hungary 143.48 9 46.49 9 96.99
9 Kristina Škuleta-Gromova  Estonia 141.56 11 42.36 5 99.20
10 Güzide Irmak Bayır  Turkey 127.62 10 42.78 10 84.84
11 Antonina Dubinina  Serbia 124.01 8 46.56 12 77.45
12 Marilena Kitromilis  Cyprus 116.30 14 33.10 11 83.20
13 Sinem Pekder  Turkey 115.33 12 42.24 13 73.09
WD Natalie Klotz  Austria Withdrew 13 40.55 Withdrew from competition

Ice dance

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Ice dance results[27]
Rank Skater Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ukraine 178.97 1 71.75 1 107.22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 164.99 3 62.23 2 102.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain 152.34 2 62.69 3 89.65

References

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