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2015 NHK Trophy

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Type:
  
Grand Prix

Season:
  
2015–16

Venue:
  
Big Hat

Date:
  
November 27 – 29

Location:
  
Nagano

Host:
  
Japan Skating Federation

The 2015 NHK Trophy was an international figure skating competition in the 2015–16 season. Organized by the Japan Skating Federation, it was the last of six events in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a series of senior-level invitational competitions.

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The 2015 NHK Trophy was held in Nagano, Japan on November 27–29, 2015. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.

Changes to preliminary assignments

  • On September 9, Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed, Mariko Kihara and Keiji Tanaka were added as host picks.
  • On September 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster. U.S. Figure Skating announced he had to withdraw due to a concussion. On September 28, his replacement was announced as Grant Hochstein.
  • On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion. On November 17, Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland were announced as their replacement.
  • On November 20, Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov withdrew due to an injury to Volosozhar. They were replaced by Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji. Ice dancers Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam also withdrew. On November 21, they were replaced by Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus.
  • On November 21, Jason Brown withdrew due to a back strain injury. On November 23, he was replaced by Brendan Kerry.
  • On November 23, Maé-Bérénice Méité withdrew from the ladies' event.

    • Men

    Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (106.33), for the free skating (216.07), and for the combined total (322.40). He became the first person to have broken 200-point in the free skating and 300-point in the combined total as well as 100-point in the short program (2014 Winter Olympics).

    References

    2015 NHK Trophy Wikipedia
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