On Thursday, October 15, the first of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series ("Grand Prix") begins in Paris with Trophée Eric Bompard. The Grand Prix consists of six international competitions held between October and December, culminating in the Grand Prix Final. Skaters compete in singles, pairs and ice dancing, and will earn points (and money) depending on their placement. The top six skaters/teams at the end of the series will get to go to the Grand Prix Final, which this year, will be held in Tokyo.
The schedule for the 2009-2010 season is as follows:
- Trophée Eric Bompard, in Paris, France, from October 15 - October 18, 2009
- Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia, from October 22 - October 25, 2009
- Cup of China, Beijing, China, from October 29 - November 1, 2009
- NHK Trophy, Nagano, Japan, from November 5 - November 8, 2009
- Skate America, Lake Placid, New York, USA, from November 12 - November 15, 2009
- Skate Canada, Kitchener, Ontanio, from November 19 - November 22, 2009
- Grand Prix Final, Tokyo, Japan, from December 3 - December 6, 2009
Note: The junior skaters have their own Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series which began in August and ends around the time of Trophée Eric Bompard. The Junior Grand Prix Final will be held in conjunction with the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo.
At the Paris event, the music was so low that you could not hear it, but the "color people" explaining the skating was very loud. I enjoy listening to the music while the skaters are on. They "feel" the music and that was left out for us. Please correct this problem before this week-end for the Russia event............
Posted by: Janie Bristol | October 20, 2009 at 01:44 PM
Why are theey not televising all these events? I find very little figure skating on T.v. and lots of it is shows and not the competitions.
Posted by: Barbara Padgett | October 21, 2009 at 10:33 AM
In Japan.... which we have been following our Japenese skaters... it's very popular and the events are either live or tape delayed and shown in the evenings. We just finished watching the Russian event schedule this week in Russia..
Posted by: Geroge Cabrera | October 24, 2009 at 10:56 AM
In Australia we see no figure skating on free to air TV, apart from the winter olympics.
For a few years up until the 2007-2008 season, all of the Grand Prix events and the world, European and U.S. championships were shown on subscription TV, by delayed telecast.
We also saw may of the U.S. TV Skating Specials.
Sadly this is no longer the case. Last season all we saw were the U.S. championships (repeated about 3 times).
It looks like that's all we are going to see again this year, apart from the olympics which will have excellent coverage on subscription TV.
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