ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships
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Annual synchronized skating competition
The ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships (WSSC) are the world championships for the sport of synchronized skating. Held since 2000, the World Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual event organized by the International Skating Union and attracts the most elite senior-level synchronized skating teams from around the world to compete for the World Championship.
Since the beginning, the top positions have been mainly dominated by Sweden and Finland: the Swedish Team Surprise have won six World titles, four silver medals and one bronze medal and the Finnish Marigold IceUnity are five-time World Champions with six silver medals and two bronze medals. Rockettes from Finland have earned three World titles, two silver medals and four bronze medals. Other major teams include the Canadian NEXXICE with two World titles, three silvers and two bronzes, the Russian Team Paradise with three World titles and two bronze medals, the Finnish Team Unique with one gold and one silver, as well as the American teams, Miami University and the Haydenettes with one silver and four bronze medals, respectively. Other medalists include the (now-discontinued) Canadian black ice with one silver medal and two bronze medals, the Canadian Les Suprêmes with one bronze medal.
Although initially dominated by just a handful of teams and countries, the sport has arguably become more competitive over time; as supported by an analysis of the point ‘gap’ between the 1st and 10th placed teams. Starting from the 2005 WSSC (the first year the current ISU Judging System was introduced), the point ‘gap’ has tended to decrease over time:
WSSC (year) | 1st vs. 10th place (∆ points) |
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2005 | 85.27 [1] |
2006 | 77.56 [2] |
2007 | 77.03 [3] |
2008 | 63.06 [4] |
2009 | 48.02 [5] |
2010 | 56.42 [6] |
2011 | 52.69 [7] |
2012 | 38.32 [8] |
2013 | 55.12 [9] |
2014 | 56.32 [10] |
2015 | 50.39 [11] |
2016 | 53.32 [12] |
2017 | 53.41 [13] |
2018 | 40.03 [14] |
2019 | 63.20 [15] |
2020 | Event not held [1] |
Medalists[edit]
Year | Location | Gold | Total | SP | FS | Silver | Total | SP | FS | Bronze | Total | SP | FS | Source(s) |
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2000 | Minneapolis, United States | Team Surprise | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | black ice | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | Marigold IceUnity | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | [16][17] |
2001 | Helsinki, Finland | Team Surprise | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Rockettes | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | black ice | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | [17] |
2002 | Rouen, France | Marigold IceUnity | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Team Surprise | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | black ice | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | [18] |
2003 | Ottawa, Canada | Team Surprise | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Marigold IceUnity | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | Les Suprêmes | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | [19] |
2004 | Zagreb, Croatia | Marigold IceUnity | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Team Surprise | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | Rockettes | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | [20] |
2005 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Team Surprise | 207.75 | 71.23 | 136.02 | Rockettes | 188.40 | 64.33 | 124.07 | Marigold IceUnity | 187.17 | 68.67 | 118.50 | [1] |
2006 | Prague, Czech Republic | Marigold IceUnity | 197.29 | 69.89 | 127.40 | Team Surprise | 188.57 | 69.09 | 119.48 | Rockettes | 180.32 | 62.66 | 117.66 | [2] |
2007 | London, Canada | Team Surprise | 222.24 | 77.54 | 144.70 | Miami University | 198.71 | 69.75 | 128.96 | NEXXICE | 194.08 | 68.54 | 125.54 | [3] |
2008 | Budapest, Hungary | Rockettes | 210.48 | 72.55 | 137.93 | Team Surprise | 205.71 | 74.72 | 130.99 | NEXXICE | 198.81 | 70.67 | 128.14 | [4] |
2009 | Zagreb, Croatia | NEXXICE | 223.58 | 80.12 | 143.46 | Team Unique | 220.28 | 82.36 | 137.92 | Team Surprise | 209.30 | 78.24 | 131.06 | [5] |
2010 | Colorado Springs, United States | Rockettes | 223.90 | 81.40 | 142.50 | Marigold IceUnity | 216.98 | 75.34 | 141.64 | Haydenettes | 216.48 | 78.62 | 137.86 | [6] |
2011 | Helsinki, Finland | Rockettes | 215.43 | 74.81 | 140.62 | Marigold IceUnity | 213.48 | 73.54 | 139.94 | Haydenettes | 205.40 | 71.16 | 134.24 | [7] |
2012 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Team Surprise | 194.87 | 64.63 | 130.24 | NEXXICE | 193.64 | 63.76 | 129.88 | Haydenettes | 192.78 | 62.14 | 130.64 | [8] |
2013 | Boston, United States | Team Unique | 208.77 | 69.28 | 139.49 | NEXXICE | 208.25 | 72.84 | 135.41 | Haydenettes | 202.53 | 71.87 | 130.66 | [9] |
2014 | Courmayeur, Italy | Marigold IceUnity | 223.45 | 76.14 | 147.31 | NEXXICE | 220.88 | 74.85 | 146.03 | Rockettes | 220.66 | 74.98 | 145.68 | [10] |
2015 | Hamilton, Canada | NEXXICE | 214.73 | 71.06 | 143.67 | Marigold IceUnity | 214.06 | 70.39 | 143.67 | Paradise | 203.48 | 66.25 | 137.23 | [11] |
2016 | Budapest, Hungary | Paradise | 212.69 | 73.86 | 138.83 | Rockettes | 207.84 | 70.03 | 137.81 | Haydenettes | 206.95 | 68.09 | 138.86 | [12] |
2017 | Colorado Springs, USA | Paradise | 208.70 | 72.62 | 136.08 | Marigold IceUnity | 208.58 | 70.88 | 137.70 | NEXXICE | 197.54 | 67.17 | 130.37 | [13] |
2018 | Stockholm, Sweden | Marigold IceUnity | 209.02 | 72.61 | 136.41 | Team Surprise | 207.99 | 72.83 | 135.16 | Paradise | 200.97 | 76.05 | 124.92 | [21][2] |
2019 | Helsinki, Finland | Paradise | 234.38 | 87.12 | 147.26 | Marigold IceUnity | 228.70 | 85.90 | 142.80 | Rockettes | 228.61 | 82.12 | 146.49 | [22][3] |
2020 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 3–5 April 2020) | [4] | |||||||||||
2021 | Zagreb, Croatia | Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 8–10 April 2021) | [5][6] | |||||||||||
2022 | Hamilton, ON, Canada | Les Suprêmes | 236.31 | 81.51 | 154.80 | Marigold IceUnity | 228.72 | 77.48 | 151.24 | Rockettes | 226.20 | 82.76 | 143.44 | [23][7][8] |
2023 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | Les Suprêmes[24] | 240.98 | 79.00 | 161.98 | Rockettes | 239,56 | 78.61 | 160.95 | Team Unique | 239.56 | 78.01 | 161.55 | [9][10] |
2024 | Zagreb, Croatia | To be held on 5–6 April 2024 | [11] |
Summary[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2005 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2006 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2007 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2008 WSSC results, the third is a Savon Sanomat news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2009 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2010 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article and the fourth is a U.S. Figure Skating news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2011 WSSC results, the third is an Iltalehti news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2012 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2013 WSSC results, the third is an Ice Network news article:
- ^ a b The first three sites show the official 2014 WSSC results, the fourth is an article by the Finnish Figure Skating Association about the competition:
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2015 WSSC results, the third is an ISU news article:
- ^ a b “2016 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships”. International Skating Union. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ a b “2017 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships”. International Skating Union. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ “2018 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships”. International Skating Union. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ “2019 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships”. International Skating Union. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ “2000 World Synchronized Skating Championships”. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
- ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2001 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
- ^ The first two sites show the official 2002 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
- ^ The first two sites show the official 2003 WSSC results, the third is a Kaleva news article:
- ^ The first two sites show the official 2004 WSSC results, the third is a Kaleva news article:
- ^ “ISU World Synchronized Skating Championship 2018”. www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ “ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2019”. www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ “ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2022”. www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ “Canada’s Les Suprêmes successfully defend world synchronized skating title”. CBC Sports. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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