2024–25 ISU Challenger Series

The 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2024. It was be the tenth season of the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions.

2024–25 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:August 8 – December 7, 2024
Season:2024–25
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Competitions

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The International Skating Union announced the Challenger Series schedule on March 19, 2024. This season, the series is scheduled to include the following events.[1]

Date Event Location Notes Ref.
August 8–11   2024 Cranberry Cup International Norwood, Massachusetts, United States Men's & women's singles only [2]
September 3–4   2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition New York City, New York, United States Pairs only [3]
September 13–15   2024 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy
September 19–21   2024 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany
October 3–6   2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Astana, Kazakhstan No pairs [4]
October 11–13   2024 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary No pairs
October 16–20   2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Nice, France No pairs
October 24–26   2024 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs
November 12–17   2024 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia No pairs
November 20–24   2024 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland
December 4–7   2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia

Requirements

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Skaters are eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they have reached the age of 16 before July 1, 2024.

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 Cranberry Cup International   Lucas Broussard   Luc Economides   Jimmy Ma [5]
  2024 Lombardia Trophy   Ilia Malinin   Yuma Kagiyama   Shun Sato [6]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy   Sōta Yamamoto   Gabriele Frangipani   Deniss Vasiļjevs [7]
  2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Mikhail Shaidorov   Vladimir Litvintsev   Nika Egadze [8]
  2024 Budapest Trophy   Matteo Rizzo   Lukas Britschgi   Nikita Starostin [9]
  2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur   Adam Siao Him Fa   Lukas Britschgi   Mihhail Selevko [10]
  2024 Nepela Memorial   Daniel Grassl   Nikolaj Memola   Corey Circelli [11]
  2024 Tallinn Trophy   Jacob Sanchez   Daniel Martynov   Roman Sadovsky [12]
  2024 Warsaw Cup   Vladimir Samoilov   Gabriele Frangipani   Ivan Shmuratko [13]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Mihhail Selevko   Aleksandr Selevko   François Pitot [14]

Women's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 Cranberry Cup International   Sarah Everhardt   Elyce Lin-Gracey   Isabeau Levito [15]
  2024 Lombardia Trophy   Amber Glenn   Sarah Everhardt   Kaori Sakamoto [16]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy   Elyce Lin-Gracey   Isabeau Levito   Hana Yoshida [7]
  2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Anastasiia Gubanova   Sofia Samodelkina   Lara Naki Gutmann [17]
  2024 Budapest Trophy   Alysa Liu   Kimmy Repond   Lorine Schild [9]
  2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur   Kim Chae-yeon   Niina Petrõkina   Fee Ann Landry [10]
  2024 Nepela Memorial   Yun Ah-sun   Mariia Seniuk   Lara Naki Gutmann [18]
  2024 Tallinn Trophy   Nina Pinzarrone   Sofia Samodelkina   Sara-Maude Dupuis [12]
  2024 Warsaw Cup   Katherine Medland Spence   Ekaterina Kurakova   Marina Piredda [13]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Alysa Liu   Nina Pinzarrone   Bradie Tennell [14]

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition
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  2024 Lombardia Trophy [20]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy [7]
  2024 Warsaw Cup [13]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb [14]

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 Lombardia Trophy [21]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy [7]
  2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge [22]
  2024 Budapest Trophy [9]
  2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur [10]
  2024 Nepela Memorial [23]
  2024 Tallinn Trophy [12]
  2024 Warsaw Cup [13]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb [14]

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States1013831
2  Italy43411
3  France3126
4  Great Britain3104
5  Georgia2215
6  Poland2103
7  South Korea2013
8  Japan1236
9  Estonia1214
10  Kazakhstan1203
11  Canada1157
12  Belgium1102
13  Germany1023
14  Czech Republic1012
15  Lithuania1001
16  Switzerland0303
17  Azerbaijan0101
  Israel0101
19  Finland0011
  Hungary0011
  Latvia0011
  Spain0011
  Ukraine0011
  Uzbekistan0011
Totals (24 entries)343434102

Challenger Series rankings

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The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.

Men's singles

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As of December 10, 2024.[24]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Daniel Grassl   Italy 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 237.70 2024 Nepela Memorial 267.08 504.78
2 Mihhail Selevko   Estonia 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 232.95 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 245.06 478.01
3 Nika Egadze   Georgia 2024 Lombardia Trophy 232.01 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 242.43 474.44
4 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 2024 Budapest Trophy 238.02 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 233.22 471.24
5 Jimmy Ma   United States 2024 Cranberry Cup International 236.77 2024 Lombardia Trophy 229.41 466.18

Women's singles

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As of December 10, 2024.[25]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Elyce Lin-Gracey   United States 2024 Cranberry Cup International 193.99 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 213.33 407.32
2 Sarah Everhardt 196.42 2024 Lombardia Trophy 201.90 398.32
3 Isabeau Levito 193.81 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 198.13 391.94
4 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 2024 Lombardia Trophy 195.74 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 195.91 391.65
5 Alysa Liu   United States 2024 Budapest Trophy 192.77 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 197.71 390.48

Pairs

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As of December 10, 2024.[26]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1   United States 2024 John Nicks Pairs Competition 191.62 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 184.38 376.00
2 188.88 178.03 366.91
3   Italy 172.61 2024 Lombardia Trophy 192.47 365.08
4   Poland 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 174.22 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 185.50 359.72
5   Great Britain 174.68 2024 Warsaw Cup 182.37 357.05

Ice dance

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As of December 10, 2024.[27]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1   Great Britain 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 207.01 2024 Nepela Memorial 210.65 417.66
2   France 2024 Tallinn Trophy 198.91 2024 Warsaw Cup 201.89 400.80
3   United States 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 197.51 2024 Budapest Trophy 194.69 392.20
4 194.34 2024 Warsaw Cup 196.56 390.41
5   Georgia 2024 Nepela Memorial 201.87 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 179.31 381.18

Top scores

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Men's singles

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Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin   United States 312.55 2024 Lombardia Trophy
2 Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 291.54 2024 Lombardia Trophy
3 Shun Sato   Japan 285.88 2024 Lombardia Trophy
4 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 272.38 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
5 Daniel Grassl   Italy 267.08 2024 Nepela Memorial
6 Sōta Yamamoto   Japan 262.72 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Mikhail Shaidorov   Kazakhstan 262.33 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
8 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 247.26 2024 Budapest Trophy
9 Lucas Broussard   United States 246.48 2024 Cranberry Cup International
10 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 246.11 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin   United States 107.25 2024 Lombardia Trophy
2 Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 98.68 2024 Lombardia Trophy
3 Shun Sato   Japan 98.39 2024 Lombardia Trophy
4 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 96.74 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
5 Mikhail Shaidorov   Kazakhstan 95.50 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
6 Daniel Grassl   Italy 90.36 2024 Nepela Memorial
7 Nika Egadze   Georgia 90.06 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
8 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 87.98 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
9 Lucas Broussard   United States 85.77 2024 Cranberry Cup International
10 Vladimir Samoilov   Poland 84.94 2024 Warsaw Cup
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin   United States 205.30 2024 Lombardia Trophy
2 Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 192.86 2024 Lombardia Trophy
3 Shun Sato   Japan 187.49 2024 Lombardia Trophy
4 Sōta Yamamoto   Japan 183.72 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Daniel Grassl   Italy 176.72 2024 Nepela Memorial
6 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 175.64 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
7 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 166.93 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Mikhail Shaidorov   Kazakhstan 166.83 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
9 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 162.49 2024 Budapest Trophy
10 Vladimir Litvintsev   Azerbaijan 161.97 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

Ice dance

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1   Italy 215.63 2024 Lombardia Trophy
2   Great Britain 210.65 2024 Nepela Memorial
3   France 201.89 2024 Warsaw Cup
4   Georgia 201.87 2024 Nepela Memorial
5   United States 197.51 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 196.07 2024 Warsaw Cup
7   Spain 191.46 2024 Nepela Memorial
8   United States 190.86 2024 Tallinn Trophy
9   Lithuania 189.93 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
10   Czech Republic 189.23 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1   Italy 87.45 2024 Lombardia Trophy
2   Great Britain 85.10 2024 Nepela Memorial
3   France 80.36 2024 Warsaw Cup
4   Georgia 80.32 2024 Nepela Memorial
5   Lithuania 77.96 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
6   United States 77.44 2024 Budapest Trophy
7 77.20 2024 Warsaw Cup
8   Finland 76.31 2024 Nepela Memorial
9   United States 75.37 2024 Tallinn Trophy
10   Czech Republic 75.15
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1   Italy 128.18 2024 Lombardia Trophy
2   Great Britain 125.55 2024 Nepela Memorial
3   Georgia 121.55
4   France 121.53 2024 Warsaw Cup
5   United States 119.85 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 118.87 2024 Warsaw Cup
7   Spain 116.69 2024 Nepela Memorial
8   Czech Republic 116.20 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
9   United States 115.49 2024 Tallinn Trophy
10   Finland 116.67 2024 Budapest Trophy


References

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  1. ^ "Communication No. 2619". International Skating Union. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Cranberry Cup International". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
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  21. ^ "ISU Results". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  22. ^ "2024 Denis Ten Memorial Ice Dance Final Results". SkatingScores.com.
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