The 2016âÂÂ17 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from 8 to 11 December 2016 at the Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est in Marseille, France. Marseille was announced as the host on 27 October 2015. The combined event is the culmination of two international series â the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
Two consecutive world records has been set in back to back performances during the junior ladies free skating segment by Russian ladies Anastasiia Gubanova, who became the first junior lady to break the 130-points barrier, and Alina Zagitova, who outscored her by almost 3 points.
Zagitova also became the first junior lady to break the 70-points barrier in the short program, Dmitri Aliev the first junior man to break the 240-points barrier for the total score, while Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became the first ice dancers to break the 80-points barrier in the short dance.
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Thursday, December 8
Friday, December 9
Saturday, December 10
Sunday, December 11
Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record for the short program (79.21 points).
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir set a new world record for the short dance (80.50 points) and for the combined total (197.22 points).
Dmitri Aliev set a new junior world record for the combined total score (240.07 points).
Alina Zagitova set a new junior world record for the short program (70.92 points), for the free skating (136.51 points), and for the combined total (207.43 points). Anastasiia Gubanova set a new junior world record for the free skating (133.77 points) but Zagitova broke that record less than 10 minutes later.