Figure Skating Grand Prix

The Grand Prix assignments came out last week--but of course I was too wrapped up in another sport's big event (World Cup cough cough) to post about it here. So I'm doing it now.

To see the full Grand Prix assignments, click here.

If you have no idea with the Figure Skating Grand Prix is, you're not alone. It's not well publicized outside of the sport. The Grand Prix series is huge though, because skaters can win a nice chunk of $$ from a pretty big purse ($180,000 for each event, $272,000 for the final!). It's basically a series of six competitions held from Oct.-Dec. the season, followed by a Final event, which this year will be held in Spain, December 11-14. Skaters are invited to each competition based on their performance at ISU events during the previous year, and qualify for the Final based on their performance during the series.

The six competitions are (in chronological order):

• Skate America
• Skate Canada
• Lexus Cup of China
• Rostelecom Cup
• Trophee Bompard
• NHK Trophy 

And they're all capped off by the Grand Prix Final, which will be held in Spain for the first time ever. That is awesome. Wish I could travel there to see it!

If you're dying to know more about it all and see who qualified for what, here's the ISU's primer on the Grand Prix series.