Click&nbsp;on the video player&nbsp;above&nbsp;to&nbsp;watch&nbsp;coverage&nbsp;from the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final from Vancouver.

World's top figure skaters descend on Vancouver for unpredictable Grand Prix Final

The skaters headed to the ISU Grand Prix Final in Vancouver this weekend include as many surprises in who made the list as to who didn't.

Canada's Keegan Messing reacts following his free program in the men's competition at Skate Canada International in Laval, Que. in October. He'll be in tough to top some of the other men's skaters competing at the Grand Prix final this weekend in Vancouver.

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Figure skaters will be feeling the crunch under new rules

The one constant in figure skating is change. Once again this season, athletes and their coaches are being forced to adapt to a new scoring system and new rules that present a fresh set of challenges.

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan skates his short program in the men's competition at the 2018 Skate Canada Autumn Classic event in Oakville, Ontario on September 21, 2018. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Under figure skating's revised rules, two-time Olympic champ Yuzuru Hanyu and his competitors in the men's division will have less time to work with in their free programs.

SCHEDULE: Grand Prix of Figure Skating on CBC

Skating wraps up on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET with the championship gala.

Watch the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final from Vancouver

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