2008 Cup of China
| 2008 Cup of China | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 5 – 9 |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Location: | Beijing |
| Host: | Chinese Skating Association |
| Venue: | Beijing Capital Gymnasium |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Jeremy Abbott | |
Ladies' singles:  Kim Yuna | |
Pairs:  Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | |
Ice dance:  Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | |
| Previous: 2007 Cup of China | |
| Next: 2009 Cup of China | |
| Previous GP: 2008 Skate Canada | |
| Next GP: 2008 Trophée Éric Bompard | |
The 2008 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on November 5–9. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Abbott |  United States |
233.44 | 1 | 77.05 | 1 | 156.39 |
| 2 | Stephen Carriere | United States |
217.25 | 3 | 72.00 | 2 | 145.25 |
| 3 | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic |
205.48 | 4 | 65.55 | 3 | 139.93 |
| 4 | Artem Borodulin | Russia |
191.38 | 5 | 65.05 | 4 | 126.33 |
| 5 | Vaughn Chipeur |  Canada |
187.50 | 2 | 72.70 | 7 | 114.80 |
| 6 | Wu Jialiang | China |
177.75 | 8 | 59.75 | 6 | 118.00 |
| 7 | Jeremy Ten | Canada |
175.12 | 10 | 55.81 | 5 | 119.31 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Berntsson |  Sweden |
173.93 | 6 | 64.81 | 8 | 109.12 |
| 9 | Gao Song | China |
166.93 | 9 | 59.31 | 9 | 107.62 |
| 10 | Kensuke Nakaniwa |  Japan |
164.94 | 7 | 61.90 | 11 | 103.04 |
| 11 | Xu Ming | China |
157.28 | 11 | 53.28 | 10 | 104.00 |
Ladies
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Yuna | South Korea |
191.75 | 1 | 63.64 | 1 | 128.11 |
| 2 | Miki Ando | Japan |
170.88 | 2 | 59.30 | 2 | 111.58 |
| 3 | Laura Lepistö |  Finland |
159.42 | 3 | 58.60 | 3 | 100.82 |
| 4 | Ashley Wagner | United States |
155.59 | 4 | 55.40 | 4 | 100.19 |
| 5 | Susanna Pöykiö | Finland |
148.03 | 6 | 50.00 | 5 | 98.03 |
| 6 | Sarah Meier |  Switzerland |
142.31 | 7 | 48.10 | 6 | 94.21 |
| 7 | Alena Leonova | Russia |
137.27 | 8 | 44.04 | 7 | 93.23 |
| 8 | Katrina Hacker | United States |
134.95 | 5 | 50.80 | 8 | 84.15 |
| 9 | Liu Yan | China |
118.07 | 9 | 42.06 | 10 | 76.01 |
| 10 | Xu Binshu | China |
116.59 | 11 | 37.02 | 9 | 79.57 |
| 11 | Mira Leung | Canada |
114.05 | 10 | 40.76 | 11 | 73.29 |
| 12 | Wang Yueren | China |
95.68 | 12 | 34.66 | 12 | 61.02 |
Pairs
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China |
182.22 | 1 | 67.12 | 1 | 115.10 |
| 2 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov |  Ukraine |
175.05 | 2 | 60.34 | 2 | 114.71 |
| 3 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China |
171.86 | 3 | 59.36 | 3 | 112.50 |
| 4 | Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig | United States |
143.88 | 4 | 51.48 | 5 | 92.40 |
| 5 | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei | China |
142.10 | 5 | 51.02 | 6 | 91.08 |
| 6 | Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall | Canada |
141.59 | 6 | 46.78 | 4 | 94.81 |
| 7 | Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon | United States |
100.74 | 7 | 35.56 | 7 | 65.18 |
Ice dancing
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia |
186.77 | 1 | 38.34 | 2 | 57.24 | 1 | 91.19 |
| 2 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States |
186.41 | 2 | 37.15 | 1 | 58.08 | 2 | 91.18 |
| 3 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia |
179.50 | 3 | 35.68 | 4 | 55.12 | 3 | 88.70 |
| 4 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |  Italy |
173.11 | 4 | 32.52 | 3 | 55.22 | 4 | 85.37 |
| 5 | Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo | Ukraine |
158.90 | 7 | 29.68 | 5 | 49.98 | 5 | 79.24 |
| 6 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada |
157.20 | 6 | 29.91 | 6 | 48.77 | 6 | 78.52 |
| 7 | Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski |  Israel |
148.17 | 5 | 30.45 | 7 | 47.36 | 7 | 70.36 |
| 8 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China |
139.66 | 9 | 25.85 | 9 | 45.90 | 8 | 67.91 |
| 9 | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | China |
133.40 | 8 | 26.82 | 8 | 46.03 | 9 | 60.55 |
| 10 | Guo Jiameimei / Meng Fei | China |
115.15 | 10 | 21.97 | 10 | 34.83 | 10 | 58.35 |
External links
[edit]- Chinese Skating Association
- Official site
- 2008 Cup of China at the International Skating Union
- "2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- "Men's Entries". Archived from the original on 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- "Ladies Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- "Pairs Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- "Ice Dancing Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-31.