2008 Cup of China

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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:
United States Jeremy Abbott
Ladies' singles:
South Korea Kim Yuna
Pairs:
China Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
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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.