Cup of China Results, Day 1 (part 1)

by LauraS on Oct 30, 2009 11:16 AM EDT in 2009 Grand Prix Comment 2 comments

Here are the first results out of Cup of China's first day.

China's Shen and Zhao lead in pairs. China's Zhang and Zhang shockingly find themselves down in fourth place. I haven't watched yet but this should be interesting.

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS=	TES+	PCS+	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded.	StN.
1	Xue SHEN Hongbo ZHAO	CHN	72.28	40.76	31.52	7.70	7.65	8.00	8.00	8.05	0.00	1
2	Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR Stanislav MOROZOV	UKR	62.98	37.22	25.76	6.70	6.35	6.40	6.55	6.20	0.00	7
3	Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA Nodari MAISURADZE	RUS	62.54	37.42	25.12	6.45	6.05	6.25	6.40	6.25	0.00	6
4	Dan ZHANG Hao ZHANG	CHN	61.92	33.56	28.36	7.35	6.95	7.00	7.15	7.00	0.00	8
5	Meagan DUHAMEL Craig BUNTIN	CAN	55.08	31.48	24.60	6.35	5.95	6.05	6.25	6.15	1.00	5
6	Huibo DONG Yiming WU	CHN	50.32	30.24	20.08	5.45	4.70	5.00	5.10	4.85	0.00	4
7	Amanda EVORA Mark LADWIG	USA	48.02	27.66	21.36	5.60	5.20	5.20	5.45	5.25	1.00	3
8	Vanessa JAMES Yannick BONHEUR	FRA	47.28	25.48	21.80	5.65	5.35	5.30	5.60	5.35	0.00	2

Belbin and Agosto are dominating the ice dancing as predicted. Here are the standings after the compulsories:

Pl.	Name	Nat.	TSS=	TES+	PCS+	SS	TI	PF	IN	Ded.	StN.
1	Tanith BELBIN Benjamin AGOSTO	USA	38.33	19.16	19.17	7.70	7.45	7.80	7.80	0.00	9
2	Jana KHOKHLOVA Sergei NOVITSKI	RUS	36.30	18.04	18.26	7.40	7.10	7.40	7.35	0.00	8
3	Federica FAIELLA Massimo SCALI	ITA	35.37	17.96	17.41	7.00	6.70	7.05	7.20	0.00	7
4	Alexandra ZARETSKI Roman ZARETSKI	ISR	30.88	15.28	15.60	6.40	6.00	6.30	6.30	0.00	5
5	Kaitlyn WEAVER Andrew POJE	CAN	30.40	15.58	14.82	5.95	5.70	6.05	6.10	0.00	4
6	Anna ZADOROZHNIUK Sergei VERBILLO	UKR	29.43	15.22	14.21	5.75	5.45	5.75	5.85	0.00	3
7	Madison CHOCK Greg ZUERLEIN	USA	28.76	14.68	14.08	5.70	5.40	5.60	5.90	0.00	6
8	Xintong HUANG Xun ZHENG	CHN	27.87	14.54	13.33	5.50	5.05	5.35	5.45	0.00	2
9	Xiaoyang YU Chen WANG	CHN	24.73	13.08	11.65	5.00	4.25	4.65	4.75	0.00	1

I saw the men; I agree with the placements, although I will need to take a look at the judge's scores because I don't see how Japan's Nobunari Oda received higher technical scores than Russia's Sergei Voronov, who appeared to complete a quad and some other beautiful jumps. But I think Oda outskated Voronov on a whole. America's Evan Lysacek was very good as well but he lacked a bit of speed in his program (which I liked, and obviously the judges disagreed about the speed cause he got the highest program components scores of the three), and his jumps weren't as good as the two ahead of him. That's a great program components score for Lysacek though.

Pl.	Name	Nat.	TSS=	TES+	PCS+	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded.	StN.
1	Nobunari ODA	JPN	83.35	46.70	36.65	7.55	6.85	7.55	7.35	7.35	0.00	9
2	Sergei VORONOV	RUS	81.40	46.30	35.10	7.05	6.75	7.20	7.00	7.10	0.00	10
3	Evan LYSACEK	USA	80.80	43.30	37.50	7.40	6.85	7.75	7.55	7.95	0.00	12
4	Samuel CONTESTI	ITA	72.08	39.68	32.40	6.45	6.15	6.65	6.50	6.65	0.00	6
5	Jinlin GUAN	CHN	66.70	38.40	28.30	5.80	5.45	5.65	5.75	5.65	0.00	2
6	Yannick PONSERO	FRA	66.65	33.10	34.55	7.20	6.75	6.70	6.95	6.95	1.00	11
7	Stephen CARRIERE	USA	65.24	33.94	31.30	6.45	6.00	6.25	6.25	6.35	0.00	8
8	Chao YANG	CHN	65.10	37.90	27.20	5.65	5.25	5.35	5.55	5.40	0.00	3
9	Denis TEN	KAZ	64.05	32.10	31.95	6.60	6.20	6.35	6.40	6.40	0.00	7
10	Ming XU	CHN	61.02	35.62	25.40	5.40	4.90	5.05	5.10	4.95	0.00	1
11	Kevin REYNOLDS	CAN	60.12	33.32	27.80	5.45	5.35	5.50	5.65	5.85	1.00	5
12	Armin MAHBANOOZADEH	USA	59.54	32.94	26.60	5.45	5.20	5.20	5.40	5.35	0.00	4

Also, I am officially reporting the ladies results under protest. The judges have quite the sense of humor putting Kiira Korpi in second place with one of the UGLIEST combinations I have seen today. I would definitely have (at least) Italy's Carolina Kostner (who had a nice skate) and Japan's Akiko Suzuki ahead of her. It was a successful day and a great skate for America's Mirai Nagasu. Rachael Flatt was not looking as good as I expected her to, and I didn't love her performance as much as I expected to. And Canada's Joannie Rochette had a disastrous short program. She popped a triple and bailed on her combination as well.

Pl.	Name	Nat.	TSS=	TES+	PCS+	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded.	StN.
1	Mirai NAGASU	USA	62.20	37.40	24.80	6.35	5.80	6.35	6.25	6.25	0.00	6
2	Kiira KORPI	FIN	61.20	34.80	26.40	6.65	6.35	6.75	6.60	6.65	0.00	9
3	Carolina KOSTNER	ITA	61.12	31.80	29.32	7.35	7.10	7.50	7.30	7.40	0.00	12
4	Akiko SUZUKI	JPN	59.52	34.40	25.12	6.55	5.90	6.35	6.30	6.30	0.00	7
5	Rachael FLATT	USA	58.80	33.40	25.40	6.50	6.05	6.40	6.40	6.40	0.00	10
6	Fumie SUGURI	JPN	55.46	30.38	25.08	6.45	6.05	6.30	6.35	6.20	0.00	8
7	Joannie ROCHETTE	CAN	52.12	23.92	28.20	7.00	7.05	6.85	7.25	7.10	0.00	11
8	Yan LIU	CHN	51.28	30.00	21.28	5.40	5.00	5.50	5.40	5.30	0.00	3
9	Beatrisa LIANG	USA	50.76	29.04	22.72	5.80	5.35	5.65	5.75	5.85	1.00	5
10	Bingwa GENG	CHN	47.64	28.20	19.44	5.05	4.55	5.00	4.90	4.80	0.00	1
11	Diane SZMIETT	CAN	44.24	25.08	21.16	5.55	5.05	5.20	5.35	5.30	2.00	4
12	Binshu XU	CHN	37.08	19.36	18.72	4.95	4.40	4.70	4.70	4.65	1.00	2

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I think that Oda gets HUGE Goe for his jumps, and his spins/footwork are better than Voronov’s as well.

by becca on Oct 30, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yes his jumps are gorgeous but in the short I thought Voronov’s were a bit better this time (the triple axel especially). But I haven’t checked the scorecards yet..)

by Laura on Oct 31, 2009 7:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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