Cup of China Results: Day 1
by LauraS on Nov 5, 2010 9:39 AM EDT
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PrintThe first day of competition has concluded at Cup of China and all the short programs are completed. Looks like a few of the competitions are very close, setting up an exciting Day 2 tomorrow!
Sounds like American Mirai Nagasu is over that stress fracture, since she took first place in the short today. But it's pretty close between Nagasu and Akiko Suzuki and Miki Ando of Japan.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS = | TES + | PCS + | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded. - | StN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirai NAGASU | USA | 58.76 | 31.73 | 27.03 | 6.82 | 6.36 | 6.82 | 6.89 | 6.89 | 0.00 | #8 | |
| 2 | Akiko SUZUKI | JPN | 57.97 | 30.46 | 27.51 | 7.18 | 6.46 | 6.96 | 6.86 | 6.93 | 0.00 | #10 | |
| 3 | Miki ANDO | JPN | 56.11 | 27.99 | 28.12 | 7.18 | 6.75 | 7.11 | 7.04 | 7.07 | 0.00 | #11 | |
| 4 | Bingwa GENG | CHN | 51.09 | 29.81 | 21.28 | 5.50 | 4.89 | 5.50 | 5.39 | 5.32 | 0.00 | #1 | |
| 5 | Alena LEONOVA | RUS | 50.79 | 25.57 | 25.22 | 6.39 | 5.93 | 6.29 | 6.43 | 6.50 | 0.00 | #9 | |
| 6 | Joshi HELGESSON | SWE | 48.83 | 26.14 | 22.69 | 5.89 | 5.46 | 5.79 | 5.61 | 5.61 | 0.00 | #7 | |
| 7 | Amanda DOBBS | USA | 46.73 | 22.85 | 23.88 | 6.07 | 5.64 | 6.14 | 6.04 | 5.96 | 0.00 | #6 | |
| 8 | Kristine MUSADEMBA | USA | 40.80 | 21.57 | 20.23 | 5.36 | 4.96 | 4.93 | 5.18 | 4.86 | 1.00 | #4 | |
| 9 | Min-Jeong KWAK | KOR | 38.83 | 21.12 | 19.71 | 5.25 | 4.71 | 4.68 | 5.07 | 4.93 | 2.00 | #3 | |
| 10 | Diane SZMIETT | CAN | 38.17 | 19.05 | 19.12 | 5.14 | 4.57 | 4.71 | 4.86 | 4.61 | 0.00 | #5 | |
| 11 | Qiuying ZHU | CHN | 35.61 | 18.17 | 18.44 | 4.79 | 4.36 | 4.61 | 4.71 | 4.57 | 1.00 | #2 |
In the ice dancing competition, Pechalat and Bourzat have a fairly insurmountable lead going into the free dance. Faiella and Scali of Italy had some major issues and are a distant second place.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS = | TES + | PCS + | SS | TR | PE | CC | IT | Ded. - | StN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT | FRA | 64.12 | 32.71 | 31.41 | 7.82 | 7.61 | 7.86 | 8.04 | 7.89 | 0.00 | #10 | |
| 2 | Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI | ITA | 57.21 | 26.28 | 30.93 | 7.71 | 7.50 | 7.54 | 7.93 | 7.89 | 0.00 | #9 | |
| 3 | Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV | RUS | 55.85 | 27.93 | 28.92 | 7.25 | 7.00 | 7.29 | 7.39 | 7.21 | 1.00 | #6 | |
| 4 | Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN | HUN | 52.69 | 26.28 | 26.41 | 6.61 | 6.32 | 6.68 | 6.68 | 6.68 | 0.00 | #4 | |
| 5 | Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG | CHN | 49.70 | 25.08 | 24.62 | 6.39 | 5.89 | 6.11 | 6.25 | 6.11 | 0.00 | #7 | |
| 6 | Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL | CAN | 48.10 | 25.01 | 23.09 | 5.75 | 5.46 | 5.82 | 5.93 | 5.86 | 0.00 | #5 | |
| 7 | Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG | CHN | 45.33 | 23.99 | 21.34 | 5.36 | 5.11 | 5.39 | 5.43 | 5.36 | 0.00 | #3 | |
| 8 | Madison HUBBELL / Keiffer HUBBELL | USA | 44.47 | 23.29 | 24.18 | 6.11 | 5.96 | 5.79 | 6.25 | 6.07 | 3.00 | #8 | |
| 9 | Xueting GUAN / Meng WANG | CHN | 40.19 | 21.36 | 18.83 | 4.79 | 4.57 | 4.75 | 4.79 | 4.64 | 0.00 | #2 | |
| 10 | Isabella CANNUSCIO / Ian LORELLO | USA | 38.34 | 19.05 | 19.29 | 4.89 | 4.64 | 4.86 | 4.93 | 4.79 | 0.00 | #1 |
The men's competition sees Takahiko Kozuka in the top spot followed by Brian Joubert. American Brandon Mroz is in medal contention.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS = | TES + | PCS + | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded. - | StN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takahiko KOZUKA | JPN | 77.40 | 41.30 | 36.10 | 7.50 | 6.89 | 7.18 | 7.21 | 7.32 | 0.00 | #9 | |
| 2 | Brian JOUBERT | FRA | 74.80 | 37.79 | 37.01 | 7.43 | 7.04 | 7.50 | 7.43 | 7.61 | 0.00 | #11 | |
| 3 | Tomas VERNER | CZE | 70.31 | 33.76 | 36.55 | 7.50 | 7.04 | 7.29 | 7.29 | 7.43 | 0.00 | #12 | |
| 4 | Brandon MROZ | USA | 69.84 | 38.51 | 31.33 | 6.36 | 6.00 | 6.39 | 6.29 | 6.29 | 0.00 | #7 | |
| 5 | Sergei VORONOV | RUS | 68.70 | 34.77 | 33.93 | 6.93 | 6.46 | 6.79 | 6.82 | 6.93 | 0.00 | #8 | |
| 6 | Ross MINER | USA | 67.10 | 36.29 | 30.81 | 6.21 | 5.89 | 6.14 | 6.32 | 6.25 | 0.00 | #3 | |
| 7 | Tatsuki MACHIDA | JPN | 66.78 | 33.16 | 33.62 | 6.79 | 6.43 | 6.79 | 6.82 | 6.79 | 0.00 | #6 | |
| 8 | Jinlin GUAN | CHN | 64.95 | 36.16 | 29.79 | 6.14 | 5.61 | 6.04 | 5.96 | 6.04 | 1.00 | #2 | |
| 9 | Samuel CONTESTI | ITA | 60.60 | 27.14 | 33.46 | 6.64 | 6.36 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.96 | 0.00 | #10 | |
| 10 | Peter LIEBERS | GER | 59.78 | 30.92 | 29.86 | 5.96 | 5.68 | 6.00 | 6.04 | 6.18 | 1.00 | #4 | |
| 11 | Jialiang WU | CHN | 57.76 | 30.04 | 27.72 | 5.79 | 5.39 | 5.54 | 5.54 | 5.46 | 0.00 | #5 | |
| 12 | Peitong CHEN | CHN | 54.85 | 28.75 | 26.10 | 5.39 | 4.96 | 5.14 | 5.36 | 5.25 | 0.00 | #1 |
And in pairs, I obviously greatly underestimated how Chinese pair Wenjing Sui and Cong Han would be scored in their senior Grand Prix debut. With two falls, they still are in second place by only a smidge following Pang and Tong, who, it sounds like, had a very off day, but no deductions. Americans Yankowskas and Coughlin are in third, so if they perform in the free like they did two weeks ago at NHK, maybe they can get a medal here.
| Pl. | Name | Nation | TSS = | TES + | PCS + | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded. - | StN. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qing PANG / Jian TONG | CHN | 60.62 | 30.13 | 30.49 | 7.82 | 7.29 | 7.61 | 7.64 | 7.75 | 0.00 | #8 | |
| 2 | Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN | CHN | 59.58 | 35.57 | 26.01 | 6.32 | 6.36 | 6.61 | 6.64 | 6.57 | 2.00 | #6 | |
| 3 | Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN | USA | 57.86 | 31.20 | 26.66 | 6.82 | 6.21 | 6.86 | 6.68 | 6.75 | 0.00 | #4 | |
| 4 | Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE | RUS | 55.85 | 30.53 | 26.32 | 6.61 | 6.25 | 6.61 | 6.68 | 6.75 | 1.00 | #3 | |
| 5 | Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG | USA | 51.46 | 28.69 | 22.77 | 5.82 | 5.39 | 5.75 | 5.86 | 5.64 | 0.00 | #2 | |
| 6 | Nicole DELLA MONICA / Yannick KOCON | ITA | 49.81 | 25.95 | 23.86 | 6.14 | 5.79 | 6.04 | 6.04 | 5.82 | 0.00 | #7 | |
| 7 | Huibo DONG / Yiming WU | CHN | 46.05 | 21.74 | 24.31 | 6.36 | 5.89 | 6.14 | 6.07 | 5.93 | 0.00 | #5 | |
| 8 | Kaleigh HOLE / Adam JOHNSON | CAN | 43.02 | 23.96 | 20.06 | 5.18 | 4.82 | 4.89 | 5.11 | 5.07 | 1.00 | #1 |
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First Day.
Saw a lot of the first day of the Cup of China, while concentrating on the women’s singles and the pairs., with the top four positions in both events looked very solid except, oddly enough, the leaders in the pairs, the heavily favored Pang and Tong from China who frankly looked out of it for most of their routine. A planned triple jump got turned into a double and most of the performance looked out of sync. I think their lead scores reflected reputation more than anything else. They’re barely ahead of another Chinese pair, Sui and Han, teenagers who almost look like they’re still in middle school. They came out dressed in American western garb (gotta love all that plaid!) and did a great routine set to hoe-down music. Where two Chinese teenagers got this idea I’ll never know, but it WORKED! They’d be leading except for a spill they took late in the program where he fell and then she tripped over him. But they got up and finished as if nothing had happened. It was the best show of the night. The Russian pair (I and M, for short) who won last week in Canada placed fourth. They lacked some of the pizzazz of last week, but that was half a world ago. These two look like they have the goods for a long time to come. The third place Americans, Yankowskas and Coughlin didn’t wow me with their program but technically they were very solid and deserved their scores.
Mirai Nagasu leads the women. She was a little loose on one landing but it was great to see her do so well coming off an injury and she’s just ahead of Suzuki and Ando of Japan, who did pretty much what they always do. (A Japanese guy is in the lead for the men which leads me to ask if anyone in Japan does anything other than figure skate?) Star of the night was Geng Bingwa of China who placed fourth and may have deserved better. She’s all of sixteen and I’m very curious as to how she and Nagasu will do in the free skate…Most elegant skater may have been Amanda Dobbs of the US. If she can up the degree of difficulty on her jumps she could go far.
