The 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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