The short programs in three of the events have been skated in Sapporo to kick off the NHK Trophy.
Results after the jump...
Ice Dancing
Three teams are very close together in the ice dancing, but the short program winners today are Russia's Ilinykh and Katsalapov.
FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SD | FD | |||
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1 | Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV |
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61.83 | 1 | ||||
2 | Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE |
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60.07 | 2 | ||||
3 | Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI |
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59.02 | 3 | ||||
4 | Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI |
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55.69 | 4 | ||||
5 | Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI |
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54.37 | 5 | ||||
6 | Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT / Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT |
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50.81 | 6 | ||||
7 | Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM |
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49.36 | 7 | ||||
8 | Cathy REED / Chris REED |
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49.36 | 8 |
Pairs
Sounds like the pairs were not impressive but Germany's Savchenko and Szolkowy have the lead.
FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
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1 | Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY |
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59.23 | 1 | ||||
2 | Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN |
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57.89 | 2 | ||||
3 | Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK |
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56.23 | 3 | ||||
4 | Caydee DENNEY / John COUGHLIN |
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55.48 | 4 | ||||
5 | Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV |
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55.02 | 5 | ||||
6 | Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE |
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53.12 | 6 | ||||
7 | Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR |
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49.93 | 7 | ||||
8 | Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ |
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45.56 | 8 |
Ladies
Akiko Suzuki confidently grabs the lead over Alena Leonova and Mao Asada. She's in a fantastic position to grab her first Grand Prix gold of the season.
FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
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1 | Akiko SUZUKI |
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66.55 | 1 | ||||
2 | Alena LEONOVA |
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61.76 | 2 | ||||
3 | Mao ASADA |
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58.42 | 3 | ||||
4 | Elene GEDEVANISHVILI |
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57.37 | 4 | ||||
5 | Ashley WAGNER |
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55.88 | 5 | ||||
6 | Agnes ZAWADZKI |
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53.84 | 6 | ||||
7 | Kiira KORPI |
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53.70 | 7 | ||||
8 | Mae Berenice MEITE |
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52.05 | 8 | ||||
9 | Cynthia PHANEUF |
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45.42 | 9 | ||||
10 | Shoko ISHIKAWA |
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45.07 | 10 |