2011 Cup of China

2011 Cup of China 2011 Cup of China Yuko KavagutiAlexander Smirnov.jpg Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov at the 2011 China Cup Grand Prix November 3 6 2011–12 Shanghai Chinese Skating Association Shanghai Oriental Sports Center USA Jeremy Abbott ITA Carolina Kostner RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 2010 Cup of China 2012 Cup of China 2011 Skate Canada International 2011 NHK Trophy The 2011 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on November 3–6. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2011–12 Grand Prix Final. Eligibility Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. In July 2011, minimum score requirements were added to the Grand Prix series and were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to earn the following: Discipline Minimum Men 168.60 Ladies 117.48 Pairs 130.71 Ice dancing 111.15 Entries The entries were as follows. Brian Joubert was assigned to the event but withdrew due to a back injury. Jinlin Guan of China also withdrew; as both skaters had withdrawn just days prior to the event, no replacements were assigned and the men's field consisted of eight skaters. Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Kevin Reynolds Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Guan Jinlin Wu Jialiang Song Nan Geng Bingwa Zhang Kexin Zhu Qiuying Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei Yuzuru Hanyu Nobunari Oda Kanako Murakami Artur Gachinski Ksenia Makarova Adelina Sotnikova Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Jeremy Abbott Richard Dornbush Christina Gao Mirai Nagasu Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles Schedule of events (Local time, UTC +08:00): Thursday, November 3 10:30–16:35 – Official practices Friday, November 4 09:45–14:30 – Official practices 15:30–16:36 – Short dance 17:00–18:21 – Ladies' short program 18:45–20:06 – Men's short program 20:45–21:55 – Pairs' short program Saturday, November 5 08:30–13:55 – Official practices 14:30–15:45 – Free dance 16:15–17:47 – Ladies' free skating 18:15–19:52 – Men's free skating 20:30–21:50 – Pairs' free skating 22:00 – Medal ceremonies Sunday, November 6 14:00–16:35 – Official practices 19:00–21:30 – Exhibition Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Jeremy Abbott 228.49 3 79.32 3 149.17 2 Nobunari Oda 227.11 4 77.65 2 149.46 3 Song Nan 226.75 5 72.72 1 154.03 4 Yuzuru Hanyu 226.53 2 81.37 4 145.16 5 Artur Gachinski 222.54 1 81.64 6 140.90 6 Richard Dornbush 205.27 8 62.93 5 142.34 7 Kevin Reynolds 204.41 7 64.31 7 140.10 8 Wu Jialiang 182.49 6 65.06 8 117.43 Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Carolina Kostner 182.14 1 61.88 1 120.26 2 Mirai Nagasu 173.22 2 60.96 2 112.26 3 Adelina Sotnikova 159.95 3 53.74 3 106.21 4 Zhang Kexin 153.32 5 52.85 5 100.47 5 Christina Gao 152.48 8 51.99 4 100.49 6 Kanako Murakami 150.20 4 53.09 7 97.11 7 Ksenia Makarova 143.47 9 45.90 6 97.57 8 Geng Bingwa 142.09 6 52.61 8 89.48 9 Valentina Marchei 133.86 7 45.90 9 81.44 10 Zhu Qiuying 108.57 10 35.28 10 73.29 Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 186.74 1 64.45 1 122.29 2 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 177.67 3 60.57 2 117.10 3 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch 172.04 2 60.78 4 111.26 4 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig 170.63 5 57.88 3 112.75 5 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 169.47 4 60.00 5 109.47 6 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang 162.96 6 54.42 6 108.54 7 Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz 141.84 7 48.25 7 93.59 8 Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař 120.95 8 38.34 8 82.61 Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD 1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 163.52 1 65.73 1 97.79 2 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 148.40 2 57.79 2 90.61 3 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones 130.97 4 52.41 3 78.56 4 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland 130.39 3 53.89 4 76.50 5 Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun 120.11 6 45.07 5 75.04 6 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen 115.59 5 48.36 7 67.23 7 Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely 109.61 8 40.26 6 69.35 8 Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles 106.74 7 43.64 8 63.10 References http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-136494-137802-nav-list,00.html ISU Grand Prix 2011 - 12 Announcement July 2011 International Skating Union July 29, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110829052850/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0%2C10853%2C4844-136494-137802-nav-list%2C00.html August 29, 2011 http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-136494-137802-nav-list,00.html Entries International Skating Union 2011-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205181411/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-136494-137802-nav-list,00.html 2013-12-05 dead http://www.rmcsport.fr/editorial/197205/joubert-forfait-a-shanghai/ Joubert forfait à Shanghai Joubert withdraws from Shanghai event fr November 1, 2011 November 2, 2011 http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011295.htm Time and practice schedule International Skating Union External links isuresults.com gpchn2011 Entries at the International Skating Union Cup Of China, 2011 Category:Cup of China Category:Sports competitions in Shanghai Category:2011 in Chinese sport