The 2017 Audi Cup of China was the 3rd event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on 3–5 November. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final.

2017 Audi Cup of China
Type:Grand Prix
Date:3 November – 5
Season:2017–18
Location:Beijing, China
Venue:Capital Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Mikhail Kolyada
Ladies' singles:
Russia Alina Zagitova
Pairs:
China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:
France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Navigation
Previous:
2016 Cup of China
Next:
2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Previous GP:
2017 Skate Canada International
Next GP:
2017 NHK Trophy

Records

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The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Ice dance Free dance   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 119.33 4 November 2017 [1]
Total score 200.43 [2]

Entries

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The ISU published the preliminary assignments on 26 May 2017.[3][4][5][6]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
  Canada Kevin Reynolds Gabrielle Daleman Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
  China Jin Boyang
Yan Han
Zhang He
Li Xiangning
Zhao Ziquan
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao
Zhang Mingyang / Song Bowen
Chen Hong / Zhao Yan
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Wang Xiaotong / Zhao Kaige
  France Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
  Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek
  Japan Keiji Tanaka Wakaba Higuchi
Marin Honda
Mai Mihara
  Russia Mikhail Kolyada
Alexander Petrov
Elena Radionova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Alina Zagitova
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
  South Korea Choi Da-bin
  Spain Javier Fernández
  Sweden Alexander Majorov
  United States Max Aaron
Grant Hochstein
Vincent Zhou
Amber Glenn Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Pairs September 15   Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea September 15   Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Focus on injury recovery (Kayne) [7]
Men September 20   Zhang He Host picks
Pairs   Zhang Mingyang / Song Bowen
Ice dance October 16   Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming October 16   Wang Xiaotong / Zhao Kaige
Ladies October 13   Gracie Gold October 23   Amber Glenn Focus on treatment [8]
October 31   Li Zijun
Pairs   Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Injury (Dušková)

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 279.38 1 103.13 3 176.25
2 Jin Boyang   China 264.48 2 93.89 5 170.59
3 Max Aaron   United States 259.69 5 83.11 1 176.58
4 Vincent Zhou   United States 256.66 8 80.23 2 176.43
5 Yan Han   China 254.61 6 82.22 4 172.39
6 Javier Fernández   Spain 253.06 3 90.57 6 162.49
7 Keiji Tanaka   Japan 247.17 4 87.19 8 159.98
8 Kevin Reynolds   Canada 226.50 10 64.40 7 162.10
9 Grant Hochstein   United States 216.44 7 80.55 9 135.89
10 Alexander Majorov   Sweden 186.04 11 64.27 10 121.77
11 Alexander Petrov   Russia 186.02 9 68.58 12 117.44
12 Zhang He   China 167.58 12 46.99 11 120.59

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Alina Zagitova   Russia 213.88 4 69.44 1 144.44
2 Wakaba Higuchi   Japan 212.52 2 70.53 2 141.99
3 Elena Radionova   Russia 206.82 3 70.48 4 136.34
4 Mai Mihara   Japan 206.07 7 66.90 3 139.17
5 Marin Honda   Japan 198.32 6 66.90 5 131.42
6 Gabrielle Daleman   Canada 196.83 1 70.65 7 126.18
7 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 196.68 5 67.10 6 129.58
8 Li Xiangning   China 174.82 8 59.20 8 115.62
9 Choi Da-bin   South Korea 165.99 9 53.90 9 112.09
10 Amber Glenn   United States 151.14 10 52.61 10 98.53
11 Zhao Ziquan   China 144.71 11 50.39 11 94.32

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   China 231.07 1 80.14 1 150.93
2 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao   China 205.54 2 71.37 2 134.17
3 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Canada 194.52 4 62.52 3 132.00
4 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Italy 190.25 3 63.76 5 126.49
5 Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotárek   Italy 188.01 5 59.53 4 128.48
6 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   United States 154.36 7 53.15 6 101.21
7 Zhang Mingyang / Song Bowen   China 148.34 6 53.15 7 95.19

Ice dance

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Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 200.43 1 81.10 1 119.33
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 184.50 2 72.66 2 111.84
3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Russia 182.84 3 72.34 3 110.50
4 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Russia 164.41 4 67.62 4 96.79
5 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   United States 157.61 5 63.65 5 93.96
6 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu   China 151.17 8 59.07 6 92.10
7 Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit   United States 150.47 7 59.32 7 91.15
8 Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron   France 144.90 6 59.91 8 84.99
9 Chen Hong / Zhao Yan   China 117.64 9 47.39 9 70.25
10 Wang Xiaotong / Zhao Kaige   China 102.66 10 38.74 10 63.92

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice dancing - Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice dancing - Total Score". International Skating Union. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  4. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  6. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  7. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18 - Pairs Skating". International Skating Union. 15 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Gracie Gold Withdraws from GP Assignments". USFSA. 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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