2008 Cup of China

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The 2008 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on November 5–9. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

2008 Cup of China
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 5 – 9
Season:2008–09
Location:Beijing
Host:Chinese Skating Association
Venue:Beijing Capital Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Jeremy Abbott
Ladies' singles:
South Korea Kim Yuna
Pairs:
China Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
Navigation
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2007 Cup of China
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2009 Cup of China
Previous GP:
2008 Skate Canada
Next GP:
2008 Trophée Éric Bompard

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Jeremy Abbott   United States 233.44 1 77.05 1 156.39
2 Stephen Carriere   United States 217.25 3 72.00 2 145.25
3 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 205.48 4 65.55 3 139.93
4 Artem Borodulin   Russia 191.38 5 65.05 4 126.33
5 Vaughn Chipeur   Canada 187.50 2 72.70 7 114.80
6 Wu Jialiang   China 177.75 8 59.75 6 118.00
7 Jeremy Ten   Canada 175.12 10 55.81 5 119.31
8 Kristoffer Berntsson   Sweden 173.93 6 64.81 8 109.12
9 Gao Song   China 166.93 9 59.31 9 107.62
10 Kensuke Nakaniwa   Japan 164.94 7 61.90 11 103.04
11 Xu Ming   China 157.28 11 53.28 10 104.00

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kim Yuna   South Korea 191.75 1 63.64 1 128.11
2 Miki Ando   Japan 170.88 2 59.30 2 111.58
3 Laura Lepistö   Finland 159.42 3 58.60 3 100.82
4 Ashley Wagner   United States 155.59 4 55.40 4 100.19
5 Susanna Pöykiö   Finland 148.03 6 50.00 5 98.03
6 Sarah Meier   Switzerland 142.31 7 48.10 6 94.21
7 Alena Leonova   Russia 137.27 8 44.04 7 93.23
8 Katrina Hacker   United States 134.95 5 50.80 8 84.15
9 Liu Yan   China 118.07 9 42.06 10 76.01
10 Xu Binshu   China 116.59 11 37.02 9 79.57
11 Mira Leung   Canada 114.05 10 40.76 11 73.29
12 Wang Yueren   China 95.68 12 34.66 12 61.02

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   China 182.22 1 67.12 1 115.10
2 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov   Ukraine 175.05 2 60.34 2 114.71
3 Pang Qing / Tong Jian   China 171.86 3 59.36 3 112.50
4 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig   United States 143.88 4 51.48 5 92.40
5 Zhang Yue / Wang Lei   China 142.10 5 51.02 6 91.08
6 Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall   Canada 141.59 6 46.78 4 94.81
7 Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon   United States 100.74 7 35.56 7 65.18

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Russia 186.77 1 38.34 2 57.24 1 91.19
2 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto   United States 186.41 2 37.15 1 58.08 2 91.18
3 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski   Russia 179.50 3 35.68 4 55.12 3 88.70
4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 173.11 4 32.52 3 55.22 4 85.37
5 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo   Ukraine 158.90 7 29.68 5 49.98 5 79.24
6 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Canada 157.20 6 29.91 6 48.77 6 78.52
7 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski   Israel 148.17 5 30.45 7 47.36 7 70.36
8 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen   China 139.66 9 25.85 9 45.90 8 67.91
9 Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun   China 133.40 8 26.82 8 46.03 9 60.55
10 Guo Jiameimei / Meng Fei   China 115.15 10 21.97 10 34.83 10 58.35
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  • Chinese Skating Association
  • Official site
  • 2008 Cup of China at the International Skating Union
  • "2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  • "Men's Entries". Archived from the original on 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  • "Ladies Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  • "Pairs Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  • "Ice Dancing Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-10-31.