2011 Cup of China

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.

2011 Cup of China
Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov at the 2011 China Cup
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 3 – 6
Season:2011–12
Location:Shanghai
Host:Chinese Skating Association
Venue:Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Jeremy Abbott
Ladies' singles:
Carolina Kostner
Pair skating:
Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dance:
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
Previous:
2010 Cup of China
Next:
2012 Cup of China
Previous GP:
2011 Skate Canada International
Next GP:
2011 NHK Trophy

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:[1]

Discipline Minimum
Men168.60
Ladies117.48
Pairs130.71
Ice dancing111.15

Entries

The entries were as follows.[2] Brian Joubert was assigned to the event but withdrew due to a back injury.[3] Jinlin Guan of China also withdrew; as both skaters had withdrawn just days prior to the event, no replacements were assigned and the men's field consisted of eight skaters.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
 Canada Kevin Reynolds Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch
 China 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
 Czech Republic Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař
 France Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
 Italy Carolina Kostner
Valentina Marchei
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Nobunari Oda		 Kanako Murakami
 Russia Artur Gachinski Ksenia Makarova
Adelina Sotnikova		 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
 United Kingdom Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
 United States 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):[4]

  • 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  United States 228.49 3 79.32 3 149.17
2 Nobunari Oda  Japan 227.11 4 77.65 2 149.46
3 Song Nan  China 226.75 5 72.72 1 154.03
4 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 226.53 2 81.37 4 145.16
5 Artur Gachinski  Russia 222.54 1 81.64 6 140.90
6 Richard Dornbush  United States 205.27 8 62.93 5 142.34
7 Kevin Reynolds  Canada 204.41 7 64.31 7 140.10
8 Wu Jialiang  China 182.49 6 65.06 8 117.43

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Carolina Kostner  Italy 182.14 1 61.88 1 120.26
2 Mirai Nagasu  United States 173.22 2 60.96 2 112.26
3 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 159.95 3 53.74 3 106.21
4 Zhang Kexin  China 153.32 5 52.85 5 100.47
5 Christina Gao  United States 152.48 8 51.99 4 100.49
6 Kanako Murakami  Japan 150.20 4 53.09 7 97.11
7 Ksenia Makarova  Russia 143.47 9 45.90 6 97.57
8 Geng Bingwa  China 142.09 6 52.61 8 89.48
9 Valentina Marchei  Italy 133.86 7 45.90 9 81.44
10 Zhu Qiuying  China 108.57 10 35.28 10 73.29

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov  Russia 186.74 1 64.45 1 122.29
2 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao  China 177.67 3 60.57 2 117.10
3 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 172.04 2 60.78 4 111.26
4 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig  United States 170.63 5 57.88 3 112.75
5 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 169.47 4 60.00 5 109.47
6 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang  China 162.96 6 54.42 6 108.54
7 Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz  Canada 141.84 7 48.25 7 93.59
8 Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař  Czech Republic 120.95 8 38.34 8 82.61

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 163.52 1 65.73 1 97.79
2 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 148.40 2 57.79 2 90.61
3 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones  France 130.97 4 52.41 3 78.56
4 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland  United Kingdom 130.39 3 53.89 4 76.50
5 Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun  China 120.11 6 45.07 5 75.04
6 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen  China 115.59 5 48.36 7 67.23
7 Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely  United States 109.61 8 40.26 6 69.35
8 Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles  United States 106.74 7 43.64 8 63.10

References
  1. "ISU Grand Prix 2011 - 12 Announcement". International Skating Union. July 2011. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  2. "Entries". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  3. "Joubert forfait à Shanghai" [Joubert withdraws from Shanghai event] (in French). November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
  4. "Time and practice schedule". International Skating Union.
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