Cup of China Nov. 5 - 7, 2010 Beijing, China *SPOILERS*

[Isk8NYC]

This thread contains spoilers for the ISU Grand Prix / Cup of China
Nov. 5 - 7, 2010
Beijing, China

Entries: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011184.htm

[Artemis]

Official site for entries & results:
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00011184.htm

On CBC, the event will be broadcast Saturday, 10:00 am to 12:00 PM, repeating Sunday night (early Monday morning) at 1-3 am.

[FigureSpins]

www.icenetwork.com streaming schedule: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101101&content_id=15935382&vkey=ice_news

The following are the icenetwork.com live broadcast times for the Cup of China. All times Eastern.

Friday, Nov. 5
2:45 a.m.: Short dance
4:30 a.m.: Ladies short program
6:25 a.m.: Men's short program
8:25 a.m.: Pairs short program

Saturday, Nov. 6
2:00 a.m.: Free dance
3:55 a.m.: Ladies free skate
6:05 a.m.: Men's free skate
8:25 a.m.: Pairs free skate

Schedule subject to change, please check back for updates.

www.universalsports.com will stream live at the same times.


There's an online streaming site from Georgia: http://tvali.ge/index.php?action=sat&channel=70954
(Rusalka on Goldenskate posted that one - took two tries to get it to load, but it's working great.)

[FigureSpins]

TV Broadcast Schedule:

Air Date   Time (Eastern)   Network   Event
11/5   5:30pm - 7:00pm   UniSports   Cup of China Ladies SP and Short Dance
11/5   10:00pm - 11:30pm   UniSports   Cup of China Men SP and Pairs SP
11/6   2:30pm - 4:00pm   UniSports   Cup of China Ladies FS and Free Dance
11/6   6:00pm - 7:30pm   UniSports   Cup of China Ladies FS and Free Dance (Repeat)
11/6   4:00pm - 6:00pm   NBC   Skate Canada Ladies FS + Highlights
11/6   10:00pm - 11:30pm   UniSports   Cup of China Men FS and Pairs FS

Source:
http://sites.google.com/site/figureskatingnotes/

[Schmeck]

At first I cringed at the times for the live skating - but then I realized that's when the cats are usually bugging me in the middle of the night for attention.  So, maybe I'll get up and watch skating, just to piss off the cats!

[Isk8NYC]

Pairs is showing now.  Only caught Pang & Tong - not their best showing, imo, but enough to take the lead.

Have to set up the recorder for Universal Sports broadcasts later today since I missed all of the live streams this morning.

[Isk8NYC]

Starting Orders and Results:

http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpchn2010/

Men's after SP:
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Takahiko KOZUKA   JPN   77.40 1 
2 Brian JOUBERT   FRA   74.80 2 
3 Tomas VERNER   CZE   70.31 3 
4 Brandon MROZ   USA   69.84 4 
5 Sergei VORONOV   RUS   68.70 5 
6 Ross MINER   USA   67.10 6 
7 Tatsuki MACHIDA   JPN   66.78 7 
8 Jinlin GUAN   CHN   64.95 8 
9 Samuel CONTESTI   ITA   60.60 9 
10 Peter LIEBERS   GER   59.78 10 
11 Jialiang WU   CHN   57.76 11 
12 Peitong CHEN   CHN   54.85 12

Ladies after SP:
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Mirai NAGASU   USA   58.76 1 
2 Akiko SUZUKI   JPN   57.97 2 
3 Miki ANDO   JPN   56.11 3 
4 Bingwa GENG   CHN   51.09 4 
5 Alena LEONOVA   RUS   50.79 5 
6 Joshi HELGESSON   SWE   48.83 6 
7 Amanda DOBBS   USA   46.73 7 
8 Kristine MUSADEMBA   USA   40.80 8 
9 Min-Jeong KWAK   KOR   38.83 9 
10 Diane SZMIETT   CAN   38.17 10 
11 Qiuying ZHU   CHN   35.61 11

Pairs after SP:
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Qing PANG / Jian TONG   CHN   60.62 1 
2 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN   CHN   59.58 2 
3 Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN   USA   57.86 3 
4 Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE   RUS   55.85 4 
5 Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG   USA   51.46 5 
6 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Yannick KOCON   ITA   49.81 6 
7 Huibo DONG / Yiming WU   CHN   46.05 7 
8 Kaleigh HOLE / Adam JOHNSON   CAN   43.02 8 

Ice Dance after SD:
FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD
1 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT   FRA   64.12 1 
2 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI   ITA   57.21 2 
3 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV   RUS   55.85 3 
4 Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN   HUN   52.69 4 
5 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG   CHN   49.70 5 
6 Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL   CAN   48.10 6 
7 Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG   CHN   45.33 7 
8 Madison HUBBELL / Keiffer HUBBELL   USA   44.47 8 
9 Xueting GUAN / Meng WANG   CHN   40.19 9 
10 Isabella CANNUSCIO / Ian LORELLO   USA   38.34 10

[geoskate]

Final Results

Men

Pl Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 233.51 1 1
2 Brandon MROZ USA 216.80 4 2
3 Tomas VERNER CZE 214.81 3 3
4 Brian JOUBERT FRA 210.29 2 5
5 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 200.95 7 6
6 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 198.84 9 4
7 Ross MINER USA 197.13 6 8
8 Jinlin GUAN CHN 196.92 8 7
9 Peter LIEBERS GER 175.94 10 9
10 Jialiang WU CHN 172.56 11 10
11 Peitong CHEN CHN 150.69 12 11
Withdrawn
Sergei VORONOV RUS 68.70 5  

Ladies

Pl Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Miki ANDO JPN 172.21 3 1
2 Akiko SUZUKI JPN 162.86 2 2
3 Alena LEONOVA RUS 148.61 5 3
4 Mirai NAGASU USA 146.23 1 5
5 Bingwa GENG CHN 142.48 4 4
6 Amanda DOBBS USA 132.45 7 6
7 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 131.40 6 7
8 Kristine MUSADEMBA USA 119.45 8 8
9 Min-Jeong KWAK KOR 113.98 9 9
10 Diane SZMIETT CAN 95.43 10 10
Withdrawn
Qiuying ZHU CHN 35.61 11  

Pairs

Pl Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 177.50 1 1
2 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN 171.47 2 2
3 Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN USA 166.72 3 3
4 Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE RUS 162.09 4 4
5 Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG USA 151.66 5 5
6 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Yannick KOCON ITA 145.21 6 6
7 Huibo DONG / Yiming WU CHN 123.93 7 7
8 Kaleigh HOLE / Adam JOHNSON CAN 115.15 8 8
 

Ice Dance

Pl Name Nation Points SD FD
1 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 159.59 1 1
2 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 145.39 3 2
3 Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI ITA 139.52 2 3
4 Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN HUN 130.82 4 4
5 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 124.60 5 6
6 Madison HUBBELL / Keiffer HUBBELL USA 120.95 8 5
7 Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN 119.51 6 7
8 Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN 114.46 7 8
9 Xueting GUAN / Meng WANG CHN 105.91 9 9
10 Isabella CANNUSCIO / Ian LORELLO USA 101.83 10 10
 

Sorry, I don't know how to post the results from the free skates separately.  

It looks like Pechalat/Bourzat are the early favourites for the silver at worlds.  Based on the results from the competitions so far, it looks like bronze could be a fight between several teams, although my money would go on the Kerrs as the sentimental favourite of the judges (and also as very good skaters).

I was very surprised to see the result of Mirai Nagasu, whose skating I love.  ETA:  I'd forgotten that she is coming off a major injury, so the results probably isn't surprising at all.

In pairs, I don't think there was any surprise about the winners, although the score is a surprise (low - but then they missed both jumping passes).  Sui/Han show that they will be a major force in pairs if they continue to develop well.  Also, congratulations to Yankowskas/Coughlin on winning their first Grand Prix medal ever.  I have always really enjoyed their skating, so it's nice to see them achieving this milestone.

ETA: According to the ISU biographies, this event was the first Grand Prix medal ever for ice dancers Bobrova/Soloviev and for pair team Sui/Han.  Bobrova/Soloviev have had lots of 4th-place finishes, but never a medal, and Sui/Han have earned many JGP medals but nothing on the Senior Grand Prix.  Congratulations to both teams!