| 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: Jeremy Abbott | |
Ladies' singles: Kim Yuna | |
Pairs: Zhang Dan /Zhang Hao | |
Ice dance: Oksana Domnina /Maxim Shabalin | |
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The2008Cup of China was the third event of six in the2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at theBeijing Capital Gymnasium inBeijing on November 5–9. Medals were awarded in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the2008–09 Grand Prix Final. Thecompulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |