| 2008 Cup of Russia | |
|---|---|
 The arena during the competition | |
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 20 – 23 |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Location: | Moscow |
| Host: | Figure Skating Federation of Russia |
| Venue: | Megasport Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Brian Joubert | |
Ladies' singles: Carolina Kostner | |
Pairs: Zhang Dan /Zhang Hao | |
Ice dance: Jana Khokhlova /Sergei Novitski | |
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| Next Grand Prix: 2008 NHK Trophy | |
The2008Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at theMegasport Arena inMoscow on November 20–23. 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 | Brian Joubert | France | 230.78 | 1 | 86.10 | 4 | 144.68 |
| 2 | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic | 222.94 | 2 | 73.20 | 1 | 149.74 |
| 3 | Alban Préaubert | France | 219.08 | 4 | 71.60 | 3 | 147.48 |
| 4 | Jeremy Abbott |  United States | 217.48 | 6 | 68.80 | 2 | 148.68 |
| 5 | Adam Rippon | United States | 207.93 | 3 | 71.62 | 5 | 136.31 |
| 6 | Kevin van der Perren |  Belgium | 199.13 | 5 | 69.68 | 7 | 129.45 |
| 7 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 190.31 | 12 | 58.50 | 6 | 131.81 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Berntsson |  Sweden | 185.07 | 7 | 66.21 | 9 | 118.86 |
| 9 | Artem Borodulin | Russia | 180.04 | 11 | 58.84 | 8 | 121.20 |
| 10 | Alexander Uspenski | Russia | 174.24 | 9 | 62.60 | 10 | 111.64 |
| 11 | Li Chengjiang | China | 163.60 | 8 | 62.95 | 12 | 100.65 |
| 12 | Vaughn Chipeur |  Canada | 161.49 | 10 | 59.60 | 11 | 101.89 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 170.72 | 2 | 57.02 | 1 | 113.70 |
| 2 | Rachael Flatt | United States | 166.06 | 3 | 55.92 | 2 | 110.14 |
| 3 | Fumie Suguri |  Japan | 162.04 | 1 | 58.30 | 3 | 103.74 |
| 4 | Alissa Czisny | United States | 151.03 | 5 | 53.50 | 4 | 97.53 |
| 5 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 145.93 | 7 | 50.96 | 5 | 94.97 |
| 6 | Jelena Glebova |  Estonia | 140.67 | 6 | 51.02 | 6 | 89.65 |
| 7 | Júlia Sebestyén |  Hungary | 131.54 | 4 | 53.64 | 10 | 77.90 |
| 8 | Kimmie Meissner | United States | 131.36 | 8 | 48.08 | 7 | 83.28 |
| 9 | Kim Na-young |  South Korea | 125.95 | 10 | 43.26 | 8 | 82.69 |
| 10 | Nina Petushkova | Russia | 125.61 | 9 | 43.30 | 9 | 82.31 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Dan /Zhang Hao | China | 177.42 | 1 | 67.06 | 2 | 110.36 |
| 2 | Yuko Kawaguchi /Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 169.27 | 2 | 58.76 | 1 | 110.51 |
| 3 | Tatiana Volosozhar /Stanislav Morozov |  Ukraine | 167.86 | 3 | 58.34 | 3 | 109.52 |
| 4 | Lubov Iliushechkina /Nodari Maisuradze | Russia | 150.79 | 5 | 49.96 | 4 | 100.83 |
| 5 | Ksenia Ozerova /Alexander Enbert | Russia | 147.88 | 4 | 52.26 | 5 | 95.62 |
| 6 | Monica Pisotta /Michael Stewart | Canada | 129.33 | 6 | 47.86 | 6 | 81.47 |
| 7 | Amanda Velenosi / Mark Fernandez | Canada | 98.85 | 7 | 35.56 | 8 | 63.29 |
| 8 | Ekaterina Sokolova /Fedor Sokolov |  Israel | 97.73 | 8 | 31.06 | 7 | 66.67 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jana Khokhlova /Sergei Novitski | Russia | 187.62 | 2 | 36.19 | 1 | 59.33 | 1 | 92.10 |
| 2 | Oksana Domnina /Maxim Shabalin | Russia | 184.66 | 1 | 38.77 | 2 | 58.64 | 3 | 87.25 |
| 3 | Meryl Davis /Charlie White | United States | 170.61 | 3 | 35.77 | 8 | 43.68 | 2 | 91.16 |
| 4 | Anna Cappellini /Luca Lanotte | Italy | 169.76 | 4 | 32.57 | 3 | 54.25 | 4 | 82.94 |
| 5 | Alexandra Zaretski /Roman Zaretski | Israel | 151.43 | 7 | 29.33 | 7 | 45.99 | 5 | 76.11 |
| 6 | Katherine Copely /Deividas Stagniūnas |  Lithuania | 151.19 | 6 | 29.57 | 5 | 47.65 | 7 | 73.97 |
| 7 | Anastasia Platonova /Alexander Grachev | Russia | 151.14 | 8 | 28.46 | 6 | 47.04 | 6 | 75.64 |
| 8 | Anna Zadorozhniuk /Sergei Verbillo | Ukraine | 145.72 | 5 | 30.16 | 4 | 48.38 | 10 | 67.18 |
| 9 | Allie Hann-McCurdy /Michael Coreno | Canada | 138.51 | 9 | 26.43 | 9 | 41.49 | 8 | 70.59 |
| 10 | Zoé Blanc /Pierre-Loup Bouquet | France | 132.28 | 10 | 24.43 | 10 | 40.47 | 9 | 67.38 |
