2015 Cup of China

2015 Cup of China
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 6 – 8
Season:	2015–16
Location:	Beijing, China
Host:	Chinese Skating Association
Venue:	Capital Indoor Stadium
Champions
Men's singles: Javier Fernández
Ladies' singles: Mao Asada
Pair skating: Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dancing: Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
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The 2015 Cup of China is an international figure skating competition in the 2015–16 season. Organized by the Chinese Skating Association, it is the third event of six in the 2015–16 Grand Prix, a senior-level invitational competition series.

The event was held in Beijing from 6–8 November 2015. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The entries were as follows.

Country	Men[1]	Ladies[2]	Pairs[3]	Ice dancing[4]
Canada	Elladj Baldé		Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
China	Jin Boyang Song Nan Yan Han	Li Zijun Zhao Ziquan Zheng Lu	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun
Germany			Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert
Italy	Ivan Righini			Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Japan		Mao Asada Rika Hongo
Philippines	Michael Christian Martinez
South Korea		Park So-youn
Russia	Moris Kvitelashvili Sergei Voronov	Anna Pogorilaya Elena Radionova	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin
Slovakia		Nicole Rajičová		Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley
Spain	Javier Fernández
United States	Richard Dornbush Grant Hochstein	Karen Chen Courtney Hicks Hannah Miller		Madison Chock / Evan Bates Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Uzbekistan	Misha Ge

Changes to preliminary roster

Cup of China

• On August 17, 2015, Daniel Samohin and Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin were removed from the roster. No reasons were given. However, Samohin is not eligible to compete on the Senior Grand Prix circuit due to competing on the Junior Grand Prix this season. On August 21, Elladj Baldé and Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements.^[5][6][7][8]
• On September 14, Zhao Ziquan, Zheng Lu, and Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming were added as host picks.^[9][10]
• On October 6, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were removed from the roster. No reason has been given.^[11] Their replacement was announced as Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert.^[12]
• On October 15, Takahiko Kozuka was removed from the roster due to an injury.^[13][14] On October 16, his replacement was announced as Ivan Righini.^[15]
• On November 5, China's Cong / Sun withdrew from the ice dancing event due to a medical reason.^[16]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total	SP		FS
1	Javier Fernández	Spain	270.55	1	93.19	1	177.36
2	Jin Boyang	China	261.26	2	90.05	2	171.18
3	Yan Han	China	230.33	6	73.97	3	156.36
4	Grant Hochstein	United States	222.74	5	74.27	4	148.47
5	Sergei Voronov	Russia	222.17	3	80.99	8	141.18
6	Michael Christian Martinez	Philippines	220.36	7	72.24	5	148.12
7	Richard Dornbush	United States	217.26	8	70.21	7	147.05
8	Misha Ge	Uzbekistan	217.17	9	69.13	6	148.04
9	Song Nan	China	212.10	4	76.46	9	135.64
10	Ivan Righini	Italy	200.98	10	68.98	11	132.00
11	Elladj Baldé	Canada	199.41	12	64.68	10	134.73
12	Moris Kvitelashvili	Russia	192.10	11	66.92	12	125.18

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total	SP		FS
1	Mao Asada	Japan	197.48	1	71.73	3	125.75
2	Rika Hongo	Japan	195.76	2	65.79	1	129.97
3	Elena Radionova	Russia	184.28	6	58.51	2	125.77
4	Anna Pogorilaya	Russia	184.16	4	61.47	4	122.69
5	Karen Chen	United States	175.93	7	58.30	5	117.63
6	Courtney Hicks	United States	166.00	3	62.38	8	103.62
7	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	165.26	9	54.76	7	110.50
8	Park So-youn	South Korea	164.28	10	52.47	6	111.81
9	Li Zijun	China	159.13	5	58.62	9	100.51
10	Hannah Miller	United States	151.73	8	55.25	10	96.48
11	Zhao Ziquan	China	139.77	11	48.66	11	91.11
12	Zheng Lu	China	130.32	12	47.23	12	83.09

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total	SP		FS
1	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	216.00	2	72.45	1	143.55
2	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	215.62	1	74.40	2	141.22
3	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	China	197.75	3	70.06	3	127.69
4	Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei	China	186.76	4	69.36	4	117.40
5	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Russia	173.36	6	59.17	5	114.19
6	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	Germany	171.41	5	63.45	7	107.96
7	Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch	Canada	166.80	7	55.42	6	111.38
8	Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps	Canada	159.34	8	52.41	8	106.93

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total	SD		FD
1	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	173.30	1	66.39	1	106.91
2	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	169.16	2	65.36	2	103.80
3	Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Russia	159.00	3	63.54	3	95.46
4	Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley	Slovakia	136.17	5	53.90	4	82.27
5	Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun	China	129.65	6	51.02	5	78.63
6	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	China	126.73	7	50.64	6	76.09
WD	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	United States	withdrew	4	58.35	withdrew from competition
WD	Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming	China	withdrew	withdrew from competition

References

1. "Entry/Resultlist - Men". ISU. 15 June 2015.
2. "Entry/Resultlist - Ladies". ISU. 15 June 2015.
3. "Entry/Resultlist - Pairs". ISU. 15 June 2015.
4. "Entry/Resultlist - Ice Dance". ISU. 15 June 2015.
5. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men" (PDF). August 17, 2015.
6. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs" (PDF). August 17, 2015.
7. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men" (PDF). August 21, 2015.
8. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs" (PDF). August 21, 2015.
9. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ladies" (PDF). September 14, 2015.
10. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure - Ice Dance" (PDF). September 14, 2015.
11. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). October 6, 2015.
12. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). October 6, 2015.
13. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Men" (PDF). October 15, 2015.
14. "Takahiko Kozuka Official WEB site" (in Japanese). October 16, 2015.
15. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Men" (PDF). October 16, 2015.
16. "ISU GP Audi Cup of China 2015 Time Schedule: Ice Dance Short Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. November 5, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 5, 2015.

External links

• 2015w Cup of China at the International Skating Union
• Starting orders and result details