Cup of China

[Isk8NYC]

The ISU Grand Prix event, Cup of China, is scheduled to take place from November 9th through 12th.

http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-264175-3787-4771-layout46-129898-news-item,00.html

The tentative schedule (subject to change) is:

Thursday, November 9, 2006
Opening on Ice 16:30
Ice Dancing--Compulsory Dance 17:00
Pairs--Short Program 19:05
Ladies--Short Program 21:05

Friday, November 10, 2006
Ice Dancing--Original Dance 15:30
Men--Short Program 17:40
Pairs--Free Skating 19:35
Awards 21:30

Saturday, November 11, 2006
Ladies--Free Skating 16:00
Ice Dancing--Free Dance 18:10
Men--Free Skating 20:35
Awards 22:30

Time Conversion: 8am Thursday in New York is 9pm Thursday in Nanjing. (+13 hrs)

[Isk8NYC]

Ladies:
Dan FANG (CHN)
Yan LIU (CHN)
Binshu XU (CHN)
Julia SEBESTYEN (HUN)
Mai ASADA (JPN)
Yukari NAKANO (JPN)
Aki SAWADA (JPN)
Chae-Hwa KIM (KOR)
Roxana LUCA (ROM)
Elena SOKOLOVA (RUS)
Emily HUGHES (USA)
Beatrisa LIANG (USA)

Men:
Sergei DAVYDOV (BLR)
Emanuel SANDHU (CAN)
Nicholas YOUNG (CAN)
Song GAO (CHN)
Chengjiang LI (CHN)
Jialiang WU (CHN)
Yannick PONSERO (FRA)
Kensuke NAKANIWA (JPN)
Ryo SHIBATA (JPN)
Alexander USPENSKI (RUS)
Evan LYSACEK (USA)
Scott SMITH (USA)

Pairs:
Emilie DEMERS BOUTIN / Pierre-Philippe JONCAS (CAN)
Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN (CAN)
Jiaqi LI / Jiankun XU (CHN)
Qing PANG / Jian TONG (CHN)
Xue SHEN / Hongbo ZHAO (CHN)
Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY (GER)
Mari VARTMANN / Florian JUST (GER)
Stacey KEMP / David KING (GBR)
Dorota ZAGORSKA / Mariusz SIUDEK (POL)
Julia VLASSOV / Drew MEEKINS (USA)

Ice Dance:
Anastasia GREBENKINA / Vazgen AZROJAN (ARM)
Mylene GIRARD / Bradley YAEGER (CAN)
Lauren SENFT / Leif GISLASON (CAN)
Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG (CHN)
Jiayue WANG / Fei MENG (CHN)
Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG (CHN)
Pernelle CARRON / Mathieu JOST (FRA)
Alexandra ZARETSKI / Roman ZARETSKI (ISR)
Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN (RUS)
Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI (RUS)
Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO (USA)
Olga AKIMOVA / Alexander SHAKALOV (UZB)

[Fruit Loops]

Emilie DEMERS BOUTIN / Pierre-Philippe JONCAS (CAN)

Who are they??? And Shen and Zhao haven't retired???? yay!!!:)

The Ladies event looks wide open but I fully expect at least one of the Japanese to grab a podium position. I think my favourite is Yukari Nakano. Horrid leg-wrap but otherwise she's a lovely skater when she allows herself to open up to the audience. Also like Hughes and Liang.

Men....which Emanuel will show up this weekend? :lol: How voidy will his program be? Though I guess I won't find out until December when CBC finally takes the time to air the competition.

Dance...it's all about Belbin and Agosto for me. I'm also interested in seeing how the Canadian teams do though I don't expect them to get near the podium.

[Isk8NYC]

What does "void" and "voidy" mean in terms of a program? Failed attempts or omitted elements?

Yukari Nakano and Belbin/Agosto - I'm with you all the way.
Still rooting for Evan Lysacek, though.

I'm thinking the time difference will zap some of the skaters that needed to travel. Especially the ones who just skated last weekend at SkateCanada.

The ISU has each competition's event list/roster available online. Each name links to the skater/team bio that contains a lot of information.

For example, I didn't know who Joutin/Boncas were, so I checked their bio (http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008577.htm) and found they moved up from Juniors to Seniors this year.

Cup of China ISU Entries (http://www.isufs.org/events/fsevent00009361.htm)

[TimDavidSkate]

Im so happy for Emily - I hope she wins this one... she deserves it!8-)

[Isk8NYC]

You posted that because you know that I don't like her hair! ;)

Just kidding. :)

[TimDavidSkate]

me? 8O ..hehehe...sorry Im on my third red bull...my head is running all over the place :yum: