The 2008 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 20–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.
Schedule Friday, November 21 Compulsory dance Ladies' short program Pairs' short program Men's short program Saturday, November 22 Ladies' free skating Original dance Pairs' free skating Men's free skating Sunday, November 23 Free dance Exhibition gala
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Brian Joubert 230.78 1 86.10 4 144.68 2 Tomáš Verner 222.94 2 73.20 1 149.74 3 Alban Préaubert 219.08 4 71.60 3 147.48 4 Jeremy Abbott 217.48 6 68.80 2 148.68 5 Adam Rippon 207.93 3 71.62 5 136.31 6 Kevin van der Perren 199.13 5 69.68 7 129.45 7 Sergei Voronov 190.31 12 58.50 6 131.81 8 Kristoffer Berntsson 185.07 7 66.21 9 118.86 9 Artem Borodulin 180.04 11 58.84 8 121.20 10 Alexander Uspenski 174.24 9 62.60 10 111.64 11 Li Chengjiang 163.60 8 62.95 12 100.65 12 Vaughn Chipeur 161.49 10 59.60 11 101.89
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Carolina Kostner 170.72 2 57.02 1 113.70 2 Rachael Flatt 166.06 3 55.92 2 110.14 3 Fumie Suguri 162.04 1 58.30 3 103.74 4 Alissa Czisny 151.03 5 53.50 4 97.53 5 Alena Leonova 145.93 7 50.96 5 94.97 6 Jelena Glebova 140.67 6 51.02 6 89.65 7 Júlia Sebestyén 131.54 4 53.64 10 77.90 8 Kimmie Meissner 131.36 8 48.08 7 83.28 9 Kim Na-young 125.95 10 43.26 8 82.69 10 Nina Petushkova 125.61 9 43.30 9 82.31
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 177.42 1 67.06 2 110.36 2 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov 169.27 2 58.76 1 110.51 3 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 167.86 3 58.34 3 109.52 4 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze 150.79 5 49.96 4 100.83 5 Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert 147.88 4 52.26 5 95.62 6 Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart 129.33 6 47.86 6 81.47 7 Amanda Velenosi / Mark Fernandez 98.85 7 35.56 8 63.29 8 Ekaterina Sokolova / Fedor Sokolov 97.73 8 31.06 7 66.67
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 187.62 2 36.19 1 59.33 1 92.10 2 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin 184.66 1 38.77 2 58.64 3 87.25 3 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 170.61 3 35.77 8 43.68 2 91.16 4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 169.76 4 32.57 3 54.25 4 82.94 5 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski 151.43 7 29.33 7 45.99 5 76.11 6 Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas 151.19 6 29.57 5 47.65 7 73.97 7 Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev 151.14 8 28.46 6 47.04 6 75.64 8 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo 145.72 5 30.16 4 48.38 10 67.18 9 Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno 138.51 9 26.43 9 41.49 8 70.59 10 Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet 132.28 10 24.43 10 40.47 9 67.38
External links
2008 Cup of Russia at the International Skating Union