The 2008 NHK Trophy was the final 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 Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on November 27–30. 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 Paso Doble.
Schedule (Japan local time, UTC+9)
Friday, November 28 14:15 Ice dancing - Compulsory dance 15:35 Pairs - Short program 17:00 Men - Short program 18:55 Ladies - Short program 20:45 Ice dancing - Original dance Saturday, November 29 14:15 Pairs - Free skating 15:56 Ice dancing - Free skating 18:42 Ladies - Free skating Sunday, November 30 13:00 Men - Free skating 16:00 Gala exhibition
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Nobunari Oda 236.18 1 81.63 1 154.55 2 Johnny Weir 224.42 2 78.15 2 146.27 3 Yannick Ponsero 217.24 3 74.39 3 142.85 4 Kevin Reynolds 199.74 6 67.51 4 132.23 5 Takahito Mura 198.07 4 69.70 5 128.37 6 Stephen Carriere 192.30 5 68.99 6 123.31 7 Adrian Schultheiss 177.75 7 66.31 7 111.44 8 Yasuharu Nanri 167.73 8 63.87 10 103.86 9 Andrei Lutai 166.36 11 56.34 8 110.02 10 Peter Liebers 165.90 10 58.27 9 107.63 11 Anton Kovalevski 157.94 9 58.84 12 99.10 12 Jamal Othman 157.90 12 55.94 11 101.96
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Mao Asada 191.13 1 64.64 1 126.49 2 Akiko Suzuki 167.64 4 55.56 2 112.08 3 Yukari Nakano 166.87 5 54.82 3 112.05 4 Ashley Wagner 161.10 2 61.52 5 99.58 5 Laura Lepistö 158.85 3 59.14 4 99.71 6 Katrina Hacker 139.46 6 53.80 6 85.66 7 Cynthia Phaneuf 138.90 7 53.48 7 85.42 8 Mirai Nagasu 124.22 8 50.14 9 74.08 9 Kim Na-young 119.77 9 47.92 11 71.85 10 Annette Dytrt 115.57 12 37.62 8 77.95 11 Anastasia Gimazetdinova 115.10 10 42.84 10 72.26 12 Katarina Gerboldt 113.95 11 42.42 12 71.53
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Pang Qing / Tong Jian 186.06 1 63.10 1 122.96 2 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin 161.49 2 57.60 2 103.89 3 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 156.76 3 55.24 3 101.52 4 Stacey Kemp / David King 132.89 4 49.36 4 83.53 5 Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov 127.70 6 45.32 5 82.38 6 Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek 127.18 7 45.10 6 82.08 7 Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra 124.92 8 44.40 7 80.52 8 Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart 124.80 5 47.78 8 77.02
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 176.67 1 35.61 2 53.78 2 87.28 2 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 175.42 2 33.20 1 54.27 1 87.95 3 Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates 161.45 3 32.18 4 50.92 4 78.35 4 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 159.96 6 29.80 5 49.61 3 80.55 5 Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov 159.51 4 31.54 3 51.80 6 76.17 6 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre 155.60 5 31.01 6 47.91 5 76.68 7 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 151.10 7 28.70 7 46.58 7 75.82 8 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed 135.83 8 27.17 10 39.87 8 68.79 9 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen 131.90 9 25.46 8 40.78 9 65.66 10 Isabella Pajardi / Stefano Caruso 128.35 10 23.86 9 40.52 10 63.97
External links
2008 NHK Trophy at the Japan Skating Federation