The 2015 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on November 6–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.
Entries Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Elladj Baldé Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch 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 Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Ivan Righini Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Mao Asada Rika Hongo Michael Christian Martinez Park So-youn Moris Kvitelashvili Sergei Voronov Anna Pogorilaya Elena Radionova Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Nicole Rajičová Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Javier Fernández Richard Dornbush Grant Hochstein Karen Chen Courtney Hicks Hannah Miller Madison Chock / Evan Bates Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Misha Ge
Changes to preliminary roster 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. On September 14, Zhao Ziquan, Zheng Lu, and Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming were added as host picks. On October 6, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were removed from the roster. No reason has been given. Their replacement was announced as Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert. On October 15, Takahiko Kozuka was removed from the roster due to an injury. On October 16, his replacement was announced as Ivan Righini. On November 5, China's Cong / Sun withdrew from the ice dancing event due to a medical reason.
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Javier Fernández 270.55 1 93.19 1 177.36 2 Jin Boyang 261.26 2 90.05 2 171.18 3 Yan Han 230.33 6 73.97 3 156.36 4 Grant Hochstein 222.74 5 74.27 4 148.47 5 Sergei Voronov 222.17 3 80.99 8 141.18 6 Michael Christian Martinez 220.36 7 72.24 5 148.12 7 Richard Dornbush 217.26 8 70.21 7 147.05 8 Misha Ge 217.17 9 69.13 6 148.04 9 Song Nan 212.10 4 76.46 9 135.64 10 Ivan Righini 200.98 10 68.98 11 132.00 11 Elladj Baldé 199.41 12 64.68 10 134.73 12 Moris Kvitelashvili 192.10 11 66.92 12 125.18
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Mao Asada 197.48 1 71.73 3 125.75 2 Rika Hongo 195.76 2 65.79 1 129.97 3 Elena Radionova 184.28 6 58.51 2 125.77 4 Anna Pogorilaya 184.16 4 61.47 4 122.69 5 Karen Chen 175.93 7 58.30 5 117.63 6 Courtney Hicks 166.00 3 62.38 8 103.62 7 Nicole Rajičová 165.26 9 54.76 7 110.50 8 Park So-youn 164.28 10 52.47 6 111.81 9 Li Zijun 159.13 5 58.62 9 100.51 10 Hannah Miller 151.73 8 55.25 10 96.48 11 Zhao Ziquan 139.77 11 48.66 11 91.11 12 Zheng Lu 130.32 12 47.23 12 83.09
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 216.00 2 72.45 1 143.55 2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 215.62 1 74.40 2 141.22 3 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang 197.75 3 70.06 3 127.69 4 Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei 186.76 4 69.36 4 117.40 5 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 173.36 6 59.17 5 114.19 6 Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert 171.41 5 63.45 7 107.96 7 Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch 166.80 7 55.42 6 111.38 8 Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps 159.34 8 52.41 8 106.93
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD 1 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 173.30 1 66.39 1 106.91 2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 169.16 2 65.36 2 103.80 3 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin 159.00 3 63.54 3 95.46 4 Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley 136.17 5 53.90 4 82.27 5 Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun 129.65 6 51.02 5 78.63 6 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu 126.73 7 50.64 6 76.09 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 4 58.35 colspan=2 Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming colspan=4
References
External links 2015 Cup of China at the International Skating Union Starting orders and result details