The 2014 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on November 7–9. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final.
Entries Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Nam Nguyen Gabrielle Daleman Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Guan Yuhang Wang Yi Yan Han Li Zijun Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Alexei Bychenko Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Yuzuru Hanyu Keiji Tanaka Kanako Murakami Anne Line Gjersem Maxim Kovtun Yulia Lipnitskaya Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza-Kordeyru Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Viktoria Helgesson Kim Jin-seo Kim Hae-jin Richard Dornbush Ashley Cain Polina Edmunds Christina Gao Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Misha Ge
Changes to preliminary roster On September 2, Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun were announced as host picks. On September 2, Peter Liebers was removed from the roster due to an injury. On September 9, Alexei Bychenko was added as his replacement. On September 2, Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun were added as a host pick. On September 9, Kim Hae-jin was added to the roster, in place of a host pick. On September 29, Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze were removed from the roster, due to Antipova being hospitalized due to Anorexia. On October 9, Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu were announced as their replacements. On September 22, it was reported that Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov were going to be withdrawing due to an injury to Trankov. On October 1, they were removed from the roster. On October 13, their replacements were announced as Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza-Kordeyru. On October 16, Zhan Bush and was removed from the roster due to health problems. On October 21, Kim Jin-seo was announced as his replacement. On October 17, Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea was removed from the roster due to lack of training time. On October 22, Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe were announced as their replacements. On October 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster due to his high ankle sprain not yet being recovered. He was not replaced. On October 30, Song Nan was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. He was replaced by Guan Yuhang. On November 3, Zhang Kexin was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. She was not replaced.
Results Men Prior to the free skating, Yan Han and Yuzuru Hanyu collided on the ice during warm-up. Both had visible injuries and were bleeding, yet still chose to compete. Hanyu later received stitches for his injuries. He also skipped the medal ceremony afterwards.
Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Maxim Kovtun 243.34 1 85.96 1 157.38 2 Yuzuru Hanyu 237.55 2 82.95 2 154.60 3 Richard Dornbush 226.73 4 77.23 4 149.50 4 Nam Nguyen 221.85 6 72.85 5 149.00 5 Misha Ge 219.28 7 69.46 3 149.82 6 Yan Han 206.65 3 79.21 7 127.44 7 Alexei Bychenko 204.15 5 76.96 8 127.19 8 Keiji Tanaka 189.26 11 56.82 6 132.44 9 Kim Jin-seo 183.46 9 62.46 9 121.00 10 Guan Yuhang 177.66 8 63.69 10 113.97 11 Wang Yi 160.92 10 57.29 11 103.63
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 196.60 2 67.99 1 128.61 2 Yulia Lipnitskaya 173.57 1 69.56 4 104.01 3 Kanako Murakami 169.39 3 60.44 3 108.95 4 Polina Edmunds 161.27 7 50.32 2 110.95 5 Gabrielle Daleman 161.26 4 58.49 5 102.77 6 Li Zijun 152.62 5 53.66 6 98.96 7 Viktoria Helgesson 143.95 6 52.00 8 91.95 8 Kim Hae-jin 137.62 9 44.72 7 92.90 9 Christina Gao 125.04 8 47.15 11 77.89 10 Ashley Cain 124.81 11 39.80 9 85.01 11 Anne Line Gjersem 122.78 10 41.93 10 80.85
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao 194.05 1 69.11 1 124.94 2 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang 173.33 3 57.03 2 116.30 3 Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei 172.15 2 57.27 3 114.88 4 Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat 166.44 4 56.85 4 109.59 5 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 155.90 7 53.48 5 102.42 6 Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe 153.70 5 56.14 6 97.56 7 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu 147.81 6 54.66 7 93.15 8 Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza-Kordeyru 133.45 8 46.74 8 86.71
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points 1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 160.12 3 62.12 1 98.00 2 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 157.36 1 65.20 2 92.16 3 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 149.58 2 62.70 3 86.88 4 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin 144.70 4 60.48 4 84.22 5 Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam 140.46 5 56.46 5 84.00 6 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu 126.18 6 49.50 6 76.68 7 Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan 108.66 7 44.90 7 63.76 8 Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun 103.44 8 41.88 8 61.56
References
External links 2014 Cup of China at the International Skating Union Starting orders and result details