2008 Cup of China continues with the men's short program. One of my favorite skaters, Jeremy Abbott of the United States (reminds me so much of Kurt Browning), is sitting in first place with 77.05 points with a lovely skate to Adagio by Tomaso Albinoni. Vaughn Chipeur of Canada is second with 72.70 points, and Stephen Carriere from the United States is third with 72.00 points. The competition concludes tomorrow with the ladies free skate, free dance and men's free skate.
Standings after the short program (SP) are below. (Note: The Segment Score is a total of Technical Elements + Presentation Score.)
| Pl | Name |
Nation | SP segment score |
1
|
Jeremy Abbott
|
United States
|
77.05
|
2
|
Vaughn Chipeur
|
Canada
|
72.70
|
3
|
Stephen Carriere
|
United States
|
72.00
|
4
|
Tomas Verner
|
Czech Republic
|
65.55
|
5
|
Artem Borodulin
|
Russia
|
65.05
|
6
|
Kristoffer Berntsson
|
Sweden
|
64.81
|
7
|
Kensuke Nakaniwa
|
Japan
|
61.90
|
8
|
Jialiang Wu
|
China
|
59.75
|
9
|
Song Gao
|
China
|
59.31
|
10
|
Jeremy Ten
|
Canada
|
55.81
|
11
|
Ming Xu
|
China
|
53.28
|
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