Will this be a repeat of Cup of China for pairs team Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang (张丹 or 張丹; 张昊 or 張昊)? At the 2008 Cup of Russia, they're leading after the short program by a fairly large margin of 8.3 points. With a short program segment score of 67.06 points, Zhang and Zhang are ahead of Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov (winners of Skate Canada), who are in second place with 58.76 points. Ukraine's Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov sit in third with 58.34 points.
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
|
Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang
|
China
|
67.06
|
2
|
Yuko Kawaguchi/Alexander Smirnov
|
Russia
|
58.76
|
3
|
Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov
|
Ukraine
|
58.34
|
4
|
Ksenia Ozerova/Alexander Enbert
|
Russia
|
52.26
|
5
|
Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze
|
Russia
|
49.96
|
6
|
Monica Pisotta/Michael Stewart
|
Canada
|
47.86
|
7
|
Amanda Velenosi/Mark Fernandez
|
Canada
|
35.56
|
8
|
Ekaterina Sokolova/Fedor Sokolov
|
Israel
|
31.06
|
(Photo below, Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang in short program)
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