Cup of Russia 2008: Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski take ice dancing title

A bit of an upset in the ice dancing field to end the 2008 Cup of Russia! Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski, the 2008 Russian champions and European bronze medalists, edged out favorites and reigning European champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin to win the ice dancing competition. Both teams skated to dramatic pieces in their Free Dance: Jana and Sergei to Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov, and Oksana and Maxim to Spartacus by Aram Khatchaturian. The United States' Meryl Davis and Charlie White actually got the second highest Free Dance score skating to Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens and placed third overall. All three teams qualified for the Grand Prix Final in Goyang City, December 10 - 14.

Complete results are below. (Note: CD=Compulsory Dance; OD=Original Dance; FD=Free Dance)

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Jana KHOKHLOVA/Sergei NOVITSKI	RUS	187.62	2	1	1
2	Oksana DOMNINA/Maxim SHABALIN	RUS	184.66	1	2	3
3	Meryl DAVIS/Charlie WHITE	USA	170.61	3	8	2
4	Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE	ITA	169.76	4	3	4
5	Alexandra ZARETSKI/Roman ZARETSKI	ISR	151.43	7	7	5
6	Katherine COPELY/Deividas STAGNIUNAS	LTU	151.19	6	5	7
7	Anastasia PLATONOVA/Alexander GRACHEV	RUS	151.14	8	6	6
8	Anna ZADOROZHNIUK/Sergei VERBILLO	UKR	145.72	5	4	10
9	Allie HANN-MCCURDY/Michael CORENO	CAN	138.51	9	9	8
10	Zoe BLANC/Pierre-Loup BOUQUET	FRA	132.28	10	10	9

Next week...The Grand Prix Series concludes with the NHK Trophy in Japan.

(Photo below, the United States' Meryl Davis and Charlie White in Free Dance)

Comments

[amelie]

Yeeiii ^^ NHK trophy xD ... hey girl whats with takahashi? :( Is he going to compete or what? hes gonna loose gran prix final buuu, I guess we are just gonna see him at worlds ,right? :(