Grand Prix Final 2010: Results from Beijing

Final results of senior mens competition at 2010-2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing, China:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Patrick CHAN	CAN	259.75	2	1
2	Nobunari ODA	JPN	242.81	1	3
3	Takahiko KOZUKA	JPN	237.79	4	2
4	Daisuke TAKAHASHI	JPN	219.77	3	6
5	Tomas VERNER	CZE	213.64	5	4
6	Florent AMODIO	FRA	201.90	6	5

Final results of senior ladies competition at 2010-2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing, China:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Alissa CZISNY	USA	180.75	1	3
2	Carolina KOSTNER	ITA	178.60	2	4
3	Kanako MURAKAMI	JPN	178.59	3	2
4	Akiko SUZUKI	JPN	173.72	4	5
5	Miki ANDO	JPN	173.15	5	1
6	Rachael FLATT	USA	127.57	6	6

Final results of senior pairs competition at 2010-2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing, China:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY	GER	210.72	1	1
2	Qing PANG / Jian TONG	CHN	189.93	2	2
3	Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN	CHN	179.04	4	3
4	Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE	RUS	177.44	5	4
5	Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV	RUS	176.80	3	5
6	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH	CAN	169.57	6	6

Final results of senior ice dancing competition at 2010-2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing, China:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SD	FD
1	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	171.58	1	1
2	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT	FRA	162.10	2	2
3	Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER	CAN	139.74	5	3
4	Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV	RUS	136.75	6	4
5	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	136.34	4	5
6	Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN	HUN	132.07	3	6

 

Junior Grand Prix Final 2010: Results from Beijing

Final results of mens event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing, China:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Richard DORNBUSH	USA	219.56	1	1
2	Han YAN	CHN	186.05	3	3
3	Andrei ROGOZINE	CAN	181.78	7	2
4	Max AARON	USA	181.28	5	4
5	Keegan MESSING	USA	175.42	2	8
6	Joshua FARRIS	USA	173.97	4	7
7	Zhan BUSH	RUS	173.75	6	6
8	Gordei GORSHKOV	RUS	171.81	8	5

Final results of ladies event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	169.81	1	1
2	Elizaveta TUKTAMISHEVA	RUS	160.87	2	2
3	Zijun LI	CHN	149.82	5	4
4	Risa SHOJI	JPN	149.82	4	5
5	Polina SHELEPEN	RUS	147.37	3	6
6	Christina GAO	USA	145.01	7	3
7	Yasmin SIRAJ	USA	130.95	8	7
8	Kristiene GONG	USA	129.90	6	8

Final results of pairs event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final :

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	SP	FS
1	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	159.52	1	1
2	Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV	RUS	150.54	2	2
3	Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN	CHN	140.58	6	3
4	Taylor STEELE / Robert SCHULTZ	CAN	133.08	3	6
5	Ashley CAIN / Joshua REAGAN	USA	131.96	5	5
6	Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL	CAN	131.04	7	4
7	Natasha PURICH / Raymond SCHULTZ	CAN	127.02	4	7
8	Anna SILAEVA / Artur MINCHUK	RUS	113.99	8	8

Final results of ice dancing event at 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final:

FPl	Name	Nat	Points	OD	FD
1	Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN	RUS	136.22	2	1
2	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	134.62	1	2
3	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	129.94	3	3
4	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO	RUS	123.75	4	6
5	Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY	USA	121.58	5	5
6	Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN	RUS	118.60	6	4
7	Anastasia GALYETA / Alexei SHUMSKI	UKR	113.54	7	7
8	Marina ANTIPOVA / Artem KUDASHEV	RUS	110.16	8	8

It's 100 degrees in Hong Kong...let's go ice skating!

Just arrived in Hong Kong and it is HOT!!!! Nearly 100 degrees in the shade or under a bus shelter, which is where we spotted this wonderful ad. Standing next to it did cool us off a little bit...More later from China!

Chen Lu and Denis Petrov: More from World Ice Arena in Shenzhen, China

Chen Lu ((陈露 or 陳露) and Denis Petrov are quite content making a life for themselves in Shenzhen, China. In the first piece on Lulu and Denis, we spoke about their efforts to promote figure skating in China. The duo run the skating academy at World Ice Arena, which is located in a gigantic shopping mall! Not a place you'd expect to see Olympic medalists -- but Lulu and Denis are determined to bring their expertise to the next generation of figure skaters. In the above piece, we had a chance to talk about a variety of topics, including the current judging system, life after "retirement," family life with son Nikita, and a special message to their fans. Here is their extended interview from our visit.

Chen Lu and Denis Petrov: Skating evangelists in China

Chen Lu (陈露 or 陳露), two-time Olympic bronze medalist and World champion (see below), and Denis Petrov,  > Olympic silver medalist in pairs with Elena Bechke, are paving the way for the next generation of Chinese figure skaters. At the World Ice Arena in Shenzhen, China, Lulu (as she is known) and Denis are involved with the skating academy in the unlikeliest of places -- on the fourth floor of the MIXc CityCrossing Shopping Center, one of China's largest malls. The World Ice Arena opened in late 2004 and is China's first Olympic-sized recreational indoor skating rink. Lulu runs the skating school and has over 1000 students and ten coaches, including head coach Denis, on her staff.

After retiring from amateur competition in 1998, Lulu skated professionally and in tours for many years. She and Denis married in July 2005 and welcomed son Nikita one year later. We caught up with them at the World Ice Arena and it was a thrill to see a trailblazer in Chinese figure skating give back to the next generation. China has been an emerging force in the international figure skating community for the past ten years, with pairs teams Qing Pang/Jian Tong and Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang consistently on the medals podium. But skating still doesn't have the widespread popularity in China as it does in Japan, Europe and the United States. Lulu and Denis are working hard to promote skating in China so that a new crop of skaters will emerge to lead China as a great figure skating nation in all disciplines.

As an aside, there are two pieces of music playing in the background in the above video. The second is called Butterfly Lovers, which was Lulu's free skate music at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where she captured her second Olympic bronze medal.