2017 Cup of China

2017 Audi Cup of China
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	3 November – 5
Season:	2017–18
Location:	Beijing, China
Venue:	Capital Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles: Mikhail Kolyada
Ladies' singles: Alina Zagitova
Pairs: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Previous: 2016 Cup of China
Next: 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Previous GP: 2017 Skate Canada International
Next GP: 2017 NHK Trophy

The 2017 Audi Cup of China was the 3rd event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on 3–5 November. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final.

Records

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event	Component	Skater(s)	Score	Date	Ref
Ice dance	Free dance	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron	119.33	4 November 2017	[1]
	Total score		200.43		[2]

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on 26 May 2017.^[3][4][5][6]

Country	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
Canada	Kevin Reynolds	Gabrielle Daleman	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
China	Jin Boyang Yan Han Zhang He	Li Xiangning Zhao Ziquan	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Zhang Mingyang / Song Bowen	Chen Hong / Zhao Yan Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Wang Xiaotong / Zhao Kaige
France				Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Italy			Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek
Japan	Keiji Tanaka	Wakaba Higuchi Marin Honda Mai Mihara
Russia	Mikhail Kolyada Alexander Petrov	Elena Radionova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alina Zagitova		Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
South Korea		Choi Da-bin
Spain	Javier Fernández
Sweden	Alexander Majorov
United States	Max Aaron Grant Hochstein Vincent Zhou	Amber Glenn	Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc	Madison Chock / Evan Bates Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline	Withdrew		Added		Notes	Ref.
	Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Pairs	September 15	Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea	September 15	Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc	Focus on injury recovery (Kayne)	[7]
Men	—		September 20	Zhang He	Host picks
Pairs				Zhang Mingyang / Song Bowen
Ice dance	October 16	Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming	October 16	Wang Xiaotong / Zhao Kaige
Ladies	October 13	Gracie Gold	October 23	Amber Glenn	Focus on treatment	[8]
	October 31	Li Zijun	—
Pairs		Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař			Injury (Dušková)

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Mikhail Kolyada	Russia	279.38	1	103.13	3	176.25
2	Jin Boyang	China	264.48	2	93.89	5	170.59
3	Max Aaron	United States	259.69	5	83.11	1	176.58
4	Vincent Zhou	United States	256.66	8	80.23	2	176.43
5	Yan Han	China	254.61	6	82.22	4	172.39
6	Javier Fernández	Spain	253.06	3	90.57	6	162.49
7	Keiji Tanaka	Japan	247.17	4	87.19	8	159.98
8	Kevin Reynolds	Canada	226.50	10	64.40	7	162.10
9	Grant Hochstein	United States	216.44	7	80.55	9	135.89
10	Alexander Majorov	Sweden	186.04	11	64.27	10	121.77
11	Alexander Petrov	Russia	186.02	9	68.58	12	117.44
12	Zhang He	China	167.58	12	46.99	11	120.59

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Alina Zagitova	Russia	213.88	4	69.44	1	144.44
2	Wakaba Higuchi	Japan	212.52	2	70.53	2	141.99
3	Elena Radionova	Russia	206.82	3	70.48	4	136.34
4	Mai Mihara	Japan	206.07	7	66.90	3	139.17
5	Marin Honda	Japan	198.32	6	66.90	5	131.42
6	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	196.83	1	70.65	7	126.18
7	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Russia	196.68	5	67.10	6	129.58
8	Li Xiangning	China	174.82	8	59.20	8	115.62
9	Choi Da-bin	South Korea	165.99	9	53.90	9	112.09
10	Amber Glenn	United States	151.14	10	52.61	10	98.53
11	Zhao Ziquan	China	144.71	11	50.39	11	94.32

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	231.07	1	80.14	1	150.93
2	Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	China	205.54	2	71.37	2	134.17
3	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Canada	194.52	4	62.52	3	132.00
4	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	190.25	3	63.76	5	126.49
5	Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotárek	Italy	188.01	5	59.53	4	128.48
6	Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc	United States	154.36	7	53.15	6	101.21
7	Zhang Mingyang / Song Bowen	China	148.34	6	53.15	7	95.19

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD		FD
1	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron	France	200.43	1	81.10	1	119.33
2	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	184.50	2	72.66	2	111.84
3	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Russia	182.84	3	72.34	3	110.50
4	Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	164.41	4	67.62	4	96.79
5	Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter	United States	157.61	5	63.65	5	93.96
6	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	China	151.17	8	59.07	6	92.10
7	Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit	United States	150.47	7	59.32	7	91.15
8	Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron	France	144.90	6	59.91	8	84.99
9	Chen Hong / Zhao Yan	China	117.64	9	47.39	9	70.25
10	Wang Xiaotong / Zhao Kaige	China	102.66	10	38.74	10	63.92

References

Citations

1. "Progression of Highest Score: Ice dancing - Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
2. "Progression of Highest Score: Ice dancing - Total Score". International Skating Union. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
3. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
4. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
5. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
6. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
7. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18 - Pairs Skating". International Skating Union. 15 September 2017.
8. "Gracie Gold Withdraws from GP Assignments". USFSA. 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

External links

• 2017 Cup of China at the International Skating Union