2023 Cup of China explained

2023 Cup of China
Comptype:	Grand Prix
Startdate:	November 10
Enddate:	12
Skatingseason:	2023–24
Location:	Chongqing, China
Venue:	Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center
Host:	Chinese Skating Association
Championmen:	Adam Siao Him Fa
Championwomen:	Hana Yoshida
Championpairs:	Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps
Championdance:	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Previouscomp:	2020 Cup of China
Nextcomp:	2024 Cup of China
Previousgp:	2023 Grand Prix de France
Nextgp:	2023 Grand Prix of Espoo

The 2023 Cup of China was the fourth event of the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing from November 10–12. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 28, 2023.^[1]

Country	Men^[2]	Women^[3]	Pairs^[4]	Ice dance^[5]
		Loena Hendrickx
		Madeline Schizas	Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
	Dai Daiwei Jin Boyang Xu Juwen	An Xiangyi Chen Hongyi Zhu Yi	Peng Cheng / Wang Lei Wang Yuchen / Zhu Lei Zhang Siyang / Yang Yongchao	Chen Xizi / Xing Jianing Shi Shang / Wu Nan
		Niina Petrõkina
	Adam Siao Him Fa			Loïcia Demougeot / Théo le Mercier
				Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya
			Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
	Gabriele Frangipani		Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza
	Kazuki Tomono Shoma Uno Sōta Yamamoto	Rinka Watanabe Hana Yoshida
	Mikhail Shaidorov
		Ekaterina Kurakova
	Lee Si-hyeong	Kim Ye-lim
	Lucas Broussard Jimmy Ma	Audrey Shin	Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov	Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Eva Pate / Logan Bye

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Notes
Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Men	August 17	Dai Daiwei	Host picks
Jin Boyang
Zhang He
Women	An Xiangyi
Chen Hongyi
Zhu Yi
Pairs	Peng Cheng / Wang Lei
Zhang Siyang / Yang Yongchao
Wang Yuchen / Zhu Lei
Ice dance	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Chen Xizi / Xing Jianing
Pairs	August 29	Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia	September 4	Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov	Smirnova retired.	^[6]
Men	October 13	Zhang He	October 13	Xu Juwen	Injury	^[7]
Pairs	October 19	Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe	October 23	Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza		^[8] ^[9]
Women	November 1	Bradie Tennell	November 2	Ekaterina Kurakova		^[10]
Ice dance	November 3	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	November 3	Shi Shang / Wu Nan		^[11]
		Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler			^[12]
Women	November 6	Mai Mihara			Injury	^[13]

Results

Men's singles

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Adam Siao Him Fa		298.38	2	91.21	1	207.17
	Shoma Uno		279.98	1	105.25	2	174.73
	Mikhail Shaidorov		264.46	3	89.94	3	174.52
4	Kazuki Tomono		251.95	6	80.50	4	171.45
5	Gabriele Frangipani		251.59	5	85.19	6	166.40
6	Sōta Yamamoto		245.58	8	75.48	5	170.10
7	Boyang Jin		237.28	4	87.44	7	149.84
8	Lee Si-hyeong		209.13	9	74.43	8	134.70
9	Jimmy Ma		205.16	7	77.29	10	127.87
10	Xu Juwen		193.79	10	65.57	9	128.22
11	Dai Daiwei		185.56	11	64.25	11	121.31
12	Lucas Broussard		181.15	12	61.05	12	120.10

Women's singles

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Hana Yoshida		203.97	3	64.65	1	139.32
	Rinka Watanabe		203.22	2	65.09	2	138.13
	Loena Hendrickx		201.49	1	70.65	3	130.84
4	Niina Petrõkina		188.04	4	62.58	4	125.46
5	Madeline Schizas		179.58	7	61.53	5	118.05
6	Kim Ye-lim		176.68	8	59.56	6	117.12
7	Ekaterina Kurakova		173.15	9	57.37	7	115.78
8	Chen Hongyi		168.66	5	62.57	8	106.09
9	Audrey Shin		156.84	10	50.97	9	105.87
10	Zhu Yi		154.58	11	50.96	10	103.62
11	An Xiangyi		152.36	6	61.86	11	90.50

Pairs

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps		201.48	1	70.39	1	131.09
	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini		191.00	2	66.33	2	124.67
	Peng Cheng / Wang Lei		178.06	3	62.91	3	115.15
4	Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel		170.65	4	60.76	4	109.89
5	Zhang Siyang / Yang Yongchao		161.65	5	58.71	6	102.94
6	Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza		160.65	6	55.55	5	105.10
7	Wang Yuchen / Zhu Lei		139.35	7	49.95	8	89.40
8	Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov		134.81	8	42.65	7	92.16

Ice dance

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier		207.83	2	81.04	1	126.79
	Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha		206.02	1	82.02	2	124.00
	Caroline Green / Michael Parsons		189.33	3	76.07	3	113.26
4	Eva Pate / Logan Bye		184.58	4	73.29	4	111.29
5	Loïcia Demougeot / Théo le Mercier		180.10	7	70.18	5	109.92
6	Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville		179.39	5	71.17	7	108.22
7	Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya		178.66	6	70.58	6	108.28
8	Chen Xizi / Xing Jianing		159.72	8	62.05	8	96.67
9	Shi Shang / Wu Nan		138.86	9	51.80	9	87.06

Notes and References

1. 1674055944261468161. AnythingGOEs. 2023/24 Grand Prix Assignments. Anything GOEs. June 28, 2023.
2. Web site: ISU GP Cup of China 2023 - Men: Entries. International Skating Union.
3. Web site: ISU GP Cup of China 2023 - Women: Entries. International Skating Union.
4. Web site: ISU GP Cup of China 2023 - Pairs: Entries. International Skating Union.
5. Web site: ISU GP Cup of China 2023 - Ice Dance: Entries. International Skating Union.
6. smirnovasiianytsia . CwgzvheLRFU . Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia announce the end of their partnership. . August 30, 2023.
7. Web site: https://results.isu.org/events/gpchn2023_Men.htm . ISU GP Cup of China 2023: Men - Entries . October 13, 2023 . International Skating Union.
8. AnythingGOE . October 19, 2023 . Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe have withdrawn from Cup of China . 1714945636313772320 . AnythingGOEs.
9. 1716438085079068830 . AnythingGOE . October 23, 2023 . Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza have been assigned to Cup of China . AnythingGOEs.
10. AnythingGOE . November 1, 2023 . Bradie Tennell has withdrawn from Cup of China and NHK Trophy . 1719749090248995325 . AnythingGOEs.
11. AnythingGOE . 1720378899295596699 . November 3, 2023 . Shang Shi / Nan Wu replace Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu at Cup of China . AnythingGOEs.
12. AnythingGOE . 1720522714199318696 . November 3, 2023 . Natalie Taschlerova / Filip Taschler’s withdrawal is due to health reasons . AnythingGOEs.
13. skatejapannews . 1721441783584841934 . November 6, 2023 . Update: Mai Mihara has withdrawn from Cup of China 2023 due to late recovery of a right ankle injury. . Skate Japan News.