ISU World Team Trophy April 16, 2009 - April 19, 2009 Tokyo

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are competing teams from Canada, China, France, Japan, USA and Russia (the participating countries were determined by criteria set forth by the ISU). Each country fields two men, two ladies, a dance and a pair team. The prize money, totaling US$1 million, is the largest amount ever offered at an ISU event. The winning team splits $200,000; second place is worth $170,000; third gets $160,000; and so on down the line.
Each single skater and pair team will execute a short and free program, with ice dancers performing their original and free dances. There's also an exhibition, including several skaters and teams not competing in the event.

Do you know if Daisuke will be there?

Thank you for the information about ISU World Team Trophy, anne-marie.
In Japan the competision will be aired from tomorrow to Sunday.

annne-marie wrote:

Do you know if Daisuke will be there?

No idea. But I don't think so.

Just an interesting news.

http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/090415/spm0904151212000-n1.htm
According to this article, Mao will try 3A in SP. She said "This is a competition where I can challenge something. It would lead me to the next seaon." She will jump 3As in both of SP and FP.
Miki landed 4S in the official practice so she might try 4S.

OD
1 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 64.27 (33.20+31.07)
2 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 60.98 (31.20+29.78 )
3 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 58.58 (29.70+28.88 )
4 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 57.36 (29.40+27.96)
5 Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN 44.80 (24.40+20.40)
6 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 44.26 (25.40+18.86)

MEN SP
1 Brian JOUBERT FRA 85.39 (46.54+38.85)
2 Evan LYSACEK USA 83.70 (45.30+38.40)
3 Nobunari ODA JPN 79.35 (44.80+34.55)
4 Sergei VORONOV RUS 71.42 (40.52+30.90)
5 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 71.27 (37.32+35.95) -2.00
6 Vaughn CHIPEUR CAN 71.05 (39.80+31.25)
7 Florent AMODIO FRA 69.85 (39.40+30.45)
8 Jialiang WU CHN 66.90 (39.40+27.50)
9 Patrick CHAN CAN 66.03 (31.18+36.85) -2.00
10 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 65.25 (31.80+34.45) -1.00
11 Chao YANG CHN 55.73 (31.48+25.25) -1.00
12 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS 54.99 (31.24+25.75) -2.00

LADIES SP
1 Mao ASADA JPN 75.84 (44.40+31.44)
2 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 62.08 (33.60+28.48 )
3 Miki ANDO JPN 62.08 (32.80+29.28 )
4 Caroline ZHANG USA 58.88(33.00+25.88 )
5 Rachael FLATT USA 58.40 (32.00+26.40)
6 Alena LEONOVA RUS 54.72 (30.00+24.72)
7 Cynthia PHANEUF CAN 54.30 (31.50+23.80) -1.00
8 Binshu XU CHN 50.30 (29.70+20.60)
9 Candice DIDIER FRA 48.38 (27.74+20.64)
10 Yan LIU CHN 44.36 (25.12+19.24)
11 Katarina GERBOLDT RUS 42.42 (22.50+20.92) -1.00
12 Gwendoline DIDIER FRA 38.10 (21.38+17.72) -1.00

Mao did 3A-2T combination in her SP! Gorgeous!

What on earth happened to Patrick? Complete blackout? And I who love that SP so.... Luckily for me I won't get to see it. But way to go Mao!

miyu wrote:

According to this article, Mao will try 3A in SP.

And this has proved to be a smart move Mao seems to need a solid SP lead, and it's always a pleasure to watch her executing a combo no other lady in the world is capabale of doing.

Dance results:
1 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 162.98 1 1
2 Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 156.71 2 2
3 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 150.63 4 3
4 Jana KHOKHLOVA / Sergei NOVITSKI RUS 149.45 3 4
5 Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN 120.23 5 5
6 Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN 110.40 6 6

Men results:
1 Evan LYSACEK USA 238.56
2 Brian JOUBERT FRA 237.09
3 Nobunari ODA JPN 229.25
4 Patrick CHAN CAN 217.98
5 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 205.05
6 Vaughn CHIPEUR CAN 198.91
7 Sergei VORONOV RUS 196.70
8 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 190.93
9 Jialiang WU CHN 183.86
10 Florent AMODIO FRA 182.32
11 Chao YANG CHN 177.94
12 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS 165.21

Ladies results:
1 Mao ASADA JPN 201.87
2 Joannie ROCHETTE CAN 182.16
3 Caroline ZHANG USA 175.68
4 Rachael FLATT USA 171.81
5 Miki ANDO JPN 167.52
6 Alena LEONOVA RUS 161.
7 Cynthia PHANEUF CAN 135.65
8 Yan LIU CHN 135.41
9 Binshu XU CHN 133.26
10 Candice DIDIER FRA 126.46
11 Gwendoline DIDIER FRA 113.87
12 Katarina GERBOLDT RUS 112.03

Pairs results:
1 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG CHN 193.82
2 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 185.15
3 Jessica DUBE / Bryce DAVISON CAN 164.12
4 Caydee DENNEY / Jeremy BARRETT USA 158.24
5 Vanessa JAMES / Yannick BONHEUR FRA 128.79
6 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN 125.91

TEAM STANDING:
1 United States of America
2 Canada
3 Japan
4 France
5 Russia
6 China

Jessica Dubé had an accident during the exhibition program. She fell during the twist and hit her head.
Read the articles:
http://www.skatetoday.com/insideedge.php?blog_id=144&frompage=latestblog
http://www.skatetoday.com/insideedge.php?blog_id=145&frompage=latestblog
Here you can see a picture of the accident:
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0gIT8ZW35jaK2?q=dube+davison
I really hope there's nothing too serious... Go Jessica!

Thank you for the updates, glorydave.

It seems Jessica is fine according the latest news.

hsuhs wrote:

miyu wrote:
According to this article, Mao will try 3A in SP.

And this has proved to be a smart move Mao seems to need a solid SP lead, and it's always a pleasure to watch her executing a combo no other lady in the world is capabale of doing.

YES!! She did it!! The best "Clare du Lune" ever from her. Her SP was a bit to me so far but this time it was really really beautiful! Especially that Cist in which she was just dancing moon light.


Stephane Lambiel who invited to the gala, was soooo good!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n06hUZkAWw
Look at the height of his jumps. And again as usual, gorgeous spins and footworks. It seems nothing has left from his skating. I think he could come back to competitions even today. Maybe he could get 10 in Interpretation from this performance.


So, 08-09 season is over. It started with the awful, heartbreaking news. At that time I couldn't imagine what this season would be like... Anyway it came to end.

And then Olympic season will start soon. Vancouver is Dai-chan's long-time dream.
I well know there are several superb skaters who also wish to win there. It would be a fierce battle. (Perhaps very different from Turin Olympic.)
However how hard the battle would be, it would be enough if I could just see Dai-chan skating with full of joy on Vancouver ice. Maybe it's a bit early to say this but ..... I pray that God will smile on him when he takes the ice at Vancouver.

GO DAI-CHAN!!