Pang, Tong win short program at Cup of China
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November 3, 2012, Saturday
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LOCAL favorites Pang Qing and Tong Jian took the lead after the pairs short program at the ISU Cup of China in Shanghai last night.
The Chinese pair, Olympic silver medalists, soared to a tally of 68.57 points, some distance ahead of Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov of Russia were second on 63.70.
The Canadian pair of Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch was third with 59.12.
Pang and Tong, who won silver at the 2012 Skate America last month, hope to go one better at Shanghai's Oriental Sports Centre today to secure their place in next month's Grand Prix Final.
"The most important goal for us in Shanghai is to win the ticket to the final. We want the gold medal here," Tong told state-run China Radio International this week.
Earlier, 14-year-old Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia took the lead after the women's short program in her senior Grand Prix debut.
Last season's world junior champion scored 63.06 points to take a narrow lead over two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan into today's free skate.
Asada, the silver medalist at the Vancouver Olympics, is close behind Lipnitskaia with 62.89 points, while Mirai Nagasu of the United States is third with 59.76.
Daisuke Takahashi, the 2010 world champion and Vancouver bronze medalist, took the men's short program with a lively skate to "Rock 'N Roll Medley," scoring 84.79.
Japanese teammate Tatsuki Machida, who was third at Skate America, was second with 83.48, followed by Sergei Voronov of Russia with 73.58.
France's Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat led the ice dance after the short dance with 69.15. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada were second on 65.59, while Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev of Russia stood in third at 64.32.
The Cup of China is the third of the six-event ISU Grand Prix series.
The Grand Prix Final will be in Sochi, Russia.
The Chinese pair, Olympic silver medalists, soared to a tally of 68.57 points, some distance ahead of Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov of Russia were second on 63.70.
The Canadian pair of Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch was third with 59.12.
Pang and Tong, who won silver at the 2012 Skate America last month, hope to go one better at Shanghai's Oriental Sports Centre today to secure their place in next month's Grand Prix Final.
"The most important goal for us in Shanghai is to win the ticket to the final. We want the gold medal here," Tong told state-run China Radio International this week.
Earlier, 14-year-old Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia took the lead after the women's short program in her senior Grand Prix debut.
Last season's world junior champion scored 63.06 points to take a narrow lead over two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan into today's free skate.
Asada, the silver medalist at the Vancouver Olympics, is close behind Lipnitskaia with 62.89 points, while Mirai Nagasu of the United States is third with 59.76.
Daisuke Takahashi, the 2010 world champion and Vancouver bronze medalist, took the men's short program with a lively skate to "Rock 'N Roll Medley," scoring 84.79.
Japanese teammate Tatsuki Machida, who was third at Skate America, was second with 83.48, followed by Sergei Voronov of Russia with 73.58.
France's Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat led the ice dance after the short dance with 69.15. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada were second on 65.59, while Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev of Russia stood in third at 64.32.
The Cup of China is the third of the six-event ISU Grand Prix series.
The Grand Prix Final will be in Sochi, Russia.
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