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2021 Cup of China
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 5 – 7
Season:2021–22
Location:Chongqing
Host:Chinese Skating Association
Venue:Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center
Defending champions
Men's singles:
China Jin Boyang
Ladies' singles:
China Chen Hongyi
Pair skating:
China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Ice dance:
China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
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The 2021 Cup of China was scheduled to be the third event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was to be held at the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing on November 5–7. Medals would have been awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters would have earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

On August 16, 2021, the International Skating Union announced the cancellation of Cup of China, citing the limited number of international flights to China and strict COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.[1] In an attempt to preserve the Grand Prix series, the ISU asked for other ISU members to apply as hosts on the originally scheduled dates. On August 27, the ISU announced the Gran Premio d'Italia as the replacement event.[2]

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Cup of China

Cup of China

The Cup of China was one of the series of six senior-level, international figure skating competitions held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The Cup of China joined the series in 2003, and was cancelled in 2022 as China enforces strict preventive measures for overseas competitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The competitors are selected by invitation only. Organized by the Chinese Skating Association, the Cup of China has been held in Beijing, Harbin, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Chongqing, usually in early November. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

The 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of invitational senior internationals held from October 2021 through December 2021. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan. The Grand Prix Final was cancelled on December 2, 2021, with the possibility of postponement to the end of the season, before being definitively cancelled on December 17.

Chongqing

Chongqing

Chongqing, alternately romanized as Chungking, is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The official abbreviation of the city, "Yú", was approved by the State Council on 18 April 1997. This abbreviation is derived from the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing and feeds into the Yangtze River. Chongqing is China’s major modernized manufacturing base, a financial center and an international transport hub in Western China. Geographically, Chongqing is strategically positioned as a gateway to China’s west, a key connection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and a strategic base for China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Single skating

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested at the Olympics, with men's and women's single skating appearing as two of the four figure skating events at the London Games in 1908.

Pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating as compared with independent Single Skating". The ISU also states that a pairs team consists of "one Woman and one Man". Pair skating, along with men's and women's single skating, has been an Olympic discipline since figure skating, the oldest Winter Olympic sport, was introduced at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The ISU World Figure Skating Championships introduced pair skating in 1908.

Ice dance

Ice dance

Ice dance is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. According to the International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of figure skating, an ice dance team consists of one woman and one man.

2021–22 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

2021–22 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2021–22 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final were scheduled to be held from December 9–12, 2021 at the Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in Osaka, Japan. The combined event was to be the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals would have been awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance on the senior and junior levels.

International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands, in July 1892, making it one of the oldest international sport federations. The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, and to organize international competitions in these disciplines. It is now based in Switzerland.

COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 10 March 2023, the pandemic had caused more than 676 million cases and 6.88 million confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history.

International figure skating

International figure skating

Figure skating is a sport with participants across the world. Originally based in North America and Europe, the sport has experienced a major expansion in the countries of East Asia. The international governing body of the sport is the International Skating Union (ISU). Only those nations which are members of the International Skating Union are allowed to compete in the figure skating events in the Olympic Games.

2021 Gran Premio d'Italia

2021 Gran Premio d'Italia

The 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia was the third event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Torino Palavela in Turin on November 5–7. It was the replacement event for Cup of China. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.[3]

Country Men[4] Women[5] Pairs[6] Ice dance[7]
 Belgium Loena Hendrickx
 Canada Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
 China Chen Yudong
Jin Boyang
Yan Han
Chen Hongyi
Lin Shan
Zhu Yi
Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
TBA
Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
TBA
 France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
 Germany Paul Fentz Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck
 Italy Daniel Grassl Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
 Japan Yuma Kagiyama
Kazuki Tomono
Satoko Miyahara
Mai Mihara
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs
 Russia Dmitri Aliev
Petr Gumennik
Mikhail Kolyada
Maiia Khromykh
Sofia Samodurova
Anna Shcherbakova
Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Kim Ye-lim
Lim Eun-soo
 United States Bradie Tennell Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

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International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands, in July 1892, making it one of the oldest international sport federations. The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, and to organize international competitions in these disciplines. It is now based in Switzerland.

Belgium

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,528 km2 (11,787 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of 376/km2 (970/sq mi). Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.

Canada

Canada

Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline. It is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions. The country is sparsely inhabited, with most residing south of the 55th parallel in urban areas. Canada's capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

Carolane Soucisse

Carolane Soucisse

Carolane Soucisse is a Canadian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Shane Firus, she is the 2018 Four Continents silver medallist. They have finished third at the 2020 Canadian Championships and represented Canada on the Grand Prix circuit and at the World Championships.

China

China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. With an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometres (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two special administrative regions. The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and largest financial center is Shanghai.

Chen Yudong

Chen Yudong

Chen Yudong is a Chinese figure skater. He is the 2020 Cup of China bronze medalist, the 2020 Chinese junior national champion, and the 2022 Chinese national champion.

Jin Boyang

Jin Boyang

Jin Boyang is a Chinese figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2016–2017), the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, and a six-time Chinese national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and the 2013 JGP Final champion. He is the first Chinese skater to medal in the men's singles at the World Figure Skating Championships.

Chen Hongyi

Chen Hongyi

Chen Hongyi is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 2020 Cup of China champion, a three-time Chinese national medalist (2018–20), and has skated in the final segment at five ISU Championships.

Ashley Lin

Ashley Lin

Ashley Lin or Lin Shan is a Chinese-American figure skater, who represents China in ladies' singles. She is the 2020 Chinese national bronze medalist. She won the 2017 U.S. national junior bronze medal, before switching to representing China internationally.

Jin Yang

Jin Yang

Jin Yang is a Chinese male pair skater. With current partner Peng Cheng, he is a two-time Four Continents medalist, two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist. Peng/Jin represented China at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Han Cong

Han Cong

Han Cong is a Chinese pair skater. With partner Sui Wenjing, he is the 2022 Olympic gold medalist, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time world champion, a three-time world silver medalist, the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final champion, a six-time Four Continents champion, a three-time World Junior champion (2010–2012), the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time Chinese national champion. Sui and Han are the first pair skate team to achieve a Super Slam, having won all major competitions in both their senior and junior career. They have landed throw quadruple salchows and quadruple twists in competition.

Chen Hong (figure skater)

Chen Hong (figure skater)

Chen Hong is a Chinese ice dancer and ice dancing coach. She began competing with Sun Zhuoming in the 2018–19 season, winning the silver medal at the 2019 Chinese Figure Skating Championships.

Source: "2021 Cup of China", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, June 26th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Cup_of_China.

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References
  1. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cup of China 2021 cancelled". International Skating Union. August 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Third ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event moves from Chongqing (CHN) to Torino (ITA)". International Skating Union. August 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "ISU GP Cup of China 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "ISU GP Cup of China 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "ISU GP Cup of China 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "ISU GP Cup of China 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
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