Asada 1st after short program at Cup of China
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THREE-TIME world champion Mao Asada made a strong return to the Grand Prix series yesterday, finishing first in the women’s short program at the Cup of China in Beijing.
The Japanese skater executed her trademark triple axel to open her routine and topped the short program with 71.73 points, comfortably ahead of Rika Hongo of Japan, who was second with 65.79 points. Courtney Hicks of the United States was third with 62.38 points.
“It went just as I pictured it,” Asada said. “I was nervous before I started. I wasn’t able to skate that well in practice and just tried to use the nervous energy to my advantage. I hope I can carry this momentum over into the free program.”
Asada, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, took a year off but announced in May she would make a comeback.
Anna Pogorilaya of Russia, the 2015 European bronze medalist, was fourth, followed by Li Zijun of China.
World champion Javier Fernandez of Spain topped the men’s short program with 93.19 points in his season debut. Jin Boyang of China, who cleanly executed a rare quad lutz-triple toe loop combination, was second with 90.05 points, while Sergei Voronov of Russia was third with 80.99 points.
The women’s and men’s events conclude today with the free skate. The Cup of China is the third event of the International Skating Union’s Grand Prix series.
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy finished first in the ice dance short program with 66.39 points. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States, the 2015 world silver medalists, were second with 65.36 points, followed by Elena Ilinykh and Ruslan Zhiganshin of Russia with 63.54 points.
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong dominated the pairs short category with 74.40 points in the night event.
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