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2008 Cup of China

figure skating competition

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 9, 2024
Entity authorityQ2030430 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2008 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on November 5–9. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

External links

Chinese Skating Association

Official site

2008 Cup of China at the International Skating Union

"2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-12.

"Men's Entries". Archived from the original on 2008-11-08.

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The public source identifies “2008 Cup of China” as figure skating competition. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around China, figure and skating.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with China, figure and skating providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “2008 Cup of China” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.