Cup of China 2012 - Streaming and Entries

The 2012 Cup of China is the third of six events in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix. The competition will be held in Shanghai, China from November 2 - 4, 2012. Skaters will earn points toward qualifying for the Grand Prix Final.

Carolina Kostner withdrew from the ladies' event due to insufficient fitness.

Due to the 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations, the Japan Skating Federation said it was considaring withdrawing its competitors if the organizers did not provide security guarantees, but now it seems the Federation has decided to send its team to compete in Shanghai despite the ongoing territorial dispute between China and Japan.

Japan's pair Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran withdrew in order to undergo surgery.

Poor Narumi! RT @tatjana21: Pair skaters N. Takahashi/M. Tran (JPN) withdrawn from ISU Grand Prix. She has a shoulder injury.
— HotBladesHotPassion (@HBladesHPassion) Ottobre 25, 2012

The entries are as follows.

DANCE

Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN
Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN
Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA
Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA
Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS
Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS
Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA

LADIES

Amelie LACOSTE CAN
Bingwa GENG CHN
Zijun LI CHN
Ying ZHANG CHN
Kiira KORPI FIN
Mao ASADA JPN
Julia LIPNITSKAIA RUS
Sofia BIRYUKOVA RUS
Joshi HELGESSON SWE
Mirai NAGASU USA

MEN

Kevin REYNOLDS CAN
Jinlin GUAN CHN
Nan SONG CHN
Yi WANG CHN
Brian JOUBERT FRA
Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN
Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN
Artur DMITRIEV RUS
Sergey VORONOV RUS
Adam RIPPON USA

PAIRS

Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN
Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN
Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG CHN
Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN CHN
Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN
Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS
Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOVA RUS
Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / Joshua REAGAN USA

Caitlin Yankowskas & Joshua Reagan withdraw from Cup of China due to Reagan's rib injury
— HotBladesHotPassion (@HBladesHPassion) Ottobre 29, 2012

The competition schedule is as follow.

- Friday, Nov. 2
16:00-17:06 SD
17:30-18:50 Ladies SP
19:30-20:50 Men SP
21:15-22:22 Pairs SP
- Saturday, Nov.3
15:00-16:15 FD
16:40-18:13 Ladies FP
18:35-20:13 Men FP
20:35-21:56 Pairs FP
- Sunday, Nov. 4
14:30-17:00 Exhibition

The TV schedule SHOULD be as follow. Remember that times are GMT+1 and in this time zone now it is

- Friday, Nov. 2
09:00 - 10:30 SD on спорт 2 
10:30 - 11:50 Ladies SP on спорт 2 
11:50 - 12:30 SD on спорт 2 
12:30 - 13:50 Men SP on спорт 2 
13:50 - 14:15 Ladies SP on спорт 2 
14:15 - 15:25 Pairs SP on спорт 2 
17:35 - 20:40 SP Highlights on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
18:30 - 20:30 SP Highlights on Eurosport2 UK 
22:30 - 24:30 SP Highlights on Eurosport2 RUS 

- Saturday, Nov.3
01:00 - 03:00 SP Highlights on Eurosport2 UK 
08:00 - 09:20 FD on спорт 2 
08:00 - 09:15 FD on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
09:30 - 11:15 Ladies FP on Eurosport UK and Eurosport RUS 
09:40 - 11:15 Ladies FP on спорт 2 
09:40 - 11:15 Ladies FP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
11:35 - 13:15 Men FP on спорт 2 
11:35 - 13:05 Men FP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
15:55 - 17:00 Pairs FP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
22:30 - 24:30 (?) on Eurosport2 RUS 

- Sunday, Nov. 4
07:30 - 09:55 Exhibition on спорт 2 
 15:30 - 17:30 Exhibition on Eurosport2 UK 
18:00 - 19:00 Exhibition (?) on Eurosport RUS 
20:10 - 21:50 Exhibition on спорт 2 

For those having problems watching the competition (stream not loading, broadcasters that changed their schedule...) try

- here (for Skate Canada it worked well)

- here

- here

Please note: live streams will be available approximately 30/60 minutes before start time. You can change the time zone to see changing the times of the streams.

Official site: Cup of China

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