Rostelecom Cup 2011

ISU Grand Prix - Rostelecom Cup 2011 - November, 25-27 - Moscow, Russia

Rostelecom Cup, the 6th and last event of this year’s Grand Prix series, will take place in Moscow’s Megasport ice palace, November 25-27. Alena will participate in the home event for the 4th time. The tournament has been both lucky (in 2009 she won her first Grand Prix medal in Moscow) and unlucky (the last year’s Rostelecom Cup saw her worst performance of that season) for Alena. But since she has perfectly managed to overcome the ‘home ice effect’ at April’s Worlds in Moscow, we have a reason to believe that this time the cheering of Russian fans will affect Alena’s performance only in a positive way.

The event will name the six Grand Prix finalists. Alena is currently 7th with 20 points. To make the final she needs to improve the situation. Besides Alena, two other skaters are going to strive for a place among the top six: Adelina Sotnikova (Russia) and Mao Asada (Japan).

Making the final isn’t a matter of the utmost importance for Alena, because the final will take place in Canada, which means more long flights and more time needed to get in shape before Russian Nationals, which is a more important competition for Alena this season. So, her main goal in Moscow is to show Russian fans a decent and clean performance. She has already shown it at the previous events, but only in one of the two programs. Now she only has to gather everything together. Alena is quite capable of that.

Ladies’ field: Amelie LACOSTE (CAN), Kiira KORPI (FIN), Mao ASADA (JPN), Haruka IMAI (JPN), Sofia BIRYUKOVA (RUS), Alena LEONOVA (RUS), Adelina SOTNIKOVA (RUS), Rachael FLATT (USA), Christina GAO (USA), Agnes ZAWADZKI (USA)

The event’ schedule:

November, 25

15:00 – 16:20 ladies, short program

16:35 – 17:45 pairs, short program

18:00 – 18:30 opening ceremony

18:45 – 20:05 men, short program

20:25 – 21:45 short dance

November, 26

14:00 – 15:30 ladies, free skating

15:45 – 17:10 pairs, free skating

17:25 – 19:10 men, free skating

19:25 – 21:05 free dance

November, 27

14:00 – 14:20 victory ceremony

14:35 – 15:30 exhibition gala, first part

15:45 – 17:00 exhibition gala, second part

Short Program Results:

1	Mao ASADA	JPN	64.29
2	Alena LEONOVA	RUS	63.91
3	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	57.79
4	Sofia BIRYUKOVA	RUS	56.30
5	Kiira KORPI	FIN	55.81
6	Haruka IMAI	JPN	55.20
7	Agnes ZAWADZKI	USA	53.81
8	Rachael FLATT	USA	53.36
9	Amelie LACOSTE	CAN	50.63
10	Christina GAO	USA	39.64

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Free skating results:

1	Mao ASADA	JPN	118.96
2	Alena LEONOVA	RUS	116.54
3	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	111.96
4	Sofia BIRYUKOVA	RUS	109.77
5	Kiira KORPI	FIN	105.11
6	Haruka IMAI	JPN	99.56
7	Amelie LACOSTE	CAN	97.85
8	Agnes ZAWADZKI	USA	95.57
9	Rachael FLATT	USA	94.27
10	Christina GAO	USA	78.13

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Final results:

1	Mao ASADA	JPN	183.25
2	Alena LEONOVA	RUS	180.45
3	Adelina SOTNIKOVA	RUS	169.75
4	Sofia BIRYUKOVA	RUS	166.07
5	Kiira KORPI	FIN	160.92
6	Haruka IMAI	JPN	154.76
7	Agnes ZAWADZKI	USA	149.38
8	Amelie LACOSTE	CAN	148.48
9	Rachael FLATT	USA	147.63
10	Christina GAO	USA	117.77