Rippon jumps into top 10 in Icenetwork.com world rankings

Colorado Springs, Colo. (Oct. 20, 2009) - Adam Rippon's bronze medal at Trophée Eric Bompard - his first of any color in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series - made him the biggest mover in this week's icenetwork.com World Figure Skater Rankings, vaulting him eight spots to No. 9.

Ladies

Korea's Yu-Na Kim widened her lead to more than 1,500 points over second-ranked Mao Asada of Japan with her convincing victory in Paris. Kim beat Asada by more than 36 points and set a new scoring record in the process, amassing a competition mark of 210.03. Trophée Bompard bronze medalist Yukari Nakano of Japan moved up two spots to No. 6, while fourth-place finisher Caroline Zhang of the United States also improved two spots, to No. 8.

Men

Top-ranked Patrick Chan of Canada announced he will miss this week's Rostelecom Cup, opening the door for second-ranked Brian Joubert to assume the top spot. The five-time World medalist stumbled in France, however, finishing fourth, and Chan maintained the top spot. Bompard gold medalist Nobunari Oda of Japan crept up three places to No. 6, while Czech Tomas Verner used his silver medal-finish in Paris to inch up two places to No. 4. After Rippon's eight-spot jump, the largest climb of the week belonged to Russian Sergei Voronov, who placed sixth at Bompard but sits five spots higher than last week at No. 10.

Pairs

The surprise of the competition came in pairs, where reigning two-time World champions Germans Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy suffered a meltdown in the free skate and finished third. They maintained their sizable lead in the standings, however. The biggest beneficiaries of the Germans' calamitous performance were Russians Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, who won their first Grand Prix gold medal, an achievement that bumped them up two spots to No. 4. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin of the United States had a respectable fourth-place showing - landing a clean throw triple Axel in the process - and ascended four positions to No. 10.

Ice Dancing

Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the ice dancing event easily, boosting them four places to No. 3. No other dance team's standing changed more than two spots, although the Russian teams of Ekaterina Rubleva and Ivan Shefer, and Kristina Gorshkova and Vitali Butikov moved into the rankings at Nos. 18 and 19, respectively, after sitting just outside the top 20 last week.

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Rankings as of Oct. 19, 2009:

 

Ladies                                                                                   

Rank 10/19	Rank 10/12	Name	Country	Points
1	1	Yu-Na Kim	Korea	5076.00
2	2	Mao Asada	Japan	3570.80
3	3	Joannie Rochette	Canada	2707.90
4	4	Carolina Kostner	Italy	2386.70
5	5	Laura Lepistö	Finland	1549.70
6	8	Yukari Nakano	Japan	1385.00
7	6	Miki Ando	Japan	1275.40
8	10	Caroline Zhang	USA	1228.40
9	7	Rachael Flatt	USA	1157.90
10	9	Fumie Suguri	Japan	1149.20
11	11	Alissa Czisny	USA	1080.50
12	13	Kiira Korpi	Finland	999.98
13	12	Alena Leonova	Russia	983.42
14	14	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	821.70
15	15	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	795.90
16	16	Kanako Murakami	Japan	760.10
17	15	Susanna Pöykiö	Finland	759.00
18	19	Ashley Wagner	USA	665.70
19	NR	Julia Sebestyen	Hungary	664.78
20	NR	Cynthia Phaneuf	Canada	651.22

 

MEN

Rank 10/19	Rank 10/12	Name	Country	Points
1	1	Patrick Chan	Canada	2933.00
2	2	Brian Joubert	France	2565.92
3	3	Evan Lysacek	USA	2174.20
4	6	Tomás Verner	Czech Republic	2109.60
5	4	Jeremy Abbott	USA	2067.14
6	9	Nobunari Oda	Japan	2026.66
7	5	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	1991.50
8	7	Johnny Weir	USA	1446.50
9	17	Adam Rippon	USA	1143.84
10	15	Sergei Voronov	Russia	1108.14
11	13	Yannick Ponsero	France	1099.32
12	10	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	1095.80
13	8	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	1077.00
14	14	Alban Préaubert	France	1074.40
15	11	Samuel Contesti	Italy	1067.20
16	12	Kevin van der Perren	Belgium	1063.54
17	16	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	859.26
18	19	Brandon Mroz	USA	701.94
19	NR	Vaughn Chipeur	Canada	693.96
20	18	Stephen Carriere	USA	661.04

 

PAIRS

Rank 10/19	Rank 10/12	Name	Country	Points
1	1	Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy	Germany	4354.00
2	2	Qing Pang/Jian Tong	China	3210.00
3	3	Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang	China	3207.60
4	6	Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov	Russia	2312.50
5	4	Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov	Russia	2140.40
6	5	Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison	Canada	2016.20
7	7	Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	1398.94
8	8	Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze	Russia	1204.62
9	9	Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker	USA	1194.82
10	14	Rena Inoue/John Baldwin	USA	931.28
11	10	Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin	Canada	907.46
12	13	Huibo Dong/Yiming Wu	China	898.86
13	11	Yue Zhang/Lei Wang	China	815.60
14	17	Adeline Canac/Maximin Coia	France	771.08
15	12	Wenjing Sui/Cong Han	China	739.20
16	15	Stacey Kemp/David King	Great Britain	670.56
17	16	Mylène Brodeur/John Mattatall	Canada	625.36
18	18	Ksenia Krasilnikova/Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Russia	612.30
19	NR	Vanessa James/Yannick Bonheur	France	544.92
20	19	Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran	Japan	521.10

 

ICE DANCING

Rank 10/19	Rank 10/12	Name	Country	Points
1	1	Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin	Russia	3026.00
2	2	Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder	France	2877.30
3	7	Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir	Canada	2714.50
4	3	Meryl Davis/Charlie White	USA	2606.70
5	4	Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski	Russia	2340.70
6	5	Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali	Italy	1915.34
7	8	Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat	France	1912.44
8	6	Tanith Belbin/Ben Agosto	USA	1701.00
9	9	Sinead Kerr/John Kerr	Great Britain	1519.12
10	10	Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates	USA	1332.60
11	11	Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein	USA	980.90
12	13	Alexandra Zaretski/Roman Zaretski	Israel	966.24
13	12	Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte	Italy	951.68
14	14	Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani	USA	925.30
15	15	Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier	Canada	879.80
16	17	Kim Navarro/Brent Bommentre	USA	804.20
17	19	Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell	USA	756.30
18	NR	Ekaterina Rubleva/Ivan Shefer	Russia	746.04
19	NR	Kristina Gorshkova/Vitali Butikov	Russia	730.26
20	16	Anna Zadorozhniuk/Sergei Verbillo	Ukraine	699.40

 

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