Davis And White Ascend to no. 1 in IceNetwork.com World Figure Skater rankings

Colorado Springs, Colo. (Oct. 27, 2009) - American ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White assumed the top spot in the icenetwork.com World Figure Skater Rankings following their win at last week's Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, Russia. Davis and White become the first U.S. skaters in any discipline to climb to No. 1 since the rankings were started in 2007.

Ladies

Japan's Miki Ando captured her second gold medal in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series - her first since 2006 Skate America - in Moscow, elevating her to No. 5. Rostelecom Cup silver medalist Ashley Wagner of the United States moved up five places to No. 13, while Russian Alena Leonova, who won the bronze last week, jumped four notches to No. 9. Moving up three spots to No. 8 was Alissa Czisny, who placed fourth at the Rostelecom Cup.

Men

Evgeny Plushenko, the 2006 Olympic champion from Russia, made his long-awaited return to competition last week, and he did not disappoint, lapping the field in Moscow by 25 points. That win put him at No. 20 in this week's rankings. Japan's Takahiko Kozuka vaulted four slots to No. 3 with his silver medal at the Rostelecom Cup. Winning his first career Grand Prix medal in Moscow - a bronze - was Russian Artem Borodulin, who entered the rankings at No. 19. Another big mover was Belgium's Kevin van der Perren, whose fifth-place finish last week led to his climbing from No. 16 to No. 12.

Pairs

Qing Pang and Jian Tong of China strengthened their hold on the No. 2 ranking - and crept closer to top-ranked Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany - with their gold medal in Moscow. Rostelecom Cup silver medalists Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov inched up one place to No. 4, leapfrogging country mates Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, while Americans Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker rose two spots to No. 7 after earning the bronze in Russia.

Ice Dancing

Davis and White continued an impressive streak during which they've won four of their last five competitions, a run of success that includes gold medals at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Italy's Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, silver medalists at the Rostelecom Cup, improved two places to No. 13, while Ekaterina Rubleva and Ivan Shefer of Russia soared five spots to No. 13 on the strength of their bronze in Moscow, their first career Grand Prix medal.

For more information about the rankings, visit icenetwork.com and click on "Rankings."

Rankings as of Oct. 26, 2009:

 

Ladies                                                                                   

Rank 10/26	Rank 10/19	Name	Country	Points
1	1	Yu-Na Kim	Korea	5076.00
2	2	Mao Asada	Japan	3616.30
3	3	Joannie Rochette	Canada	2665.90
4	4	Carolina Kostner	Italy	2386.70
5	7	Miki Ando	Japan	2060.40
6	5	Laura Lepistö	Finland	1619.60
7	6	Yukari Nakano	Japan	1505.90
8	11	Alissa Czisny	USA	1271.28
9	13	Alena Leonova	Russia	1253.22
10	8	Caroline Zhang	USA	1228.40
11	9	Rachael Flatt	USA	1157.90
12	10	Fumie Suguri	Japan	1149.20
13	18	Ashley Wagner	USA	1050.90
14	12	Kiira Korpi	Finland	999.98
15	19	Julia Sebestyen	Hungary	872.60
16	14	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	821.70
17	15	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	795.90
18	16	Kanako Murakami	Japan	760.10
19	17	Susanna Pöykiö	Finland	759.00
20	NR	Jenna McCorkell	Great Britain	668.80

 

MEN

Rank 10/26	Rank 10/19	Name	Country	Points
1	1	Patrick Chan	Canada	2933.00
2	2	Brian Joubert	France	2375.42
3	7	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	2315.50
4	3	Evan Lysacek	USA	2174.20
5	4	Tomás Verner	Czech Republic	2109.60
6	5	Jeremy Abbott	USA	2031.14
7	6	Nobunari Oda	Japan	2026.66
8	8	Johnny Weir	USA	1614.50
9	9	Adam Rippon	USA	1143.84
10	10	Sergei Voronov	Russia	1108.14
11	12	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	1095.80
12	16	Kevin van der Perren	Belgium	1092.04
13	11	Yannick Ponsero	France	1086.12
14	13	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	1077.00
15	14	Alban Préaubert	France	1074.40
16	15	Samuel Contesti	Italy	1067.20
17	17	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	859.26
18	18	Brandon Mroz	USA	833.94
19	NR	Artem Borodulin	Russia	732.96
20	NR	Evgeny Plushenko	Russia	700.00

 

PAIRS

Rank 10/26	Rank 10/19	Name	Country	Points
1	1	Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy	Germany	4467.00
2	2	Qing Pang/Jian Tong	China	3850.00
3	3	Dan Zhang/Hao Zhang	China	3207.60
4	5	Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov	Russia	2422.40
5	4	Maria Mukhortova/Maxim Trankov	Russia	2312.50
6	6	Jessica Dubé/Bryce Davison	Canada	1953.20
7	9	Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker	USA	1434.82
8	7	Tatiana Volosozhar/Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	1398.94
9	8	Lubov Iliushechkina/Nodari Maisuradze	Russia	1204.62
10	10	Rena Inoue/John Baldwin	USA	931.28
11	12	Huibo Dong/Yiming Wu	China	898.86
12	11	Meagan Duhamel/Craig Buntin	Canada	864.26
13	13	Yue Zhang/Lei Wang	China	815.60
14	14	Adeline Canac/Maximin Coia	France	771.08
15	17	Mylène Brodeur/John Mattatall	Canada	769.36
16	15	Wenjing Sui/Cong Han	China	739.20
17	16	Stacey Kemp/David King	Great Britain	670.56
18	NR	Maria Sergejeva/Ilja Glebov	Estonia	627.44
19	18	Ksenia Krasilnikova/Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Russia	612.30
20	NR	Anastasia Martiusheva/Alexei Rogonov	Russia	609.40

 

ICE DANCING

Rank 10/26	Rank 10/19	Name	Country	Points
1	4	Meryl Davis/Charlie White	USA	3234.70
2	1	Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin	Russia	3026.00
3	2	Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder	France	2877.30
4	3	Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir	Canada	2504.50
5	5	Jana Khokhlova/Sergei Novitski	Russia	2340.70
6	6	Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali	Italy	1915.34
7	7	Nathalie Péchalat/Fabian Bourzat	France	1912.44
8	8	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	13	Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte	Italy	1203.68
12	15	Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier	Canada	1047.80
13	18	Ekaterina Rubleva/Ivan Shefer	Russia	986.84
14	11	Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein	USA	980.90
15	12	Alexandra Zaretski/Roman Zaretski	Israel	966.24
16	14	Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani	USA	925.30
17	16	Kim Navarro/Brent Bommentre	USA	804.20
18	17	Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell	USA	756.30
19	19	Kristina Gorshkova/Vitali Butikov	Russia	730.26
20	NR	Katherine Copely/Deividas Stagniunas	Lithuania	726.32

 

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