China News Service, Chongqing, November 6 (Han Lu, Li Lutong) The 2020 Shiseido China Cup World Figure Skating Grand Prix Chongqing Station will be held as scheduled on the 6th. 27 Chinese players will appear in this competition.
It is reported that this is also the first A-level event held by the International Skating Union (ISU) in China this year.
The China Cup World Figure Skating Grand Prix, also known as the World Figure Skating Grand Prix China Station, is one of the six stations of the World Figure Skating Grand Prix hosted by the International Skating Federation.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, many international events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed or cancelled.
With the cancellation or delay of several figure skating and short track speed skating competitions, the "China Cup" is also the only event held by the ISU in China this year.
In this competition, with the exception of the pair's skating world champion Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, the main players of the Chinese figure skating team all appeared.
This is also the first time that the Chinese figure skating team participated in a formal competition since participating in the Four Continents Championship in early February this year.
Zhao Hongbo, head coach of the Chinese figure skating team, said that since the beginning of this year, athletes have been training in a safe and closed state, and competitions are needed to stimulate their excitement. “I hope to test the training results of the players during this time through this competition.”
Considering that November is a time when infectious diseases such as the respiratory tract are prone to occur in winter, the competition organizing committee finally decided not to open the competition to spectators.
In order to make up for the regret that the ice fans could not be there to watch the game, and try to improve the players' participating experience, the tournament organizing committee launched a rather innovative "support poster" solicitation activity.
The ice fans sent the drawn posters via email, selected by the organizing committee, printed and hung on the scene of the competition to cheer for the players.
On the first day of the game, several posters drawn by ice fans have been hung on the scene.
In the short program competition held that day, the Peng Cheng/Jin Yang combination still ranked first in the double short program with 75.62 points despite a single jump.
World-class star Jin Boyang scored 103.94 points with a short program that was very different from the past, ranking first in men's singles.
Yan Han, who is also in good shape, ranked second in the men's singles with 92.56 points.
In the women's singles short program, Chen Hongyi, the main player of the Chinese national figure skating team, perfectly executed the scheduled difficulty and cooperated with the carefully arranged program to win the women's singles short program with 64.63 points.
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