Mone Chiba won the Cup of China in Shenzhen after topping the standings with an error-free free skate ahead of Alexandra Ignatova.
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Mone Chiba captured the Cup of China on Saturday in Shenzhen, China, finishing just over three points ahead of Alexandra Ignatova after the Japanese skater delivered an error-free free skate.
Chiba led after the short program and skated to “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy in what was described as an effort to produce a clean performance in the free skate.
Ignatova, competing in her first major international event since taking silver at the 2022 Beijing Olympics as Alexandra Trusova, landed a quad lutz early in the free skate, which scored 148.90. Her free-skate score edged Chiba by 0.5.
Chiba’s winning total score was 224.48, narrowly ahead of Ignatova, who finished second.
Hae-in Lee of Korea placed third on Saturday, nearly 14 points behind Chiba, while Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia was fourth after being second in the short program.
In the pairs event, Russians Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov won with a total score of 209.84, while Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia took silver with 198.27 and Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi of Japan earned bronze with 181.50.
Canada’s Jazmine Desrochers and Kieran Thrasher placed eighth in the event with 153.08.
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