2025 Cup of China Women's Short Program

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24 Oct - 26 Oct, 2025

BLOOMAGE - LIVE - YUDONG ARENA
East Pingjiang Road
Banan District
Chongqing, China
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Women's Short Program
Friday, October 24, 2025
16:25 CST (UTC +8)
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Start Order and Live Results​

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StN.​	Name​	Nation​
. ​	Warm-Up Group 1​
1	Ruiyang ZHANG​	CHN
2	Yi ZHU​	CHN
3	Rino MATSUIKE​	JPN
4	Anna PEZZETTA​	ITA
5	Jia SHIN​	KOR
.	Warm-Up Group 2​
6	Haein LEE​	KOR
7	Rinka WATANABE​	JPN
8	Alysa LIU​	USA
9	Hana YOSHIDA​	JPN
10	Anastasiia GUBANOVA​	GEO
11	Amber GLENN​	USA

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Women's Entries​

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Nation​

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WD Xiangyi AN CHN
SP: "Making Music" by Zakir Hussain; "Asteromata" by Klavida; choreo by Yeaji Shin
FS: "Défilé 1962" from Yves Saint Laurent soundtrack by Ibrahim Maalouf; choreo by Yeaji Shin (SP), Ivan Righini (FS)
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1 Ruiyang ZHANG CHN
SP: "Frozen" by Madonna
FS: "Overture -The Heat Is On in Saigon" (from "Miss Saigon") by Claude-Michel Schönberg; "The Fall of Saigon" (from "Miss Saigon") by Claude-Michel Schönberg "The Sacred Bird" (from "Miss Saigon") by Claude-Michel Schönberg performed by Lea Salonga "The American Dream" (from "Miss Saigon") by Claude-Michel Schönberg; "This Is the Hour" (from "Miss Saigon") by Claude-Michel Schönberg; "Finale: Sun & Moon (Reprise)" (from "Miss Saigon") by Claude-Michel Schönberg; choreo by Adam Solya (SP), Jialei Wang (FS)
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2 Yi ZHU CHN
SP: "Stand By Me" by Florence & The Machine
FS: Ghost the Musical soundtrack by Glen Ballard, Alex North, Bruce Joel Rubin, Hy Zaret: including "Unchained Melody;" choreo by Benoit Richaud
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3 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO
SP: "San Sanana" by Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik & Hema Sardesai; "Jogi" by Panjabi MC
FS: "Unchained Melody;" "The Love Inside" (from "Ghost - The Musical"); choreo by Olga Glinka, Valentin Molotov

4 Anna PEZZETTA. ITA
SP: "Exercises in Free Love" by Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran
FS: "Night of Terror" (Black Swan soundtrack) by Clint Mansell; "Stumbled Beginnings" (Black Swan soundtrack) by Clint Mansell; "Perfection" (Black Swan soundtrack) by Clint Mansell; choreo by Adam Solya

5 Rino MATSUIKE JPN
SP: "Lux Aeterna;" by Christopher Tin
FS: The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; choreo by Lori Nichol
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6. Rinka WATANABE JPN
SP: "El Tango De Roxanne" (from Moulin Rouge soundtrack) by Ewan McGregor, José Feliciano, Jacek Koman, Sting, Mariano Mores
FS: JIN (soundtrack)" by Yu Takami, Seiko Nagaoka, Kan Sawada; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto
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7. Hana YOSHIDA JPN
SP: Kill Bill soundtrack by RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan: "Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann; "Ironside Theme"by Quincy Jones; "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda, RZA, Bennie Benjamin; "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" by Hotei
FS: "Shakuhachi"by Armad Amar, Suizan J. F-Lagrost, (Shakuhachi Flute) & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; "La Terre Vue du Ciel" by Armand Amar by Jennifer Thomas; choreo by Lori Nichol, Benoit Richaud
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8 Haein LEE KOR
SP: "Sirens" by Christopher Tin
FS: "The Bells of Notre Dame" (from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame") by Alan Menken;" choreo by Misha Ge
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9 Jia SHIN KOR
SP: "Nocturne in C-sharp minor," Op. posth. by Chopin; choreo by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Liebestraum by Franz Liszt; choreo by David Wilson
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10 Amber GLENN USA
SP: "Like a Prayer" by Madonna
FS: “I Will Find You" by Audiomachine; "The Return” by Clann; choreo by Kaitlyn Weaver (SP); Randy Strong (SP); Katherine Hill (FS
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11 Alysa LIU USA
SP: "Promise" by Laufey
FS: "MacArthur Park Suite" by Donna Summer; choreo by Massimo Scali

 

[CoyoteChris]

Wow. Another nail biter....so many good skaters.......

 

[TallyT]

How in earth did they put the two top Americans into the same competition? In the words of the sage, someone hath blundered...

 

[CoyoteChris]

How in earth did they put the two top Americans into the same competition? In the words of the sage, someone hath blundered...

"Crystal ball cloudy, try again later" If you figure out how the USFS picks skaters for each of the GP comps, let me know. I dont think the JSF thought Ami could beat Kaori either.

 

[Mathman]

My understanding is that skaters are invited by the host organizer, selected from lists and requirements specified by the ISU? I don't think that the USFSA "sends" anyone, except maybe through back door "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" deals with other feds?

Presumably China chose Alyssa Liu as their pick of from 1-3 at 2025 Worlds, and then they chose Amber Gleann as their 4-6 pick.

 

[CoyoteChris]

My understanding is that skaters are invited by the host organizer, selected from lists and requirements specified by the ISU? I don't think that the USFSA "sends" anyone, except maybe through back door "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" deals with other feds?

Presumably China chose Alyssa Liu as their pick of from 1-3 at 2025 Worlds, and then they chose Amber Gleann as their 4-6 pick.

I think Ted and Mark were answering questions during the ice resurfacing on the JPG ciruit. This would have been a good one. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Mathman]

I, too, wish I understood the details better. For instance, I think that the very top skaters are asked which events they prefer. But the ISU is not always compelled to honor their preferences. Plus, sometimes there isn't any choice at all. If a particular event has bad luck in the random draw to select skaters in a particular category, and when it comes their time to make their pick -- well, they have to take the skater who is left, whatever country that skater is from.

 

[jenaj]

Has Alysa gone back to both of her programs from last year? I had heard about the short program but not the long.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

My understanding is that skaters are invited by the host organizer, selected from lists and requirements specified by the ISU? I don't think that the USFSA "sends" anyone, except maybe through back door "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" deals with other feds?

Presumably China chose Alyssa Liu as their pick of from 1-3 at 2025 Worlds, and then they chose Amber Gleann as their 4-6 pick.

The top 6 skaters from Worlds get to choose their assignments in order of their placements (i.e. first gets to pick first, then second and lastly third, and correspondingly for 4th to 6th; not sure if they get to choose both assignments in one go or if they do two rounds so everyone gets at least some choice). This also means that Alysa is the one who chose Cup of China - Either as her top choice or out of the three remaining GPs.

The other assignments are indeed chosen by the hosting federation (with or without "deals")

 

[Skatingcat]

I'm disappointed if Alyssa is using both programs from last year for this year. Seriously disappointed.

 

[Andrea82]

Officials

Function	Name	Nation
Referee​	Mr. Albert ZAYDMAN​	ISR
Technical Controller​	Mr. Attila SOOS​	HUN
Technical Specialist​	Ms. Monika WAGNER-KUTINOVA​	GER
Technical Specialist​	Ms. Yue CAO​	CHN
Judge No.1​	Ms. Andrea DERBY​	CAN
Judge No.2​	Ms. Chihee RHEE​	KOR
Judge No.3​	Ms. Rui ZHAO​	CHN
Judge No.4​	Ms. Nadezhda FIODOROVA​	GEO
Judge No.5​	Ms. Agita ABELE​	LAT
Judge No.6​	Ms. Ritsuko HORIUCHI​	JPN
Judge No.7​	Ms. Donatella LEONELLI​	SUI
Judge No.8​	Ms. Lorrie PARKER​	USA
Judge No.9​	Mr. Eddy WU​	TPE

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

I'm disappointed if Alyssa is using both programs from last year for this year. Seriously disappointed.

Alysa, per Goldenskate's post on X, is temporarily going back to her FS from last season while they 're-work' the Gaga program.

https://x.com/goldenskate/status/1981225662959800392?t=CPl-kAKV0IZCiPqXBwbTZQ&s=19

As to the SP, Alysa felt obliged to drop her new SP due to the fact that one of the artists in the song is associated with a tragedy, the (almost certain) murder of a 14 year old girl.

Just one of the headlines:

Olympics figure skater Alysa Liu changes program amid death investigation involving singer D4vd

Liu was going to skate her short program in the lead up to the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics to "This Is How It Feels" by D4vd and Icelandic artist Laufey.

www.nbcnews.com

Also, remember that Alysa was forced to train and compete last month on broken boots that were barely held together by tape. That, and the tragedy involving the artist attached to the music to her (now scrapped) new SP, surely hampered her ability to train and work on her two new programs at optimum levels.

Obviously, Alysa and her team did not have the time to come up with a brand new SP on such short notice.

 

[Ziotic]

The top 6 skaters from Worlds get to choose their assignments in order of their placements (i.e. first gets to pick first, then second and lastly third, and correspondingly for 4th to 6th; not sure if they get to choose both assignments in one go or if they do two rounds so everyone gets at least some choice). This also means that Alysa is the one who chose Cup of China - Either as her top choice or out of the three remaining GPs.

The other assignments are indeed chosen by the hosting federation (with or without "deals")

Slight caveat, host picks will supersede athlete choices.

For example; say Japan wanted Kaori, but it was Alyssa's first choice. Kaori would be at NHK over Alyssa.

 

[Skatingcat]

In my world, skaters would have to have new programs every season. But I’m old and cranky. Get off my lawn

 

[macy]

Alysa per Goldenskate's post on X is temporarily going back to her FS from last season while they 're-work' the Gaga program.

https://x.com/goldenskate/status/1981225662959800392?t=CPl-kAKV0IZCiPqXBwbTZQ&s=19

As to the SP, Alysa felt obliged to drop her new SP due to the fact that one of the artists in the song is associated with a tragedy, the (almost certain) murder of a 15 year old girl.

Just one of the headlines:

Olympics figure skater Alysa Liu changes program amid death investigation involving singer D4vd

Liu was going to skate her short program in the lead up to the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics to "This Is How It Feels" by D4vd and Icelandic artist Laufey.

www.nbcnews.com

Also, remember that Alysa was forced to train and compete last month on broken boots that were barely held together by tape. That and the tragedy involving the artist attached to her (now scrapped) new SP surely hampered her ability to train and work on her two new programs at optimum levels.

Obviously, Alysa and her team did not have the time to come up with a brand new SP on such short notice.

completely understandable given the circumstances. absolutely not ideal for anyone but i think this is a smart, temporary choice. i'm looking forward to seeing the Gaga program later as i think it had a lot of potential with a rework; i wonder if she is permanently going back to her old SP for the rest of the season. that choice i would not be mad at, at all!

 

[Mathman]

Does anyone know if Alysa's father is allowed to enter China these days?

 

[CoyoteChris]

Does anyone know if Alysa's father is allowed to enter China these days?

Darned good question.....

 

[CoyoteChris]

Anyone there we know who can post pics of the beautiful Asian skater poster art?

 

[LazyFuzai]

Gonna have to rewatch entire competition Have fun you all

 

[elektra blue]

good morning folks