| Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - Shen and Zhao won the Cup of China Grand Prix event last week, placing 1st in both the Short Program and Free Skate. Xue put her hand down on the throw
triple loop in the Short Program, but it was an otherwise elegant and beautiful performance. Shen and Zhao earned 62.28 points in the Short Program. In the Free Skate Xue stepped out of the throw triple loop, but she and Hongbo completed the rest of their elements very strongly in a moving and dramatic
performance to music from "The Soong Sisters." They earned 127.16 points in the Free Skate, and overall scored a total of 193.54 points in the competition. The silver medalists at Cup of China were their teammates Zhang and Zhang, and the bronze medalists
were the Canadian Champions Marcoux and Buntin. For complete results, click
here. |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - The fourth event in the Grand Prix Series, Cup of China, begins tomorrow. The Pairs Short Program takes place tomorrow, and
Shen and Zhao will skate 6th out of 9 total teams. Shen and Zhao are the reigning champions of Cup of China, which was added to the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series for the first time last season. Shen and Zhao's teammates Zhang and Zhang and
Ding and Ren will also be competing in the Pairs event. The Free Skate will take place on Friday. For Pairs Short Program Skate Order and Results,
click here. |
| Sunday, October 31, 2004 - Shen and Zhao won the gold medal at Skate Canada Friday night, placing 1st in the Free Skate with 123.72 points and
ending up with a total score of 190.20 points. Shen and Zhao also placed 1st in the Short Program on Thursday with a score of 66.48 points. The Skate Canada champions debuted their new Free Skate to "The Soong Sisters" and skated a near-flawless
program. This is Shen and Zhao's 2nd career gold medal at Skate Canada. They won the gold medal at Skate Canada back in 1998. The silver medalists in the Pairs event at Skate Canada were Pang and Tong from China, and the bronze medalists were
the Polish team, Zagorska and Siudek. For complete Free Skate results, click
here. |
| Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - The second event in the Grand Prix series, Skate Canada, begins tomorrow with the Pairs Short Program taking place at
7:00 p.m. EST. For the Pairs Short Program, Shen and Zhao will skate 3rd in the 2nd Warm-up group, and 6th out of 10 pairs teams overall. The Free Skate will take place on Friday. For the complete skate order of the Pairs Short Program, click
here. In other news, Shen and Zhao's 2004/2005 programs have been announced on their ISU bio. Their Short Program will be to Claude Debussy's "Claire de Lune" and their Free Skate
is music from "The Soong Sisters" soundtrack by Kitaro and Randy Miller. To see Shen and Zhao's ISU bio, click here. |
| Monday, September 6, 2004 - This season, Shen and Zhao will be skating in 3 events in the Grand Prix series. They will compete at Skate Canada (October 28 - 31) in Halifax, Canada, Cup of China
(November 11 - 14) in Beijing, China, and Trophée Eric Bompard (November 19 - 21) in Paris, France. To view the complete rosters at each event, click here. |
| Friday, April 4, 2004 - Shen and Zhao skated a brand new exhibition program at the World Championships in Dortmund, Germany to "Come What May" from the
"Moulin Rouge" soundtrack. It appears that this will be their Champions on Ice program as well. Speaking of which, I will be seeing Champions on Ice this Saturday in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the very first stop on the Champions on Ice tour. I am very excited to see
Xue and Hongbo live in person for the very first time. I will have a report of Xue and Hongbo's program along with reports of the other skaters at The Skate Blade early next week. I hope many skating fans out there
will see Champions on Ice live. It looks like a great tour with a lot of fantastic skaters. :) |
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