Overview
- Amber Glenn defended her Cup of China title with 214.78 points, overtaking short-program leader Alysa Liu, who took silver with 212.07.
- Glenn competed through sudden neck pain reported from morning practice and rallied from third after the short program to win.
- Japan’s Shun Sato landed three quadruple jumps to total 278.12 for a second straight Cup of China men’s crown, ahead of Daniel Grassl and Mikhail Shaidorov.
- In ice dance, world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates earned their first Cup of China victory with 208.25, while Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava won pairs as Olympic champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong returned to the podium in third.
- Liu competed after reverting to last season’s short program, a switch linked to an investigation involving an artist tied to her planned new music, as the Grand Prix series moves next to Skate Canada in Saskatoon.