Kao Miura wins Cup of China and books his Grand Prix Final spot
Japan's Kao Miura won the men's event at the 2026 Cup of China in Shenzhen with a personal best of 293.25, and Mone Chiba took the women's title.
The third stop of the 2026-27 ISU Grand Prix, the Cup of China, was held November 6-8 in Shenzhen.
Men
Kao Miura of Japan led after the short program and won the free skate too, finishing on 293.25 points, the best total of his career. He had already won silver at the Grand Prix de France two weeks earlier, so the win made him the first man to secure a place at the Grand Prix Final in December.
Two skaters competing as neutral athletes took the other medals: Vladislav Dikidzhi won silver with 282.44 and Evgeni Semenenko bronze with 281.62. Japan's Shun Sato, second after the short program, finished fourth (277.20).
Women
Mone Chiba of Japan, who tops the women's World Standings, opened her Grand Prix season with gold on 224.48 points. Alexandra Ignatova, the 2022 Olympic silver medalist who competed as Alexandra Trusova, won the free skate in her comeback season and took silver (221.27). Haein Lee of South Korea won bronze (210.79).
Pairs and ice dance
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov, competing as neutral athletes, won the pairs with 209.84 points, ahead of Georgia's Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava (198.27) and Japan's Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi (181.50).
Great Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won the ice dance (194.93), their second Grand Prix win in two weeks, just ahead of Georgia's Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (193.54). Spain's Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck took bronze (178.30).
The series moves on to Skate America in Everett, Washington, November 13-15.