2015 Cup of China

The 2015 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on November 6–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

On August 17, 2015, Daniel Samohin and Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin were removed from the roster. No reasons were given. However, Samohin is not eligible to compete on the Senior Grand Prix circuit due to competing on the Junior Grand Prix this season. On August 21, Elladj Baldé and Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
On September 14, Zhao Ziquan, Zheng Lu, and Cong Yue / Sun Zhuoming were added as host picks.^[9]^[10]
On October 6, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were removed from the roster. No reason has been given.^[11] Their replacement was announced as Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert.^[12]
On October 15, Takahiko Kozuka was removed from the roster due to an injury.^[13]^[14] On October 16, his replacement was announced as Ivan Righini.^[15]
On November 5, China's Cong / Sun withdrew from the ice dancing event due to a medical reason.^[16]

^ "Entry/Resultlist - Men". ISU. 15 June 2015.
^ "Entry/Resultlist - Ladies". ISU. 15 June 2015.
^ "Entry/Resultlist - Pairs". ISU. 15 June 2015.
^ "Entry/Resultlist - Ice Dance". ISU. 15 June 2015.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men" (PDF). August 17, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs" (PDF). August 17, 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men" (PDF). August 21, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs" (PDF). August 21, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ladies" (PDF). September 14, 2015.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure - Ice Dance" (PDF). September 14, 2015.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). October 6, 2015.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). October 6, 2015.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Men" (PDF). October 15, 2015.
^ "Takahiko Kozuka Official WEB site" (in Japanese). October 16, 2015.
^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Men" (PDF). October 16, 2015.
^ "ISU GP Audi Cup of China 2015 Time Schedule: Ice Dance Short Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. November 5, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 5, 2015.