| 2008 Trophée Éric Bompard | |
|---|---|
 Vanessa James & Yannick Bonheur performing at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard. | |
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 13 – 16 |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Location: | Paris |
| Host: | Federation Française des Sports de Glace |
| Venue: | Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: 
Patrick Chan | |
| Ladies' singles:
Joannie Rochette | |
Pairs: 
Aliona Savchenko /
Robin Szolkowy | |
Ice dance: 
Isabelle Delobel /
Olivier Schoenfelder | |
| Previous: 2007 Trophée Éric Bompard | |
| Next: 2009 Trophée Éric Bompard | |
| Previous GP: 2008 Cup of China | |
| Next GP: 2008 Cup of Russia | |
The 2008 Trophée Éric Bompard was the fourth event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris on November 13–16. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Paso Doble.
Results
Men
Patrick Chan won his second Grand Prix title. [1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Chan |
Canada |
238.09 | 1 | 81.39 | 1 | 156.70 |
| 2 | Takahiko Kozuka | 
Japan |
230.78 | 2 | 77.00 | 2 | 153.78 |
| 3 | Alban Préaubert |
France |
222.44 | 4 | 73.24 | 3 | 149.20 |
| 4 | Brian Joubert |
France |
221.13 | 3 | 73.75 | 4 | 147.38 |
| 5 | Brandon Mroz | 
United States |
189.46 | 6 | 65.44 | 5 | 124.02 |
| 6 | Peter Liebers |
Germany |
176.88 | 8 | 61.59 | 6 | 115.29 |
| 7 | Ryan Bradley |
United States |
175.62 | 5 | 69.35 | 10 | 106.27 |
| 8 | Wu Jialiang | 
China |
169.36 | 7 | 62.74 | 9 | 106.62 |
| 9 | Gregor Urbas | 
Slovenia |
167.87 | 11 | 55.01 | 7 | 112.86 |
| 10 | Igor Macypura | 
Slovakia |
165.20 | 9 | 61.58 | 11 | 103.62 |
| 11 | Andrei Lutai | 
Russia |
160.10 | 12 | 53.33 | 8 | 106.77 |
| 12 | Yoann Deslot |
France |
156.68 | 10 | 55.65 | 12 | 101.03 |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joannie Rochette |
Canada |
180.73 | 1 | 59.54 | 1 | 121.19 |
| 2 | Mao Asada |
Japan |
167.59 | 2 | 58.12 | 2 | 109.47 |
| 3 | Caroline Zhang |
United States |
156.54 | 3 | 51.76 | 3 | 104.78 |
| 4 | Candice Didier |
France |
135.25 | 5 | 47.96 | 4 | 87.29 |
| 5 | Beatrisa Liang |
United States |
134.29 | 4 | 49.60 | 5 | 84.69 |
| 6 | Xu Binshu |
China |
123.83 | 10 | 40.68 | 6 | 83.15 |
| 7 | Elene Gedevanishvili | 
Georgia |
121.78 | 9 | 41.48 | 7 | 80.30 |
| 8 | Anastasia Gimazetdinova | 
Uzbekistan |
116.99 | 7 | 45.44 | 8 | 71.55 |
| 9 | Emily Hughes |
United States |
115.48 | 8 | 44.32 | 9 | 71.16 |
| 10 | Gwendoline Didier |
France |
111.18 | 6 | 47.58 | 10 | 63.60 |
Pairs
During the free skating, Meagan Duhamel accidentally sliced Craig Buntin's hand a minute into the program on their side-by-side salchow jumps and blood dripped on the ice; the pair stopped to get his hand bandaged and then completed the program to win the bronze medal. [2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy |
Germany |
188.50 | 1 | 68.18 | 1 | 120.32 |
| 2 | Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov |
Russia |
170.87 | 2 | 64.84 | 3 | 106.03 |
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin |
Canada |
166.63 | 3 | 58.66 | 2 | 107.97 |
| 4 | Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming |
China |
140.58 | 4 | 51.12 | 5 | 89.46 |
| 5 | Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent |
United States |
140.00 | 6 | 46.48 | 4 | 93.52 |
| 6 | Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia |
France |
135.64 | 5 | 47.54 | 6 | 88.10 |
| 7 | Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur |
France |
121.15 | 7 | 44.34 | 8 | 76.81 |
| 8 | Mélodie Chataigner / Medhi Bouzzine |
France |
120.06 | 8 | 41.78 | 7 | 78.28 |
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder |
France |
184.81 | 1 | 37.98 | 3 | 55.23 | 1 | 91.60 |
| 2 | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | 
Italy |
179.58 | 2 | 34.46 | 1 | 55.79 | 2 | 89.33 |
| 3 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr | 
United Kingdom |
176.96 | 3 | 32.32 | 2 | 55.52 | 3 | 89.12 |
| 4 | Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier |
Canada |
171.49 | 5 | 31.75 | 4 | 52.71 | 4 | 87.03 |
| 5 | Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost |
France |
166.84 | 4 | 31.77 | 5 | 52.22 | 5 | 82.85 |
| 6 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin | 
Azerbaijan |
158.53 | 6 | 30.05 | 6 | 49.94 | 7 | 78.54 |
| 7 | Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer |
Russia |
156.84 | 7 | 28.44 | 7 | 48.40 | 6 | 80.00 |
| 8 | Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev |
United States |
142.95 | 8 | 28.02 | 8 | 45.78 | 8 | 69.15 |
| 9 | Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet |
France |
134.46 | 9 | 25.19 | 9 | 43.02 | 9 | 66.25 |
| 10 | Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki | 
Poland |
124.80 | 10 | 24.73 | 10 | 37.09 | 10 | 62.98 |
References
- ^ "Chan, Rochette give Canada double Trophee Bompard win". Associated Press. ESPN. June 13, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ^ Smith, Beverley (November 15, 2008). "Bad cut can't stop Buntin". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
2008 Trophée Eric Bompard.
- 2008 Trophée Éric Bompard at the International Skating Union
- "2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- "Men's Entries". Archived from the original on 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- "Ladies' Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- "Pairs' Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- "Ice dancing Entries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-09.