2007 NHK Trophy

2007 NHK Trophy
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 28 – December 2
Season:	2007–08
Location:	Sendai
Venue:	Sendai City Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles: Daisuke Takahashi
Ladies' singles: Carolina Kostner
Pairs: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance: Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
Previous: 2006 NHK Trophy
Next: 2008 NHK Trophy
Previous GP: 2007 Cup of Russia
Next GP: 2007–08 Grand Prix Final

The 2007 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sendai City Gymnasium in Sendai on November 28 – December 2. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007–08 Grand Prix Final.

Results

Men

The men's podium. From left: Tomáš Verner (2nd), Daisuke Takahashi (1st), Stephen Carriere (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	234.22	2	77.89	1	156.33
2	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	229.45	1	78.15	2	151.30
3	Stephen Carriere	United States	204.98	3	67.85	3	137.13
4	Jeremy Abbott	United States	187.56	12	58.27	4	129.29
5	Sergei Dobrin	Russia	186.53	6	66.14	6	120.39
6	Sergei Davydov	Belarus	184.70	5	66.25	7	118.45
7	Andrei Griazev	Russia	182.83	11	62.05	5	120.78
8	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Japan	180.70	7	63.70	9	117.00
9	Shawn Sawyer	Canada	180.35	9	62.85	8	117.50
10	Yasuharu Nanri	Japan	176.25	4	67.55	11	108.70
11	Vaughn Chipeur	Canada	173.65	10	62.10	10	111.55
12	Li Chengjiang	China	162.77	8	63.56	12	99.21

Ladies

The ladies' podium. From left: Sarah Meier (2nd), Carolina Kostner (1st), Nana Takeda (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Carolina Kostner	Italy	164.69	1	61.24	2	103.45
2	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	163.17	3	59.16	1	104.01
3	Nana Takeda	Japan	154.83	5	55.06	3	99.77
4	Miki Ando	Japan	145.81	2	60.52	7	85.29
5	Laura Lepistö	Finland	145.58	6	54.48	5	91.10
6	Alissa Czisny	United States	144.32	4	58.24	6	86.08
7	Lesley Hawker	Canada	139.96	9	45.94	4	94.02
8	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	136.54	7	53.82	8	82.72
9	Kim Chae-hwa	South Korea	122.76	10	45.32	9	77.44
10	Liu Yan	China	119.66	8	48.42	10	71.24
WD	Mai Asada	Japan		11	35.98

Pairs

The pairs podium. From left: Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	190.64	1	70.32	1	120.32
2	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	United States	166.48	4	55.66	2	110.82
3	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Canada	160.21	3	58.16	3	102.05
4	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	150.81	2	60.14	5	90.67
5	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Canada	145.33	5	54.24	4	91.09
6	Li Jiaqi / Xu Jiankun	China	120.41	6	47.40	6	73.01
7	Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin	Poland	104.97	7	38.26	7	66.71

Ice dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (2nd), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (1st), Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	197.54	1	38.96	2	61.67	2	96.91
2	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Canada	196.89	2	34.67	1	62.04	1	100.18
3	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Russia	186.96	3	34.23	3	57.84	3	94.89
4	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	United Kingdom	172.37	4	31.79	4	54.47	4	86.11
5	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan	162.15	5	29.85	5	51.26	5	81.04
6	Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre	United States	156.08	6	28.25	6	49.03	6	78.80
7	Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov	Russia	144.33	7	27.13	10	44.16	8	73.04
8	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	Japan	143.85	10	25.45	8	44.28	7	74.12
9	Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev	Ukraine	141.28	8	26.58	7	46.09	10	68.61
10	Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun	China	138.84	9	25.54	9	44.28	9	69.02

External links

• "2007–08 Grand Prix Announcement" (76.3 KiB).
• Official site
• 2007 NHK Trophy at ISU
• Starting Orders and Results