The 2008 NHK Trophy was the final 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
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design.
It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming ...
in
Tokyo
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on November 27–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The
compulsory dance
The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and gen ...
was the Paso Doble.
Schedule
(Japan local time,
UTC+9
UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00.
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* Friday, November 28
** 14:15 Ice dancing - Compulsory dance
** 15:35 Pairs - Short program
** 17:00 Men - Short program
** 18:55 Ladies - Short program
** 20:45 Ice dancing - Original dance
* Saturday, November 29
** 14:15 Pairs - Free skating
** 15:56 Ice dancing - Free skating
** 18:42 Ladies - Free skating
* Sunday, November 30
** 13:00 Men - Free skating
** 16:00 Gala exhibition
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
External links
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2008 NHK Trophyat the
Japan Skating Federation
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NHK Trophy
The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Organized by the Japanese Skating Federation, it began in 1979 and was added to the Grand Prix series in 19 ...