Icenetwork World Rankings

Ladies

Korea’s Yu-Na Kim widened her lead to more than 1,500 points over second-ranked Mao Asada of Japan with her convincing victory in Paris. Kim beat Asada by more than 36 points and set a new scoring record in the process, amassing a competition mark of 210.03. Trophée Bompard bronze medalist Yukari Nakano of Japan moved up two spots to No. 6, while fourth-place finisher Caroline Zhang of the United States also improved two spots, to No. 8.

Pairs

The surprise of the competition came in pairs, where reigning two-time World champions Germans Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy suffered a meltdown in the free skate and finished third. They maintained their sizable lead in the standings, however. The biggest beneficiaries of the Germans’ calamitous performance were Russians Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov, who won their first Grand Prix gold medal, an achievement that bumped them up two spots to No. 4. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin of the United States had a respectable fourth-place showing – landing a clean throw triple Axel in the process – and ascended four positions to No. 10.

Ice Dancing

Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the ice dancing event easily, boosting them four places to No. 3. No other dance team’s standing changed more than two spots, although the Russian teams of Ekaterina Rubleva and Ivan Shefer, and Kristina Gorshkova and Vitali Butikov moved into the rankings at Nos. 18 and 19, respectively, after sitting just outside the top 20 last week.

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Rankings as of Oct. 19, 2009:

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