Cup of China 2026, the program's best Composition mark so far. Video on YouTube.
Elements
Cup of China 2026, free skate · 11 elements · 98.65 technical points- 14Lo<<Quad loop Unique: no other skater does it this season8.40−0.727.68
- 24TQuad toe loop No. 5 of 34 this season9.50+2.3111.81
- 34S+3TQuad Salchow + triple toe loop13.90+2.3616.26
- 44SQuad Salchow9.70−1.398.31
- 5StSq4Step sequence, level 44.10+0.824.92
- 63A+Eu+3S+2A+SEQxTriple Axel + Euler + triple Salchow + double Axel (sequence) No. 5 of 11 this season17.16+1.4918.65
- 73AxTriple Axel8.80+2.1710.97
- 8ChSp1Choreographic spin, level 1 No. 4 of 35 this season3.50+1.575.07
- 9ChSq1Choreographic sequence, level 13.50+1.505.00
- 10CCoSp4Change foot combination spin, level 44.20+1.205.40
- 11FSSp4Flying sit spin, level 4 No. 4 of 29 this season3.60+0.984.58
Points are the base value plus the GOE, the judges' mean grade of execution without the highest and lowest mark. Each square is one judge's grade, -5 to +5. <: under-rotated. x: second half, +10%. ★ marks an execution among the season's five best of its kind, out of at least 10. ◆ marks an element at most three skaters skate this season and worth at least the usual base value of its kind.
About the program
Evgeni Semenenko, a neutral athlete (AIN), first wanted to skate The Count of Monte Cristo after the 2024 film, and the soundtrack comes from it. He went with Gladiator instead. This season his coach Alexei Mishin, who'd seen the film and the musical, brought the idea back.
Benoit Richaud choreographed it in May at a camp in Novogorsk and refined it in Courmayeur and Annecy. "I'm grateful to Benoît Richaud," Semenenko told sports.ru. Elizaveta Navislavskaya added details like eyeline and arm positions.
He won Nepela Memorial with a career-best 190.93 in the free. At Cup of China he scored 181.90 for third, and fans were upset to see him placed below Vladislav Dikidzhi.
