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Below are the top ten in each discipline in the 2009-2010 Grand Prix series after the fourth event, the NHK Trophy in Nagano, Japan. Miki Ando, Qing Pang and Jian Tong, and Meryl Davis and Charlie White have all qualified into the Grand Prix Final with their winning efforts. A few skaters are currently on the bubble, depending on how the rest of the series turns out.
The fifth event of the Grand Prix, Cancer.net Skate America, begins this Friday in Lake Placid, New York.
Q – Qualified for the Grand Prix Final
MEN (after four events)
Q1. Nobunari Oda JPN – 30 (France 15, China 15)
2. Brian Joubert FRA – 24 (France 9, Japan 15)
3. Johnny Weir USA – 22 (Russia 9, Japan 13)
4. Takahiko Kozuka JPN – 17 (Russia 13, Japan 4)
5. Sergei Voronov RUS – 16 (France 11, Japan 5)
6. Adam Rippon USA – 16 (France 11, Japan 5)
7. Evgeni Plushenko RUS – 15 (Russia 15)
8. Artem Borodulin RUS – 14 (Russia 11, Japan 3)
9. Yannick Ponsero FRA – 14 (France 7, China 7)
10. Evan Lysacek USA – 13 (China 13)
LADIES (after four events)
Q1. Miki Ando JPN – 30 (Russia 15, Japan 15)
2. Alena Leonova RUS – 24 (Russia 11, Japan 13)
3. Ashley Wagner USA – 24 (Russia 13, Japan 11)
4. Mao Asada JPN – 20 (France 13, Russia 7)
5. Yukari Nakano JPN – 20 (France 11, Japan 9)
6. Kiira Korpi FIN – 16 (France 3, China 13)
7. Yu-Na Kim KOR – 15 (France 15)
8. Akiko Suzuki JPN – 15 (China 15)
9. Joannie Rochette CAN – 11 (China 11)
10. Carolina Kostner ITA – 10 (France 5, China 5)
PAIRS (after four events)
Q1. Qing Pang and Jian Tong CHN – 30 (Russia 15, Japan 15)
2. Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov RUS – 26 (Russia 13, Japan 13)
3. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin USA – 20 (France 9, Japan 11)
4. Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao CHN – 15 (China 15)
5. Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov RUS – 15 (France 15)
6. Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang CHN – 13 (China 13)
7. Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison CAN – 13 (France 13)
8. Mylene Brodeur and John Mattatall CAN – 12 (Russia 5, Japan 7)
9. Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy GER – 11 (France 11)
10. Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov UKR – 11 (China 11)