The 2021 CS

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was held on October 13–17, 2021 in

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, China. It was scheduled as part of the

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, although it was later re-classified as an international event. It also served as the test event for the

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. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles,

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, and

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. In January 2021, the

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announced that the 2021 Asian Open Trophy would replace the 2020–21 Grand Prix Final as the designated international test event for the

. The 2020–21 Grand Prix Final was cancelled because of the

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. The Beijing 2022 organizing committee also conducted a domestic, internal test event program for the Olympics in April 2021. After a series of withdrawing by international participants, the 2021 Asian Open Trophy was unable to meet the minimum entry requirements to be classified as a Challenger event. The singles disciplines, which had competitors from multiple countries, were re-classified as regular international (Senior B) events; the pairs and ice dance events only featured domestic competitors and were therefore not considered as international competitions.

Entries

The

published the list of entries on September 21, 2021.

Changes to preliminary assignments

Results

Men

Women

Pairs

Ice dance

References

External links

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Results
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