2020 Skate America
| 2020 Skate America | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 23 – 24 |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Orleans Arena |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Nathan Chen | |
| Ladies' singles: Mariah Bell | |
| Pairs: Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | |
| Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | |
| Previous: 2019 Skate America | |
| Next: 2021 Skate America | |
| Next Grand Prix: 2020 Cup of China | |
The 2020 Guaranteed Rate Skate America was the first event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons.[1]
On September 25, 2020, U.S. Figure Skating announced that Skate America would be held without spectators present, in line with Nevada Gaming Control Board guidelines regarding the pandemic.[2] Attendees at the competition remained in a bubble throughout the duration of the event.[3]
Entries
The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on October 1, 2020.[4]
| Country | Men[5] | Ladies[6] | Pairs[7] | Ice dance[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Keegan Messing | |||
| China | Lin Shan | |||
| Hungary | Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati | |||
| Israel | Alexei Bychenko Daniel Samohin |
Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski | ||
| United States | Nathan Chen Tomoki Hiwatashi Joseph Kang Alexei Krasnozhon Jimmy Ma Ilia Malinin Maxim Naumov Camden Pulkinen Vincent Zhou |
Starr Andrews Mariah Bell Karen Chen Amber Glenn Gracie Gold Finley Hawk Pooja Kalyan Paige Rydberg Audrey Shin Bradie Tennell Sierra Venetta |
Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Emily Chan / Spencer Howe Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran |
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov Eva Pate / Logan Bye |
Changes to preliminary assignments
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Pairs | — | October 5 | Emily Chan / Spencer Howe | [9] | ||
| Men | October 7 | Stephen Gogolev | October 7 | Daniel Samohin | Injury[10] | [11] |
| Ladies | Gabriella Izzo | Paige Rydberg | [12] | |||
| Pairs | October 8 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | October 13 | Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Event conflict | [13][14] |
| Men | October 9 | Michal Březina | October 9 | Joseph Kang | Injury[15] | |
| Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | — | Lack of preparation time | [16] | ||
| Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov | — | [17] | ||||
| — | October 9 | Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati | ||||
| Ladies | October 12 | Isabelle Inthisone | October 12 | Finley Hawk | [18] | |
| Kate Wang | Sierra Venetta | |||||
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States | 299.15 | 1 | 111.17 | 1 | 187.98 |
| 2 | Vincent Zhou | United States | 275.10 | 2 | 99.36 | 2 | 175.47 |
| 3 | Keegan Messing | Canada | 266.42 | 3 | 92.40 | 3 | 174.02 |
| 4 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States | 245.30 | 4 | 87.17 | 4 | 158.13 |
| 5 | Ilia Malinin | United States | 220.31 | 7 | 76.75 | 5 | 143.56 |
| 6 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel | 214.62 | 6 | 77.48 | 8 | 137.14 |
| 7 | Alexei Krasnozhon | United States | 214.61 | 5 | 78.06 | 9 | 136.55 |
| 8 | Maxim Naumov | United States | 214.27 | 8 | 70.91 | 6 | 143.36 |
| 9 | Camden Pulkinen | United States | 207.82 | 9 | 69.09 | 7 | 138.73 |
| 10 | Jimmy Ma | United States | 196.98 | 11 | 63.36 | 10 | 133.62 |
| 11 | Joseph Kang | United States | 192.37 | 10 | 68.08 | 11 | 124.29 |
| 12 | Daniel Samohin | Israel | 184.54 | 12 | 61.60 | 12 | 122.94 |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariah Bell | United States | 212.73 | 1 | 76.48 | 4 | 136.25 |
| 2 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 211.07 | 2 | 73.29 | 1 | 137.78 |
| 3 | Audrey Shin | United States | 206.15 | 3 | 69.77 | 3 | 136.38 |
| 4 | Karen Chen | United States | 204.90 | 4 | 68.13 | 2 | 136.77 |
| 5 | Amber Glenn | United States | 190.09 | 5 | 67.85 | 6 | 122.24 |
| 6 | Lin Shan | China | 182.11 | 7 | 59.29 | 5 | 122.84 |
| 7 | Paige Rydberg | United States | 178.13 | 6 | 63.91 | 8 | 114.22 |
| 8 | Starr Andrews | United States | 171.70 | 10 | 57.20 | 7 | 114.50 |
| 9 | Sierra Venetta | United States | 170.12 | 8 | 59.28 | 9 | 111.44 |
| 10 | Pooja Kalyan | United States | 158.95 | 11 | 55.50 | 10 | 103.45 |
| 11 | Finley Hawk | United States | 154.25 | 9 | 59.12 | 11 | 95.13 |
| 12 | Gracie Gold | United States | 127.82 | 12 | 46.36 | 12 | 81.46 |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | United States | 214.77 | 1 | 74.19 | 1 | 140.58 |
| 2 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States | 207.40 | 2 | 71.08 | 2 | 136.32 |
| 3 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 189.65 | 3 | 67.52 | 4 | 122.13 |
| 4 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | United States | 189.23 | 4 | 64.21 | 3 | 125.02 |
| 5 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States | 174.35 | 5 | 59.86 | 5 | 114.49 |
| 6 | Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran | United States | 168.07 | 6 | 59.67 | 6 | 108.40 |
| 7 | Emily Chan / Spencer Howe | United States | 151.15 | 7 | 55.58 | 8 | 95.57 |
| 8 | Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Israel | 146.12 | 8 | 48.23 | 7 | 97.89 |
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 211.39 | 1 | 85.30 | 1 | 126.09 |
| 2 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | 202.47 | 2 | 81.15 | 2 | 121.32 |
| 3 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 185.78 | 3 | 78.63 | 3 | 107.15 |
| 4 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | United States | 178.05 | 4 | 74.98 | 4 | 103.07 |
| 5 | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov | United States | 168.09 | 5 | 66.01 | 5 | 102.08 |
| 6 | Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov | United States | 159.89 | 6 | 63.50 | 6 | 96.39 |
| 7 | Eva Pate / Logan Bye | United States | 151.40 | 7 | 59.61 | 7 | 91.79 |
| 8 | Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati | Hungary | 127.70 | 8 | 54.88 | 8 | 72.82 |
References
- ^ Associated Press (August 4, 2020). "Grand Prix figure skating series downsized to localized events". CBC.
- ^ Associated Press (September 25, 2020). "Skate America to be held without fans in Las Vegas". ESPN.
- ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 22, 2020). "U.S. Skating Stars Huddle in Las Vegas Bubble for Skate America". Team USA. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21 assignments announced". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Men". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 5, 2020.
- ^ "One Canadian skater headed to Las Vegas for 2020 Skate America". Skate Canada. October 19, 2020.
Stephen Gogolev was scheduled to compete but had to withdraw due to injury
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Men". International Skating Union. October 7, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 7, 2020.
- ^ Konov Jr., Vasily (October 8, 2020). "Траньков: Тарасова и Морозов пропустят серию Гран-при" [Trankov: Tarasova and Morozov will miss the Grand Prix series] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Michal Březina se, bohužel, letošního American Grand Prix, která se koná v Las Vegas 23.-25. října, neúčastní. Důvodem jsou problémy se zády" [Michal Březina, unfortunately, will not participate in this year's American Grand Prix, which takes place in Las Vegas on 23–25 October. The reason is back problems.] (in Czech). Czech Figure Skating Association. October 14, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- ^ "Madison Chock and Evan Bates Withdraw from 2020 Skate America". U.S. Figure Skating. October 9, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 9, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 12, 2020.