2021 Skate America
| 2021 Skate America | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 22 – 24 |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Orleans Arena |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Vincent Zhou | |
| Women's singles: Alexandra Trusova | |
| Pairs: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | |
| Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | |
| Previous: 2020 Skate America | |
| Next: 2022 Skate America | |
| Previous Grand Prix: 2020 NHK Trophy | |
| Next Grand Prix: 2021 Skate Canada International | |
The 2021 Skate America was the first event of the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 22–24. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.
Entries
The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Men | — | September 2 | Yaroslav Paniot | Host picks | [6] | |
| Women | Audrey Shin | |||||
| Pairs | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | |||||
| Ice dance | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov | |||||
| Men | October 11 | Daniil Samsonov | — | Medical reasons[7] | [8] | |
| Yaroslav Paniot | October 11 | Jimmy Ma | [9] | |||
| Ice dance | October 13 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | — | Hospitalization (Zahorski)[10] | [11] | |
| Women | October 18 | Bradie Tennell | October 18 | Starr Andrews | Injury | [12] |
Results
Men's singles
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Zhou | United States | 295.56 | 1 | 97.43 | 1 | 198.13 | |
| Shoma Uno | Japan | 270.68 | 2 | 89.07 | 3 | 181.61 | |
| Nathan Chen | United States | 269.37 | 4 | 82.89 | 2 | 186.48 | |
| 4 | Shun Sato | Japan | 247.05 | 5 | 80.52 | 4 | 166.53 |
| 5 | Jimmy Ma | United States | 228.12 | 3 | 84.52 | 10 | 143.60 |
| 6 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 227.47 | 6 | 75.43 | 5 | 152.04 |
| 7 | Daniel Grassl | Italy | 221.43 | 8 | 70.88 | 6 | 150.55 |
| 8 | Nam Nguyen | Canada | 219.60 | 7 | 74.32 | 9 | 145.28 |
| 9 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 217.52 | 10 | 67.60 | 7 | 149.92 |
| 10 | Artur Danielian | Russia | 214.93 | 9 | 68.74 | 8 | 146.19 |
| WD | Kévin Aymoz | France | withdrew | 11 | 58.14 | withdrew from competition | |
Women's singles
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 232.37 | 1 | 77.69 | 1 | 154.68 | |
| Daria Usacheva | Russia | 217.31 | 2 | 76.71 | 4 | 140.60 | |
| You Young | South Korea | 216.97 | 5 | 70.73 | 2 | 146.24 | |
| 4 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 215.93 | 4 | 71.16 | 3 | 144.77 |
| 5 | Kseniia Sinitsyna | Russia | 205.76 | 3 | 71.51 | 5 | 134.25 |
| 6 | Amber Glenn | United States | 201.02 | 7 | 67.57 | 7 | 133.45 |
| 7 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 200.51 | 8 | 66.36 | 6 | 134.15 |
| 8 | Kim Ye-lim | South Korea | 199.34 | 6 | 70.56 | 8 | 128.78 |
| 9 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | 188.60 | 11 | 61.36 | 9 | 127.24 |
| 10 | Starr Andrews | United States | 177.63 | 10 | 61.94 | 11 | 115.69 |
| 11 | Yuhana Yokoi | Japan | 174.07 | 12 | 54.77 | 10 | 119.30 |
| 12 | Audrey Shin | United States | 160.78 | 9 | 62.82 | 12 | 97.96 |
Pairs
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 222.50 | 1 | 80.36 | 1 | 142.14 | |
| Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 208.20 | 3 | 72.63 | 3 | 135.57 | |
| Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 205.53 | 2 | 75.43 | 4 | 130.10 | |
| 4 | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier | United States | 202.97 | 5 | 66.37 | 2 | 136.60 |
| 5 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States | 197.42 | 4 | 68.87 | 5 | 128.55 |
| 6 | Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov | Russia | 183.12 | 6 | 64.15 | 6 | 118.97 |
| 7 | Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea | United States | 175.40 | 7 | 60.16 | 7 | 115.24 |
| 8 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 147.61 | 8 | 54.03 | 8 | 93.58 |
Ice dance
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 209.54 | 1 | 83.58 | 1 | 125.96 | |
| Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 208.23 | 2 | 82.55 | 2 | 125.68 | |
| Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada | 190.13 | 3 | 75.33 | 4 | 114.80 | |
| 4 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | Spain | 189.69 | 4 | 74.06 | 3 | 115.63 |
| 5 | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin | Russia | 175.32 | 5 | 68.79 | 5 | 106.53 |
| 6 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Japan | 164.32 | 7 | 63.56 | 6 | 100.76 |
| 7 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada | 162.02 | 8 | 63.08 | 7 | 98.94 |
| 8 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 160.32 | 6 | 65.30 | 9 | 95.02 |
| 9 | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov | United States | 156.97 | 9 | 61.07 | 8 | 95.90 |
References
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
- ^ "Final U.S. Selections for 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America Announced". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating. September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Самсонов не примет участие в Гран-при США по фигурному катанию" [Samsonov will not take part in the US Grand Prix of figure skating]. TASS (in Russian). October 11, 2021.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22: Men". International Skating Union. October 11, 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy Ma Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 11, 2021.
- ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (October 14, 2021). "Загорски попала в больницу и не выступит на Skate America" [Zahorski is hospitalized and will not perform at Skate America]. RIA Novosti (in Russian).
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 13, 2021.
- ^ "Starr Andrews Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 18, 2021.