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:
United States Vincent Zhou
Women's singles:
Russia Alexandra Trusova
Pairs:
Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance:
United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Navigation
Previous:
2020 Skate America
Next:
2022 Skate America
Previous GP:
2020 NHK Trophy
Next GP:
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

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The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.[1]

Country Men[2] Women[3] Pairs[4] Ice dance[5]
 Canada Nam Nguyen Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
 Czech Republic Michal Březina
 France Kévin Aymoz
Adam Siao Him Fa
 Italy Daniel Grassl
 Japan Shun Sato
Shoma Uno
Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto
Yuhana Yokoi
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
 Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
 Russia Artur Danielian Kseniia Sinitsyna
Alexandra Trusova
Daria Usacheva
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
 South Korea Kim Ye-lim
You Young
 Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
 United States Nathan Chen
Jimmy Ma
Vincent Zhou
Starr Andrews
Amber Glenn
Audrey Shin
Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier
Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea
Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 2 United States Yaroslav Paniot Host picks [6]
Women United States Audrey Shin
Pairs United States Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Ice dance United States Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Men October 11 Russia Daniil Samsonov Medical reasons[7] [8]
United States Yaroslav Paniot October 11 United States Jimmy Ma [9]
Ice dance October 13 Russia Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Hospitalization (Zahorski)[10] [11]
Women October 18 United States Bradie Tennell October 18 United States Starr Andrews Injury [12]

Results

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Men's singles

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vincent Zhou  United States 295.56 1 97.43 1 198.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shoma Uno  Japan 270.68 2 89.07 3 181.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandra Trusova  Russia 232.37 1 77.69 1 154.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daria Usacheva  Russia 217.31 2 76.71 4 140.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 222.50 1 80.36 1 142.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 208.20 3 72.63 3 135.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s) Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 209.54 1 83.58 1 125.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 208.23 2 82.55 2 125.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Final U.S. Selections for 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America Announced". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating. September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22: Men". International Skating Union. October 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Ma Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 11, 2021.
  10. ^ 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).
  11. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "Starr Andrews Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 18, 2021.
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