2020 Skate America Explained

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]
	Keegan Messing
		Lin Shan
				Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati
	Alexei Bychenko Daniel Samohin		Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski
		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
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		299.15	1	111.17	1	187.98
2	Vincent Zhou		275.10	2	99.36	2	175.47
3	Keegan Messing		266.42	3	92.40	3	174.02
4	Tomoki Hiwatashi		245.30	4	87.17	4	158.13
5	Ilia Malinin		220.31	7	76.75	5	143.56
6	Alexei Bychenko		214.62	6	77.48	8	137.14
7	Alexei Krasnozhon		214.61	5	78.06	9	136.55
8	Maxim Naumov		214.27	8	70.91	6	143.36
9	Camden Pulkinen		207.82	9	69.09	7	138.73
10	Jimmy Ma		196.98	11	63.36	10	133.62
11	Joseph Kang		192.37	10	68.08	11	124.29
12	Daniel Samohin		184.54	12	61.60	12	122.94

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Mariah Bell		212.73	1	76.48	4	136.25
2	Bradie Tennell		211.07	2	73.29	1	137.78
3	Audrey Shin		206.15	3	69.77	3	136.38
4	Karen Chen		204.90	4	68.13	2	136.77
5	Amber Glenn		190.09	5	67.85	6	122.24
6	Lin Shan		182.11	7	59.29	5	122.84
7	Paige Rydberg		178.13	6	63.91	8	114.22
8	Starr Andrews		171.70	10	57.20	7	114.50
9	Sierra Venetta		170.12	8	59.28	9	111.44
10	Pooja Kalyan		158.95	11	55.50	10	103.45
11	Finley Hawk		154.25	9	59.12	11	95.13
12	Gracie Gold		127.82	12	46.36	12	81.46

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier		214.77	1	74.19	1	140.58
2	Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson		207.40	2	71.08	2	136.32
3	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov		189.65	3	67.52	4	122.13
4	Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc		189.23	4	64.21	3	125.02
5	Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea		174.35	5	59.86	5	114.49
6	Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran		168.07	6	59.67	6	108.40
7	Emily Chan / Spencer Howe		151.15	7	55.58	8	95.57
8	Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski		146.12	8	48.23	7	97.89

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue		211.39	1	85.30	1	126.09
2	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker		202.47	2	81.15	2	121.32
3	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko		185.78	3	78.63	3	107.15
4	Caroline Green / Michael Parsons		178.05	4	74.98	4	103.07
5	Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov		168.09	5	66.01	5	102.08
6	Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov		159.89	6	63.50	6	96.39
7	Eva Pate / Logan Bye		151.40	7	59.61	7	91.79
8	Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati		127.70	8	54.88	8	72.82

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grand Prix figure skating series downsized to localized events. Associated Press. CBC. August 4, 2020.
2. Web site: Skate America to be held without fans in Las Vegas. Associated Press. ESPN. September 25, 2020.
3. Web site: U.S. Skating Stars Huddle in Las Vegas Bubble for Skate America. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029132546/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2020/October/22/US-Skating-Stars-Huddle-In-Las-Vegas-Bubble-For-Skate-America. dead. October 29, 2020. Lynn. Rutherford. Team USA. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. October 22, 2020.
4. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21 assignments announced. International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
5. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2020: Men. International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
6. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2020: Ladies. International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
7. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2020: Pairs. International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
8. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2020: Ice Dance. International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
9. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Pairs . October 5, 2020 . International Skating Union.
10. Web site: 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.
11. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Men. International Skating Union. October 7, 2020.
12. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies. International Skating Union. October 7, 2020.
13. Web site: Траньков: Тарасова и Морозов пропустят серию Гран-при. Trankov: Tarasova and Morozov will miss the Grand Prix series. Russian. Vasily. Konov Jr.. RIA Novosti. October 8, 2020.
14. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Pairs. October 13, 2020 . .
15. Web site: Michal Březina se, bohužel, letošního American Grand Prix, která se koná v Las Vegas 23.-25. října, neúčastní. Důvodem jsou problémy se zády.. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CGVSi2NKYTz . 2021-12-24 . limited. 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.. Czech. Czech Figure Skating Association. October 14, 2020.
16. Web site: Madison Chock and Evan Bates Withdraw from 2020 Skate America. U.S. Figure Skating. October 9, 2020.
17. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ice Dance. International Skating Union. October 9, 2020.
18. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies. October 12, 2020 . .