2021 Skate America Explained

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]

Country	Men[2]	Women[3]	Pairs[4]	Ice dance[5]
	Nam Nguyen		Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
	Michal Březina
	Kévin Aymoz Adam Siao Him Fa
	Daniel Grassl
	Shun Sato Shoma Uno	Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Yuhana Yokoi	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
		Ekaterina Kurakova		Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
	Artur Danielian	Kseniia Sinitsyna Alexandra Trusova Daria Usacheva	Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
		Kim Ye-lim You Young
				Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
	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

Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Notes
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		295.56	1	97.43	1	198.13
	Shoma Uno		270.68	2	89.07	3	181.61
	Nathan Chen		269.37	4	82.89	2	186.48
4	Shun Sato		247.05	5	80.52	4	166.53
5	Jimmy Ma		228.12	3	84.52	10	143.60
6	Michal Březina		227.47	6	75.43	5	152.04
7	Daniel Grassl		221.43	8	70.88	6	150.55
8	Nam Nguyen		219.60	7	74.32	9	145.28
9	Adam Siao Him Fa		217.52	10	67.60	7	149.92
10	Artur Danielian		214.93	9	68.74	8	146.19
	Kévin Aymoz			11	58.14

Women's singles

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Alexandra Trusova		232.37	1	77.69	1	154.68
	Daria Usacheva		217.31	2	76.71	4	140.60
	You Young		216.97	5	70.73	2	146.24
4	Kaori Sakamoto		215.93	4	71.16	3	144.77
5	Kseniia Sinitsyna		205.76	3	71.51	5	134.25
6	Amber Glenn		201.02	7	67.57	7	133.45
7	Satoko Miyahara		200.51	8	66.36	6	134.15
8	Kim Ye-lim		199.34	6	70.56	8	128.78
9	Ekaterina Kurakova		188.60	11	61.36	9	127.24
10	Starr Andrews		177.63	10	61.94	11	115.69
11	Yuhana Yokoi		174.07	12	54.77	10	119.30
12	Audrey Shin		160.78	9	62.82	12	97.96

Pairs

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov		222.50	1	80.36	1	142.14
	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara		208.20	3	72.63	3	135.57
	Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii		205.53	2	75.43	4	130.10
4	Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier		202.97	5	66.37	2	136.60
5	Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson		197.42	4	68.87	5	128.55
6	Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov		183.12	6	64.15	6	118.97
7	Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea		175.40	7	60.16	7	115.24
8	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud		147.61	8	54.03	8	93.58

Ice dance

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue		209.54	1	83.58	1	125.96
	Madison Chock / Evan Bates		208.23	2	82.55	2	125.68
	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen		190.13	3	75.33	4	114.80
4	Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz		189.69	4	74.06	3	115.63
5	Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin		175.32	5	68.79	5	106.53
6	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto		164.32	7	63.56	6	100.76
7	Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus		162.02	8	63.08	7	98.94
8	Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev		160.32	6	65.30	9	95.02
9	Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov		156.97	9	61.07	8	95.90

External links

• Skate America at the International Skating Union
  • Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
2. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2021: Men. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
3. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2021: Women. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
4. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2021: Pairs. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
5. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
6. Web site: 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. Web site: Самсонов не примет участие в Гран-при США по фигурному катанию. Samsonov will not take part in the US Grand Prix of figure skating. ru. TASS. October 11, 2021.
8. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22: Men. October 11, 2021. International Skating Union.
9. Jimmy Ma Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America. U.S. Figure Skating. October 11, 2021.
10. Web site: Загорски попала в больницу и не выступит на Skate America. Zahorski is hospitalized and will not perform at Skate America. ru. Anatoly. Samokhvalov. RIA Novosti. October 14, 2021.
11. Web site: ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance. International Skating Union. October 13, 2021.
12. Starr Andrews Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America. U.S. Figure Skating. October 18, 2021.