The 2012 Hilton HHonors Skate America was the first event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series.[1] It was held at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington on October 19–21.[2][3][4] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final.

2012 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 19 – 21
Season:2012–13
Location:Kent, Washington
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:ShoWare Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Takahiko Kozuka
Ladies' singles:
United States Ashley Wagner
Pairs:
Russia Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Ice dance:
United States Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Navigation
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2011 Skate America
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2013 Skate America
Next GP:
2012 Skate Canada International

Eligibility edit

Skaters who reached the age of 14 before July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores (3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):[5]

Discipline Minimum
Men 159.66
Ladies 113.43
Pairs 120.90
Ice dancing 109.59

Entries edit

The entries were as follows.[6]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
  Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
  China Pang Qing / Tong Jian
  Czech Republic Michal Březina
Tomáš Verner
  France Maé Bérénice Méité Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
  Germany Sarah Hecken Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
  Israel Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski
  Italy Valentina Marchei Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi
  Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Takahiko Kozuka
Tatsuki Machida
Haruka Imai
  Russia Konstantin Menshov Alena Leonova
Adelina Sotnikova
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
  Sweden Alexander Majorov Viktoria Helgesson
  United States Jeremy Abbott
Armin Mahbanoozadeh
Douglas Razzano
Rachael Flatt
Christina Gao
Ashley Wagner
Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir
Caydee Denney / John Coughlin
Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff
Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus
Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt

Overview edit

Yuzuru Hanyu posted a world record score in the men's short program for a ten-point lead over teammate Takahiko Kozuka, with American Jeremy Abbott in third.[7][8][9] Kozuka won the gold medal after placing first in the free skating, Hanyu dropped to second overall, and Tatsuki Machida rounded out a Japanese sweep of the podium by winning bronze, his first Grand Prix medal.[10][11][12]

American Ashley Wagner led after the ladies' short program, followed by Russia's Adelina Sotnikova and American Christina Gao.[13][14] Wagner then placed first in the free skating to win her first GP gold, while Gao rose to take the silver, her first GP medal, and Sotnikova slipped to third.[15][16][17]

Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov placed first in the pairs' short program ahead of China's Pang Qing / Tong Jian and Americans Caydee Denney / John Coughlin.[18][19] The pairs maintained their positions in the free skating. Volosozhar / Trankov won their third GP title, Pang / Tong finished second, and Denney / Coughlin took the bronze, their first Grand Prix medal.[20][21]

Americans Meryl Davis / Charlie White won the short dance, ahead of Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje and Russia's Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev.[22][23] Davis / White also placed first in the free dance to win their third consecutive Skate America title, while Bobrova and Soloviev moved up to win the silver, their fifth medal on the GP series, and Weaver and Poje took the bronze, their sixth GP medal.[24][25]

Results edit

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 251.44 2 85.32 1 166.12
2 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 243.74 1 95.07 3 148.67
3 Tatsuki Machida   Japan 229.95 4 75.78 2 154.17
4 Konstantin Menshov   Russia 212.53 5 73.32 5 139.21
5 Jeremy Abbott   United States 211.35 3 77.71 8 133.64
6 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 209.67 6 69.26 4 140.41
7 Armin Mahbanoozadeh   United States 203.65 7 68.27 7 135.38
8 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 197.36 9 58.79 6 138.57
9 Douglas Razzano   United States 187.83 10 57.06 9 130.67
10 Alexander Majorov   Sweden 182.42 8 60.48 10 121.94

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ashley Wagner   United States 188.37 1 60.61 1 127.76
2 Christina Gao   United States 174.25 3 56.63 2 117.62
3 Adelina Sotnikova   Russia 168.96 2 58.93 3 110.03
4 Valentina Marchei   Italy 158.79 5 54.01 6 104.78
5 Haruka Imai   Japan 157.72 7 49.90 4 107.82
6 Maé Bérénice Méité   France 155.95 4 54.41 7 101.54
7 Alena Leonova   Russia 153.49 9 46.72 5 106.77
8 Viktoria Helgesson   Sweden 144.85 6 50.29 8 94.56
9 Rachael Flatt   United States 136.09 10 43.72 9 92.37
10 Sarah Hecken   Germany 134.09 8 48.11 10 85.98

Pairs edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Russia 195.07 1 65.78 1 129.29
2 Pang Qing / Tong Jian   China 185.16 2 61.96 2 123.20
3 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin   United States 177.43 3 60.75 3 117.47
4 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   France 167.66 4 55.76 4 111.90
5 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir   United States 164.19 5 55.67 5 108.52
6 Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff   United States 131.26 7 40.54 6 90.72
7 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski   Israel 119.02 6 40.66 7 78.36

Ice dancing edit

Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White   United States 176.28 1 71.39 1 104.89
2 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Russia 159.95 3 62.91 2 97.04
3 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Canada 157.32 2 65.79 3 91.53
4 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt   United States 141.41 4 53.89 4 87.52
5 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Germany 132.57 5 52.30 5 80.27
6 Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi   Italy 125.74 6 50.36 6 75.38
7 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus   United States 122.37 7 47.98 7 74.39

References edit

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  3. ^ Hunter, Steve (2012-05-04). "Kent's ShoWare Center snags international figure skating competition". Maple Valley Reporter. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  4. ^ Wood, Terry (2012-05-04). "Kent's ShoWare Center will host 2012 Skate America event". The Seattle Times.
  5. ^ "Competitors for ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2012/2013 Announced". International Skating Union. 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  6. ^ International Skating Union Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
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  11. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (2012-10-20). "Kozuka tops all-Japanese men's podium in Kent". Icenetwork.
  12. ^ "Kozuka sweeps past Hanyu at Skate America". Japan Today. 2012-10-21.
  13. ^ Walker, Elvin (2012-10-20). "Wagner leads, puts short program behind". GoldenSkate.
  14. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (2012-10-20). "Cheering Mr. Nicks spurs Wagner to lead in short". Icenetwork.
  15. ^ Walker, Elvin (2012-10-22). "Wagner commands first grand prix title at Skate America". GoldenSkate.
  16. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (2012-10-21). "'True champion' Wagner wows crowd in triumph". Icenetwork.
  17. ^ "Ashley Wagner wins Skate America". Associated Press. ESPN. 2012-10-21.
  18. ^ Walker, Elvin (2012-10-20). "Russians take early lead to kick off Grand Prix season". GoldenSkate.
  19. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (2012-10-19). "Subpar Volosozhar, Trankov good enough for lead". Icenetwork.
  20. ^ Walker, Elvin (2012-10-21). "Volosozhar and Trankov win third consecutive Grand Prix title at 2012 Skate America". GoldenSkate.
  21. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (2012-10-20). "Russian, Chinese pairs suffer through to go 1-2". Icenetwork.
  22. ^ Walker, Elvin (2012-10-21). "Davis and White waltz to lead at Skate America". GoldenSkate.
  23. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (2012-10-20). "Davis, White put classic ballet on ice, take lead". Icenetwork.
  24. ^ Walker, Elvin (2012-10-22). "Davis and White win third consecutive Skate America title". GoldenSkate.
  25. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (2012-10-21). "'Love' powers Davis, White to Skate America gold". Icenetwork.

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