The 2018 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington on October 19–21. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.
| 2018 Skate America | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 19 – 21 |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Location: | Everett, Washington |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Angel of the Winds Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Nathan Chen | |
Ladies' singles:  Satoko Miyahara | |
Pairs:  Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | |
| Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | |
| Previous: 2017 Skate America | |
| Next: 2019 Skate America | |
| Next GP: 2018 Skate Canada International | |
Entries edit
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 9 and 31 | Pairs |  Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao
|
 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
|
Foot injury (Yu) | [2][3] |
| July 18 and September 7 | Ice dance |  Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
|
 Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland
|
Split | [4][5] |
| August 9 and 16 | Ladies |  Nicole Rajičová
|
 Alaine Chartrand
|
[6][7] | |
| August 15 and 16 | Men |  Jorik Hendrickx
|
Kevin Reynolds
|
[8] | |
| September 10 | Men | N/A | Jimmy Ma
|
Host pick | [9] |
| Ladies | Megan Wessenberg
| ||||
| Pairs | Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker
| ||||
| Ice dance | Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson
| ||||
| October 8 and 9 | Pairs | Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong
|
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud
|
[10][11] | |
| October 15 | Ladies | Elena Radionova
|
N/A | Back injury | [12] |
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen |  United States
|
280.57 | 1 | 90.58 | 1 | 189.99 |
| 2 | Michal Březina |  Czech Republic
|
239.51 | 2 | 82.09 | 2 | 157.42 |
| 3 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
226.44 | 4 | 78.18 | 4 | 148.26 |
| 4 | Matteo Rizzo |  Italy
|
225.81 | 5 | 78.09 | 5 | 147.72 |
| 5 | Vincent Zhou | United States
|
225.75 | 6 | 76.38 | 3 | 149.37 |
| 6 | Nam Nguyen | Canada
|
212.99 | 9 | 69.86 | 6 | 143.13 |
| 7 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee |  Malaysia
|
207.51 | 3 | 81.52 | 9 | 125.99 |
| 8 | Morisi Kvitelashvili |  Georgia
|
205.12 | 11 | 68.58 | 7 | 136.54 |
| 9 | Alexei Bychenko |  Israel
|
197.47 | 10 | 69.69 | 8 | 127.78 |
| 10 | Romain Ponsart |  France
|
187.92 | 8 | 71.48 | 11 | 116.44 |
| 11 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada
|
185.63 | 12 | 61.62 | 10 | 124.01 |
| 12 | Jimmy Ma | United States
|
185.06 | 7 | 71.53 | 12 | 113.53 |
Ladies edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
219.71 | 1 | 73.86 | 1 | 145.85 |
| 2 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan
|
213.90 | 2 | 71.29 | 2 | 142.61 |
| 3 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia
|
198.70 | 3 | 64.41 | 3 | 134.29 |
| 4 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
192.89 | 5 | 61.72 | 4 | 131.17 |
| 5 | Laurine Lecavelier | France
|
172.41 | 7 | 59.57 | 5 | 112.84 |
| 6 | Megan Wessenberg | United States
|
170.33 | 6 | 60.20 | 6 | 110.13 |
| 7 | Polina Tsurskaya | Russia
|
159.45 | 8 | 58.42 | 8 | 101.03 |
| 8 | Marin Honda | Japan
|
158.04 | 4 | 62.74 | 9 | 95.30 |
| 9 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada
|
155.49 | 11 | 46.99 | 7 | 108.50 |
| 10 | Starr Andrews | United States
|
150.56 | 9 | 56.03 | 10 | 94.53 |
| WD | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium
|
withdrew | 10 | 54.13 | withdrew from competition | |
Pairs edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia
|
204.85 | 1 | 71.24 | 1 | 133.61 |
| 2 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia
|
178.98 | 2 | 62.38 | 3 | 116.60 |
| 3 | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc | United States
|
175.06 | 4 | 57.72 | 2 | 117.34 |
| 4 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States
|
171.56 | 5 | 57.31 | 4 | 114.25 |
| 5 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany
|
162.10 | 3 | 60.04 | 5 | 102.06 |
| 6 | Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker | United States
|
151.21 | 7 | 51.56 | 6 | 99.65 |
| 7 | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Germany
|
144.53 | 6 | 53.36 | 7 | 91.17 |
| 8 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada
|
129.06 | 8 | 44.71 | 8 | 84.35 |
Ice dancing edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States
|
200.82 | 1 | 78.43 | 1 | 122.39 |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
192.30 | 2 | 75.01 | 2 | 117.29 |
| 3 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia
|
181.38 | 3 | 73.30 | 4 | 108.08 |
| 4 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | United States
|
180.57 | 4 | 72.44 | 3 | 108.13 |
| 5 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain
|
170.70 | 5 | 64.71 | 5 | 105.99 |
| 6 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev |  Poland
|
163.05 | 6 | 62.78 | 6 | 100.27 |
| 7 | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | Germany
|
158.11 | 7 | 60.12 | 7 | 97.99 |
| 8 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin |  Ukraine
|
156.16 | 8 | 58.32 | 8 | 97.84 |
| 9 | Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland | Great Britain
|
152.69 | 9 | 57.77 | 9 | 94.92 |
| 10 | Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson | United States
|
139.33 | 10 | 51.89 | 10 | 87.44 |
References edit
- ^ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (July 1, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. July 9, 2018.
- ^ "Eiskunstlauf: Zwei Grand-Prix-Einladungen für Vize-Meister Hase/Seegert" [Figure Skating: Two Grand Prix Invitations for Vice Champion Hase / Seegert] (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. July 31, 2018.
- ^ Gamelin, Alexander (July 18, 2018). "It is with deep regret..." (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- ^ Tweedale, Robynne (September 7, 2018). "Excited to be going to Skate Canada and Skate America soon!" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. August 9, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. August 16, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. August 16, 2018.
- ^ U.S. Figure Skating [@USFigureSkating] (September 10, 2018). "🥁 Joining #TeamUSA at #SkateAmerica..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 8, 2018.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2018: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 9, 2018.
- ^ Vilevich, Alexander (October 15, 2018). "Елена Радионова Тренер: Радионова снялась со "Скейт Америка" из-за травмы спины" [Coach: Radionova shot with Skate America due to a back injury] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
External links edit
- 2018 Skate America at the International Skating Union