2020 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 23 – 24
Season:2020–21
Location:Las Vegas, Nevada
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Orleans Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Nathan Chen
Ladies' singles:
United States Mariah Bell
Pairs:
United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier
Ice dance:
United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
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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]
 Canada Keegan Messing
 China Lin Shan
 Hungary Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati
 Israel Alexei Bychenko
Daniel Samohin 		Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski
 United States Nathan Chen
Tomoki Hiwatashi
Joseph Kang
Alexei Krasnozhon
Jimmy Ma
Ilia Malinin
Maxim Naumov
Camden Pulkinen
Vincent Zhou 		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 Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Pairs — October 5 United States Emily Chan / Spencer Howe [9]
Men October 7 Canada Stephen Gogolev October 7 Israel Daniel Samohin Injury[10] [11]
Ladies United States Gabriella Izzo United States Paige Rydberg [12]
Pairs October 8 Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov October 13 Israel Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski Event conflict [13][14]
Men October 9 Czech Republic Michal Březina October 9 United States Joseph Kang Injury[15]
Ice dance United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates — Lack of preparation time [16]
United States Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov — [17]
— October 9 Hungary Emily Monaghan / Ilias Fourati
Ladies October 12 United States Isabelle Inthisone October 12 United States Finley Hawk [18]
United States Kate Wang United States Sierra Venetta

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen  United States 299.15 1 111.17 1 187.98
2 Vincent Zhou  United States 275.10 2 99.36 2 175.47
3 Keegan Messing  Canada 266.42 3 92.40 3 174.02
4 Tomoki Hiwatashi  United States 245.30 4 87.17 4 158.13
5 Ilia Malinin  United States 220.31 7 76.75 5 143.56
6 Alexei Bychenko  Israel 214.62 6 77.48 8 137.14
7 Alexei Krasnozhon  United States 214.61 5 78.06 9 136.55
8 Maxim Naumov  United States 214.27 8 70.91 6 143.36
9 Camden Pulkinen  United States 207.82 9 69.09 7 138.73
10 Jimmy Ma  United States 196.98 11 63.36 10 133.62
11 Joseph Kang  United States 192.37 10 68.08 11 124.29
12 Daniel Samohin  Israel 184.54 12 61.60 12 122.94

Ladies

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

Pairs

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

Ice dance

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

References

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