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2017 Skate America

The 2017 Skate America was the sixth event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Lake Placid, New York, on November 24–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final.

2017 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 24 – 26
Season:2017–18
Location:Lake Placid, New York
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Nathan Chen
Ladies' singles:
Japan Satoko Miyahara
Pairs:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
Ice dance:
United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
Navigation
Previous:
2016 Skate America
Next:
2018 Skate America
Previous GP:
2017 Internationaux de France
Next GP:
2017-18 Grand Prix Final

Entries edit

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.[1][2][3][4]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
  Canada Liam Firus
Kevin Reynolds
Roman Sadovsky 		Gabrielle Daleman Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 		Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
  China Jin Boyang
Yan Han 		Li Xiangning Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
  Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
  Israel Daniel Samohin
  Italy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
  Japan Takahito Mura Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto 		Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
  Russia Maxim Kovtun
Sergei Voronov 		Alena Leonova
Serafima Sakhanovich
Polina Tsurskaya 		Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
  Slovakia Nicole Rajičová
  United States Nathan Chen
Ross Miner
Adam Rippon 		Karen Chen
Bradie Tennell
Ashley Wagner 		Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim
Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay 		Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Changes to preliminary assignments edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men — September 19   Ross Miner Host picks
Ladies   Bradie Tennell
Pairs   Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay
Ice dance   Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
Men November 10   Alexander Petrov November 13   Roman Sadovsky Injury
November 16   Cha Jun-hwan November 16   Yan Han Focus on injury recovery [5]
Ladies November 17   Choi Da-bin —
November 20   Anna Pogorilaya November 20   Serafima Sakhanovich Focus on injury recovery
Men November 22   Jorik Hendrickx November 22   Liam Firus
Ice dance   Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko —

Results edit

Men edit

Nathan Chen, skating with a left blade that had a nick in the outside edge, won the short program by a 15-point margin over Adam Rippon.[6][7][8]

Rippon ranked first in the next segment, finishing 5.6 points ahead of Chen. Before skating, Rippon assisted in removing various insects on the ice.[9] Having replaced the nicked blade, Chen stated, "I think that was a bad call. It was a little too sharp on the inside edge, and every time I pressed into it for sal(chow), toe and even flip, it would catch into the ice way harder than I was used to."[10]

Kovtun withdrew due to a foot injury incurred during the short program and Samohin withdrew after dislocating his left shoulder when he fell on a quad Salchow.[11] Rippon had some pain in his right shoulder after falling on a quad Lutz but was able to continue. Jin skated on two sprained ankles, but still achieved a free skate score and placement high enough to qualify for the Grand Prix final. Chen finished first overall by 9.43 points, Rippon won silver, and Voronov took bronze, with Rafael Arutyunyan coaching the top two.[10][8]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen   United States 275.88 1 104.12 2 171.76
2 Adam Rippon   United States 266.45 2 89.04 1 177.41
3 Sergei Voronov   Russia 257.49 3 87.51 3 169.98
4 Jin Boyang   China 246.03 6 77.97 4 168.06
5 Yan Han   China 228.33 4 85.97 7 142.36
6 Ross Miner   United States 219.62 8 71.59 5 148.03
7 Takahito Mura   Japan 212.77 7 75.05 8 137.72
8 Liam Firus   Canada 210.83 11 65.17 6 145.66
9 Kevin Reynolds   Canada 204.05 10 69.10 9 134.95
10 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 200.10 9 70.85 10 129.25
WD Daniel Samohin   Israel 82.28 5 82.28 withdrew
WD Maxim Kovtun   Russia 64.98 12 64.98 withdrew

Ladies edit

Miyahara placed first in the short program, Sakamoto was second with a 1.32-point deficit, and Daleman third.[12][13][14]

Miyahara, first in the free skate, won gold with a 3.44-point margin over Sakamoto, who won her first Grand Prix medal (in her second appearance on the senior series). Making her senior Grand Prix debut, Tennell rose from fourth after the short program to take the bronze medal. Wagner withdrew due to a skin infection on her ankle.[15][16][14]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 214.03 1 70.72 1 143.31
2 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 210.59 2 69.40 2 141.19
3 Bradie Tennell   United States 204.10 4 67.01 3 137.09
4 Polina Tsurskaya   Russia 195.56 8 63.20 4 132.36
5 Serafima Sakhanovich   Russia 189.75 5 66.28 5 123.47
6 Gabrielle Daleman   Canada 189.14 3 68.08 8 121.06
7 Alena Leonova   Russia 185.93 7 63.91 7 122.02
8 Karen Chen   United States 182.80 9 59.53 6 123.27
9 Nicole Rajičová   Slovakia 167.61 10 55.43 9 112.18
10 Li Xiangning   China 164.32 11 55.24 10 109.08
WD Ashley Wagner   United States 64.12 6 64.12 withdrew

Pairs edit

Duhamel/Radford won the short program with a 1.7-point lead over Yu/Zhang.[17][18][19]

In the free skate, Savchenko/Massot scored a personal best to win the title although Massot continued to be troubled by back pain. Yu/Zhang took the silver medal while Duhamel/Radford dropped to third.[20][21][19]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Germany 223.13 3 72.55 1 150.58
2 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao   China 219.20 2 73.67 2 145.53
3 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Canada 215.68 1 75.37 3 140.31
4 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert   Russia 197.89 4 70.15 5 127.74
5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim   United States 189.07 5 64.27 6 124.80
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Canada 187.81 7 59.97 4 127.84
7 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier   United States 172.16 6 63.04 7 109.12
8 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay   United States 165.00 8 57.18 8 107.82

Ice dance edit

In the short dance, most teams received lower levels than they expected, with the exception of the Shibutanis, who scored a personal best and placed first with a 6.48-point lead over Cappellini/Lanotte.[12][22][23]

The Shibutanis also ranked first in the free dance (by a margin of 6.14 points) and won the gold medal by over 12 points. Cappellini/Lanotte struggled with a lift but finished second overall and qualified to the Grand Prix Final along with the winners.[24][25][23]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   United States 194.25 1 79.18 1 115.07
2 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 181.63 2 72.70 2 108.93
3 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Russia 176.53 3 68.72 3 107.81
4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 166.54 5 64.07 4 102.47
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 163.53 7 62.15 5 101.38
6 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Russia 160.28 4 64.20 6 96.08
7 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed   Japan 155.80 6 62.30 8 93.50
8 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu   China 149.36 9 55.57 7 93.79
9 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons   United States 145.54 8 58.36 9 87.18

References edit

  1. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017/18: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. 26 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ^ "피겨 차준환, 그랑프리 6차대회 포기…평창 2차선발전 '올인'" [Cha Jun-hwan, giving up the Grand Prix 6th contest ... Pyeongchang Second Lane Development 'All In'] (in Korean). Donga. November 16, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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  7. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (November 24, 2017). "Chen dominates field to take lead in Lake Placid". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
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  12. ^ a b Rutherford, Lynn (November 25, 2017). "Miyahara leads tight ladies race at Skate America; Tennell slots fourth in Grand Prix debut; Shibutanis in control of dance field". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
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  19. ^ a b "Savchenko and Massot: 'It was a good fight'". goldenskate.com. November 25, 2017.
  20. ^ Leamy, Liz (November 26, 2017). "2017 Skate America - Pairs Free Skate". iceskatingintnl.com.
  21. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (November 25, 2017). "Savchenko, Massot win gold with career-best free". IceNetwork.com.
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