The 2016 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois, on October 21–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.
| 2016 Skate America | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 21 – 23 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Sears Centre |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Shoma Uno | |
Ladies' singles:  Ashley Wagner | |
Pairs:  Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | |
| Ice dance: Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | |
| Previous: 2015 Skate America | |
| Next: 2017 Skate America | |
| Next GP: 2016 Skate Canada International | |
Entries
editThe ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.[1][2][3][4]
Changes to preliminary assignments
edit| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 | Pairs | Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage
|
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
|
Split | [5] |
| August 16 | Men | N/A | Timothy Dolensky
|
Host pick | [6] |
| August 22 | Ladies | N/A | Angela Wang
|
Host pick | [7] |
| September 9 | Ice dancing | N/A | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit
|
Host pick | [7] |
| September 14 | Pairs | N/A | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran
|
Host pick | [7] |
| September 22 and 23 | Pairs |  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek
|
Injury (Sui) | [8] |
| September 22 and 23 | Ice dancing |  Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov
|
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
|
[9] | |
| October 12 | Ladies | Angela Wang
|
Mariah Bell
|
Injury | [10] |
| October 16 | Men |  Denis Ten
|
Not replaced | [11] | |
| October 17 | Ladies |  Yulia Lipnitskaya
|
Not replaced | Injury | [12] |
| October 20 | Men | Daisuke Murakami
|
Not replaced | Injury | [13] |
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan
|
279.34 | 1 | 89.15 | 1 | 190.19 |
| 2 | Jason Brown |  United States
|
268.38 | 3 | 85.75 | 2 | 182.63 |
| 3 | Adam Rippon | United States
|
261.43 | 2 | 87.32 | 3 | 174.11 |
| 4 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
245.28 | 5 | 78.68 | 5 | 166.60 |
| 5 | Jin Boyang | China
|
245.08 | 8 | 72.93 | 4 | 172.15 |
| 6 | Nam Nguyen | Canada
|
239.26 | 4 | 79.62 | 7 | 159.64 |
| 7 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia
|
230.75 | 10 | 67.43 | 6 | 163.32 |
| 8 | Timothy Dolensky | United States
|
226.53 | 6 | 77.59 | 8 | 148.94 |
| 9 | Jorik Hendrickx |  Belgium
|
224.91 | 7 | 76.62 | 9 | 148.29 |
| 10 | Brendan Kerry |  Australia
|
211.76 | 9 | 71.62 | 10 | 140.14 |
Ladies
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley Wagner | United States
|
196.44 | 1 | 69.50 | 2 | 126.94 |
| 2 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
191.59 | 6 | 60.92 | 1 | 130.67 |
| 3 | Mai Mihara | Japan
|
189.28 | 2 | 65.75 | 3 | 123.53 |
| 4 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada
|
186.63 | 4 | 64.49 | 4 | 122.14 |
| 5 | Gracie Gold | United States
|
184.22 | 3 | 64.87 | 5 | 119.35 |
| 6 | Mao Asada | Japan
|
176.78 | 5 | 64.47 | 6 | 112.31 |
| 7 | Serafima Sakhanovich | Russia
|
163.84 | 8 | 56.52 | 7 | 107.32 |
| 8 | Park So-youn | South Korea
|
161.36 | 7 | 58.16 | 8 | 103.20 |
| 9 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Italy
|
149.13 | 9 | 52.62 | 10 | 96.51 |
| 10 | Kanako Murakami | Japan
|
145.03 | 10 | 47.87 | 9 | 97.16 |
| 11 | Angelīna Kučvaļska |  Latvia
|
134.97 | 11 | 47.80 | 11 | 87.17 |
Pairs
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada
|
197.31 | 3 | 66.49 | 1 | 130.82 |
| 2 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States
|
192.65 | 2 | 67.29 | 2 | 125.36 |
| 3 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia
|
185.94 | 1 | 75.24 | 5 | 110.70 |
| 4 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès |  France
|
174.65 | 4 | 65.78 | 7 | 108.87 |
| 5 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia
|
174.52 | 5 | 64.34 | 6 | 110.18 |
| 6 | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | United States
|
173.50 | 8 | 57.93 | 3 | 115.57 |
| 7 | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran | United States
|
171.95 | 7 | 61.17 | 4 | 110.78 |
| 8 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy
|
169.69 | 6 | 62.49 | 8 | 107.20 |
Ice dancing
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States
|
185.75 | 1 | 73.04 | 1 | 112.71 |
| 2 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States
|
175.77 | 3 | 68.78 | 2 | 106.99 |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia
|
174.77 | 2 | 68.92 | 3 | 105.85 |
| 4 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
165.44 | 5 | 64.79 | 4 | 100.65 |
| 5 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia
|
165.16 | 4 | 66.60 | 6 | 98.56 |
| 6 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko |  Israel
|
161.99 | 6 | 63.33 | 5 | 98.66 |
| 7 | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit | United States
|
151.76 | 8 | 58.18 | 7 | 93.58 |
| 8 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan
|
147.37 | 10 | 56.19 | 8 | 91.18 |
| 9 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar |  Turkey
|
146.10 | 7 | 58.98 | 9 | 87.12 |
| 10 | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | South Korea
|
141.50 | 9 | 56.25 | 10 | 85.25 |
References
edit- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. 30 June 2016.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. 30 June 2016.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Aaron and Settlage End Partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. August 10, 2016. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ "Men". 2016skateamerica.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c "2016–17 International Competition Season Assignments/Results". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016.
- ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2016: Pairs at the International Skating Union". Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2016: Ice Dance at the International Skating Union". Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Team USA announces Grand Prix series event withdrawals" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 12, 2016. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. October 17, 2016.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. October 17, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. October 20, 2016.
External links
edit- Official website
- 2016 Skate America at the International Skating Union