The 2019 Skate Canada International was the second event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia from October 25 to 27. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.
| 2019 Skate Canada International | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 25 – 27 |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Location: | Kelowna, British Columbia |
| Host: | Skate Canada |
| Venue: | Prospera Place |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Yuzuru Hanyu | |
Ladies' singles:  Alexandra Trusova | |
| Pairs: Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | |
Ice dance:  Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | |
| Previous: 2018 Skate Canada International | |
| Next: 2020 Skate Canada International | |
| Previous GP: 2019 Skate America | |
| Next GP: 2019 Internationaux de France | |
Entries edit
The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Ladies | — | September 17 | Alicia Pineault
|
Host picks | ||
| Pairs | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud
| |||||
| Men | October 2 | Mikhail Kolyada
|
October 9 |  Julian Zhi Jie Yee
|
Surgery | [2] |
| Ladies | October 3 | Mai Mihara
|
October 7 | Marin Honda
|
Health | [3] |
| October 21 | Aurora Cotop
|
October 21 | Véronik Mallet
|
Injury | [4] | |
Records edit
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Disc. | Segment | Skater | Score | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladies' singles | Free skating | Alexandra Trusova
|
166.62 | October 26, 2019 | [5] |
| Combined total | 241.02 | [6] |
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
322.59 | 1 | 109.60 | 1 | 212.99 |
| 2 | Nam Nguyen | Canada
|
262.77 | 3 | 84.08 | 2 | 178.69 |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan
|
250.02 | 5 | 80.11 | 3 | 169.91 |
| 4 | Camden Pulkinen |  United States
|
244.78 | 2 | 89.05 | 4 | 155.73 |
| 5 | Deniss Vasiļjevs |  Latvia
|
227.40 | 4 | 84.01 | 7 | 143.39 |
| 6 | Matteo Rizzo |  Italy
|
223.78 | 9 | 70.12 | 5 | 153.66 |
| 7 | Nicolas Nadeau | Canada
|
222.33 | 8 | 75.22 | 6 | 147.11 |
| 8 | Andrei Lazukin | Russia
|
212.07 | 6 | 78.99 | 12 | 133.08 |
| 9 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee |  Malaysia
|
211.63 | 7 | 75.64 | 10 | 135.99 |
| 10 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada
|
204.35 | 11 | 65.29 | 8 | 139.06 |
| 11 | Paul Fentz |  Germany
|
202.24 | 10 | 66.32 | 11 | 135.92 |
| 12 | Brendan Kerry |  Australia
|
193.77 | 12 | 56.75 | 9 | 137.02 |
Ladies edit
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia
|
241.02 WR | 3 | 74.40 | 1 | 166.62 WR |
| 2 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
230.33 | 1 | 81.35 | 2 | 148.98 |
| 3 | You Young |  South Korea
|
217.49 | 2 | 78.22 | 4 | 139.27 |
| 4 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
211.31 | 4 | 72.92 | 5 | 138.39 |
| 5 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia
|
209.62 | 6 | 62.89 | 3 | 146.73 |
| 6 | Marin Honda | Japan
|
179.26 | 10 | 59.20 | 6 | 120.06 |
| 7 | Kim Ye-lim | South Korea
|
176.93 | 8 | 61.23 | 7 | 115.70 |
| 8 | Serafima Sakhanovich | Russia
|
175.97 | 7 | 62.63 | 8 | 113.34 |
| 9 | Alexia Paganini |  Switzerland
|
166.20 | 9 | 60.68 | 9 | 105.52 |
| 10 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada
|
164.34 | 5 | 63.94 | 11 | 100.40 |
| 11 | Alicia Pineault | Canada
|
161.37 | 11 | 57.59 | 10 | 103.78 |
| 12 | Véronik Mallet | Canada
|
147.79 | 12 | 51.90 | 12 | 95.89 |
Pairs edit
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia
|
216.71 | 1 | 76.45 | 1 | 140.26 |
| 2 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
208.49 | 2 | 75.50 | 2 | 132.99 |
| 3 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia
|
202.29 | 3 | 73.57 | 3 | 128.72 |
| 4 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States
|
199.57 | 4 | 71.28 | 4 | 128.29 |
| 5 | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada
|
192.47 | 5 | 68.62 | 5 | 123.85 |
| 6 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States
|
181.54 | 6 | 62.54 | 6 | 119.00 |
| 7 | Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao |  China
|
170.57 | 7 | 62.35 | 8 | 108.22 |
| 8 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada
|
164.66 | 8 | 56.09 | 7 | 108.57 |
Ice dance edit
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
209.01 | 2 | 82.58 | 1 | 126.43 |
| 2 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States
|
206.31 | 1 | 83.21 | 2 | 123.10 |
| 3 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |  United Kingdom
|
195.35 | 4 | 76.67 | 3 | 118.68 |
| 4 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
194.77 | 3 | 79.52 | 4 | 115.25 |
| 5 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin |  Spain
|
180.64 | 5 | 72.77 | 5 | 107.87 |
| 6 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada
|
177.53 | 7 | 70.50 | 6 | 107.03 |
| 7 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | United States
|
173.82 | 8 | 69.00 | 7 | 104.82 |
| 8 | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov | Russia
|
173.54 | 6 | 71.44 | 8 | 102.10 |
| 9 | Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin | Russia
|
167.39 | 9 | 67.20 | 10 | 100.19 |
| 10 | Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker | Canada
|
164.27 | 10 | 63.06 | 9 | 101.21 |
References edit
- ^ "Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20" (Press release). International Skating Union. June 20, 2019.
- ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (October 2, 2019). "Чеботарева: Коляде предстоит операция, он пропустит этапы Гран-при" [Chebotareva: Kolyada will have an operation, he will miss the stages of the Grand Prix] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
- ^ "三原舞依 ＧＰスケートカナダも欠場" [Mai Mihara to miss GP Skate Canada] (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Eighteen Canadian Skaters headed to Kelowna for 2019 Skate Canada" (Press release). Skate Canada. October 22, 2019.
Aurora Cotop, 18, Thornhill, Ont., was originally assigned to this event but had to withdraw due to a muscle and bone strain affecting the groin.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. October 26, 2019.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Total Score". International Skating Union. October 26, 2019.