The 2021 Skate America was the first event of the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 22–24. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

2021 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 22 – 24
Season:2021–22
Location:Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Orleans Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Vincent Zhou
Women's singles:
Russia Alexandra Trusova
Pairs:
Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance:
United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Navigation
Previous:
2020 Skate America
Next:
2022 Skate America
Previous GP:
2020 NHK Trophy
Next GP:
2021 Skate Canada International

Entries

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The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.[1]

Country Men[2] Women[3] Pairs[4] Ice dance[5]
  Canada Nam Nguyen Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
  Czech Republic Michal Březina
  France Kévin Aymoz
Adam Siao Him Fa
  Italy Daniel Grassl
  Japan Shun Sato
Shoma Uno
Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto
Yuhana Yokoi
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
  Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
  Russia Artur Danielian Kseniia Sinitsyna
Alexandra Trusova
Daria Usacheva
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
  South Korea Kim Ye-lim
You Young
  Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
  United States Nathan Chen
Jimmy Ma
Vincent Zhou
Starr Andrews
Amber Glenn
Audrey Shin
Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier
Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea
Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 2   Yaroslav Paniot Host picks [6]
Women   Audrey Shin
Pairs   Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Ice dance   Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Men October 11   Daniil Samsonov Medical reasons[7] [8]
  Yaroslav Paniot October 11   Jimmy Ma [9]
Ice dance October 13   Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Hospitalization (Zahorski)[10] [11]
Women October 18   Bradie Tennell October 18   Starr Andrews Injury [12]

Results

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Men's singles

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
  Vincent Zhou   United States 295.56 1 97.43 1 198.13
  Shoma Uno   Japan 270.68 2 89.07 3 181.61
  Nathan Chen   United States 269.37 4 82.89 2 186.48
4 Shun Sato   Japan 247.05 5 80.52 4 166.53
5 Jimmy Ma   United States 228.12 3 84.52 10 143.60
6 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 227.47 6 75.43 5 152.04
7 Daniel Grassl   Italy 221.43 8 70.88 6 150.55
8 Nam Nguyen   Canada 219.60 7 74.32 9 145.28
9 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 217.52 10 67.60 7 149.92
10 Artur Danielian   Russia 214.93 9 68.74 8 146.19
WD Kévin Aymoz   France withdrew 11 58.14 withdrew from competition

Women's singles

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
  Alexandra Trusova   Russia 232.37 1 77.69 1 154.68
  Daria Usacheva   Russia 217.31 2 76.71 4 140.60
  You Young   South Korea 216.97 5 70.73 2 146.24
4 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 215.93 4 71.16 3 144.77
5 Kseniia Sinitsyna   Russia 205.76 3 71.51 5 134.25
6 Amber Glenn   United States 201.02 7 67.57 7 133.45
7 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 200.51 8 66.36 6 134.15
8 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 199.34 6 70.56 8 128.78
9 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland 188.60 11 61.36 9 127.24
10 Starr Andrews   United States 177.63 10 61.94 11 115.69
11 Yuhana Yokoi   Japan 174.07 12 54.77 10 119.30
12 Audrey Shin   United States 160.78 9 62.82 12 97.96

Pairs

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Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
  Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 222.50 1 80.36 1 142.14
  Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 208.20 3 72.63 3 135.57
  Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Russia 205.53 2 75.43 4 130.10
4 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier   United States 202.97 5 66.37 2 136.60
5 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson   United States 197.42 4 68.87 5 128.55
6 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov   Russia 183.12 6 64.15 6 118.97
7 Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea   United States 175.40 7 60.16 7 115.24
8 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud   Canada 147.61 8 54.03 8 93.58

Ice dance

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Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
  Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 209.54 1 83.58 1 125.96
  Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 208.23 2 82.55 2 125.68
  Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 190.13 3 75.33 4 114.80
4 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 189.69 4 74.06 3 115.63
5 Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin   Russia 175.32 5 68.79 5 106.53
6 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto   Japan 164.32 7 63.56 6 100.76
7 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus   Canada 162.02 8 63.08 7 98.94
8 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev   Poland 160.32 6 65.30 9 95.02
9 Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov   United States 156.97 9 61.07 8 95.90

References

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  1. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Final U.S. Selections for 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America Announced". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating. September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "Самсонов не примет участие в Гран-при США по фигурному катанию" [Samsonov will not take part in the US Grand Prix of figure skating]. TASS (in Russian). October 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22: Men". International Skating Union. October 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Ma Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 11, 2021.
  10. ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (October 14, 2021). "Загорски попала в больницу и не выступит на Skate America" [Zahorski is hospitalized and will not perform at Skate America]. RIA Novosti (in Russian).
  11. ^ "ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "Starr Andrews Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 18, 2021.
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