2014 Skate America

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| title = 2014 Skate America

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| comptype = Grand Prix

| startdate = October 24

| enddate = 26

| skatingseason = 2014–15

| location = Hoffman Estates, Illinois

| host = U.S. Figure Skating

| venue = Sears Centre

| prizemoney =

| championmen = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuki Machida

| championladies = {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Radionova

| championpairs = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov

| championdance = {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Chock / Evan Bates

| defendmen =

| defendladies =

| defendpairs =

| defenddance =

| previouscomp = 2013 Skate America

| nextcomp = 2015 Skate America

| previousgp =

| nextgp = 2014 Skate Canada International

}}

The 2014 Hilton HHonors Skate America was the first event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on October 24–26.{{cite news | url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=50049&type=media | title = 2014 Hilton HHonors Skate America to be Held in Chicago | work = U.S. Figure Skating | date = March 25, 2014}}
{{cite news | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-hoffman-estates-gets-skating-grand-prix-event-20140325,0,7774152.story | title = Hoffman Estates gets skating Grand Prix event | first = Philip | last = Hersh | work = Chicago Tribune | date = March 25, 2014}}
Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

class="wikitable"
Country

! Men{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028199.htm | title = Entry/Resultlist | date = June 28, 2014}}

! Ladies{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028200.htm | title = Entry/Resultlist | date = June 28, 2014}}

! Pairs{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028201.htm | title = Entry/Resultlist | date = June 28, 2014}}

! Ice dancing{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028202.htm| title = Entry/Resultlist | date = June 28, 2014}}

{{AUS}}

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| Brooklee Han

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{{AUT}}

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| Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer

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{{BEL}}

| Jorik Hendrickx

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{{CAN}}

| Nam Nguyen

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| Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps

| Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams
Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette

{{CHN}}

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| Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao

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{{FRA}}

| Chafik Besseghier

| Maé-Bérénice Méité

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{{GEO}}

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| Elene Gedevanishvili

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{{GER}}

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| Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert

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{{ISR}}

| Alexei Bychenko

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{{ITA}}

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|

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| Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

{{JPN}}

| Tatsuki Machida

| Haruka Imai

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{{KAZ}}

| Denis Ten

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{{KOR}}

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| Park So-youn

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{{PHI}}

| Michael Christian Martinez

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|

|

{{RUS}}

| Artur Gachinski
Adian Pitkeev

| Elena Radionova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

| Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov

| Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

{{SVK}}

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|

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| Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley

{{UKR}}

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| Natalia Popova

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{{USA}}

| Jason Brown
Jeremy Abbott
Douglas Razzano

| Samantha Cesario
Gracie Gold
Mirai Nagasu

| Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim

| Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

=Changes to initial line-up=

  • On July 2, it was announced that Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek had split up.{{cite web | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/07/02/82710476 | title = Italians Berton, Hotarek end pairs partnership | date = February 7, 2014 | access-date = 2014-07-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230656/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/07/02/82710476 | archive-date = 2014-07-14 | url-status = dead }} On July 21, it was announced that their replacement was Elizaveta Usmanteseva / Roman Talan.
  • On July 10, Douglas Razzano and Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus were added as host picks.{{cite web | url = http://www.usfsa.org/Athletes.asp?id=216 | title = 2014/15 International Competition Season Assignments/Results | date = July 10, 2014}}
  • On July 18, Samantha Cesario was added as a host pick.{{cite web | url = http://www.usfsa.org/Athletes.asp?id=216 | title = 2014–15 International Competition Season Assignments/Results | date = July 15, 2014}}
  • On August 13, Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende were removed from the roster due to an injury to Daniel.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/163511/gp_pairs_updated-aug-13.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Pairs | date = August 13, 2014 | access-date = 2014-08-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814062911/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/163511/gp_pairs_updated-aug-13.pdf | archive-date = 2014-08-14 | url-status = dead }}
    {{cite web | url = http://www.eislauf-union.de/ISU-Grand-Prix-Serie-2014_Newsdetail_315_kkdetail_view_news.html?view_news_p_offset=0&view_news_ot=&view_news_kat=&view_news_vt=wende&view_news_p_anzahl=25&view_sponsor_p_offset=0&kkview_download_p_offset=0 | title = ISU Grand Prix series 2014 (German) | date = September 2, 2014 | work = Deatsche Eislauf-union (German Skating Union) | access-date = October 17, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141018000924/http://www.eislauf-union.de/ISU-Grand-Prix-Serie-2014_Newsdetail_315_kkdetail_view_news.html?view_news_p_offset=0&view_news_ot=&view_news_kat=&view_news_vt=wende&view_news_p_anzahl=25&view_sponsor_p_offset=0&kkview_download_p_offset=0 | archive-date = October 18, 2014 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}
    On August 22, it was announced that Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert would be their replacements.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/165396/gp_pairs_updated-aug22.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 20141/15 - Pairs | date = August 22, 2014 | access-date = August 24, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140824171736/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/165396/gp_pairs_updated-aug22.pdf | archive-date = August 24, 2014 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}
  • On September 2, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage were announced as host picks.{{cite web|url=http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/165999/gp_men_updated-sep2.pdf |title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Pairs |date=September 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903105755/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/165999/gp_men_updated-sep2.pdf |archive-date=September 3, 2014 }}
  • On September 19, Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan were removed from the roster. No reason has been given.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/167171/gp_pairs_updated-sept19.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs | date = September 19, 2014 | access-date = 2014-09-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140919235957/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/167171/gp_pairs_updated-sept19.pdf | archive-date = 2014-09-19 | url-status = dead }} On September 23, it was announced that Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer were their replacements.{{cite web|url=http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169432/gp_pairs_updated-sept23.pdf |title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs |date=September 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923140735/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169432/gp_pairs_updated-sept23.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2014 }}
  • On September 20, it was reported that Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev were going to be withdrawing due to an injury to Soloviev.{{cite web | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/09/20/95581772/bobrova-soloviev-to-miss-grand-prix-series | title = Bobrova, Soloviev to miss Grand Prix Series | work = IceNetwork.com | date = September 20, 2014}} They were removed from the roster on September 29.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169581/gp_dance_updated-sept29.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Ice Dance | date = September 29, 2014 | access-date = 2014-09-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140930014536/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169581/gp_dance_updated-sept29.pdf | archive-date = 2014-09-30 | url-status = dead }} On October 1, Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin were announced as their replacements.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169686/gp_dance_updated-oct1.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Ice Dance | date = October 1, 2014 | access-date = 2014-10-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141001180310/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169686/gp_dance_updated-oct1.pdf | archive-date = 2014-10-01 | url-status = dead }}
  • On September 22, it was reported that Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov were going to be withdrawing due to an injury to Trankov.{{cite web | url = http://sochi.com/news/?id=61600 | title = News Sochi - In Sochi center opened skating (Russian) | work = Sochi.com | date = September 22, 2014}} On October 1, they were removed from the roster.{{cite web | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/10/01/97197872 | title = Shoulder injury sidelines Volosozhar, Trankov | work = IceNetwork.com | date = October 1, 2014 }}
    {{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169685/gp_pairs_updated-oct1.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Pairs | date = October 1, 2014 | access-date = 2014-10-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141001180220/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/169685/gp_pairs_updated-oct1.pdf | archive-date = 2014-10-01 | url-status = dead }}
    On October 3, Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/173020/gp_pairs_updated-oct3.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Pairs | date = October 3, 2014 | access-date = 2014-10-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084629/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/173020/gp_pairs_updated-oct3.pdf | archive-date = 2014-10-06 | url-status = dead }}
  • On October 2, Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov withdrew. No reason was given.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/172975/gp_dance_updated-oct2.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Ice Dance | date = October 2, 2014 | access-date = 2014-10-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141003004155/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/172975/gp_dance_updated-oct2.pdf | archive-date = 2014-10-03 | url-status = dead }} On October 3, Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley were announced as their replacements.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/173019/gp_dance_updated-oct3.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Ice Dance | date = October 3, 2014 | access-date = 2014-10-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006125953/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/173019/gp_dance_updated-oct3.pdf | archive-date = 2014-10-06 | url-status = dead }}
  • On October 10, Cathy Reed / Chris Reed were replaced by Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette. No reason has been given.{{cite web|url=http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/174562/gp_dance_updated-oct10.pdf |title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Ice Dance |date=October 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010143703/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/174562/gp_dance_updated-oct10.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2014 }}
  • On October 17, Joshi Helgesson was removed from the roster due to an injury.{{cite web | url = http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/175016/gp_ladies_updated-oct17.pdf | title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014/15 - Ladies | date = October 17, 2014 | access-date = 2014-10-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141017210825/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/175016/gp_ladies_updated-oct17.pdf | archive-date = 2014-10-17 | url-status = dead }}
    {{cite web | url = http://joshihelgesson.se/skate-america/ | title = Skate America - Joshi Helgesson (Swedish/English) | date = October 18, 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
    She was not replaced.

Results

=Men=

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|SP|Short program}}

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|FS|Free skating}}

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Tatsuki Machida

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 269.09

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 93.39

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 175.70

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Jason Brown

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 234.17

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 79.75

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 154.42

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Nam Nguyen

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 232.24

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 73.71

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 158.53

4

| Denis Ten

| {{KAZ}}

| align="center" | 224.74

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 77.18

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 147.56

5

| Jeremy Abbott

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 219.33

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 81.82

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 137.51

6

| Adian Pitkeev

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 212.07

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 76.13

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 135.94

7

| Chafik Besseghier

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" | 208.70

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 73.57

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 135.13

8

| Douglas Razzano

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 204.48

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 66.23

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 138.25

9

| Artur Gachinski

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 200.13

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 75.71

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 124.42

10

| Michael Christian Martinez

| {{PHI}}

| align="center" | 197.58

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 72.81

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 124.77

11

| Alexei Bychenko

| {{ISR}}

| align="center" | 185.98

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 64.54

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 121.44

12

| Jorik Hendrickx

| {{BEL}}

| align="center" | 177.43

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 55.99

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 121.44

=Ladies=

File:Skate America 2014 – Ladies.jpg (2nd), Elena Radionova (1st), and Gracie Gold (3rd).]]

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|SP|Short program}}

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|FS|Free skating}}

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Elena Radionova

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 195.47

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 65.57

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 129.90

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 189.62

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 67.41

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 122.21

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Gracie Gold

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 179.38

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 60.81

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 118.57

4

| Samantha Cesario

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 174.58

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 58.96

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 115.62

5

| Park So-youn

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" | 170.43

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 55.74

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 114.69

6

| Mirai Nagasu

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 158.21

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 49.29

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 108.92

7

| Elene Gedevanishvili

| {{GEO}}

| align="center" | 158.10

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 55.39

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 102.71

8

| Haruka Imai

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 157.97

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 53.79

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 104.18

9

| Maé-Bérénice Méité

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" | 152.71

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 53.98

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 98.73

10

| Brooklee Han

| {{AUS}}

| align="center" | 150.37

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 47.38

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 102.99

11

| Natalia Popova

| {{UKR}}

| align="center" | 148.15

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 50.70

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 97.45

=Pairs=

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|SP|Short program}}

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|FS|Free skating}}

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 209.16

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 69.16

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 140.00

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 183.84

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 61.08

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 122.76

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao

| {{CHN}}

| align="center" | 182.43

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 62.38

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 120.05

4

| Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 168.62

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 60.61

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 108.01

5

| Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 160.04

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 58.41

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 101.63

6

| Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 143.59

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 51.13

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 92.46

7

| Annabelle Prölß / Ruben Blommaert

| {{GER}}

| align="center" | 136.35

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 48.87

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 87.48

8

| Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer

| {{AUT}}

| align="center" | 135.83

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 45.27

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 90.56

=Ice dancing=

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|SD|Short dance}}

! colspan="2" width="80px" | {{tooltip|FD|Free dance}}

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

| Madison Chock / Evan Bates

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 171.03

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 68.96

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 102.07

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 160.33

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 64.14

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 96.19

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

| Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 143.87

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 56.37

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 87.50

4

| Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 137.30

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 52.11

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 85.19

5

| Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 135.61

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 55.14

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 80.47

6

| Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" | 135.50

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 54.18

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 81.32

7

| Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley

| {{SVK}}

| align="center" | 131.72

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 55.63

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 76.09

8

| Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 128.88

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 55.10

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 73.78

References

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