2021 Skate America

{{Short description|Figure skating competition}}

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| title = 2021 Skate America

| image = 2021 Skate America.jpg

| comptype = Grand Prix

| startdate = October 22

| enddate = 24

| skatingseason = 2021–22

| location = Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

| host = U.S. Figure Skating

| venue = Orleans Arena

| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} Vincent Zhou

| championwomen = {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexandra Trusova

| championpairs = {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov

| championdance = {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

| previouscomp = 2020 Skate America

| nextcomp = 2022 Skate America

| previousgp = 2020 NHK Trophy

| nextgp = 2021 Skate Canada International

}}

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.

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/125-grand-prix-news/13583-isu-grand-prix-of-figure-skating-assignments-announced-2?templateParam=15|title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced|publisher=International Skating Union|date=June 29, 2021}}

class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left;"
scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Men{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpusa2021_Men.htm|title=ISU GP Skate America 2021: Men|publisher=International Skating Union|date=June 29, 2021}}

! scope="col" | Women{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpusa2021_Women.htm|title=ISU GP Skate America 2021: Women|publisher=International Skating Union|date=June 29, 2021}}

! scope="col" | Pairs{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpusa2021_Pairs.htm|title=ISU GP Skate America 2021: Pairs|publisher=International Skating Union|date=June 29, 2021}}

! scope="col" | Ice dance{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpusa2021_IceDance.htm|title=ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance|publisher=International Skating Union|date=June 29, 2021}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{CAN}}

| Nam Nguyen

|

| Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud

| Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{CZE}}

| Michal Březina

|

|

|

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{FRA}}

| Kévin Aymoz
Adam Siao Him Fa

|

|

|

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{ITA}}

| Daniel Grassl

|

|

|

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{JPN}}

| Shun Sato
Shoma Uno

| Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto
Yuhana Yokoi

| Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara

| Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{POL}}

|

| Ekaterina Kurakova

|

| Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{RUS}}

| Artur Danielian

| Kseniia Sinitsyna
Alexandra Trusova
Daria Usacheva

| Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov

| Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{KOR}}

|

| Kim Ye-lim
You Young

|

|

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{ESP}}

|

|

|

| Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{USA}}

| 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 =

class="wikitable unsortable"
scope="col" rowspan=2 | Discipline

! scope="col" colspan=2 | Withdrew

! scope="col" colspan=2 | Added

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Notes

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

Date

! Skater(s)

! Date

! Skater(s)

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Men

| colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{NA}}

| rowspan=4|September 2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Yaroslav Paniot

| rowspan=4|Host picks

| rowspan=4|{{cite web|url=https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2021/9/2/final-us-selections-for-2021-guaranteed-rate-skate-america-announced.aspx|title=Final U.S. Selections for 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America Announced|website=U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone|publisher=U.S. Figure Skating|date=September 2, 2021}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Women

| {{flagicon|USA}} Audrey Shin

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Pairs

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ice dance

| {{flagicon|USA}} Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov

scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan=2|Men

| rowspan=2|October 11

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Samsonov

| colspan=2 {{NA}}

| Medical reasons{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/sport/12632275|title=Самсонов не примет участие в Гран-при США по фигурному катанию|trans-title=Samsonov will not take part in the US Grand Prix of figure skating|lang=ru|website=TASS|date=October 11, 2021}}

| {{cite web|url = https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2021-22/grand-prix-2/series-files-40/entries-6/25938-entries-men/file|title = ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22: Men|date = October 11, 2021|publisher = International Skating Union}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Yaroslav Paniot

| October 11

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Ma

|

| {{cite press release|url=https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/press-release/jimmy-ma-added-2021-guaranteed-rate-skate-america|title=Jimmy Ma Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America|publisher=U.S. Figure Skating|date=October 11, 2021}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ice dance

| October 13

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro

| colspan=2 {{NA}}

| Hospitalization (Zahorski){{cite web|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/20211014/figurka-1754509006.html|title=Загорски попала в больницу и не выступит на Skate America|trans-title=Zahorski is hospitalized and will not perform at Skate America|lang=ru|first=Anatoly|last=Samokhvalov|website=RIA Novosti|date=October 14, 2021}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/gpusa2021_IceDance.htm|title=ISU GP Skate America 2021: Ice Dance|publisher=International Skating Union|date=October 13, 2021}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Women

| October 18

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bradie Tennell

| October 18

| {{flagicon|USA}} Starr Andrews

| Injury

| {{cite press release|url=https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/press-release/starr-andrews-added-2021-guaranteed-rate-skate-america|title=Starr Andrews Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America|publisher=U.S. Figure Skating|date=October 18, 2021}}

Results

= Men's singles =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Skater

! scope="col" | Nation

! scope="col" | Total points

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

! scope="row" | {{gold1}}

| Vincent Zhou

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 295.56

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 97.43

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 198.13

bgcolor="silver"

! scope="row" | {{silver2}}

| Shoma Uno

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 270.68

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 89.07

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 181.61

bgcolor="cc9966"

! scope="row" | {{bronze3}}

| Nathan Chen

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 269.37

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 82.89

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 186.48

scope="row" | 4

| Shun Sato

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 247.05

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 80.52

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 166.53

scope="row" | 5

| Jimmy Ma

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 228.12

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 84.52

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 143.60

scope="row" | 6

| Michal Březina

| {{CZE}}

| align="center" | 227.47

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 75.43

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 152.04

scope="row" | 7

| Daniel Grassl

| {{ITA}}

| align="center" | 221.43

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 70.88

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 150.55

scope="row" | 8

| Nam Nguyen

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 219.60

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 74.32

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 145.28

scope="row" | 9

| Adam Siao Him Fa

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" | 217.52

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 67.60

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 149.92

scope="row" | 10

| Artur Danielian

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 214.93

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 68.74

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 146.19

{{sort|11|WD}}

| Kévin Aymoz

| {{FRA}}

| {{NA|withdrew}}

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 58.14

| colspan=2 {{NA|withdrew from competition}}

= Women's singles =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Skater

! scope="col" | Nation

! scope="col" | Total points

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

! scope="row" | {{gold1}}

| Alexandra Trusova

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 232.37

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 77.69

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 154.68

bgcolor="silver"

! scope="row" | {{silver2}}

| Daria Usacheva

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 217.31

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 76.71

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 140.60

bgcolor="cc9966"

! scope="row" | {{bronze3}}

| You Young

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" | 216.97

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 70.73

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 146.24

scope="row" | 4

| Kaori Sakamoto

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 215.93

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 71.16

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 144.77

scope="row" | 5

| Kseniia Sinitsyna

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 205.76

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 71.51

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 134.25

scope="row" | 6

| Amber Glenn

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 201.02

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 67.57

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 133.45

scope="row" | 7

| Satoko Miyahara

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 200.51

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 66.36

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 134.15

scope="row" | 8

| Kim Ye-lim

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" | 199.34

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 70.56

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 128.78

scope="row" | 9

| Ekaterina Kurakova

| {{POL}}

| align="center" | 188.60

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 61.36

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 127.24

scope="row" | 10

| Starr Andrews

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 177.63

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 61.94

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 115.69

scope="row" | 11

| Yuhana Yokoi

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 174.07

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 54.77

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 119.30

scope="row" | 12

| Audrey Shin

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 160.78

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 62.82

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 97.96

= Pairs =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Nation

! scope="col" | Total points

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

! scope="row" | {{gold1}}

| Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 222.50

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 80.36

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 142.14

bgcolor="silver"

! scope="row" | {{silver2}}

| Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 208.20

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 72.63

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 135.57

bgcolor="cc9966"

! scope="row" | {{bronze3}}

| Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 205.53

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 75.43

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 130.10

scope="row" | 4

| Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 202.97

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 66.37

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 136.60

scope="row" | 5

| Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 197.42

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 68.87

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 128.55

scope="row" | 6

| Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 183.12

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 64.15

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 118.97

scope="row" | 7

| Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 175.40

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 60.16

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 115.24

scope="row" | 8

| Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 147.61

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 54.03

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 93.58

= Ice dance =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Nation

! scope="col" | Total points

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | RD

! scope="col" colspan="2" width="80px" | FD

bgcolor="gold"

! scope="row" | {{gold1}}

| Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 209.54

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 83.58

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 125.96

bgcolor="silver"

! scope="row" | {{silver2}}

| Madison Chock / Evan Bates

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 208.23

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 82.55

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 125.68

bgcolor="cc9966"

! scope="row" | {{bronze3}}

| Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 190.13

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 75.33

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 114.80

scope="row" | 4

| Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz

| {{ESP}}

| align="center" | 189.69

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 74.06

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 115.63

scope="row" | 5

| Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" | 175.32

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 68.79

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 106.53

scope="row" | 6

| Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" | 164.32

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 63.56

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 100.76

scope="row" | 7

| Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus

| {{CAN}}

| align="center" | 162.02

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 63.08

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 98.94

scope="row" | 8

| Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev

| {{POL}}

| align="center" | 160.32

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 65.30

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 95.02

scope="row" | 9

| Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov

| {{USA}}

| align="center" | 156.97

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 61.07

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 95.90

References

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