2018 Skate America

2018 Skate America
Type: Grand Prix
Date: October 19 – 21
Season: 2018–19
Location: Everett, Washington
Host: U.S. Figure Skating
Venue: Angel of the Winds Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
TBD
Ladies' singles:
TBD
Pair skating:
TBD
Ice dance:
TBD
Previous:
2017 Skate America
Next:
2019 Skate America
Next GP:
2018 Skate Canada International

The 2018 Skate America is the first event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It will take place at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington on October 19–21. Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters will compete to earn points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Belgium Loena Hendrickx
 Canada Nam Nguyen
Kevin Reynolds		 Alaine Chartrand Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud
 Czech Republic Michal Březina
 France Romain Ponsart Laurine Lecavelier
 Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili
 Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert		 Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck
 Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland
 Israel Alexei Bychenko
 Italy Matteo Rizzo Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
 Japan Marin Honda
Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto
 Malaysia Julian Zhi Jie Yee
 Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
 Russia Sergei Voronov Elena Radionova
Sofia Samodurova
Polina Tsurskaya		 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov		 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
 Ukraine Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
 United States Nathan Chen
Jimmy Ma
Vincent Zhou		 Starr Andrews
Bradie Tennell
Megan Wessenberg		 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc
Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim		 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
July 9 and 31 Pairs China Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Foot injury (Yu) [2][3]
July 18 and September 7 Ice dance South Korea Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin United Kingdom Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland Split [4][5]
August 9 and 16 Ladies Slovakia Nicole Rajičová Canada Alaine Chartrand [6][7]
August 15 and 16 Men Belgium Jorik Hendrickx Canada Kevin Reynolds [8]
September 10 Men N/A United States Jimmy Ma Host pick [9]
Ladies United States Megan Wessenberg
Pairs United States Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker
Ice dance United States Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson
October 8 and 9 Pairs China Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong Canada Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud [10][11]

References

  1. ↑ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (June 29, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. July 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Eiskunstlauf: Zwei Grand-Prix-Einladungen für Vize-Meister Hase/Seegert" [Figure Skating: Two Grand Prix Invitations for Vice Champion Hase / Seegert] (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. July 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gamelin, Alexander (July 18, 2018). "It is with deep regret..." (Instagram).
  5. ↑ Tweedale, Robynne (September 7, 2018). "Excited to be going to Skate Canada and Skate America soon!" (Instagram).
  6. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. August 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. August 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Men". International Skating Union. August 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ U.S. Figure Skating [@USFigureSkating] (September 10, 2018). "🥁 Joining #TeamUSA at #SkateAmerica..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 8, 2018.
  11. ↑ "ISU GP Skate America 2018: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 9, 2018.
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