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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
and Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance:
United States Madison Hubbell
and Zachary Donohue
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The 2021 Skate America was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating, and the first event of the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It was held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States, from October 22 to 24, 2021. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their results, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline at the end of the season were then invited to then compete at the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan. Vincent Zhou of the United States won the men's event, Alexandra Trusova of Russia won the women's event, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia won the pairs event, and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States won the ice dance event.

Background

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The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of seven events sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and held during the autumn: six qualifying events and the Grand Prix Final. This allows skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters with whom they will later compete at the World Championships. This series also provides the viewing public with additional televised skating, which was in high demand. Skaters earn points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.[1] The first iteration of Skate America – then called the Norton Skate – was held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, and was the test event for the 1980 Winter Olympics.[2] When the ISU launched the Grand Prix series in 1995, Skate America was one of the five qualifying events.[3] It has been a Grand Prix event every year since.

Changes to preliminary assignments

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The International Skating Union announced the preliminary list of entrants on June 29, 2021.[4]

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men — September 2
  • United States
 Host picks [5]
Women
Pairs
Ice dance
Men October 11 — Medical reasons [6]
October 11 — [7]
Ice dance October 13 — Hospitalization (Zahorski)[8] [9]
Women October 18 October 18 Injury [10]

Required performance elements

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Single skating

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Men competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Friday, October 22, while women performed theirs on Saturday, October 23.[11] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[12] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[13]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[13]

Men then performed their free skates on Saturday, October 23, while women performed theirs on Sunday, October 24.[11] The free skate for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[12] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[14]

Pair skating

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Couples competing in pair skating performed their short programs on Friday, October 22.[11] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[15] it had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[16]

Couples performed their free skates on Saturday, October 23.[11] The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes,[12] and had to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one had to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[17]

Ice dance

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See also: Competition elements in ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Saturday, October 23.[11] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[12] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "street dance rhythms". Examples of applicable dance styles included, but were not limited, to: hip-hop, disco, swing, krump, popping, funk, jazz, reggae (reggaeton), and blues. The required pattern dance element was the Midnight Blues.[18] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: the pattern dance, the pattern dance step sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.[19]

Couples performed their free dances on Sunday, October 24.[11] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[12] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements, of which one had to be a choreographic character step sequence.[20]

Judging

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Further information: ISU Judging System

For the 2021–2022 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps, spins, and lifts – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[21] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[22] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[23]

Program component factoring[24]
Discipline Short progam
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.00 2.00
Women 0.80 1.60
Pairs 0.80 1.60
Ice dance 0.80 1.20

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[25] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[26]

Medal summary

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Vincent Zhou at the 2018 Skate America
Alexandra Trusova at the 2020 Russian Championships
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue at the 2018 Skate America
From left to right: The 2021 Skate America champions: Vincent Zhou of the United States (men's singles); Alexandra Trusova of Russia (women's singles); Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia (pair skating); and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States (ice dance)
Medalists[27]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States Vincent Zhou Japan Shoma Uno United States Nathan Chen
Women Russia Alexandra Trusova Russia Daria Usacheva South Korea You Young
Pairs
Ice dance

Results

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Men's singles

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Men's results[28]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vincent Zhou  United States 295.56 1 97.43 1 198.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shoma Uno  Japan 270.68 2 89.07 3 181.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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Women's results[29]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandra Trusova  Russia 232.37 1 77.69 1 154.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daria Usacheva  Russia 217.31 2 76.71 4 140.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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Pairs results[30]
Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia 222.50 1 80.36 1 142.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan 208.20 3 72.63 3 135.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia 205.53 2 75.43 4 130.10
4  United States 202.97 5 66.37 2 136.60
5  United States 197.42 4 68.87 5 128.55
6  Russia 183.12 6 64.15 6 118.97
7  United States 175.40 7 60.16 7 115.24
8  Canada 147.61 8 54.03 8 93.58

Ice dance

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Ice dance results[31]
Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 209.54 1 83.58 1 125.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 208.23 2 82.55 2 125.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 190.13 3 75.33 4 114.80
4  Spain 189.69 4 74.06 3 115.63
5  Russia 175.32 5 68.79 5 106.53
6  Japan 164.32 7 63.56 6 100.76
7  Canada 162.02 8 63.08 7 98.94
8  Poland 160.32 6 65.30 9 95.02
9  United States 156.97 9 61.07 8 95.90

References

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