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

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:
United States Nathan Chen
Ladies' singles:
Japan Satoko Miyahara
Pairs:
Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance:
United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Navigation
Previous:
2017 Skate America
Next:
2019 Skate America
Next GP:
2018 Skate Canada International

Entries

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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
  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 Sofia Samodurova
Polina Tsurskaya
Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
  Ukraine Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
  United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland
  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

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Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
July 9 and 31 Pairs   Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao   Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Foot injury (Yu) [2][3]
July 18 and September 7 Ice dance   Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin   Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland Split [4][5]
August 9 and 16 Ladies   Nicole Rajičová   Alaine Chartrand [6][7]
August 15 and 16 Men   Jorik Hendrickx   Kevin Reynolds [8]
September 10 Men N/A   Jimmy Ma Host pick [9]
Ladies   Megan Wessenberg
Pairs   Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker
Ice dance   Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson
October 8 and 9 Pairs   Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong   Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud [10][11]
October 15 Ladies   Elena Radionova N/A Back injury [12]

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen   United States 280.57 1 90.58 1 189.99
2 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 239.51 2 82.09 2 157.42
3 Sergei Voronov   Russia 226.44 4 78.18 4 148.26
4 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 225.81 5 78.09 5 147.72
5 Vincent Zhou   United States 225.75 6 76.38 3 149.37
6 Nam Nguyen   Canada 212.99 9 69.86 6 143.13
7 Julian Zhi Jie Yee   Malaysia 207.51 3 81.52 9 125.99
8 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 205.12 11 68.58 7 136.54
9 Alexei Bychenko   Israel 197.47 10 69.69 8 127.78
10 Romain Ponsart   France 187.92 8 71.48 11 116.44
11 Kevin Reynolds   Canada 185.63 12 61.62 10 124.01
12 Jimmy Ma   United States 185.06 7 71.53 12 113.53

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 219.71 1 73.86 1 145.85
2 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 213.90 2 71.29 2 142.61
3 Sofia Samodurova   Russia 198.70 3 64.41 3 134.29
4 Bradie Tennell   United States 192.89 5 61.72 4 131.17
5 Laurine Lecavelier   France 172.41 7 59.57 5 112.84
6 Megan Wessenberg   United States 170.33 6 60.20 6 110.13
7 Polina Tsurskaya   Russia 159.45 8 58.42 8 101.03
8 Marin Honda   Japan 158.04 4 62.74 9 95.30
9 Alaine Chartrand   Canada 155.49 11 46.99 7 108.50
10 Starr Andrews   United States 150.56 9 56.03 10 94.53
WD Loena Hendrickx   Belgium withdrew 10 54.13 withdrew from competition

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 204.85 1 71.24 1 133.61
2 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin   Russia 178.98 2 62.38 3 116.60
3 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc   United States 175.06 4 57.72 2 117.34
4 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim   United States 171.56 5 57.31 4 114.25
5 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert   Germany 162.10 3 60.04 5 102.06
6 Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker   United States 151.21 7 51.56 6 99.65
7 Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 144.53 6 53.36 7 91.17
8 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud   Canada 129.06 8 44.71 8 84.35

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 200.82 1 78.43 1 122.39
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 192.30 2 75.01 2 117.29
3 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Russia 181.38 3 73.30 4 108.08
4 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   United States 180.57 4 72.44 3 108.13
5 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 170.70 5 64.71 5 105.99
6 Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev   Poland 163.05 6 62.78 6 100.27
7 Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck   Germany 158.11 7 60.12 7 97.99
8 Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin   Ukraine 156.16 8 58.32 8 97.84
9 Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland   Great Britain 152.69 9 57.77 9 94.92
10 Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson   United States 139.33 10 51.89 10 87.44

References

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  1. ^ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (July 1, 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). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  5. ^ Tweedale, Robynne (September 7, 2018). "Excited to be going to Skate Canada and Skate America soon!" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  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.
  12. ^ Vilevich, Alexander (October 15, 2018). "Елена Радионова Тренер: Радионова снялась со "Скейт Америка" из-за травмы спины" [Coach: Radionova shot with Skate America due to a back injury] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
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