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The 2019 Skate America presented by American Cruise Lines was the first event in the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 18–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men’s singles, ladies’ singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.

Skate America was the first senior international event in International Skating Union history to be streamed live by the ISU on YouTube with geographical restrictions, as part of the federation’s new deal for the 2019–20 Grand Prix series to reach countries that do not have broadcasting rights for any skating events.[1]

Entries[edit]

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.[2]

Changes to preliminary assignments[edit]

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Ladies[edit]

Russia’s Anna Shcherbakova became the first woman to land two quad lutzes in the free skate.[5]

Pairs[edit]

Ice dance[edit]

The scores for the rhythm dance were initially calculated erroneously, omitting the Grade of Execution points for the man’s half of the pattern step. Hours later, the scores were revised to reflect the proper point totals.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “Where to watch ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019”. International Skating Union. October 16, 2019.

  2. ^ “Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20” (Press release). International Skating Union. June 20, 2019.
  3. ^ “Final Athletes Announced for 2019 Skate America Presented by American Cruise Lines”. U.S. Figure Skating. September 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Selenkova, Maria (October 1, 2019). “Серебряные призеры Игр-2018 Забияко и Энберт пропустят серию Гран-при. Партнер приостановил карьеру по рекомендации врачей” [Silver medalists of the 2018 Games Zabiyako and Enbert will miss the Grand Prix series. Enbert suspended his career on the recommendation of doctors]. R-Sport.
  5. ^ Lutz, Rachel (October 20, 2019). “Anna Shcherbakova lands two quad Lutzes to win Skate America in Grand Prix debut”. NBC Sports.
  6. ^ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_Figure] (October 19, 2019). “Thanks for pointing it out. We noticed the problem as well. We are working on it” (Tweet) – via Twitter.