2021 Skate America

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.

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: Vincent Zhou
Women's singles: Alexandra Trusova
Pairs: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Navigation
Previous: 2020 Skate America
Next: 2022 Skate America
Previous Grand Prix: 2020 NHK Trophy
Next Grand Prix: 2021 Skate Canada International

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.^[1]

Country	Men[2]	Women[3]	Pairs[4]	Ice dance[5]
Canada	Nam Nguyen		Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
Czech Republic	Michal Březina
France	Kévin Aymoz Adam Siao Him Fa
Italy	Daniel Grassl
Japan	Shun Sato Shoma Uno	Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Yuhana Yokoi	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Poland		Ekaterina Kurakova		Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Russia	Artur Danielian	Kseniia Sinitsyna Alexandra Trusova Daria Usacheva	Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin
South Korea		Kim Ye-lim You Young
Spain				Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
United States	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

Discipline	Withdrew		Added		Notes	Ref.
	Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Men	—		September 2	Yaroslav Paniot	Host picks	[6]
Women				Audrey Shin
Pairs				Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Ice dance				Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Men	October 11	Daniil Samsonov	—		Medical reasons[7]	[8]
		Yaroslav Paniot	October 11	Jimmy Ma		[9]
Ice dance	October 13	Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro	—		Hospitalization (Zahorski)[10]	[11]
Women	October 18	Bradie Tennell	October 18	Starr Andrews	Injury	[12]

Results

Men's singles

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Vincent Zhou	United States	295.56	1	97.43	1	198.13
	Shoma Uno	Japan	270.68	2	89.07	3	181.61
	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

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	232.37	1	77.69	1	154.68
	Daria Usacheva	Russia	217.31	2	76.71	4	140.60
	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

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Russia	222.50	1	80.36	1	142.14
	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Japan	208.20	3	72.63	3	135.57
	Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii	Russia	205.53	2	75.43	4	130.10
4	Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier	United States	202.97	5	66.37	2	136.60
5	Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson	United States	197.42	4	68.87	5	128.55
6	Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov	Russia	183.12	6	64.15	6	118.97
7	Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea	United States	175.40	7	60.16	7	115.24
8	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Canada	147.61	8	54.03	8	93.58

Ice dance

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	United States	209.54	1	83.58	1	125.96
	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	208.23	2	82.55	2	125.68
	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen	Canada	190.13	3	75.33	4	114.80
4	Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz	Spain	189.69	4	74.06	3	115.63
5	Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin	Russia	175.32	5	68.79	5	106.53
6	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Japan	164.32	7	63.56	6	100.76
7	Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus	Canada	162.02	8	63.08	7	98.94
8	Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev	Poland	160.32	6	65.30	9	95.02
9	Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov	United States	156.97	9	61.07	8	95.90