2018 Skate Canada International

The 2018 Skate Canada International was the second event of the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec from October 26–28. 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 Canada
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 26 – 28
Season:2018–19
Location:Laval, Quebec
Host:Skate Canada
Venue:Place Bell
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Shoma Uno
Ladies' singles:
Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Pairs:
France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Ice dance:
United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Navigation
Previous:
2017 Skate Canada International
Next:
2019 Skate Canada International
Previous GP:
2018 Skate America
Next GP:
2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

Entries

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

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
  Australia Brendan Kerry Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
  Canada Keegan Messing
Nam Nguyen
Roman Sadovsky
Alaine Chartrand
Alicia Pineault
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
  China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
  France Kévin Aymoz Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
  Israel Daniel Samohin
  Japan Shoma Uno
Kazuki Tomono
Wakaba Higuchi
Yura Matsuda
Mako Yamashita
  Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva
  Russia Alexander Samarin Evgenia Medvedeva
Daria Panenkova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
  South Korea Cha Jun-hwan
  Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
  Sweden Alexander Majorov
  United Kingdom Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland
  United States Jason Brown Starr Andrews
Mariah Bell
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
September 11 Men N/A   Nam Nguyen Host pick [2]
October 12 Ladies   Larkyn Austman   Véronik Mallet Foot injury; host pick [3]
  Gabrielle Daleman   Alicia Pineault Focus on health; host pick
October 12 and 16   Choi Da-bin   Starr Andrews Boot issues [4][5]
October 25 Ladies   Véronik Mallet N/A Foot injury [6]

Records

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The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Pairs Short program   Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 74.51 26 October 2018 [7]
Ice dance Rhythm dance   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 80.49 [8]
Pairs Free skating   Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 147.30 27 October 2018 [9]
Total score 221.81 [10]

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Shoma Uno   Japan 277.25 2 88.87 1 188.38
2 Keegan Messing   Canada 265.17 1 95.05 2 170.12
3 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 254.77 3 88.86 3 165.91
4 Alexander Samarin   Russia 248.78 4 88.06 4 160.72
5 Nam Nguyen   Canada 240.94 7 82.22 5 158.72
6 Jason Brown   United States 234.97 11 76.46 6 158.51
7 Kévin Aymoz   France 230.09 10 78.83 7 151.26
8 Daniel Samohin   Israel 225.89 5 84.90 9 140.99
9 Kazuki Tomono   Japan 220.83 8 81.63 10 139.20
10 Alexander Majorov   Sweden 220.30 6 84.64 12 135.66
11 Brendan Kerry   Australia 220.08 9 80.99 11 139.09
12 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 210.60 12 67.72 8 142.88

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 203.32 1 74.22 3 129.10
2 Mako Yamashita   Japan 203.06 3 66.30 2 136.76
3 Evgenia Medvedeva   Russia 197.91 7 60.83 1 137.08
4 Mariah Bell   United States 190.25 5 63.35 4 126.90
5 Elizabet Tursynbaeva   Kazakhstan 185.71 6 61.19 5 124.52
6 Wakaba Higuchi   Japan 181.29 2 66.51 7 114.78
7 Starr Andrews   United States 174.72 4 64.77 9 109.95
8 Alaine Chartrand   Canada 172.17 8 60.47 8 111.70
9 Daria Panenkova   Russia 168.54 11 51.41 6 117.13
10 Alicia Pineault   Canada 158.29 9 59.02 11 99.27
11 Yura Matsuda   Japan 157.59 10 53.35 10 104.24

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   France 221.81 1 74.51 1 147.30
2 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang   China 201.08 2 72.00 4 129.08
3 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Canada 200.93 3 71.26 3 129.67
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii   Russia 196.54 4 64.57 2 131.97
5 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud   Canada 172.53 6 59.59 6 112.94
6 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier   United States 170.22 8 55.31 5 114.91
7 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor   Australia 166.95 5 60.77 7 106.18
8 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe   Canada 162.16 7 57.53 8 104.63

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 200.76 1 80.49 2 120.27
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov   Russia 195.17 2 74.66 1 120.51
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 186.97 6 66.95 3 120.02
4 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac   France 180.32 4 68.90 4 111.42
5 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 176.57 3 72.35 5 104.22
6 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu   China 165.88 5 66.96 8 98.92
7 Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland   United Kingdom 162.50 8 62.65 6 99.85
8 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus   Canada 156.74 9 57.10 7 99.64
9 Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker   Canada 150.23 10 57.09 9 93.14
10 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin   Russia 147.99 7 62.68 10 85.31

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. ^ Nguyen, Nam [@namnamnoodle] (September 11, 2018). "Excited to compete to be able to compete at Skate Canada this year😍" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Larkyn Austman and Gabrielle Daleman withdraw from Skate Canada International" (Press release). Skate Canada. October 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "American Assignment Changes for Grand Prix Events in Canada, Finland" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 16, 2018.
  6. ^ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (October 25, 2018). "#VeronikMallet (CAN) has withdrawn from #SkateCanada before the Ladies draw due to medical reasons" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Free Program Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Total Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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