Skate America is underway this weekend and the men and pairs competitions are over, with ladies and ice dancing to wrap up today.
In the ladies competition, the news is that Rachael Flatt is apparently battling an injury (was this well-publicized prior to the competition? If it was, I missed it). Carolina Kostner leads Kanako Murakami and Joshi Helgesson of Sweden.
| FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina KOSTNER |
|
60.28 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Kanako MURAKAMI |
|
54.75 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Joshi HELGESSON |
|
51.17 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Rachael FLATT |
|
51.02 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Caroline ZHANG |
|
50.66 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Amelie LACOSTE |
|
50.55 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Mae Berenice MEITE |
|
48.27 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Elene GEDEVANISHVILI |
|
45.27 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Alexe GILLES |
|
44.86 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | Min-Jeong KWAK |
|
44.41 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | Jenna MCCORKELL |
|
42.87 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | Viktoria HELGESSON |
|
41.91 | 12 |
The ice dancing leaders are Meryl Davis and Charlie White, no surprise.
| FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE |
|
63.62 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER |
|
60.41 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE |
|
59.48 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI |
|
56.46 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO |
|
55.52 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT / Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT |
|
52.13 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND |
|
49.43 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Cathy REED / Chris REED |
|
44.40 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Stefanie FROHBERG / Tim GIESEN |
|
44.03 | 9 |
In pairs, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy utterly dominated, with Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch of Canada showing they were no one-hit wonder, winning the silver medal. China's Wenjing Sui and Cong Han won the bronze. America's Denney and Barrett were a distant fourth.
| FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY |
|
197.70 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH |
|
175.48 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN |
|
170.07 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Caydee DENNEY / Jeremy BARRETT |
|
166.42 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV |
|
159.49 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR |
|
153.33 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Felicia ZHANG / Taylor TOTH |
|
126.70 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Stacey KEMP / David KING |
|
115.92 | 8 | 8 |
In the men's competition, Japan's Daisuke Takahashi just edged his country mate Nobunari Oda to take the title. It sounds like it was a rough outing for Takahashi, though. America's Armin Mahbanoozadeh won the bronze medal, his first on the Grand Prix circuit. I have not watched yet but it sounds like this was a sloppy competition with the men jumping around in standings quite a bit between short and free.
| FPl. | Name | Nation | Points | SP | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daisuke TAKAHASHI |
|
227.07 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Nobunari ODA |
|
226.09 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Armin MAHBANOOZADEH |
|
211.17 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Adam RIPPON |
|
203.12 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Daisuke MURAKAMI |
|
203.00 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Kevin VAN DER PERREN |
|
194.63 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Adrian SCHULTHEISS |
|
188.20 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Shawn SAWYER |
|
186.62 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Stephen CARRIERE |
|
184.20 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Nan SONG |
|
180.10 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Denis TEN |
|
176.11 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Viktor PFEIFER |
|
162.47 | 12 | 12 |
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