2012 Skate America

The 2012 Hilton HHonors Skate America was the first event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series.[1] It was held at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington on October 19–21.[2][3][4] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final.

2012 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 19 – 21
Season:2012–13
Location:Kent, Washington
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:ShoWare Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Takahiko Kozuka
Ladies' singles:
United States Ashley Wagner
Pair skating:
Russia Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Ice dance:
United States Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Previous:
2011 Skate America
Next:
2013 Skate America
Next GP:
2012 Skate Canada International

Eligibility

Skaters who reached the age of 14 before July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores (3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):[5]

Discipline Minimum
Men159.66
Ladies113.43
Pairs120.90
Ice dancing109.59

Entries

The entries were as follows.[6]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
 China Pang Qing / Tong Jian
 Czech Republic Michal Březina
Tomáš Verner
 France Maé Bérénice Méité Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
 Germany Sarah Hecken Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
 Israel Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski
 Italy Valentina Marchei Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Takahiko Kozuka
Tatsuki Machida		 Haruka Imai
 Russia Konstantin Menshov Alena Leonova
Adelina Sotnikova		 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
 Sweden Alexander Majorov Viktoria Helgesson
 United States Jeremy Abbott
Armin Mahbanoozadeh
Douglas Razzano		 Rachael Flatt
Christina Gao
Ashley Wagner		 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir
Caydee Denney / John Coughlin
Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff		 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus
Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt

Overview

Yuzuru Hanyu posted a world record score in the men's short program for a ten-point lead over teammate Takahiko Kozuka, with American Jeremy Abbott in third.[7][8][9] Kozuka won the gold medal after placing first in the free skating, Hanyu dropped to second overall, and Tatsuki Machida rounded out a Japanese sweep of the podium by winning bronze, his first Grand Prix medal.[10][11][12]

American Ashley Wagner led after the ladies' short program, followed by Russia's Adelina Sotnikova and American Christina Gao.[13][14] Wagner then placed first in the free skating to win her first GP gold, while Gao rose to take the silver, her first GP medal, and Sotnikova slipped to third.[15][16][17]

Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov placed first in the pairs' short program ahead of China's Pang Qing / Tong Jian and Americans Caydee Denney / John Coughlin.[18][19] The pairs maintained their positions in the free skating. Volosozhar / Trankov won their third GP title, Pang / Tong finished second, and Denney / Coughlin took the bronze, their first Grand Prix medal.[20][21]

Americans Meryl Davis / Charlie White won the short dance, ahead of Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje and Russia's Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev.[22][23] Davis / White also placed first in the free dance to win their third consecutive Skate America title, while Bobrova and Soloviev moved up to win the silver, their fifth medal on the GP series, and Weaver and Poje took the bronze, their sixth GP medal.[24][25]

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 251.44 2 85.32 1 166.12
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 243.74 1 95.07 3 148.67
3 Tatsuki Machida  Japan 229.95 4 75.78 2 154.17
4 Konstantin Menshov  Russia 212.53 5 73.32 5 139.21
5 Jeremy Abbott  United States 211.35 3 77.71 8 133.64
6 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 209.67 6 69.26 4 140.41
7 Armin Mahbanoozadeh  United States 203.65 7 68.27 7 135.38
8 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 197.36 9 58.79 6 138.57
9 Douglas Razzano  United States 187.83 10 57.06 9 130.67
10 Alexander Majorov  Sweden 182.42 8 60.48 10 121.94

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Ashley Wagner  United States 188.37 1 60.61 1 127.76
2 Christina Gao  United States 174.25 3 56.63 2 117.62
3 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 168.96 2 58.93 3 110.03
4 Valentina Marchei  Italy 158.79 5 54.01 6 104.78
5 Haruka Imai  Japan 157.72 7 49.90 4 107.82
6 Maé Bérénice Méité  France 155.95 4 54.41 7 101.54
7 Alena Leonova  Russia 153.49 9 46.72 5 106.77
8 Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden 144.85 6 50.29 8 94.56
9 Rachael Flatt  United States 136.09 10 43.72 9 92.37
10 Sarah Hecken  Germany 134.09 8 48.11 10 85.98

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov  Russia 195.07 1 65.78 1 129.29
2 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 185.16 2 61.96 2 123.20
3 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin  United States 177.43 3 60.75 3 117.47
4 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 167.66 4 55.76 4 111.90
5 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir  United States 164.19 5 55.67 5 108.52
6 Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff  United States 131.26 7 40.54 6 90.72
7 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski  Israel 119.02 6 40.66 7 78.36

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States 176.28 1 71.39 1 104.89
2 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 159.95 3 62.91 2 97.04
3 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 157.32 2 65.79 3 91.53
4 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt  United States 141.41 4 53.89 4 87.52
5 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  Germany 132.57 5 52.30 5 80.27
6 Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi  Italy 125.74 6 50.36 6 75.38
7 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus  United States 122.37 7 47.98 7 74.39

References
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