2020 Skate Canada International

The 2020 Skate Canada International was scheduled to be the second event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It would have been held at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario on October 30–31. Medals were to be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2020 Skate Canada International
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 30 – 31
Season:2020–21
Location:Ottawa, Ontario
Host:Skate Canada
Venue:TD Place Arena
Defending champions
Men's singles:
Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies' singles:
Russia Alexandra Trusova
Pair skating:
Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Ice dance:
Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Previous:
2019 Skate Canada International
Next:
2021 Skate Canada International
Previous GP:
2020 Skate America
Next GP:
2020 Cup of China

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons.[1]

On October 1, 2020, Skate Canada announced that Skate Canada International would be held without an audience present.[2] The event was cancelled on October 14.[3]

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on October 1, 2020.[4]

Country Men[5] Ladies[6] Pairs[7] Ice dance[8]
 Australia Holly Harris / Jason Chan
 Canada Nicolas Nadeau
Nam Nguyen
Conrad Orzel
Joseph Phan
Roman Sadovsky		 Emily Bausback
Alicia Pineault
Madeline Schizas
Alison Schumacher		 Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Natasha Purich / Bryce Chudak
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud		 Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Molly Lanaghan / Dmitre Razgulajevs
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
 China Zhu Yi
 Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
 Israel Mark Gorodnitsky
 Japan Satoko Miyahara Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan
 Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
 United States Jason Brown

Changes to preliminary assignments
Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reasons/Other notes Refs
October 7 Ladies Poland Ekaterina Kurakova N/A Travel restrictions [9]

References
  1. Associated Press (August 4, 2020). "Grand Prix figure skating series downsized to localized events". CBC.
  2. Canadian Press (October 1, 2020). "Ottawa to host fanless Skate Canada International Grand Prix". Sportsnet.
  3. "Cancelled: 2020 Skate Canada International". Skate Canada. October 14, 2020.
  4. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21 assignments announced". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
  5. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2020: Men". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
  6. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
  7. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
  8. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
  9. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 7, 2020.
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