2021 Skate Canada International

The 2021 Skate Canada International was the second event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 29–31. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

2021 Skate Canada International
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 29 – 31
Season:2021–22
Location:Vancouver, British Columbia
Host:Skate Canada
Venue:Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Nathan Chen
Women's singles:
Russia Kamila Valieva
Pair skating:
China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:
Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Previous:
2019 Skate Canada International
2020 Skate Canada International
Next:
2022 Skate Canada International
Previous GP:
2021 Skate America
Next GP:
2021 Cup of China
2021 Gran Premio d'Italia

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 Keegan Messing
Conrad Orzel
Roman Sadovsky		 Emily Bausback
Alison Schumacher
Madeline Schizas		 Vanessa James / Eric Radford
Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro		 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
 China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
 Georgia Morisi Kvitelashvili
 Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
 Great Britain Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
 Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
 Japan Keiji Tanaka
Sōta Yamamoto		 Wakaba Higuchi
Mana Kawabe
Mai Mihara
 Russia Makar Ignatov
Alexander Samarin
Evgeni Semenenko		 Alena Kostornaia
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Kamila Valieva		 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin
Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy
 South Korea Lee Hae-in
 Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
 United States Jason Brown
Nathan Chen
Tomoki Hiwatashi		 Karen Chen
Alysa Liu		 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Caroline Green / Michael Parsons

Changes to preliminary assignments
Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men N/A September 16 Canada Conrad Orzel Host pick [2]
Women September 28 Switzerland Alexia Paganini September 30 Japan Mana Kawabe [3]
October 18 Japan Rika Kihira October 19 Japan Mai Mihara Injury[6]

Records
For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2021–22 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

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

DisciplineComponentSkater(s)ScoreDateRef
Women Free skating Russia Kamila Valieva 180.89 October 30, 2021 [7]
Total score 265.08 [8]

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen  United States 307.18 1 106.72 1 200.46
2 Jason Brown  United States 259.55 2 94.00 3 165.55
3 Evgeni Semenenko  Russia 256.01 5 87.71 2 168.30
4 Makar Ignatov  Russia 244.17 4 89.79 5 154.38
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 238.34 3 93.28 10 145.06
6 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia 232.87 12 71.60 4 161.27
7 Sōta Yamamoto  Japan 225.74 7 78.78 8 146.96
8 Alexander Samarin  Russia 224.20 8 78.55 9 145.65
9 Conrad Orzel  Canada 222.75 9 73.19 6 149.56
10 Keiji Tanaka  Japan 222.20 6 78.83 12 143.37
11 Tomoki Hiwatashi  United States 221.77 11 72.92 7 148.85
12 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 217.73 10 72.94 11 144.79

Women
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kamila Valieva  Russia 265.08 1 84.19 1 180.89
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 232.88 2 81.24 2 151.64
3 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 214.54 3 75.58 4 138.96
4 Mai Mihara  Japan 210.01 7 67.89 3 142.12
5 Alysa Liu  United States 206.53 4 73.63 7 132.90
6 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 205.27 5 69.41 5 135.86
7 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 190.00 8 62.63 8 127.37
8 Madeline Schizas  Canada 186.56 9 62.61 9 123.95
9 Mana Kawabe  Japan 186.52 12 53.30 6 133.22
10 Karen Chen  United States 183.41 6 68.74 10 114.67
11 Emily Bausback  Canada 159.88 10 59.53 11 100.35
12 Alison Schumacher  Canada 151.19 11 55.47 12 95.72

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong  China 224.05 1 78.94 1 145.11
2 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin  Russia 193.08 2 69.46 3 123.62
3 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 189.90 6 61.68 2 128.22
4 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada 187.92 5 65.02 4 122.90
5 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany 186.82 3 67.93 5 118.89
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 180.25 4 66.43 6 113.82
7 Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland  Canada 168.81 7 57.25 7 111.56
8 Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji  Great Britain 134.68 8 48.80 8 85.88

Ice dance
Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 210.97 1 85.65 1 125.32
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 200.05 2 78.82 2 121.23
3 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 192.93 3 76.97 3 115.96
4 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons  United States 186.51 4 72.40 4 114.11
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Russia 180.57 7 70.66 5 109.91
6 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha  Canada 179.07 6 71.87 6 107.20
7 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 178.08 5 71.89 7 106.19
8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 168.76 8 68.96 8 99.80
9 Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy  Russia 160.66 9 68.53 10 92.13
10 Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker  Canada 156.56 10 60.75 9 95.81

References
  1. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  2. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  3. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  4. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  5. "ISU GP Skate Canada International 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  6. "紀平梨花が右足首ケガでスケートカナダ欠場 オーサー氏「無理をせず」と指示" [Rika Kihira injured her right ankle and will miss Skate Canada]. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). October 19, 2021.
  7. "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Free Skating Score". International Skating Union. October 30, 2021.
  8. "Progression of Highest Score: Women – Total Score". International Skating Union. October 30, 2021.
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