The 2009 Skate America was the fifth event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, on 12–15 November.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
| 2009 Skate America | |
|---|---|
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| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 12 – 15 |
| Season: | 2009–10 |
| Location: | Lake Placid, New York |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Herb Brooks Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Evan Lysacek | |
Ladies' singles:  Kim Yuna | |
Pairs:  Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | |
| Ice dance: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | |
| Previous: 2008 Skate America | |
| Next: 2010 Skate America | |
| Previous GP: 2009 NHK Trophy | |
| Next GP: 2009 Skate Canada International | |
The title sponsor was Cancer.Net.[2]
Schedule
editAll times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
- Friday, 13 November
- 15:00 – Ice dancing: Compulsory dance
- 19:30 – Pairs: Short program
- 21:00 – Men: Short program
- Saturday, 14 November
- 14:00 – Ice dancing: Original dance
- 15:55 – Pairs: Free skating
- 19:00 – Ladies: Short program
- 20:57 – Men: Free skating
- Sunday, 15 November
- 14:00 – Ladies: Free skating
- 16:27 – Ice dancing: Free dance
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evan Lysacek |  United States |
237.72 | 1 | 79.17 | 1 | 158.55 |
| 2 | Shawn Sawyer |  Canada |
203.91 | 5 | 65.95 | 4 | 137.96 |
| 3 | Ryan Bradley | United States |
198.12 | 8 | 59.24 | 2 | 138.88 |
| 4 | Florent Amodio |  France |
197.58 | 2 | 72.65 | 6 | 124.93 |
| 5 | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic |
194.06 | 11 | 55.90 | 3 | 138.16 |
| 6 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada |
190.23 | 10 | 59.05 | 5 | 131.18 |
| 7 | Adrian Schultheiss |  Sweden |
185.07 | 4 | 67.55 | 7 | 117.52 |
| 8 | Brandon Mroz | United States |
174.00 | 3 | 71.40 | 11 | 102.60 |
| 9 | Yasuharu Nanri |  Japan |
168.84 | 7 | 59.35 | 8 | 109.49 |
| 10 | Andrei Lutai |  Russia |
167.79 | 6 | 60.64 | 9 | 107.15 |
| 11 | Wu Jialiang | China |
164.26 | 9 | 59.16 | 10 | 105.10 |
| 12 | Igor Macypura |  Slovakia |
144.02 | 12 | 51.45 | 12 | 92.57 |
Ladies
edit- In the short program, Kim Yuna set an ISU World Record of 76.28 points.[4]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Yuna | South Korea |
187.98 | 1 | 76.28 | 2 | 111.70 |
| 2 | Rachael Flatt | United States |
174.91 | 2 | 58.80 | 1 | 116.11 |
| 3 | Júlia Sebestyén |  Hungary |
159.03 | 3 | 58.54 | 3 | 100.49 |
| 4 | Fumie Suguri | Japan |
148.99 | 4 | 56.04 | 5 | 92.95 |
| 5 | Jelena Glebova |  Estonia |
148.71 | 5 | 52.28 | 4 | 96.43 |
| 6 | Elene Gedevanishvili |  Georgia |
144.19 | 6 | 52.18 | 6 | 92.01 |
| 7 | Emily Hughes | United States |
135.31 | 11 | 45.32 | 7 | 89.99 |
| 8 | Sarah Hecken |  Germany |
131.10 | 12 | 43.86 | 8 | 87.24 |
| 9 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden |
129.91 | 7 | 51.32 | 10 | 78.59 |
| 10 | Alexe Gilles | United States |
129.01 | 10 | 46.56 | 9 | 82.45 |
| 11 | Susanna Pöykiö |  Finland |
124.22 | 9 | 46.72 | 11 | 77.50 |
| 12 | Tuğba Karademir |  Turkey |
122.40 | 8 | 49.42 | 12 | 72.98 |
Pairs
edit- In the short program, Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo tied the ISU World Record of 74.36 points.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China |
201.40 | 1 | 74.36 | 1 | 127.04 |
| 2 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov |  Ukraine |
171.82 | 2 | 61.70 | 3 | 110.12 |
| 3 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China |
168.19 | 5 | 56.84 | 2 | 111.35 |
| 4 | Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker | United States |
165.37 | 4 | 58.54 | 4 | 106.83 |
| 5 | Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig | United States |
148.33 | 6 | 50.14 | 5 | 98.19 |
| 6 | Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski | United States |
139.58 | 7 | 49.52 | 6 | 90.06 |
| 7 | Stacey Kemp / David King |  United Kingdom |
130.80 | 8 | 43.46 | 7 | 87.34 |
| WD | Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin | Canada |
3 | 59.64 | |||
- WD = Withdrawn
Ice dancing
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States |
195.85 | 1 | 39.28 | 1 | 60.95 | 1 | 95.62 |
| 2 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |  Italy |
171.86 | 3 | 32.04 | 2 | 54.09 | 3 | 85.73 |
| 3 | Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski |  Israel |
171.77 | 4 | 31.93 | 3 | 51.90 | 2 | 87.94 |
| 4 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia |
168.25 | 2 | 36.94 | 5 | 49.53 | 4 | 81.78 |
| 5 | Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre | United States |
160.89 | 5 | 30.19 | 4 | 51.28 | 6 | 79.42 |
| 6 | Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein | United States |
153.92 | 7 | 28.88 | 8 | 44.55 | 5 | 80.49 |
| 7 | Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov | Russia |
152.43 | 6 | 29.32 | 6 | 46.64 | 7 | 76.47 |
| 8 | Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand | Estonia |
143.50 | 9 | 26.89 | 7 | 44.58 | 9 | 72.03 |
| 9 | Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet | France |
140.71 | 10 | 24.39 | 10 | 42.66 | 8 | 73.66 |
| 10 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China |
135.62 | 8 | 27.43 | 9 | 44.15 | 10 | 64.04 |
References
edit- ^ "Lake Placid, N.Y., Selected to Host 2009 Skate America". U.S. Figure Skating. 23 January 2009.
- ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Joins Fight against Cancer with American Society of Clinical Oncology Partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Brennan, Christine (15 November 2009). "Kim shows there's work to do before Vancouver Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cancer.Net Skate America, Day 2". International Skating Union. 15 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
External links
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- "2009–10 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- "2009 Skate America Announcement". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- 2009 Skate America at the International Skating Union
- Official site
- 2009 Skate America at U.S. Figure Skating (archived)
- ISU Results Page