2018 Skate Canada International

The 2018 Skate Canada International was the second event of the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec from October 26–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

2018 Skate Canada
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 26 – 28
Season:2018–19
Location:Laval, Quebec
Host:Skate Canada
Venue:Place Bell
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Shoma Uno
Ladies' singles:
Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Pair skating:
France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Ice dance:
United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Previous:
2017 Skate Canada International
Next:
2019 Skate Canada International
Previous GP:
2018 Skate America
Next GP:
2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Australia Brendan Kerry Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
 Canada Keegan Messing
Nam Nguyen
Roman Sadovsky		 Alaine Chartrand
Alicia Pineault		 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud		 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
 China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
 France Kévin Aymoz Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
 Israel Daniel Samohin
 Japan Shoma Uno
Kazuki Tomono		 Wakaba Higuchi
Yura Matsuda
Mako Yamashita
 Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva
 Russia Alexander Samarin Evgenia Medvedeva
Daria Panenkova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva		 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan
 Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz
 Sweden Alexander Majorov
 United Kingdom Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland
 United States Jason Brown Starr Andrews
Mariah Bell		 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments
Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
September 11 Men N/A Canada Nam Nguyen Host pick [2]
October 12 Ladies Canada Larkyn Austman Canada Véronik Mallet Foot injury; host pick [3]
Canada Gabrielle Daleman Canada Alicia Pineault Focus on health; host pick
October 12 and 16 South Korea Choi Da-bin United States Starr Andrews Boot issues [4][5]
October 25 Ladies Canada Véronik Mallet N/A Foot injury [6]

Records
For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

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

EventComponentSkater(s)ScoreDateRef
Pairs Short program France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 74.51 26 October 2018 [7]
Ice dance Rhythm dance United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 80.49 [8]
Pairs Free skating France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 147.30 27 October 2018 [9]
Total score 221.81 [10]

Results

Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 277.25 2 88.87 1 188.38
2 Keegan Messing  Canada 265.17 1 95.05 2 170.12
3 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 254.77 3 88.86 3 165.91
4 Alexander Samarin  Russia 248.78 4 88.06 4 160.72
5 Nam Nguyen  Canada 240.94 7 82.22 5 158.72
6 Jason Brown  United States 234.97 11 76.46 6 158.51
7 Kévin Aymoz  France 230.09 10 78.83 7 151.26
8 Daniel Samohin  Israel 225.89 5 84.90 9 140.99
9 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 220.83 8 81.63 10 139.20
10 Alexander Majorov  Sweden 220.30 6 84.64 12 135.66
11 Brendan Kerry  Australia 220.08 9 80.99 11 139.09
12 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 210.60 12 67.72 8 142.88

Ladies
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 203.32 1 74.22 3 129.10
2 Mako Yamashita  Japan 203.06 3 66.30 2 136.76
3 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 197.91 7 60.83 1 137.08
4 Mariah Bell  United States 190.25 5 63.35 4 126.90
5 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 185.71 6 61.19 5 124.52
6 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 181.29 2 66.51 7 114.78
7 Starr Andrews  United States 174.72 4 64.77 9 109.95
8 Alaine Chartrand  Canada 172.17 8 60.47 8 111.70
9 Daria Panenkova  Russia 168.54 11 51.41 6 117.13
10 Alicia Pineault  Canada 158.29 9 59.02 11 99.27
11 Yura Matsuda  Japan 157.59 10 53.35 10 104.24

Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 221.81 1 74.51 1 147.30
2 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 201.08 2 72.00 4 129.08
3 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 200.93 3 71.26 3 129.67
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 196.54 4 64.57 2 131.97
5 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud  Canada 172.53 6 59.59 6 112.94
6 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier  United States 170.22 8 55.31 5 114.91
7 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor  Australia 166.95 5 60.77 7 106.18
8 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe  Canada 162.16 7 57.53 8 104.63

Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 200.76 1 80.49 2 120.27
2 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 195.17 2 74.66 1 120.51
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 186.97 6 66.95 3 120.02
4 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  France 180.32 4 68.90 4 111.42
5 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 176.57 3 72.35 5 104.22
6 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu  China 165.88 5 66.96 8 98.92
7 Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland  United Kingdom 162.50 8 62.65 6 99.85
8 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus  Canada 156.74 9 57.10 7 99.64
9 Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker  Canada 150.23 10 57.09 9 93.14
10 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 147.99 7 62.68 10 85.31

References
  1. ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (July 1, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. Nguyen, Nam [@namnamnoodle] (September 11, 2018). "Excited to compete to be able to compete at Skate Canada this year😍" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "Larkyn Austman and Gabrielle Daleman withdraw from Skate Canada International" (Press release). Skate Canada. October 12, 2018.
  4. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 12, 2018.
  5. "American Assignment Changes for Grand Prix Events in Canada, Finland" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 16, 2018.
  6. ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (October 25, 2018). "#VeronikMallet (CAN) has withdrawn from #SkateCanada before the Ladies draw due to medical reasons" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  8. "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  9. "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Free Program Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  10. "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Total Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.


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