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:  Shoma Uno | |
Ladies' singles:  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | |
Pairs:  Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | |
Ice dance:  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
editThe ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments
edit| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 11 | Men | N/A |  Nam Nguyen
|
Host pick | [2] |
| October 12 | Ladies | Larkyn Austman
|
Véronik Mallet
|
Foot injury; host pick | [3] |
| Gabrielle Daleman
|
Alicia Pineault
|
Focus on health; host pick | |||
| October 12 and 16 |  Choi Da-bin
|
Starr Andrews
|
Boot issues | [4][5] | |
| October 25 | Ladies | Véronik Mallet
|
N/A | Foot injury | [6] |
Records
editThe following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pairs | Short program | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
74.51 | 26 October 2018 | [7] |
| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
80.49 | [8] | |
| Pairs | Free skating | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
147.30 | 27 October 2018 | [9] |
| Total score | 221.81 | [10] |
Results
editMen
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (July 1, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Nguyen, Nam [@namnamnoodle] (September 11, 2018). "Excited to compete to be able to compete at Skate Canada this year😍" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Larkyn Austman and Gabrielle Daleman withdraw from Skate Canada International" (Press release). Skate Canada. October 12, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 12, 2018.
- ^ "American Assignment Changes for Grand Prix Events in Canada, Finland" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. October 16, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Free Program Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Total Score". International Skating Union. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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