The 2017 Skate America was the sixth event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Lake Placid, New York, on November 24–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final.

Entries The ISU published the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Liam Firus Kevin Reynolds Roman Sadovsky Gabrielle Daleman Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Jin Boyang Yan Han Li Xiangning Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Daniel Samohin Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Takahito Mura Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Maxim Kovtun Sergei Voronov Alena Leonova Serafima Sakhanovich Polina Tsurskaya Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Nicole Rajičová Nathan Chen Ross Miner Adam Rippon Karen Chen Bradie Tennell Ashley Wagner Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Changes to preliminary assignments Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Men colspan="2" rowspan="4" September 19 Ross Miner Host picks Ladies Bradie Tennell Pairs Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Ice dance Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Men November 10 Alexander Petrov November 13 Roman Sadovsky Injury November 16 Cha Jun-hwan November 16 Yan Han Focus on injury recovery Ladies November 17 Choi Da-bin colspan="2" November 20 Anna Pogorilaya November 20 Serafima Sakhanovich Focus on injury recovery MenNovember 22 Jorik Hendrickx November 22 Liam Firus Ice dance Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko colspan="2"

Results Men Nathan Chen, skating with a left blade that had a nick in the outside edge, won the short program by a 15-point margin over Adam Rippon.

Rippon ranked first in the next segment, finishing 5.6 points ahead of Chen. Before skating, Rippon assisted in removing various insects on the ice. Having replaced the nicked blade, Chen stated, "I think that was a bad call. It was a little too sharp on the inside edge, and every time I pressed into it for sal(chow), toe and even flip, it would catch into the ice way harder than I was used to."

Kovtun withdrew due to a foot injury incurred during the short program and Samohin withdrew after dislocating his left shoulder when he fell on a quad Salchow. Rippon had some pain in his right shoulder after falling on a quad Lutz but was able to continue. Jin skated on two sprained ankles, but still achieved a free skate score and placement high enough to qualify for the Grand Prix final. Chen finished first overall by 9.43 points, Rippon won silver, and Voronov took bronze, with Rafael Arutyunyan coaching the top two.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Nathan Chen 275.88 1 104.12 2 171.76 2 Adam Rippon 266.45 2 89.04 1 177.413 Sergei Voronov 257.49 3 87.51 3 169.98 4 Jin Boyang 246.03 6 77.97 4 168.06 5 Yan Han 228.33 4 85.97 7 142.36 6 Ross Miner 219.62 8 71.59 5 148.03 7 Takahito Mura 212.77 7 75.05 8 137.72 8 Liam Firus 210.83 11 65.17 6 145.66 9 Kevin Reynolds 204.05 10 69.10 9 134.95 10 Roman Sadovsky 200.10 9 70.85 10 129.25 WD Daniel Samohin 82.28 5 82.28 colspan=4 WD Maxim Kovtun 64.98 12 64.98 colspan=4

Ladies Miyahara placed first in the short program, Sakamoto was second with a 1.32-point deficit, and Daleman third.

Miyahara, first in the free skate, won gold with a 3.44-point margin over Sakamoto, who won her first Grand Prix medal (in her second appearance on the senior series). Making her senior Grand Prix debut, Tennell rose from fourth after the short program to take the bronze medal. Wagner withdrew due to a skin infection on her ankle.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS1 Satoko Miyahara 214.03 1 70.72 1 143.312 Kaori Sakamoto 210.59 2 69.40 2 141.193 Bradie Tennell 204.10 4 67.01 3 137.09 4 Polina Tsurskaya 195.56 8 63.20 4 132.36 5 Serafima Sakhanovich 189.75 5 66.28 5 123.47 6 Gabrielle Daleman 189.14 3 68.08 8 121.06 7 Alena Leonova 185.93 7 63.91 7 122.02 8 Karen Chen 182.80 9 59.53 6 123.27 9 Nicole Rajičová 167.61 10 55.43 9 112.18 10 Li Xiangning 164.32 11 55.24 10 109.08 WD Ashley Wagner 64.12 6 64.12 colspan=4

Pairs Duhamel/Radford won the short program with a 1.7-point lead over Yu/Zhang.

In the free skate, Savchenko/Massot scored a personal best to win the title although Massot continued to be troubled by back pain. Yu/Zhang took the silver medal while Duhamel/Radford dropped to third.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 223.13 3 72.55 1 150.58 2 Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao 219.20 2 73.67 2 145.533 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 215.68 1 75.37 3 140.31 4 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 197.89 4 70.15 5 127.74 5 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 189.07 5 64.27 6 124.80 6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 187.81 7 59.97 4 127.84 7 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 172.16 6 63.04 7 109.12 8 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay 165.00 8 57.18 8 107.82

Ice dance In the short dance, most teams received lower levels than they expected, with the exception of the Shibutanis, who scored a personal best and placed first with a 6.48-point lead over Cappellini/Lanotte.

The Shibutanis also ranked first in the free dance (by a margin of 6.14 points) and won the gold medal by over 12 points. Cappellini/Lanotte struggled with a lift but finished second overall and qualified to the Grand Prix Final along with the winners.

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 194.25 1 79.18 1 115.07 2 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 181.63 2 72.70 2 108.933 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov 176.53 3 68.72 3 107.81 4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 166.54 5 64.07 4 102.47 5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 163.53 7 62.155 101.38 6 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro 160.28 4 64.206 96.08 7 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed 155.80 6 62.30 8 93.50 8 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu 149.36 9 55.57 7 93.79 9 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 145.54 8 58.36 9 87.18

References

External links 2017 Skate America at the International Skating Union