2008 Skate America
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2008 Skate America | |
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Type: | Grand Prix |
Date: | October 23 – 26 |
Season: | 2008–09 |
Location: | Everett, Washington |
Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
Venue: | Comcast Arena at Everett |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Ice dance: ![]() | |
Previous: 2007 Skate America | |
Next: 2009 Skate America | |
Previous GP: – | |
Next GP: 2008 Skate Canada International |
The 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington on October 23–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.
Schedule[]
All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).
- Friday, October 24
- 3:05 p.m. – Ice dancing: Compulsory dance
- 7:35 p.m. – Pair skating: Short program
- 9:05 p.m. – Men's singles: Short program
- Saturday, October 25
- 2:08 p.m. – Ice dancing: Original dance
- 3:50 p.m. – Pair skating: Free skating
- 7:08 p.m. – Ladies' singles: Short program
- 9:10 p.m. – Men's singles: Free skating
- Sunday, October 26
- 11:08 a.m. – Ice dancing: Free dance
- 1:07 p.m. – Ladies' singles: Free skating
- 5:00 p.m. – Exhibition of Champions
Results[]
Men[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/2008_Skate_America_Mens_Podium.jpg/220px-2008_Skate_America_Mens_Podium.jpg)
Men's Podium; From left to right: Johnny Weir (2nd), Takahiko Kozuka (1st), Evan Lysacek (3rd).
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Takahiko Kozuka | ![]() |
226.18 | 3 | 80.10 | 1 | 146.08 |
2 | Johnny Weir | ![]() |
225.20 | 2 | 80.55 | 2 | 144.65 |
3 | Evan Lysacek | ![]() |
223.21 | 1 | 81.30 | 3 | 141.91 |
4 | Kevin Reynolds | ![]() |
204.89 | 4 | 67.18 | 4 | 137.71 |
5 | Shawn Sawyer | ![]() |
199.98 | 6 | 64.14 | 5 | 135.84 |
6 | Alexander Uspenski | ![]() |
177.81 | 7 | 59.63 | 6 | 118.18 |
7 | Adrian Schultheiss | ![]() |
177.26 | 5 | 64.40 | 9 | 112.86 |
8 | Adam Rippon | ![]() |
174.82 | 8 | 59.60 | 7 | 115.22 |
9 | Igor Macypura | ![]() |
169.61 | 9 | 54.58 | 8 | 115.03 |
10 | ![]() |
155.18 | 10 | 50.68 | 10 | 104.50 |
Ladies[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/2008_Skate_America_Ladies_Podium.jpg/220px-2008_Skate_America_Ladies_Podium.jpg)
Ladies' Podium; From left to right: Yukari Nakano (2nd), Kim Yuna (1st), Miki Ando (3rd).
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Kim Yuna | ![]() |
193.45 | 1 | 69.50 | 1 | 123.95 |
2 | Yukari Nakano | ![]() |
172.53 | 3 | 57.46 | 2 | 115.07 |
3 | Miki Ando | ![]() |
168.42 | 2 | 57.80 | 3 | 110.62 |
4 | Rachael Flatt | ![]() |
155.73 | 5 | 54.92 | 4 | 100.81 |
5 | Mirai Nagasu | ![]() |
142.90 | 4 | 56.42 | 7 | 86.48 |
6 | Susanna Pöykiö | ![]() |
142.14 | 8 | 47.82 | 5 | 94.32 |
7 | Mira Leung | ![]() |
136.16 | 10 | 45.74 | 6 | 90.42 |
8 | Kimmie Meissner | ![]() |
135.92 | 6 | 54.90 | 9 | 81.02 |
9 | Liu Yan | ![]() |
128.12 | 9 | 46.96 | 8 | 81.16 |
10 | Annette Dytrt | ![]() |
116.83 | 7 | 48.32 | 11 | 68.51 |
11 | Tuğba Karademir | ![]() |
113.91 | 11 | 41.26 | 10 | 72.65 |
WD | Valentina Marchei | ![]() |
Pairs[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/2008_Skate_America_Pairs_Podium.jpg/220px-2008_Skate_America_Pairs_Podium.jpg)
Pairs' podium; From left to right: Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov (3rd).
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | ![]() |
180.77 | 2 | 64.08 | 1 | 116.69 |
2 | Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker | ![]() |
172.69 | 3 | 57.02 | 2 | 115.67 |
3 | Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov | ![]() |
167.67 | 1 | 66.32 | 4 | 101.35 |
4 | Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin | ![]() |
159.80 | 4 | 54.26 | 3 | 105.54 |
5 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | ![]() |
146.51 | 5 | 50.00 | 5 | 96.51 |
6 | Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin | ![]() |
141.70 | 6 | 48.40 | 6 | 93.30 |
7 | Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia | ![]() |
134.36 | 8 | 44.00 | 7 | 90.36 |
8 | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei | ![]() |
124.63 | 7 | 44.60 | 8 | 80.03 |
Ice dancing[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/2008_Skate_America_Ice_Dancing_Podium.jpg/220px-2008_Skate_America_Ice_Dancing_Podium.jpg)
Ice dancing podium; From left to right: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (2nd), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (1st), Sinead Kerr / John Kerr (3rd).
Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
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1 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | ![]() |
187.64 | 1 | 38.49 | 1 | 58.26 | 2 | 90.89 |
2 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | ![]() |
186.53 | 2 | 37.63 | 3 | 57.47 | 1 | 91.43 |
3 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr | ![]() |
180.20 | 3 | 34.37 | 2 | 57.74 | 4 | 88.09 |
4 | Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates | ![]() |
175.66 | 5 | 31.81 | 4 | 55.01 | 3 | 88.84 |
5 | Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost | ![]() |
166.92 | 4 | 32.26 | 5 | 52.74 | 5 | 81.92 |
6 | Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer | ![]() |
159.03 | 7 | 28.41 | 7 | 50.37 | 6 | 80.25 |
7 | Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles | ![]() |
156.62 | 8 | 27.50 | 6 | 50.51 | 7 | 78.61 |
8 | Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas | ![]() |
156.28 | 6 | 29.78 | 8 | 48.38 | 8 | 78.12 |
9 | Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno | ![]() |
142.95 | 9 | 25.74 | 9 | 45.44 | 9 | 71.77 |
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 Skate America. |
- "2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- Official site
- 2008 Skate America at the International Skating Union
- 2008 Skate America at the U.S. Figure Skating
Categories:
- 2008 in figure skating
- Skate America
- Sports in Everett, Washington
- 2008 in sports in Washington (state)