# 2017 Skate America

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 |
| Canada | Liam Firus Kevin Reynolds Roman Sadovsky | Gabrielle Daleman | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier |
| China | Jin Boyang Yan Han | Li Xiangning | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu |
| Germany | | | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | |
| Israel | Daniel Samohin | | | |
| Italy | | | | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
| Japan | Takahito Mura | Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto | | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| Russia | Maxim Kovtun Sergei Voronov | Alena Leonova Serafima Sakhanovich Polina Tsurskaya | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro |
| Slovakia | | Nicole Rajičová | | |
| United States | 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 | Withdrew | Added | Added | Notes | Ref. |
| Discipline | Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | Notes | Ref. |
| Men | — | — | September 19 | Ross Miner | Host picks | |
| Ladies | — | — | September 19 | Bradie Tennell | Host picks | |
| Pairs | — | — | September 19 | Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | Host picks | |
| Ice dance | — | — | September 19 | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | Host picks | |
| Men | November 10 | Alexander Petrov | November 13 | Roman Sadovsky | Injury | |
| Men | November 16 | Cha Jun-hwan | November 16 | Yan Han | Focus on injury recovery | |
| Ladies | November 17 | Choi Da-bin | — | — | | |
| Ladies | November 20 | Anna Pogorilaya | November 20 | Serafima Sakhanovich | Focus on injury recovery | |
| Men | November 22 | Jorik Hendrickx | November 22 | Liam Firus | | |
| Ice dance | November 22 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | — | — | | |

## 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 | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States | 275.88 | 1 | 104.12 | 2 | 171.76 |
| 2 | Adam Rippon | United States | 266.45 | 2 | 89.04 | 1 | 177.41 |
| 3 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 257.49 | 3 | 87.51 | 3 | 169.98 |
| 4 | Jin Boyang | China | 246.03 | 6 | 77.97 | 4 | 168.06 |
| 5 | Yan Han | China | 228.33 | 4 | 85.97 | 7 | 142.36 |
| 6 | Ross Miner | United States | 219.62 | 8 | 71.59 | 5 | 148.03 |
| 7 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 212.77 | 7 | 75.05 | 8 | 137.72 |
| 8 | Liam Firus | Canada | 210.83 | 11 | 65.17 | 6 | 145.66 |
| 9 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada | 204.05 | 10 | 69.10 | 9 | 134.95 |
| 10 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada | 200.10 | 9 | 70.85 | 10 | 129.25 |
| WD | Daniel Samohin | Israel | 82.28 | 5 | 82.28 | withdrew | withdrew |
| WD | Maxim Kovtun | Russia | 64.98 | 12 | 64.98 | withdrew | withdrew |

### 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 | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 214.03 | 1 | 70.72 | 1 | 143.31 |
| 2 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 210.59 | 2 | 69.40 | 2 | 141.19 |
| 3 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 204.10 | 4 | 67.01 | 3 | 137.09 |
| 4 | Polina Tsurskaya | Russia | 195.56 | 8 | 63.20 | 4 | 132.36 |
| 5 | Serafima Sakhanovich | Russia | 189.75 | 5 | 66.28 | 5 | 123.47 |
| 6 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada | 189.14 | 3 | 68.08 | 8 | 121.06 |
| 7 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 185.93 | 7 | 63.91 | 7 | 122.02 |
| 8 | Karen Chen | United States | 182.80 | 9 | 59.53 | 6 | 123.27 |
| 9 | Nicole Rajičová | Slovakia | 167.61 | 10 | 55.43 | 9 | 112.18 |
| 10 | Li Xiangning | China | 164.32 | 11 | 55.24 | 10 | 109.08 |
| WD | Ashley Wagner | United States | 64.12 | 6 | 64.12 | withdrew | withdrew |

### 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 | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany | 223.13 | 3 | 72.55 | 1 | 150.58 |
| 2 | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | China | 219.20 | 2 | 73.67 | 2 | 145.53 |
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 215.68 | 1 | 75.37 | 3 | 140.31 |
| 4 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 197.89 | 4 | 70.15 | 5 | 127.74 |
| 5 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 189.07 | 5 | 64.27 | 6 | 124.80 |
| 6 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 187.81 | 7 | 59.97 | 4 | 127.84 |
| 7 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States | 172.16 | 6 | 63.04 | 7 | 109.12 |
| 8 | Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | United States | 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 | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 194.25 | 1 | 79.18 | 1 | 115.07 |
| 2 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 181.63 | 2 | 72.70 | 2 | 108.93 |
| 3 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 176.53 | 3 | 68.72 | 3 | 107.81 |
| 4 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 166.54 | 5 | 64.07 | 4 | 102.47 |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | 163.53 | 7 | 62.15 | 5 | 101.38 |
| 6 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 160.28 | 4 | 64.20 | 6 | 96.08 |
| 7 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan | 155.80 | 6 | 62.30 | 8 | 93.50 |
| 8 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 149.36 | 9 | 55.57 | 7 | 93.79 |
| 9 | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | United States | 145.54 | 8 | 58.36 | 9 | 87.18 |