# 2021 Skate America

The 2021 Skate America was the first event of the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 22–24. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.
| Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Canada | Nam Nguyen | | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus |
| Czech Republic | Michal Březina | | | |
| France | Kévin Aymoz Adam Siao Him Fa | | | |
| Italy | Daniel Grassl | | | |
| Japan | Shun Sato Shoma Uno | Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Yuhana Yokoi | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| Poland | | Ekaterina Kurakova | | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev |
| Russia | Artur Danielian | Kseniia Sinitsyna Alexandra Trusova Daria Usacheva | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin |
| South Korea | | Kim Ye-lim You Young | | |
| Spain | | | | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz |
| United States | Nathan Chen Jimmy Ma Vincent Zhou | Starr Andrews Amber Glenn Audrey Shin | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Discipline | Withdrew | Withdrew | Added | Added | Notes | Ref. |
| Discipline | Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | Notes | Ref. |
| Men | — | — | September 2 | Yaroslav Paniot | Host picks | |
| Women | — | — | September 2 | Audrey Shin | Host picks | |
| Pairs | — | — | September 2 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | Host picks | |
| Ice dance | — | — | September 2 | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov | Host picks | |
| Men | October 11 | Daniil Samsonov | — | — | Medical reasons | |
| Men | October 11 | Yaroslav Paniot | October 11 | Jimmy Ma | | |
| Ice dance | October 13 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | — | — | Hospitalization (Zahorski) | |
| Women | October 18 | Bradie Tennell | October 18 | Starr Andrews | Injury | |

## Results
### Men's singles

| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| | Vincent Zhou | United States | 295.56 | 1 | 97.43 | 1 | 198.13 |
| | Shoma Uno | Japan | 270.68 | 2 | 89.07 | 3 | 181.61 |
| | Nathan Chen | United States | 269.37 | 4 | 82.89 | 2 | 186.48 |
| 4 | Shun Sato | Japan | 247.05 | 5 | 80.52 | 4 | 166.53 |
| 5 | Jimmy Ma | United States | 228.12 | 3 | 84.52 | 10 | 143.60 |
| 6 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 227.47 | 6 | 75.43 | 5 | 152.04 |
| 7 | Daniel Grassl | Italy | 221.43 | 8 | 70.88 | 6 | 150.55 |
| 8 | Nam Nguyen | Canada | 219.60 | 7 | 74.32 | 9 | 145.28 |
| 9 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 217.52 | 10 | 67.60 | 7 | 149.92 |
| 10 | Artur Danielian | Russia | 214.93 | 9 | 68.74 | 8 | 146.19 |
| WD | Kévin Aymoz | France | withdrew | 11 | 58.14 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Women's singles

| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| | Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 232.37 | 1 | 77.69 | 1 | 154.68 |
| | Daria Usacheva | Russia | 217.31 | 2 | 76.71 | 4 | 140.60 |
| | You Young | South Korea | 216.97 | 5 | 70.73 | 2 | 146.24 |
| 4 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 215.93 | 4 | 71.16 | 3 | 144.77 |
| 5 | Kseniia Sinitsyna | Russia | 205.76 | 3 | 71.51 | 5 | 134.25 |
| 6 | Amber Glenn | United States | 201.02 | 7 | 67.57 | 7 | 133.45 |
| 7 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 200.51 | 8 | 66.36 | 6 | 134.15 |
| 8 | Kim Ye-lim | South Korea | 199.34 | 6 | 70.56 | 8 | 128.78 |
| 9 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | 188.60 | 11 | 61.36 | 9 | 127.24 |
| 10 | Starr Andrews | United States | 177.63 | 10 | 61.94 | 11 | 115.69 |
| 11 | Yuhana Yokoi | Japan | 174.07 | 12 | 54.77 | 10 | 119.30 |
| 12 | Audrey Shin | United States | 160.78 | 9 | 62.82 | 12 | 97.96 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 222.50 | 1 | 80.36 | 1 | 142.14 |
| | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 208.20 | 3 | 72.63 | 3 | 135.57 |
| | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 205.53 | 2 | 75.43 | 4 | 130.10 |
| 4 | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier | United States | 202.97 | 5 | 66.37 | 2 | 136.60 |
| 5 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States | 197.42 | 4 | 68.87 | 5 | 128.55 |
| 6 | Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov | Russia | 183.12 | 6 | 64.15 | 6 | 118.97 |
| 7 | Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea | United States | 175.40 | 7 | 60.16 | 7 | 115.24 |
| 8 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 147.61 | 8 | 54.03 | 8 | 93.58 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 209.54 | 1 | 83.58 | 1 | 125.96 |
| | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 208.23 | 2 | 82.55 | 2 | 125.68 |
| | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada | 190.13 | 3 | 75.33 | 4 | 114.80 |
| 4 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | Spain | 189.69 | 4 | 74.06 | 3 | 115.63 |
| 5 | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin | Russia | 175.32 | 5 | 68.79 | 5 | 106.53 |
| 6 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Japan | 164.32 | 7 | 63.56 | 6 | 100.76 |
| 7 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada | 162.02 | 8 | 63.08 | 7 | 98.94 |
| 8 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 160.32 | 6 | 65.30 | 9 | 95.02 |
| 9 | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov | United States | 156.97 | 9 | 61.07 | 8 | 95.90 |