2008 Skate America












































2008 Skate America
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:
Japan Takahiko Kozuka
Ladies' singles:
South Korea Kim Yuna
Pair skating:
Germany Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
Ice dance:
France Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
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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.




Contents






  • 1 Schedule


  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 Men


    • 2.2 Ladies


    • 2.3 Pairs


    • 2.4 Ice dancing




  • 3 External links





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




Men's Podium; From left to right: Johnny Weir (2nd), Takahiko Kozuka (1st), Evan Lysacek (3rd).















































































































Rank
Name
Nation
Total points

SP

FS

1
Takahiko Kozuka
 Japan
226.18 3 80.10 1 146.08

2
Johnny Weir
 United States
225.20 2 80.55 2 144.65

3
Evan Lysacek
 United States
223.21 1 81.30 3 141.91
4
Kevin Reynolds
 Canada
204.89 4 67.18 4 137.71
5
Shawn Sawyer
 Canada
199.98 6 64.14 5 135.84
6
Alexander Uspenski
 Russia
177.81 7 59.63 6 118.18
7
Adrian Schultheiss
 Sweden
177.26 5 64.40 9 112.86
8
Adam Rippon
 United States
174.82 8 59.60 7 115.22
9
Igor Macypura
 Slovakia
169.61 9 54.58 8 115.03
10
Ian Martinez
 Canada
155.18 10 50.68 10 104.50


Ladies




Ladies' Podium; From left to right: Yukari Nakano (2nd), Kim Yuna (1st), Miki Ando (3rd).



































































































































Rank
Name
Nation
Total points

SP

FS

1
Kim Yuna
 South Korea
193.45 1 69.50 1 123.95

2
Yukari Nakano
 Japan
172.53 3 57.46 2 115.07

3
Miki Ando
 Japan
168.42 2 57.80 3 110.62
4
Rachael Flatt
 United States
155.73 5 54.92 4 100.81
5
Mirai Nagasu
 United States
142.90 4 56.42 7 86.48
6
Susanna Pöykiö
 Finland
142.14 8 47.82 5 94.32
7
Mira Leung
 Canada
136.16 10 45.74 6 90.42
8
Kimmie Meissner
 United States
135.92 6 54.90 9 81.02
9
Liu Yan
 China
128.12 9 46.96 8 81.16
10
Annette Dytrt
 Germany
116.83 7 48.32 11 68.51
11
Tuğba Karademir
 Turkey
113.91 11 41.26 10 72.65
WD
Valentina Marchei
 Italy



Pairs




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

1

Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy

 Germany
180.77 2 64.08 1 116.69

2

Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker

 United States
172.69 3 57.02 2 115.67

3

Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov

 Russia
167.67 1 66.32 4 101.35
4

Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin

 Canada
159.80 4 54.26 3 105.54
5

Rena Inoue / John Baldwin

 United States
146.51 5 50.00 5 96.51
6

Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin

 United States
141.70 6 48.40 6 93.30
7

Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia

 France
134.36 8 44.00 7 90.36
8

Zhang Yue / Wang Lei

 China
124.63 7 44.60 8 80.03


Ice dancing




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

1

Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder

 France
187.64 1 38.49 1 58.26 2 90.89

2

Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto

 United States
186.53 2 37.63 3 57.47 1 91.43

3

Sinead Kerr / John Kerr

 United Kingdom
180.20 3 34.37 2 57.74 4 88.09
4

Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates

 United States
175.66 5 31.81 4 55.01 3 88.84
5

Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost

 France
166.92 4 32.26 5 52.74 5 81.92
6

Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer

 Russia
159.03 7 28.41 7 50.37 6 80.25
7

Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles

 United States
156.62 8 27.50 6 50.51 7 78.61
8

Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas

 Lithuania
156.28 6 29.78 8 48.38 8 78.12
9

Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno

 Canada
142.95 9 25.74 9 45.44 9 71.77


External links








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  • 2008 Skate America at the International Skating Union


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