May 26, 2017
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Athlete Selections Announced for 2017 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series |
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By: U.S. Figure Skating COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The International Skating Union (ISU) announced today athlete selections for the 2017 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, which will begin Oct. 20-22 with Rostelecom Cup in Moscow. The series will then make stops in Canada, China, Japan and France before concluding with 2017 Skate America in Lake Placid, New York, Nov. 24-26. The field at Skate America will feature U.S. champions Karen Chen (ladies), Nathan Chen (men), Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier (pairs) and Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani (ice dance). Now in its 23rd season, the Grand Prix Series incorporates six international figure skating competitions as a unified point-scoring series that awards prize money to eligible skaters. At the conclusion of the series, athletes’ points are totaled, and the top six ladies, men, pairs and ice dance teams are invited to compete at the 2017 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. The Grand Prix Final is scheduled for Dec. 7-10 in Nagoya, Japan. The complete list of athlete selections for the 2017 Grand Prix Series is available at www.isu.org. The lists of U.S. selections to all six Grand Prix events and international selections to Skate America are below. (Lineups are subject to change.) Team USA Assignments for the 2017 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series
Rostelecom Cup — Moscow — Oct. 20-22Ladies: Mariah Bell, Mirai Nagasu Men: Nathan Chen, Grant Hochstein Pairs: Marissa Castelli/Mervin Tran Ice dance: Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons*, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani Skate Canada International — Regina, Canada — Oct. 27-Oct. 29 Ladies: Karen Chen, Ashley Wagner Men: Jason Brown Pairs: Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier Ice dance: Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue Cup of China — Beijing — Nov. 3-5 Ladies: Gracie Gold Men: Max Aaron, Grant Hochstein, Vincent Zhou* Pairs: Tarah Kayne/Danny O’Shea Ice dance: Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter*, Elliana Pogrebinsky/Alex Benoit NHK Trophy — Osaka, Japan — Nov. 10-12 Ladies: Mariah Bell, Mirai Nagasu Men: Jason Brown, Joshua Farris, Adam Rippon Pairs: Alexa Scimeca Knierim/Chris Knierim Ice dance: Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue Internationaux de France — Grenoble, France — Nov. 17-19 Ladies: Polina Edmunds, Gracie Gold Men: Max Aaron, Vincent Zhou Ice dance: Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Elliana Pogrebinsky/Alex Benoit Skate America — Lake Placid, New York — Nov. 24-26 Ladies: Karen Chen, Ashley Wagner, TBD Men: Nathan Chen, Adam Rippon, TBD Pairs: Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier, Alexa Scimeca Knierim/Chris Knierim, TBD Ice dance: Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, TBD *making Grand Prix Series debut 2017 Skate America International Selections
Ladies: Gabrielle Daleman (CAN), Xiangning Li (CHN), Satoko Miyahara (JPN), Kaori Sakamoto (JPN), Dabin Choi (KOR), Alena Leonova (RUS), Anna Pogorilaya (RUS), Polina Tsurskaya (RUS), Nicole Rajicova (SVK) Men: Jorik Hendrickx (BEL), Kevin Reynolds (CAN), Boyang Jin (CHN), Daniel Samohin (ISR), Takahito Mura (JPN), Jun Hwan Cha (KOR), Maxim Kovtun (RUS), Alexander Petrov (RUS), Sergei Voronov (RUS) Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN), Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro (CAN), Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang (CHN), Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot (GER), Natalia Zabiiako/Alexander Enbert (RUS) Ice dance: Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN), Shiyue Wang/Xinyun Liu (CHN), Isabella Tobias/Ilia Tkachenko (ISR), Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA), Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed (JPN), Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS), Tiffani Zagorski/Jonathan Guerreiro (RUS) – U.S. Figure Skating – |
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