The 2020 Guaranteed Rate Skate America was the first event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating , a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas , Nevada on October 23–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dance .
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons.[ 1]
On September 25, 2020, U.S. Figure Skating announced that Skate America would be held without spectators present, in line with Nevada Gaming Control Board guidelines regarding the pandemic.[ 2] [ 3]
Entries
The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on October 1, 2020.[ 4]
Changes to preliminary assignments
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dance
References
^ Associated Press (August 4, 2020). "Grand Prix figure skating series downsized to localized events" . CBC .^ Associated Press (September 25, 2020). "Skate America to be held without fans in Las Vegas" . ESPN .^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 22, 2020). "U.S. Skating Stars Huddle in Las Vegas Bubble for Skate America" . Team USA . United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee . Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21 assignments announced" . International Skating Union . October 1, 2020.^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Men" . International Skating Union . October 1, 2020.^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Ladies" . International Skating Union . October 1, 2020.^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Pairs" . International Skating Union . October 1, 2020.^ "ISU GP Skate America 2020: Ice Dance" . International Skating Union . October 1, 2020.^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Pairs" . International Skating Union . October 5, 2020.^ "One Canadian skater headed to Las Vegas for 2020 Skate America" . Skate Canada . October 19, 2020. Stephen Gogolev was scheduled to compete but had to withdraw due to injury ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Men" . International Skating Union . October 7, 2020.^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies" . International Skating Union . October 7, 2020.^ Konov Jr., Vasily (October 8, 2020). "Траньков: Тарасова и Морозов пропустят серию Гран-при" [Trankov: Tarasova and Morozov will miss the Grand Prix series] (in Russian). RIA Novosti . ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Pairs" . International Skating Union . October 13, 2020.^ "Michal Březina se, bohužel, letošního American Grand Prix, která se koná v Las Vegas 23.-25. října, neúčastní. Důvodem jsou problémy se zády" [Michal Březina, unfortunately, will not participate in this year's American Grand Prix, which takes place in Las Vegas on 23–25 October. The reason is back problems.] (in Czech). Czech Figure Skating Association. October 14, 2020. Archived from the original ^ "Madison Chock and Evan Bates Withdraw from 2020 Skate America" . U.S. Figure Skating . October 9, 2020.^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ice Dance" . International Skating Union . October 9, 2020.^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies" . International Skating Union . October 12, 2020.
