The 2011 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario on October 27–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2011–12 Grand Prix Final.
Eligibility Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.
In July 2011, minimum score requirements were added to the Grand Prix series and were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to earn the following:
Discipline Minimum Men 168.60 Ladies 117.48 Pairs 130.71 Ice dancing 111.15
Entries The entries were as follows. Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat withdrew on October 26 due to Bourzat's bronchitis.
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Kevin van der Perren Elladj Baldé Patrick Chan Andrei Rogozine Adriana DeSanctis Amélie Lacoste Cynthia Phaneuf Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang Sarah Hecken Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Daisuke Takahashi Akiko Suzuki Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Denis Ten Alena Leonova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Javier Fernández Alexander Majorov Ross Miner Adam Rippon Rachael Flatt Mirai Nagasu Ashley Wagner Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Schedule All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -04:00).
Thursday, October 27 11:00–16:30 – Practices Friday, October 28 08:30–14:00 – Practices 14:05–15:25 – Ladies' short program 15:45–16:55 – Pairs' short program 18:30–19:00 – Welcome ceremonies 19:30–20:50 – Men's short program 21:10–22:20 – Ice dancing short dance Saturday, October 29 07:30–13:45 – Practices 14:15–15:50 – Ladies' free skating 16:15–17:35 – Pairs' free skating 17:45 – Medal presentations: Ladies/Pairs 19:10–20:50 – Men's free skating 21:00 – Medal presentation: Men Sunday, October 30 09:00–11:25 – Practices 12:30 – Free dance 13:55 – Medal presentation: Ice dancing 15:00–16:50 – Exhibition gala
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Patrick Chan 253.74 3 83.28 1 170.46 2 Javier Fernández 250.33 1 84.71 2 165.62 3 Daisuke Takahashi 237.87 2 84.66 3 153.21 4 Adam Rippon 217.97 4 72.89 4 145.08 5 Denis Ten 212.39 5 71.40 6 140.99 6 Ross Miner 202.36 9 60.83 5 141.53 7 Andrei Rogozine 193.40 6 67.28 7 126.12 8 Kevin van der Perren 179.21 8 64.01 8 115.20 9 Alexander Majorov 177.84 7 65.14 9 112.70 10 Elladj Baldé 151.57 10 55.99 10 95.58
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 177.38 1 59.57 2 117.81 2 Akiko Suzuki 172.26 4 52.82 1 119.44 3 Ashley Wagner 165.48 2 54.50 3 110.98 4 Alena Leonova 152.22 7 49.75 4 102.47 5 Mirai Nagasu 151.72 5 52.73 5 98.99 6 Amélie Lacoste 146.40 6 50.60 6 95.80 7 Cynthia Phaneuf 140.70 8 48.70 7 92.00 8 Sarah Hecken 130.71 10 44.50 8 86.21 9 Adriana DeSanctis 129.48 9 47.14 9 82.34 10 Rachael Flatt 128.22 3 54.23 10 73.99
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 201.38 1 70.42 1 130.96 2 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 180.82 4 59.23 2 121.59 3 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 174.84 2 62.37 3 112.47 4 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran 169.41 3 60.60 5 108.81 5 Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze 165.17 5 58.14 6 107.03 6 Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe 158.44 6 53.23 7 105.21 7 Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang 158.36 8 49.28 4 109.08 8 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 153.96 7 50.11 8 103.85
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD 1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 178.34 1 71.61 1 106.73 2 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 155.99 2 63.31 3 92.68 3 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 154.87 3 61.92 2 92.95 4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 135.10 6 51.24 4 84.67 5 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 132.36 4 54.94 5 77.42 6 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro 126.63 5 51.24 6 75.39 7 Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon 122.80 7 49.65 7 73.15
References
External links
2011 Skate Canada: Entries at the International Skating Union 2011 Skate Canada International at Skate Canada