The 2012 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario on October 26–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final.
Eligibility Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the 2012 senior Grand Prix circuit.
Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores(3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):
Discipline Minimum Men 159.66 Ladies 113.43 Pairs 120.90 Ice dancing 109.59
Entries The entries were as follows.International Skating Union
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov Patrick Chan Liam Firus Elladj Balde Amelie Lacoste Kaetlyn Osmond Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Florent Amodio Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Elene Gedevanishvili Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Stacey Kemp / David King Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Takahito Mura Nobunari Oda Kanako Murakami Akiko Suzuki Denis Ten Artur Gachinski Ksenia Makarova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Polina Shelepen Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Javier Fernández Ross Miner Gracie Gold Caroline Zhang Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker withdrew from the pairs event due to the end of their partnership and Katarina Gerboldt / Alexander Enbert withdrew due to injury.
Overview Georgia's Elene Gedevanishvili won the ladies' short program by 0.24 points ahead of Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond, with Russia's Ksenia Makarova in third. Kaetlyn Osmond won the competition, but Japan's Akiko Suzuki won the free skate, climbing up from fifth to take the silver, while Japanese teammate Kanako Murakami won the bronze.
Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy took the lead in the pairs' event, almost eight points ahead of Canada's Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, while Italy's Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek rounded out the top three after the short program. The standings remained the same after the free skate, with the Germans winning by over 21 points over the Canadians, while the Italians finishing 18 points behind in bronze. Szolkowy wore tights which the ISU does not allow for men, however, the judges decided not to impose a costume deduction.
Spain's Javier Fernández placed first in the men's short program, three points ahead of Canada's Patrick Chan and Japan's Nobunari Oda. Fernandez continued his lead, winning the competition decisively by ten points over the reigning two-time World Champion, with Oda taking the bronze.
Canada's Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir edged out Italy's Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte by 0.01 points to win the short dance, with Russians Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko nine points behind in third. The standings remained the same after the free, with the Canadians winning by over nine points over the Italians and the Russians 17 points behind in third.
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Javier Fernández 253.94 1 85.87 1 168.07 2 Patrick Chan 243.43 2 82.52 2 160.91 3 Nobunari Oda 238.34 3 82.14 3 156.20 4 Florent Amodio 218.72 5 74.61 5 144.11 5 Ross Miner 213.60 8 69.41 4 144.19 6 Denis Ten 203.70 4 75.26 8 128.44 7 Elladj Baldé 199.94 6 72.46 9 127.48 8 Takahito Mura 199.74 9 62.10 6 137.64 9 Artur Gachinski 199.58 7 69.74 7 129.84 10 Liam Firus 169.67 10 60.50 10 109.17
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Kaetlyn Osmond 176.45 2 60.56 2 115.89 2 Akiko Suzuki 175.16 5 55.12 1 120.04 3 Kanako Murakami 168.04 4 56.21 4 111.83 4 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 168.00 6 55.10 3 112.90 5 Elene Gedevanishvili 160.52 1 60.80 5 99.72 6 Ksenia Makarova 154.11 3 58.56 9 95.55 7 Gracie Gold 151.57 9 52.19 6 99.38 8 Amélie Lacoste 151.44 7 53.81 7 97.63 9 Caroline Zhang 149.87 8 52.97 8 96.90 10 Polina Shelepen 124.29 10 46.18 10 78.11
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 201.36 1 72.26 1 129.10 2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 190.49 2 64.49 2 126.00 3 Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek 172.03 3 59.79 3 112.24 4 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers 158.33 4 52.88 4 105.45 5 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot 149.37 5 48.43 5 100.94 6 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin 141.21 7 46.47 6 94.74 7 Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig 122.26 6 47.05 7 75.21
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD 1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 169.41 1 65.09 1 104.32 2 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 160.06 2 65.08 2 94.98 3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 143.39 3 55.80 3 87.59 4 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 136.74 5 53.71 4 83.03 5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 135.16 4 54.84 6 80.32 6 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov 132.80 7 50.92 5 81.88 7 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones 130.75 6 51.67 7 79.08 8 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill 126.60 8 50.00 8 76.60
References
External links Result details at the International Skating Union Entries at the International Skating Union Event website at Skate Canada