The 2009 Skate America was the fifth event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, on 12–15 November.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.

2009 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 12 – 15
Season:2009–10
Location:Lake Placid, New York
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Herb Brooks Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Evan Lysacek
Ladies' singles:
South Korea Kim Yuna
Pairs:
China Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo
Ice dance:
United States Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
Navigation
Previous:
2008 Skate America
Next:
2010 Skate America
Previous GP:
2009 NHK Trophy
Next GP:
2009 Skate Canada International

The title sponsor was Cancer.Net.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).

  • Friday, 13 November
    • 15:00 – Ice dancing: Compulsory dance
    • 19:30 – Pairs: Short program
    • 21:00 – Men: Short program
  • Saturday, 14 November
    • 14:00 – Ice dancing: Original dance
    • 15:55 – Pairs: Free skating
    • 19:00 – Ladies: Short program
    • 20:57 – Men: Free skating
  • Sunday, 15 November
    • 14:00 – Ladies: Free skating
    • 16:27 – Ice dancing: Free dance

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evan Lysacek   United States 237.72 1 79.17 1 158.55
2 Shawn Sawyer   Canada 203.91 5 65.95 4 137.96
3 Ryan Bradley   United States 198.12 8 59.24 2 138.88
4 Florent Amodio   France 197.58 2 72.65 6 124.93
5 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 194.06 11 55.90 3 138.16
6 Kevin Reynolds   Canada 190.23 10 59.05 5 131.18
7 Adrian Schultheiss   Sweden 185.07 4 67.55 7 117.52
8 Brandon Mroz   United States 174.00 3 71.40 11 102.60
9 Yasuharu Nanri   Japan 168.84 7 59.35 8 109.49
10 Andrei Lutai   Russia 167.79 6 60.64 9 107.15
11 Wu Jialiang   China 164.26 9 59.16 10 105.10
12 Igor Macypura   Slovakia 144.02 12 51.45 12 92.57

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kim Yuna   South Korea 187.98 1 76.28 2 111.70
2 Rachael Flatt   United States 174.91 2 58.80 1 116.11
3 Júlia Sebestyén   Hungary 159.03 3 58.54 3 100.49
4 Fumie Suguri   Japan 148.99 4 56.04 5 92.95
5 Jelena Glebova   Estonia 148.71 5 52.28 4 96.43
6 Elene Gedevanishvili   Georgia 144.19 6 52.18 6 92.01
7 Emily Hughes   United States 135.31 11 45.32 7 89.99
8 Sarah Hecken   Germany 131.10 12 43.86 8 87.24
9 Joshi Helgesson   Sweden 129.91 7 51.32 10 78.59
10 Alexe Gilles   United States 129.01 10 46.56 9 82.45
11 Susanna Pöykiö   Finland 124.22 9 46.72 11 77.50
12 Tuğba Karademir   Turkey 122.40 8 49.42 12 72.98

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   China 201.40 1 74.36 1 127.04
2 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov   Ukraine 171.82 2 61.70 3 110.12
3 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao   China 168.19 5 56.84 2 111.35
4 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker   United States 165.37 4 58.54 4 106.83
5 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig   United States 148.33 6 50.14 5 98.19
6 Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski   United States 139.58 7 49.52 6 90.06
7 Stacey Kemp / David King   United Kingdom 130.80 8 43.46 7 87.34
WD Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin   Canada 3 59.64
  • WD = Withdrawn

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto   United States 195.85 1 39.28 1 60.95 1 95.62
2 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 171.86 3 32.04 2 54.09 3 85.73
3 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski   Israel 171.77 4 31.93 3 51.90 2 87.94
4 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski   Russia 168.25 2 36.94 5 49.53 4 81.78
5 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre   United States 160.89 5 30.19 4 51.28 6 79.42
6 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein   United States 153.92 7 28.88 8 44.55 5 80.49
7 Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov   Russia 152.43 6 29.32 6 46.64 7 76.47
8 Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand   Estonia 143.50 9 26.89 7 44.58 9 72.03
9 Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet   France 140.71 10 24.39 10 42.66 8 73.66
10 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen   China 135.62 8 27.43 9 44.15 10 64.04

References

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  1. ^ "Lake Placid, N.Y., Selected to Host 2009 Skate America". U.S. Figure Skating. 23 January 2009.
  2. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Joins Fight against Cancer with American Society of Clinical Oncology Partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  3. ^ Brennan, Christine (15 November 2009). "Kim shows there's work to do before Vancouver Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  4. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cancer.Net Skate America, Day 2". International Skating Union. 15 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
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