Maia and Alex Shibutanicompete in their free dance at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 17, 2017 in Gangneung, South Korea.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – 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. 20-22
Ladies: 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: Madison Chock/Evan Bates, 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)
