The 2014 Hilton HHonors
Skate America
Skate America is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The first Skate America was in held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, as a test event fo ...
was the first event of six in the
2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the
Sears Centre in
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Hoffman Estates is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 52,530.
The village previously served as the headquarters for Transform Holdco L ...
on October 24–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
2014–15 Grand Prix Final.
Entries
Changes to initial line-up
* On July 2, it was announced that
Stefania Berton /
Ondřej Hotárek
Ondřej Hotárek (born 25 January 1984) is a Czech-Italian pair skater and coach who began competing for Italy in 2006. He competed with Valentina Marchei until the end of their partnership in 2018. With former partner Stefania Berton, he is the ...
had split up. On July 21, it was announced that their replacement was
Elizaveta Usmanteseva /
Roman Talan.
* On July 10,
Douglas Razzano and
Anastasia Cannuscio /
Colin McManus were added as host picks.
* On July 18,
Samantha Cesario was added as a host pick.
* On August 13,
Maylin Wende /
Daniel Wende were removed from the roster due to an injury to Daniel. On August 22, it was announced that
Annabelle Prölß /
Ruben Blommaert would be their replacements.
* On September 2,
Madeline Aaron /
Max Settlage were announced as host picks.
* On September 19,
Elizaveta Usmantseva /
Roman Talan were removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On September 23, it was announced that
Miriam Ziegler /
Severin Kiefer were their replacements.
* On September 20, it was reported that
Ekaterina Bobrova /
Dmitri Soloviev were going to be withdrawing due to an injury to Soloviev. They were removed from the roster on September 29. On October 1,
Alexandra Stepanova /
Ivan Bukin were announced as their replacements.
* On September 22, it was reported that
Tatiana Volosozhar /
Maxim Trankov were going to be withdrawing due to an injury to Trankov. On October 1, they were removed from the roster. On October 3,
Vanessa Grenier /
Maxime Deschamps were announced as their replacements.
* On October 2,
Julia Zlobina /
Alexei Sitnikov withdrew. No reason was given. On October 3,
Federica Testa /
Lukas Csolley were announced as their replacements.
* On October 10,
Cathy Reed /
Chris Reed were replaced by
Élisabeth Paradis
Élisabeth Paradis (born July 15, 1992) is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. With François-Xavier Ouellette, she won bronze medals at the 2015 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, 2015 CS U.S. International Classic and at the 2 ...
/
François-Xavier Ouellette. No reason has been given.
* On October 17,
Joshi Helgesson was removed from the roster due to an injury.
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She was not replaced.
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
References
External links
2014 Skate Americaat the International Skating Union
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2014 Skate America
2014 in figure skating
2014 in sports in Illinois
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
October 2014 sports events in the United States