2012 HILTON HHONORS SKATE AMERICA
INVITED COMPETITORS
LADIES Mae Berenice Meite, France Sarah Hecken, Germany Valentina Marchei, Italy Haruka Imai, Japan Alena Leonova, Russia Adelina Sotnikova, Russia Viktoria Helgesson, Sweden Rachael Flatt, USA Christina Gao, USA Ashley Wagner, USA
MEN Michal Brezina, Czech Republic Tomas Verner, Czech Republic Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan Takahiko Kozuka, Japan Tatsuki Machida, Japan Konstantin Menshov, Russia Alexander Majorov, Sweden Jeremy Abbott, USA Evan Lysacek, USA Douglas Razzano, USA
PAIRS Jessica Dubé/Sebastien Wolfe, Canada Qing Pang/Jian Tong, China Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, France Stacey Kemp/David King, Great Britain Tatiana Volosozhar/ Maxim Trankov, Russia Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir, USA Caydee Denney/John Coughlin, USA Gretchen Donlan/Andrew Speroff , USA
ICE DANCING Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Canada Nelli Zhiganshina/ Alexander Gazsi, Germany
Lorenza Alessandrini/ Simone Vaturi, Italy Isabella Tobias/ Deividas Stagniunas, Lithuania
Ekaterina Bobrova/ Dmitri Soloviev, Russia
Anastasia Cannuscio/ Colin McManus, USA
Meryl Davis/Charlie White, USA Lynn Kriengkrairut/ Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, USA
EVENT SCHEDULE (All times are Pacifi c)
FRIDAY, OCT. 19 Pairs short program — 7 p.m. Men’s short program — 8:35 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Ladies short program — 12:30 p.m. Short dance — 2:15 p.m. Men’s free skate — 7:05 p.m. Pairs free skate — 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCT. 21 Free dance — 11:45 a.m. Ladies free skate — 1:20 p.m. Skating Spectacular — 6 p.m.
30 OCTOBER 2012
Fall Classic T
Loaded fi eld to square off in Kent, Wash. by TROY SCHWINDT
he push begins. With only 16 months left until the
start of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, the top skat-
ers from the United States and around the world are gearing up to turn some heads and build mo- mentum. T eir fi rst chance comes this month at the
2012 Hilton HHonors Skate America in Kent, Wash., near Seattle. T e competition, Oct. 19–21, is the fi rst of six ISU Grand Prix Series events that lead up to the Grand Prix Final in December. One of those U.S. skaters hoping to once again make headlines is Evan Lysacek, who cap- tured the 2010 Olympic title in Vancouver, Can- ada. Lysacek, who hails from Illinois and trains in California, has resumed training after a two-year layoff . Lysacek won his fi rst of two consecutive U.S.
titles in the Pacifi c Northwest when he turned in a magical performance at the 2007 U.S. Champi- onships in Spokane, Wash. His performance in Kent and comeback bid will be watched closely as the countdown to Sochi begins. Joining Lysacek in Kent will be all of the 2012 U.S. champions: Ashley Wagner,
Jeremy
Abbott, Caydee Denney and John Coughlin, and Meryl Davis and Charlie White. T is all-star lineup, pitted against several of the world’s top skaters and teams, make Skate
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America one of the most exciting fi gure skating events of the season. T e competition can be seen on
icenetwork.com and live on NBC at 4 p.m. ET., Oct. 21.
LADIES Russia’s Alena Leonova, the 2012 World sil-
ver medalist, brings her explosive talents to Skate America for the fi rst time. She is one of the sport’s rising stars, having placed ninth at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Country mate Adelina Sotnikova, the sub- Junior champion,
limely fl exible 2011 World
is also exciting to watch and could fi gure in the medal chase. U.S. champion Ash-
ley Wagner is making her Skate America debut, having won fi ve Grand Prix Series medals to date. Wagner trains in Cal- ifornia under legendary coach John Nicks. She won her fi rst senior-lev- el international event
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