2016 PROGRESSIVE SKATE AMERICA
“I’m trying to be an all-around performer. I want to draw skating fans in.” Tim Dolensky, seventh in the U.S. last
season, earned the coveted third men’s spot with impressive competitions this summer. China’s Boyang Jin, who landed a re-
cord six quadruple jumps en route to the World bronze medal last season, makes his Skate America debut. 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Denis Ten of Kazakhstan, as well as Japan’s Shoma Uno, are also on hand.
PAIRS When Tarah Kayne and Danny
O’Shea competed at Skate America last sea- son, it was their first-ever Grand Prix event. Tis season, they return as U.S. pairs cham- pions.
“I think we’re a lot better prepared to Adam Rippon
go this year, mentally. We know what to ex- pect,” O’Shea said. “We’ll be a little calmer about things, and you always perform a lit- tle better that way.” Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier
won the silver medal when Skate America was held in Hoffman Estates in 2014. Tis season, their return to Sears Centre Arena is another step in Denney’s recovery from a serious knee injury that cost them the entire 2015–16 season. “Our plan is to be as consistent as
possible and put out good, solid programs,” Frazier said. “We’re thinking about the big picture, staying healthy and building to- ward 2018 (Olympics).” World silver medalists Wenjing Sui
and Cong Han of China return to try for their second straight Skate America title.
2016 PROGRESSIVE SKATE AMERICA
COMPETITORS LADIES
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani
Mao Asada, Japan Gabrielle Daleman, Canada Gracie Gold, United States Angelina Kuchvalska, Latvia Julia Lipnitskaia, Russia Mai Mihara, Japan Kanako Murakami, Japan So Youn Park, Korea Roberta Rodeghiero, Italy Serafima Sakhanovich, Russia Ashley Wagner, United States Angela Wang, United States
MEN and Danny O’Shea Tarah Kayne
Jason Brown, United States Tim Dolensky, United States Jorik Hendrickx, Belgium Boyang Jin, China Brendan Kerry, Australia Maxim Kovtun, Russia
Daisuke Murakami, Japan Nam Nguyen, Canada Adam Rippon, United States Denis Ten, Kazakhstan Shoma Uno, Japan Sergei Voronov, Russia
PAIRS
Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Russia
Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier, United States
Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, France
Tarah Kayne/Danny O’Shea, United States Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau, Canada
Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, China Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Russia
ICE DANCE
Alisa Agafonova/Alper Ucar, Turkey Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev, Russia
Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri, Italy
Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, United States Elena llinykh/Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russia
Rebeka Kim/Kirill Minov, Korea Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed, Japan Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, United States Isabella Tobias/llia Tkachenko, Israel
EVENTS SCHEDULE FRIDAY, OCT. 21
7 p.m. – Ladies Short Program
9 p.m. – Pairs Short Program SATURDAY, OCT. 22
1 p.m. – Men’s Short Program 3 p.m. – Ladies Free Skate 7 p.m. – Short Dance
8:40 p.m. – Pairs Free Skate SUNDAY, OCT. 23
11:30 a.m. – Men’s Free Skate 1:45 p.m. – Free Dance
6:30 p.m. – Smucker’s Skating Spectacular
SKATING 19
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76
