2026 Skate America

2026 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 13 – 15
Season:2026–27
Location:Everett, Washington,
United States
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Angel of the Winds Arena
Previous:
2025 Skate America
Next:
2027 Skate America
Previous Grand Prix:
2026 Cup of China
Next Grand Prix:
2026 Finlandia Trophy

The 2026 Skate America is a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating, it is the fourth event of the 2026–27 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It will be held from November 13 to 15 at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, in the United States. Medals will be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters will earn points based on their results, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline at the end of the season will be invited to then compete at the 2026–27 Grand Prix Final in Chongqing, China.

Background

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of seven events sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and held during the autumn: six qualifying events and the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. This allows skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters whom they would later encounter at the World Championships. Skaters earn points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.[1] The first iteration of Skate America – then called the Norton Skate – was held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, and was the test event for the 1980 Winter Olympics.[2] When the ISU launched the Grand Prix series in 1995, Skate America was one of the five qualifying events.[3] It has been a Grand Prix event every year since.

The 2026 Skate America is the fourth event of the 2026–27 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, and will be held from November 13 to 15 at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, in the United States.[4]

Entries

The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on June 16, 2026.[5]

Country Men Women Pairs Ice dance
 Australia N/a
 Belgium N/a Nina Pinzarrone N/a
 Canada Aleksa Rakic Sara-Maude Dupuis N/a
 Czech Republic Georgii Reshtenko N/a
 Estonia Aleksandr Selevko N/a
 France N/a
  • Aurélie Faula
  • Théo Belle
N/a
 Germany N/a
 Great Britain N/a
 Israel Tamir Kuperman Mariia Seniuk N/a
 Italy Daniel Grassl N/a
Nikolaj Memola
 Japan Sōta Yamamoto Rino Matsuike N/a
N/a Ami Nakai
 Kazakhstan N/a Sofia Samodelkina N/a
 Mexico Donovan Carrillo N/a
 South Korea N/a Kim Yu-jae N/a
Yun Ah-sun
 Switzerland Lukas Britschgi N/a N/a
 Ukraine N/a
  • Iryna Pidgaina
  • Artem Koval
 United States Jason Brown Amber Glenn
Ilia Malinin TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Pairs July 31 August 4 Taking season off [6][7][8]
Ice dance N/a 4 August Host picks [9]
Women August 21 Taking a break [10]
August 25th [11]

References

  1. ↑ Hines, James R. (2006). Figure Skating: A History. University of Illinois Press. pp. 246–247, 332–335. ISBN 978-0-252-07286-4.
  2. ↑ Bass, Howard (October 1979). "U.S. Skaters Show Poise & Strength at Norton Skate in Lake Placid" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 56, no. 8. pp. 35–38. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lucrative Grand Prix gets green light" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 72, no. 8. August 1995. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 25, 2025. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ Slater, Paula (June 16, 2026). "ISU announces 2026-27 international figure skating events". Golden Skate. Retrieved June 22, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "2026/27 Grand Prix Assignments #GPFigure". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
  6. ↑ Daria Danilova [@da.ryad]; (July 31, 2026). "Last season we achieved our lifelong dream: competing at the Olympic Games" – via Instagram.
  7. ↑ @AnythingGOE (August 4, 2026). "🇦🇹 Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr have withdrawn from Finlandia Trophy after their announced retirement" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  8. ↑ "ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Skate America 2026". isu-skating.com. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  9. ↑ "ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Skate America 2026". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
  10. ↑ Schild, Lorine [@lorine_skating]; (August 21, 2026). "Après une saison riche en émotions et quelques mois hors de la glace, j'ai décidé de poursuivre ce break et de ne pas reprendre la compétition pour le moment !" [After an emotionally charged season and a few months off the ice, I’ve decided to extend this break and not return to competition for the time being!] (in French) – via Instagram.
  11. ↑ Liu, Alysa (August 25, 2026). "To my supporters". Instagram. Retrieved August 25, 2026.
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