2025 Skate America: General Info and Pregame Chat

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2025 Skate America is the fifth event of the 2025-26 ISU Grand Prix series and is scheduled to take place November 14-16, 2025, in Lake Placid, NY. The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series consists of six international senior invitational events and culminates with the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in December.

Competitors collect points in their individual Grand Prix events towards the qualification for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Only the top six skaters/teams in each discipline can qualify for the Final.

Skaters are seeded and invited to the six Grand Prix of Figure Skating events based on the results obtained at the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Skaters/teams who have placed first through sixth in each of the four categories are seeded and assigned to two events. Skaters/teams who have placed seventh through 12th at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships are selected for two ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events. Skaters with a top 24 Season Best Scores (from the 2024-25 season), as well as those placed in the top 24 of the ISU World Standings, can also be invited.

In order for a skater/team to be eligible to compete at an ISU Grand Prix event, a minimum total score must have been achieved in the 2024-25 or current 2025-26 season in an ISU event (Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix, Championships) or a Challenger Series event. Exceptions apply to host country skaters, previously ranked skaters or split ranked couples who return with new partners.

• Official Site
• ISU Event Page
• Announcement
• Schedule
• Entries

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Entries as of November 10th 2025:

Men:
Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE)
Daiwei Dai (CHN)
Kevin Aymoz (FRA)
Luc Economides (FRA)
Corey Circelli (ITA)
Daniel Grassl (ITA)
Nikolaj Memola (ITA)
Kazuki Tomono (JPN)
Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN)
Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)
Jason Brown (USA)
Liam Kapeikis (USA) (added September 16th 2025)
TBA (USA)

Women:
Lea Serna (FRA)
Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO)
Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA)
Wakaba Higuchi (JPN)
Rinka Watanabe (JPN)
Hana Yoshida (JPN)
Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)
Haein Lee (KOR)
Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)
Starr Andrews (USA) (added July 14th)
Josephine Lee (USA) (added July 14th)
Alysa Liu (USA)
TBA (USA)
TBA (USA)

Pairs:
Karina Akopova/ Nikita Rakhmanin (ARM) (added November 10th)
Kelly Ann Laurin/Loucas Ethier (CAN)
Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO)
Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER)
Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA) (added September 15th) (WD November 7th)
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)
Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe (USA) (added November 10th replacing Shin/Nagy)
Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA)
Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (USA)
Audrey Shin/Balazy Nagy (USA) (added September 16th 2025) (replaced by Chan/Howe November 10th)
TBA (USA)
Ekaterina Geynish/Dmitrii Chigirev (UZB) (WD September 2nd)

Dance:
Alicia Fabbri/Paul Ayer (CAN) (added November 3rd)
Majorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha (CAN)
Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek (CZE)
Loicia Demougeot/Theo le Mercier (FRA)
Celina Fradji/Jean-Hans Fourneaux (FRA)
Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud /FRA)
Phebe Bekker/James Hernandez (GBR)
Noemi Maria Tali/Noah Lafornara (ITA) (WD October 28th)
Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)
Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)
Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA) (added September 16th 2025)
TBA (USA)

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Entry updates: Starr Andrews and Josephine Lee get the host spots for the women

 

[AlexRus]

How interesting.
15 (in Season Best list) Sarah EVERHARDT USA 201.90 S 3 4 has two GP spots.
And next lower her - Starr Andrews (76) and Josephine Lee (69), no US women eligible by age between 15 and 69 places.

 

[AlexRus]

Pairs
11 Ekaterina GEYNISH / Dmitrii CHIGIREV UZB 189.65 S WD from 2 and 5 no new Entries

Probably injury?

 

[gsk8]

Pairs
11 Ekaterina GEYNISH / Dmitrii CHIGIREV UZB 189.65 S WD from 2 and 5 no new Entries

Probably injury?

I'm fearing the worst....it's been very quiet on that front.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise (ITA) have been assigned (filling the pairs spot vacated by G/C's withdrawal).

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise (ITA) have been assigned (filling the pairs spot vacated by G/C's withdrawal).

Yay! Now they have two GPs, right? Good for them!

 

[saine]

TBD spots filled:

Ice Dance - Oona Brown/Gage Brown USA
Men - Liam Kapeikis USA
Pairs - Audrey Shin/Balazs Nagy USA

 

[ramurphy2005]

Hopefully, Tali/Lafornara will be ready to go by Skate America, but at least there's now a definitive statement about an injury being involved with their other withdrawals.

noemi on Instagram: "Hi everyone, Just before Lombardia trophy, Noah sustained an injury that’s kept him from being at 100%. Recovery is moving forward, however our priority as a team is to ensure Noah’s health and safety. Although we are unsure of

1,081 likes, 62 comments - noemi.tali on October 13, 2025: "Hi everyone, Just before Lombardia trophy, Noah sustained an injury that’s kept him from being at 100%. Recovery is moving forward, however our priority as a team is to ensure Noah’s health and safety. Although we are unsure of when...

www.instagram.com

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Hopefully, Tali/Lafornara will be ready to go by Skate America, but at least there's now a definitive statement about an injury being involved with their other withdrawals.

noemi on Instagram: "Hi everyone, Just before Lombardia trophy, Noah sustained an injury that’s kept him from being at 100%. Recovery is moving forward, however our priority as a team is to ensure Noah’s health and safety. Although we are unsure of

1,081 likes, 62 comments - noemi.tali on October 13, 2025: "Hi everyone, Just before Lombardia trophy, Noah sustained an injury that’s kept him from being at 100%. Recovery is moving forward, however our priority as a team is to ensure Noah’s health and safety. Although we are unsure of when...

www.instagram.com

There were talks of Covid related problems because he apparently had it earlier this year but these were only speculations since they didn't say anything up to now. Wishing the best for them!

 

[labgoat]

Post in thread 'REWATCH Grand Prix of Figure Skating IJS 2003-2026'

Oct 15, 2025

2025 Skate America – Nov 14-16, 2025
Lake Placid, NY, USA - Stadium | ☰ Entries | Skate Picks | Results ​

Men Short Warm-Up Group 1 1 Liam KAPEIKIS USA 2 Corey CIRCELLI ITA 3 Daiwei DAI CHN 4 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA 5 Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN 6 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE Warm-Up Group 2 7 Jason BROWN USA 8 Kazuki TOMONO JPN 9 Daniel GRASSL ITA 10 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 11 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 12 Mikhail SHAIDOROV...

• labgoat

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Noemi Maria Tali and Noah Lafornara have withdrawn. Looks like their injury problems aren't over yet

 

[crystalspin]

Aww.. their entire senior debut season has been rough, hopefully they take the time to fully heal and come back stronger next year.

 

[Ziotic]

I guess the spot will go to F/A since USA is already at 3.

 

[ramurphy2005]

Liam's got the Skate America spot officially now on the USFS assignment page. Pairs' spot is still up in the air.

 

[ramurphy2005]

The current listing in the cable guide is for Skate America 2002 featuring Sarah Hughes, Michael Weiss, and Alexei Yagudin.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

As expected, Fabbri/Ayer have been assigned

 

[saine]

Shin/Nagy are now confirmed on the USFS International Assignments page for the TBD spot.

I hope they have a good competition, I'm rooting for them.

 

[ramurphy2005]

The current listing in the cable guide is for Skate America 2002 featuring Sarah Hughes, Michael Weiss, and Alexei Yagudin.

So, there is a correct listing in the cable guide, the tv coverage on NBC has the right event. Everything scheduled to be on E is still traveling back in time.