2011 Skate Canada International
# 2011 Skate Canada International

The 2011 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario on October 27–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2011–12 Grand Prix Final.

## Eligibility

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

In July 2011, minimum score requirements were added to the Grand Prix series and were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to earn the following:

| Discipline | Minimum |
| - | - |
| Men | 168.60 |
| Ladies | 117.48 |
| Pairs | 130.71 |
| Ice dancing | 111.15 |

## Entries

The entries were as follows. Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat withdrew on October 26 due to Bourzat's bronchitis.

| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Belgium | Kevin van der Perren | | | |
| Canada | Elladj Baldé Patrick Chan Andrei Rogozine | Adriana DeSanctis Amélie Lacoste Cynthia Phaneuf | Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers | Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
| China | | | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | |
| Germany | | Sarah Hecken | | |
| Italy | | | | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
| Japan | Daisuke Takahashi | Akiko Suzuki | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | |
| Kazakhstan | Denis Ten | | | |
| Russia | | Alena Leonova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko |
| Spain | Javier Fernández | | | |
| Sweden | Alexander Majorov | | | |
| United States | Ross Miner Adam Rippon | Rachael Flatt Mirai Nagasu Ashley Wagner | | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |

## Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -04:00).

* Thursday, October 27
   * 11:00–16:30 – Practices
* Friday, October 28
   * 08:30–14:00 – Practices
   * 14:05–15:25 – Ladies' short program
   * 15:45–16:55 – Pairs' short program
   * 18:30–19:00 – Welcome ceremonies
   * 19:30–20:50 – Men's short program
   * 21:10–22:20 – Ice dancing short dance
* Saturday, October 29
   * 07:30–13:45 – Practices
   * 14:15–15:50 – Ladies' free skating
   * 16:15–17:35 – Pairs' free skating
   * 17:45 – Medal presentations: Ladies/Pairs
   * 19:10–20:50 – Men's free skating
   * 21:00 – Medal presentation: Men
* Sunday, October 30
   * 09:00–11:25 – Practices
   * 12:30 – Free dance
   * 13:55 – Medal presentation: Ice dancing
   * 15:00–16:50 – Exhibition gala

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 253.74 | 3 | 83.28 | 1 | 170.46 |
| 2 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 250.33 | 1 | 84.71 | 2 | 165.62 |
| 3 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 237.87 | 2 | 84.66 | 3 | 153.21 |
| 4 | Adam Rippon | United States | 217.97 | 4 | 72.89 | 4 | 145.08 |
| 5 | Denis Ten | Kazakhstan | 212.39 | 5 | 71.40 | 6 | 140.99 |
| 6 | Ross Miner | United States | 202.36 | 9 | 60.83 | 5 | 141.53 |
| 7 | Andrei Rogozine | Canada | 193.40 | 6 | 67.28 | 7 | 126.12 |
| 8 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 179.21 | 8 | 64.01 | 8 | 115.20 |
| 9 | Alexander Majorov | Sweden | 177.84 | 7 | 65.14 | 9 | 112.70 |
| 10 | Elladj Baldé | Canada | 151.57 | 10 | 55.99 | 10 | 95.58 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 177.38 | 1 | 59.57 | 2 | 117.81 |
| 2 | Akiko Suzuki | Japan | 172.26 | 4 | 52.82 | 1 | 119.44 |
| 3 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 165.48 | 2 | 54.50 | 3 | 110.98 |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 152.22 | 7 | 49.75 | 4 | 102.47 |
| 5 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 151.72 | 5 | 52.73 | 5 | 98.99 |
| 6 | Amélie Lacoste | Canada | 146.40 | 6 | 50.60 | 6 | 95.80 |
| 7 | Cynthia Phaneuf | Canada | 140.70 | 8 | 48.70 | 7 | 92.00 |
| 8 | Sarah Hecken | Germany | 130.71 | 10 | 44.50 | 8 | 86.21 |
| 9 | Adriana DeSanctis | Canada | 129.48 | 9 | 47.14 | 9 | 82.34 |
| 10 | Rachael Flatt | United States | 128.22 | 3 | 54.23 | 10 | 73.99 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Russia | 201.38 | 1 | 70.42 | 1 | 130.96 |
| 2 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 180.82 | 4 | 59.23 | 2 | 121.59 |
| 3 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 174.84 | 2 | 62.37 | 3 | 112.47 |
| 4 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Japan | 169.41 | 3 | 60.60 | 5 | 108.81 |
| 5 | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Russia | 165.17 | 5 | 58.14 | 6 | 107.03 |
| 6 | Jessica Dubé / Sébastien Wolfe | Canada | 158.44 | 6 | 53.23 | 7 | 105.21 |
| 7 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China | 158.36 | 8 | 49.28 | 4 | 109.08 |
| 8 | Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers | Canada | 153.96 | 7 | 50.11 | 8 | 103.85 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 178.34 | 1 | 71.61 | 1 | 106.73 |
| 2 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 155.99 | 2 | 63.31 | 3 | 92.68 |
| 3 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 154.87 | 3 | 61.92 | 2 | 92.95 |
| 4 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 135.10 | 6 | 51.24 | 4 | 84.67 |
| 5 | Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko | Russia | 132.36 | 4 | 54.94 | 5 | 77.42 |
| 6 | Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 126.63 | 5 | 51.24 | 6 | 75.39 |
| 7 | Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon | Canada | 122.80 | 7 | 49.65 | 7 | 73.15 |
