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Canadian medallists headline the 2022 Skate Canada International – ISU announces line-up for Grand Prix events
July 22, 2022/by Skate Canada
OTTAWA, ON: The International Skating Union (ISU) has announced the line-ups for four 2022-2023 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events. Canada will host the second stop on the circuit, the 2022 Skate Canada International in Mississauga, Ontario, from October 28-30, 2022, at Paramount Fine Foods Centre.
The line-up in Mississauga will feature current Canadian champions Keegan Messing, Madeline Schizas, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. They will be joined by various current and former world medallists including Shoma Uno, Rika Kihira, Gabrielle Daleman, Lilah Fear, Lewis Gibson, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara and more!
Skate Canada International is the second competition on the annual International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The other events take place in the United States (Skate America), France (Internationaux de France), Great Britain, Japan (NHK Trophy) and Finland.
Each skater/team can be assigned a maximum of two events. Skaters are awarded points based on their placements at their events. The top six from each discipline (men, women, pair, and ice dance) qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
happyheini wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:04 pm
I don't see Jason Brown in the line up, I know I have been out of the loop recently, have I missed anything?
Jason has not announced his retirement and continues to skate and perform but he is giving at least the 2022/23 GP season a "miss". He has recently been performing in shows in Japan and doing some coaching in Peru
happyheini wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:02 pm
Aww, that's too bad. I love to see him skate, but can imagine how he would thrive on on dazzling the spectators in shows.
He has been named as a competitor for Team North America (I believe) in the upcoming Japan Open.
As we've come to expect, there are changes to the entries in the various GP events as they draw closer. There are rules around the elapsed time prior to the event, after which no more changes are permitted.
There continue to be some withdrawals, some "switch arounds", and there are still some host spots to be assigned, for example the CDN entries in Pairs for Skate Canada International. I expect we will get those after this week's high performance camp.
In an update today, Gabby Daleman was assigned to the new GP event in Sheffield, England - this gives her 2 events as she was already a "home pick" for Skate Canada International.
Wakaba Higuchi of Japan has announced that she will not be competing this season and will focus on recovery from her stress fracture. She is withdrawing from her Grand Prix assignments (Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy) and Japanese Nationals.
I have put streaming and TV schedule information about the GPs in the thread for such information - there is information for both Canada and the USA but our access to the latter is limited to NBC TV coverage.
Some Pairs withdrawals from two of the events announced on October 26th
And on the 27th it was announced that Boyang Jin had withdrawn from Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy. His spot at the NHK event has now been assigned to Conrad Orzel.
Re: ISU Grand Prix 2022-2023 - all locations now official & entries are posted
