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2025 Skate Canada International
Logo of the 2025 Skate Canada International
Type:Grand Prix
Date:31 October – 2 November
Season:2025–26
Location:Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada
Host:Skate Canada
Venue:SaskTel Centre
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Ilia Malinin
Women's singles:
Japan Mone Chiba
Pairs:
Canada Deanna Stellato-Dudek
and Maxime Deschamps
Ice dance:
Canada Piper Gilles
and Paul Poirier
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The 2025 Skate Canada International is a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Organized and hosted by the Skate Canada, it was the third event of the 2025–26 Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held from 31 October to 2 November at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned 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 2025 Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. Ilia Malinin of the United States won the men's event, Mone Chiba of Japan won the women's event, Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada won the pairs event, and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada won the ice dance event.

Background

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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 after the six qualifying events, the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.[2] Skate Canada International debuted in 1973,[3] and when the ISU launched the Grand Prix series in 1995, Skate Canada International was one of the five qualifying events.[4] It has been a Grand Prix event every year since, except for 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Changes to preliminary assignments

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The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 6 June 2025.[6]

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men 10 September
  • United States
 21 September — [7][8]
Women — 15 September Host picks [9]
Ice dance
Pairs 6 October 7 October — [10][11]
Women 16 October 28 October Injury (Pinzarrone) [12][13][14]
Ice dance 23 October 27 October Injury (Versluis) [15][16][17]

Required performance elements

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Single skating

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Women competing in single skating performed their short programs on Friday, 31 October; while men performed theirs on Saturday, 1 November.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[18] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[19]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[19]

Women performed their free skates on Saturday, 1 November; while men performed theirs on Sunday, 2 November.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[18] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[20]

Pairs

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Couples competing in pair skating performed their short programs on Friday, 31 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[18] the short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[21]

Couples performed their free skates on Saturday, 1 November.[1] The free skate performance could last no more than 4 minutes,[18] and had to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one has to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[22]

Ice dance

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See also: Competition elements in ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Saturday, 1 November.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[18] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s". Examples of applicable dance styles and music included, but were not limited to: pop, Latin, house, techno, hip-hop, and grunge.[23] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.[23]

Couples then performed their free dances on Sunday, 2 November.[1] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[18] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.[23]

Judging

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See also: ISU Judging System

For the 2025–26 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of seven or nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[24] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[25] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments.[26] The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[27]

Program component factoring[28]
Discipline Short program
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.67 3.33
Women 1.33 2.67
Pairs 1.33 2.67
Ice dance 1.33 2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[29] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[30]

Medal summary

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Ilia Malinin at the 2024 World Championships
Mone Chiba at the 2024 World Championships
Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps at the 2025 World Championships
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier at the 2024 World Championships
From left to right: The 2025 Skate Canada International champions: Ilia Malinin of the United States (men's singles); Mone Chiba of Japan (women's singles); Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada (pair skating); and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada (ice dance)
Medalists[31]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States Ilia Malinin Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Japan Kao Miura
Women Japan Mone Chiba United States Isabeau Levito Japan Ami Nakai
Pairs
Ice dance

Records

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For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2025–26 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

The following new record high score was set during this event.

Record high scores
Date Skater Disc. Segment Score Ref.
November 2 United States Ilia Malinin Men Free skate 228.97 [32]

Results

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Men's singles

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Ilia Malinin of the United States set a new world record with his score of 228.97 in the free skate, defeating the previous world record of 227.79, which had been set by Malinin at the 2024 World Championships. His gold medal finish marked Malinin's twelfth consecutive international victory and secured him a spot at the 2025 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, Japan. "I feel really satisfied with my program today," Malinin stated afterward. "It's one of the best programs I've done this season."[32] He defeated silver medalist Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia by a margin of over 76 points. Kao Miura of Japan finished in third place.[32]

Men's results[33]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ilia Malinin  United States 333.81 1 104.84 1 228.97
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Selevko  Estonia 257.21 3 91.28 2 165.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kao Miura  Japan 253.69 4 89.80 3 163.89
4 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 251.46 2 92.07 5 159.39
5 Nika Egadze  Georgia 247.95 8 85.92 4 162.03
6 Nikolaj Memola  Italy 238.20 6 86.45 7 151.75
7 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 236.73 10 81.08 6 155.65
8 Stephen Gogolev  Canada 236.48 7 86.13 8 150.35
9 Tomoki Hiwatashi  United States 230.58 9 84.32 9 146.26
10 Kévin Aymoz  France 230.10 5 87.46 11 142.64
11 Vladimir Samoilov  Poland 225.33 11 80.75 10 144.58
12 Aleksa Rakic  Canada 216.90 12 75.50 12 141.40

Women's singles

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Mone Chiba of Japan, who had been in the lead after the short program, won the gold medal after also finishing first in the free skate. "There were some dodgy jumps, but I was happy I managed to produce the best performance for today despite the nervousness," Chiba states afterward.[34] It was Chiba's first Grand Prix event of the season. Isabeau Levito of the United States won the silver medal. Ami Nakai, also of Japan, won the bronze medal and secured her spot at the 2025 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, having previously won the 2025 Grand Prix de France.[34]

Women's results[35]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mone Chiba  Japan 217.23 1 72.29 1 144.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Isabeau Levito  United States 209.77 2 71.80 2 137.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ami Nakai  Japan 203.09 4 66.55 3 136.54
4 Bradie Tennell  United States 195.07 5 65.55 4 129.52
5 Lara Naki Gutmann  Italy 192.05 3 68.11 5 123.94
6 Yuna Aoki  Japan 182.85 6 64.58 6 118.27
7 Sarah Everhardt  United States 174.59 7 63.47 9 111.12
8 Mariia Seniuk  Israel 171.75 10 57.40 8 114.35
9 Madeline Schizas  Canada 166.64 12 48.72 7 117.92
10 Yun Ah-sun  South Korea 166.57 9 58.84 11 107.73
11 Sara-Maude Dupuis  Canada 163.58 8 60.41 12 103.17
12 Uliana Shiryaeva  Canada 161.98 11 53.28 10 108.73

Pairs

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Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada won their third consecutive victory at the Skate Canada International, rallying back after a second-place finish in the short program. Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany had finished first in the short program, with a four-point lead over Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps; however a series of errors in the free skate caused them to lose their lead. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps ultimately defeated Hase and Volodin by a margin of six points. "We're pretty happy with the performance," Stellato-Dudek stated afterward. "It was a significant improvement [from the 2025 Grand Prix de France]... but we showed more of what we have been doing in practice."[36] Nikita Volodin had a slip during one of his jumps, while Minerva Fabienne Hase suffered a fall during their throw triple flip. "We had two big mistakes," Hase stated. "But the rest of the elements we were really happy with and we showed what we wanted to, which was conditioning. We skated with full power to the end."[36] Ellie Kam and Daniel O'Shea of the United States set a new personal best in the free skate, jumping from fourth place to third. "To have ourselves be on a good path as we continue to grow each competition, we're happy to be able to perform the way that we did today," O'Shea stated.[36]

Pairs results[37]
Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 213.40 2 73.03 1 140.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 207.18 1 77.53 3 129.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 199.11 4 65.48 2 133.63
4  Canada 186.54 3 70.66 5 115.88
5  Canada 168.24 6 59.93 6 108.31
6  Great Britain 167.94 8 48.85 4 119.09
7  Switzerland 165.94 5 61.54 7 104.40
8  Poland 163.22 7 59.76 8 103.46

Ice dance

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Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada won their sixth consecutive gold medal at the Skate Canada International, finishing with an overall score of 202.89. While Gilles and Poirier had been in the lead after the rhythm dance, they finished second in the free dance after some difficulty on their curved lift cost them four points, but they still won the event. "It wasn't our best performance today, but it was our first competition of the season," Poirier said after the free dance. "We have a lot of room for growth."[38] Despite placing first in the free dance, Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius of Lithuania finished in second place. It was the highest finish at the Grand Prix for Reed and Ambrulevičius. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha of Canada leapfrogged from fourth place to win the bronze medal.[38]

Ice dance results[39]
Rank Skater Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 202.89 1 85.38 2 117.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lithuania 200.92 2 80.89 1 120.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 192.41 4 75.95 3 116.46
4  United States 191.23 3 76.83 4 114.40
5  Czech Republic 181.19 5 74.29 8 106.90
6  South Korea 180.41 6 70.97 5 109.44
7  Canada 179.41 7 70.84 6 108.57
8  Germany 178.28 8 69.91 7 108.37
9  United States 166.32 10 63.22 9 103.10
10  United States 165.19 9 65.51 10 99.68

References

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