The 2021

Gran Premio d'Italia The Gran Premio d'Italia is a Listed flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Milan over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. History The event was ...

was the third event in the

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, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the

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on November 5–7. It was the replacement event for

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. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles,

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, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final. On August 27, 2021, the

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announced that the Gran Premio d'Italia would replace Cup of China, which was cancelled on August 16 due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements related to the

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. In an attempt to preserve the Grand Prix series, the ISU asked for other ISU members to apply as hosts on the originally scheduled dates. In addition to the successful bid from the

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(Turin), the ISU received applications from the Hungarian Skating Federation (

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) and U.S. Figure Skating ( Norwood, Massachusetts). At the time of Cup of China's cancellation, the

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expressed confidence in the ISU's ability to find a replacement, but declined to bid itself. The last time the event was cancelled, in 2018, Cup of China was replaced by the Grand Prix of Helsinki.

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announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021. The Gran Premio d'Italia assignments were updated on September 10; the

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's not-yet-assigned host spots (one in pairs and one in ice dance) as of Cup of China's cancellation were reallocated to the

. Subsequent withdrawals by Chinese skaters were also replaced by Italian skaters.

Changes to preliminary assignments

Results

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Women

Pairs

Ice dance

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