2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | National championship |
Date: | January 11 – 21 |
Season: | 2020–21 |
Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
Venue: | Orleans Arena |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Nathan Chen (S) Eric Prober (J) | |
Ladies' singles: Bradie Tennell (S) Isabeau Levito (J) | |
Pairs: Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier (S) Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia (J) | |
Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (S) Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (J) | |
Previous: 2020 U.S. Championships | |
Next: 2022 U.S. Championships |
The 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 11–21, 2021 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2021 World Championships. It would also have been part of the selection criteria for the 2021 World Junior Championships and the 2021 Four Continents Championship, but the events were cancelled.
San Jose, which previously hosted the event in 1996, 2012, and 2018, was announced as the original host in October 2019.[2] On November 9, 2020, U.S. Figure Skating announced that, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the event would be moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] After the success of 2020 Skate America's bubble environment in the same arena, USFSA implemented the same structure for the 2021 U.S. Championships. Las Vegas had never hosted the event prior to this year. San Jose was awarded the right to host the 2023 U.S. Championships.
No audience was allowed to be present at the event.[3]
Qualifying[edit]
U.S. Figure Skating announced a new qualifying structure, the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series, to replace Regionals and Sectionals due to skaters' delayed training times resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
USFSA Championship Series[edit]
The Championship Series consists of eight events held in November and December 2020. Skaters can select up to two competitions and will then be advanced to Nationals or the High Performance Development Team based on their highest score, rather than their placement. A list of the skaters who qualified for either will be made available on December 7.
On November 2, 2020, USFSA moved the Championship Series to a virtual format.[4] The following changes occurred as a result of the shift:
- Senior and junior athletes registered for the Series and not previously qualified for the 2021 U.S. Championships were offered the opportunity to compete in a virtual qualifying competition for the remaining entry positions without needing to earn a minimum technical element score.
- Novice, intermediate and juvenile competitors registered for the Series were offered the opportunity to participate in high-level competitive program to identify the National High Performance Development Team. The program will offer a variety of virtual and in-person opportunities January through May, as conditions allow.
Schedule[edit]
The Championship Series was scheduled to comprise the following competitions:
Date | Disc. | Location |
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November 9–13, 2020 | M/L | Blaine, Minnesota |
November 10–15, 2020 | M/L/P | Norwood, Massachusetts |
November 11–14, 2020 | M/L | Spokane, Washington |
M/L | Alpharetta, Georgia | |
November 17–20, 2020 | M/L/D | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
November 24–28, 2020 | M/L/P | Henderson, Nevada |
December 1–6, 2020 | M/L/D | Leesburg, Virginia |
M/L | Frisco, Texas |
ISP Points Challenge[edit]
Over the month of September, USFSA held the virtual ISP (International Selection Pool) Points Challenge to allow skaters to be judged by ISU-level judges. Skaters also competed for $200,000 in prize money. The competition was used to give senior skaters byes to Nationals and was used in the selection of future international assignments, as conditions allowed.[5]
Senior medalists[edit]
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
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Men | Nathan Chen | Jason Brown | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Details |
Ladies | Bradie Tennell | Amber Glenn | Karen Chen | Details |
Pairs | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | Details |
Ice dance | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | Details |
Junior medalists[edit]
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
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Men | Daniel Martynov | Lucas Broussard | Will Annis | Details |
Ladies | Isabeau Levito | Jessica Lin | Tamnhi Huynh | Details |
Pairs | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Haley Scott / Nick Hubbart | Details |
Ice dance | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville | Details |
Advancement to Nationals[edit]
Athletes and teams receiving a bye were required to register for the Championship Series. Although senior-level skaters were eligible to earn byes from the ISP Points Challenge, it did not award byes for junior-level skaters. Consideration for additional byes based on international-type events will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.[6] As of November 2, the Championships Series was replaced by a virtual qualifying competition, resulting in changes to the qualification structure.[4]
On November 9, it was announced only Junior and Senior events were to be skated, with Juvenile, Intermediate, and Novice skaters in either the High Performance Development Camp or the International Selection Pool allowed to skate up. No Senior Ice Dance event would be held in the series due to a lack of entries. Only 12 Entries in the Junior Singles event would move forward to Nationals, along with 8 Junior Pairs and 10 Junior Ice Dance entries. Skaters already with byes were told not to enter, and they would receive more information. There will be no minimum score this year. Senior entries in the Singles events qualifying for Nationals remain the same - 9, but Pairs was lowered to 5.
The results will be posted by December 21. Video submissions to the series will be available on public format, including the US Figure Skating Fan Zone and Peacock Premium.[7][8]
Seniors[edit]
Singles skaters advanced to Nationals in the following ways:
- Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
- Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
- Top 9 scores from the Championship Series
Pairs teams advanced to Nationals in the following ways:
- Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
- Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
- Top 5 scores in the Championship Series (A sixth spot was opened after the split of Kayne/O'Shea.)
Ice dance teams advanced to Nationals in the following ways:
- Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
- Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
- Due to the number of entries, there was no senior ice dance event during the Championship Series.
There will be no alternates to the senior events.[8]
Juniors[edit]
Junior singles skaters advance to Nationals in the following ways:
- Top 12 scores in the Championship Series
Junior pairs skaters advance to Nationals in the following ways:
- Top 8 scores in the Championship Series
Junior ice dance skaters advance to Nationals in the following ways:
- Top 10 scores in the Championship Series.
The next two ranked skaters in each discipline will be alternates to the events.[8]
Entries[edit]
Seniors[edit]
U.S. Figure Skating published a list of entries on December 22, 2020.[9] Skaters either earned a bye based on their placement at the 2020 U.S. Championships and/or the ISP Points Challenge or qualified through the Championships Series.
Juniors[edit]
U.S. Figure Skating published a list of entries on December 22, 2020.[9] Skaters qualified through the Championships Series.
Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
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Lucas Broussard | Elsa Cheng | Haley Conrad / Kristofer Ogren | Oona Brown / Gage Brown |
Nicholas Hsieh | Tamnhi Huynh | Sydney Cooke / Keyton Bearinger | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville |
Liam Kapeikis | Mia Kalin | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski |
Joseph Klein | Isabeau Levito | Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | Angela Ling / Caleb Wein |
Daniel Martynov | Jessica Lin | Aleksandra Prudsky / Daniel Tioumentsev | Leah Neset / Artem Markelov |
Samuel Mindra | Maryn Pierce | Juliette Reed / Jordan Gillette | Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal |
Matthew Nielsen | Abigail Ross | Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman | Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers |
Eric Prober | Clare Seo | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov |
Jacob Sanchez | Kanon Smith | Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov | |
Michael Xie | Kate Wang | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | |
Robert Yampolsky | Adele Zheng | ||
Maxim Zharkov | Ava Ziegler | ||
Alternates[10] | |||
Goku Endo | Hannah Lofton | Megan Voigt / Chase Finster | Klara Kowar / TJ Carey |
Will Annis | Sofia Frank | Katherine Eskander / Jacob Nussle | Claire Cain / Alexander Colucci |
Changes to preliminary entries[edit]
Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
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December 10 | Senior pairs | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | N/A | Split | [11] |
December 28 | Senior ice dance | Adrienne Carhart / Ivan Gurianov | N/A | Split[12] | [13] |
January 5 | Senior men | Andrew Torgashev | N/A | Injury recovery[14] | [15] |
January 10 | Senior pairs | Sarah Burden / Matthew Rounis | N/A | COVID-19 exposure[16] | [17] |
Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson | |||||
Brynne McIsaac / Mark Sadusky | |||||
Senior ice dance | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | ||||
January 12 | Senior ladies | Paige Rydberg | N/A | Positive COVID-19 test | [18] |
January 17 | Junior ice dance | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | N/A | Torn ACL (Chen) | [19] |
January 18 | N/A | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Re-added following further medical consultation |
[20] |
Schedule[edit]
Due to the bubble environment, the Orleans Arena will host all practices and competitions. Senior events will be held from January 12–17 and Junior events from January 19–21.[21] Also due to the bubble environment, there are specific entry/leaving dates for each of the Senior disciplines, with all Junior-level skaters arriving on January 18.[22]
Date | Time | Event |
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January 12 | All Day | Unofficial Senior Practices (except Men) |
January 13 | All Day | Official Senior Practices (except Men) |
January 14 | 2:58 PM | Senior Pairs Short Program |
6:12 PM | Senior Ladies Short Program | |
January 15 | 12:58 PM | Senior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance |
6:12 PM | Senior Ladies Free Skate | |
January 16 | 12:11 PM | Senior Men Short Program |
4:01 PM | Senior Pairs Free Program (Group One) | |
4:58 PM | Senior Ice Dance Free Dance (Group One) | |
5:55 PM | Senior Pairs Free Program (Groups Two & Three) | |
7:28 PM | Senior Ice Dance Free Dance (Groups Two & Three) | |
January 17 | 12:55 PM | Senior Men Free Program |
5:01 PM | Las Vegas Skating Spectacular | |
January 19 | All Day | Official Junior Practices (all events) |
January 20 | 12:55 PM | Junior Pairs Short Program |
3:00 PM | Junior Ladies Short Program | |
4:59 PM | Junior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance | |
7:00 PM | Junior Men Short Program | |
January 21 | 12:55 PM | Junior Pairs Free Program |
3:00 PM | Junior Ladies Free Program | |
4:59 PM | Junior Ice Dance Free Dance | |
6:56 PM | Junior Men Free Program |
Medal summary[edit]
Senior[edit]
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter |
---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Nathan Chen | Vincent Zhou | Jason Brown | Yaroslav Paniot |
Ladies | Bradie Tennell | Amber Glenn | Karen Chen | Alysa Liu |
Pairs | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov |
Ice dance | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons |
Junior[edit]
Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter |
---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Eric Prober | Joseph Klein | Samuel Mindra | Jacob Sanchez |
Ladies | Isabeau Levito | Kanon Smith | Clare Seo | Ava Ziegler |
Pairs | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman |
Ice dance | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski |
Senior results[edit]
Senior men[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Nathan Chen | 322.28 | 1 | 113.92 | 1 | 208.36 |
2 | Vincent Zhou | 291.38 | 2 | 107.79 | 2 | 183.59 |
3 | Jason Brown | 276.92 | 3 | 100.92 | 4 | 176.00 |
4 | Yaroslav Paniot | 266.97 | 4 | 83.74 | 3 | 183.23 |
5 | Maxim Naumov | 244.20 | 5 | 83.53 | 5 | 160.67 |
6 | Jimmy Ma | 230.78 | 6 | 82.30 | 8 | 148.48 |
7 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | 230.14 | 9 | 75.51 | 6 | 154.63 |
8 | Camden Pulkinen | 220.10 | 8 | 80.08 | 9 | 140.02 |
9 | Eric Sjoberg | 213.39 | 11 | 74.01 | 10 | 139.38 |
10 | Dinh Tran | 210.79 | 10 | 74.03 | 11 | 136.76 |
11 | Alexei Krasnozhon | 206.76 | 16 | 54.53 | 7 | 152.23 |
12 | Joseph Kang | 203.45 | 7 | 79.30 | 14 | 124.15 |
13 | Joonsoo Kim | 197.12 | 13 | 69.04 | 12 | 128.08 |
14 | Ryan Dunk | 192.66 | 14 | 65.60 | 13 | 127.06 |
15 | Jordan Moeller | 191.33 | 12 | 71.09 | 15 | 120.24 |
16 | Peter Liu | 171.18 | 15 | 56.92 | 16 | 114.26 |
17 | Mitchell Friess | 163.07 | 17 | 48.88 | 17 | 114.19 |
Senior ladies[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Bradie Tennell | 232.61 | 1 | 79.40 | 1 | 153.21 |
2 | Amber Glenn | 215.33 | 5 | 70.83 | 2 | 144.50 |
3 | Karen Chen | 214.98 | 4 | 70.99 | 3 | 143.99 |
4 | Alysa Liu | 213.39 | 2 | 76.36 | 4 | 137.03 |
5 | Mariah Bell | 199.95 | 3 | 72.37 | 5 | 127.58 |
6 | Lindsay Thorngren | 178.89 | 6 | 62.54 | 7 | 116.35 |
7 | Audrey Shin | 176.82 | 10 | 57.74 | 6 | 119.08 |
8 | Gabriella Izzo | 171.76 | 7 | 62.32 | 9 | 109.44 |
9 | Rena Ikenishi | 169.89 | 8 | 60.14 | 8 | 109.75 |
10 | Pooja Kalyan | 157.46 | 9 | 58.29 | 12 | 99.17 |
11 | Finley Hawk | 152.84 | 14 | 52.08 | 11 | 100.76 |
12 | Starr Andrews | 152.13 | 17 | 45.93 | 10 | 106.20 |
13 | Gracie Gold | 149.05 | 12 | 53.88 | 13 | 95.17 |
14 | Emilia Murdock | 138.80 | 15 | 51.25 | 14 | 87.55 |
15 | Violeta Ushakova | 136.26 | 16 | 49.76 | 15 | 86.50 |
16 | Heidi Munger | 136.05 | 13 | 52.11 | 16 | 83.94 |
17 | Hanna Harrell | 130.72 | 11 | 56.93 | 17 | 73.79 |
Senior pairs[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | 228.10 | 1 | 77.46 | 1 | 150.64 |
2 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | 205.29 | 2 | 71.30 | 3 | 133.99 |
3 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | 200.52 | 4 | 65.81 | 2 | 134.71 |
4 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | 197.97 | 3 | 69.56 | 4 | 128.41 |
5 | Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe | 177.06 | 5 | 60.41 | 5 | 116.65 |
6 | Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran | 169.88 | 6 | 59.23 | 6 | 110.65 |
7 | Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay | 163.73 | 7 | 58.23 | 7 | 105.50 |
8 | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | 145.24 | 9 | 45.34 | 8 | 99.90 |
9 | Evelyn Grace Hanns / Jim Garbutt | 140.93 | 8 | 47.98 | 9 | 92.95 |
Senior ice dance[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | RD | FD | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | 224.56 | 2 | 89.66 | 1 | 134.90 |
2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | 222.93 | 1 | 90.10 | 2 | 132.83 |
3 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | 212.55 | 3 | 85.28 | 3 | 127.27 |
4 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | 192.39 | 4 | 80.10 | 4 | 112.29 |
5 | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov | 177.40 | 5 | 71.11 | 5 | 106.29 |
6 | Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov | 162.86 | 6 | 65.87 | 6 | 96.99 |
7 | Eva Pate / Logan Bye | 154.93 | 7 | 64.37 | 7 | 90.56 |
8 | Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov | 131.10 | 8 | 53.81 | 8 | 77.29 |
9 | Hilary Asher / Ryan O'Donnell | 122.68 | 9 | 51.38 | 9 | 71.30 |
10 | Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer | 100.76 | 10 | 39.40 | 10 | 61.36 |
11 | Cara Murphy / Joshua Levitt | 96.91 | 11 | 36.62 | 11 | 60.29 |
Junior results[edit]
Junior men[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eric Prober | 192.83 | 3 | 65.04 | 1 | 127.79 |
2 | Joseph Klein | 187.30 | 4 | 63.60 | 2 | 123.70 |
3 | Samuel Mindra | 181.49 | 8 | 60.37 | 3 | 121.12 |
4 | Jacob Sanchez | 177.55 | 1 | 66.91 | 6 | 110.64 |
5 | Daniel Martynov | 176.45 | 6 | 62.06 | 5 | 114.39 |
6 | Lucas Broussard | 175.49 | 12 | 55.06 | 4 | 120.43 |
7 | Matthew Nielsen | 172.30 | 5 | 62.31 | 7 | 109.99 |
8 | Michael Xie | 163.84 | 11 | 57.89 | 8 | 105.95 |
9 | Liam Kapeikis | 162.89 | 9 | 58.37 | 9 | 104.52 |
10 | Robert Yampolsky | 160.85 | 7 | 61.60 | 10 | 99.25 |
11 | Nicholas Hsieh | 152.99 | 10 | 57.93 | 11 | 95.06 |
12 | Maxim Zharkov | 141.27 | 2 | 65.51 | 12 | 75.76 |
Junior ladies[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Isabeau Levito | 187.48 | 1 | 65.66 | 2 | 121.82 |
2 | Kanon Smith | 185.88 | 2 | 62.52 | 1 | 123.36 |
3 | Clare Seo | 173.51 | 3 | 60.27 | 3 | 113.24 |
4 | Ava Ziegler | 160.77 | 8 | 53.73 | 4 | 107.04 |
5 | Elsa Cheng | 158.85 | 7 | 53.75 | 5 | 105.10 |
6 | Kate Wang | 158.01 | 4 | 58.28 | 6 | 99.73 |
7 | Adele Zheng | 149.89 | 6 | 55.83 | 10 | 94.06 |
8 | Mia Kalin | 149.65 | 10 | 51.92 | 8 | 97.73 |
9 | Jessica Lin | 147.57 | 11 | 51.55 | 9 | 96.02 |
10 | Abigail Ross | 143.89 | 9 | 53.35 | 11 | 90.54 |
11 | Tamnhi Huynh | 140.17 | 5 | 57.94 | 12 | 82.23 |
12 | Maryn Pierce | 138.92 | 12 | 41.05 | 7 | 97.87 |
Junior pairs[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | 169.85 | 1 | 59.07 | 1 | 110.78 |
2 | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | 148.02 | 2 | 52.14 | 2 | 95.88 |
3 | Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | 137.29 | 4 | 47.07 | 3 | 90.22 |
4 | Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman | 134.01 | 5 | 45.97 | 4 | 88.04 |
5 | Sydney Cooke / Keyton Bearinger | 131.39 | 3 | 48.61 | 5 | 82.78 |
6 | Aleksandra Prudsky / Daniel Tioumentsev | 119.38 | 6 | 43.31 | 6 | 76.07 |
7 | Haley Conrad / Kristofer Ogren | 97.32 | 8 | 34.54 | 7 | 62.78 |
8 | Juliette Reed / Jordan Gillette | 94.74 | 7 | 35.17 | 8 | 59.57 |
Junior ice dance[edit]
Rank | Name | Total points | RD | FD | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | 167.22 | 1 | 68.81 | 1 | 98.41 |
2 | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | 162.91 | 2 | 66.20 | 2 | 96.71 |
3 | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville | 147.30 | 3 | 60.26 | 3 | 87.04 |
4 | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski | 146.40 | 4 | 59.98 | 4 | 86.42 |
5 | Angela Ling / Caleb Wein | 140.47 | 5 | 56.27 | 5 | 84.20 |
6 | Leah Neset / Artem Markelov | 128.02 | 6 | 50.76 | 6 | 77.26 |
7 | Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov | 124.55 | 7 | 48.33 | 7 | 76.22 |
8 | Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal | 109.73 | 9 | 43.71 | 8 | 66.02 |
9 | Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers | 109.66 | 8 | 44.58 | 9 | 65.08 |
10 | Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov | 104.07 | 10 | 40.99 | 10 | 63.08 |
Controversy[edit]
U.S. Figure Skating maintained strict COVID-19 protocols within the bubble, including asking skaters to don a mask immediately after leaving the ice, but appeared to apply inconsistent requirements to skaters who had come into contact with positive cases prior to the event. After three senior pairs teams training under the same coach came into contact with a COVID-positive case, they voluntarily chose to withdraw out of precaution, whereas senior ice dance team Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko appeared to be asked to withdraw by the federation.[16] However, Carreira/Ponomarenko's rinkmates and coaches were able to attend the competition, despite Carreira/Ponomarenko having come into contact with the positive case at their training rink. In addition, coach Tom Zakrajsek was unable to travel to the event due to contracting COVID-19 in early January and one of his students, Paige Rydberg, also tested positive upon arrival in Las Vegas; despite this, no contact tracing protocols were enacted, with the remaining athletes from Zakrajsek's training group and rink being allowed to compete.[23]
International team selections[edit]
World Championships[edit]
The World Championships are scheduled to be held from March 22–28 in Stockholm, Sweden. U.S. Figure Skating announced the ladies' team on January 16 and the men's, pairs, and ice dance teams on January 17.[24][25]
Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance | |
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1 | Jason Brown | Karen Chen | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | |
2 | Nathan Chen | Bradie Tennell | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker |
3 | Vincent Zhou | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | ||
1st alt. | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Amber Glenn | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc (called up) | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |
2nd alt. | Mariah Bell | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | |
3rd alt. | Camden Pulkinen | Audrey Shin | Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov |
4th alt. | Jimmy Ma | Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran |
Four Continents Championships[edit]
The 2021 Four Continents Championships, originally scheduled to be held from February 9–14 in Sydney, Australia, were cancelled.[26]
World Junior Championships[edit]
The 2021 World Junior Championships were scheduled to be held from March 1–7 in Harbin, China, but were cancelled on November 24.[27]
World Team Trophy[edit]
The World Team Trophy is scheduled to be held from April 15–18 in Osaka, Japan.
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- ^ "Update on ISU Event Calendar season 2020/21". International Skating Union. November 24, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Official website Archived 2020-09-19 at the Wayback Machine