US National Championships - 12-20 Jan. 2021 - Las Vegas, NV

[Elizabeth]

The 2021 U.S. Championships will take place at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 12-20. This will competition feature only junior and senior skaters. No spectators will be in attendance.

Skaters — other than those with a bye — qualified for these Championships via virtual competitions which took place during the fall of 2020. The top nine scorers in the senior singles disciplines and the top six in pairs advanced to the Championships. In juniors, the top 12 scorers in the singles disciplines, top eight in pairs and top 10 in ice dance advanced.

U.S. Figure Skating has set aside two days for practice sessions (Jan. 12 and 13). The senior Championship gets underway on Jan. 14 with the pairs and ladies short programs. Everyone in attendance (skater, official, media, etc.) will have to submit to two COVID tests for the senior events and another one for the juniors. The junior championship begins Wed. Jan. 20.

ENTRIES: https://www.usfigureskating.org/sites/d ... nships.pdf


NBC TV SCHEDULE (Seniors) (All times EST) - NOTE - only the coverage on NBC-TV will be viewable in Canada


(** The men’s short and free air times are subject to change due to NFL program schedules)

[Elizabeth]

Bev Smith article on Nathan Chen: https://bevsmithwrites.com/nathan-chen- ... vid-world/

[Elizabeth]

Sadly, COVID exposures at their training centers are causing a number of withdrawals from the US Championships including Carreira & Ponomorenko in the Senior Dance and all the Senior pairs who train in Colorado with Dalaliah Sappenfield.

[Elizabeth]

Latest version of the event schedule: https://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/ ... 596745536

The full program book that you can "flip the page" through: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/205019/2/
It includes photos & biographical information about the original entries in both senior (championship) and junior events.

It was announced late yesterday that another skater has had to withdraw due to a positive virus test - Paige Rydberg who trains at Broadmoor, like the pairs who withdrew before travelling to Las Vegas.

[Elizabeth]

Here are Jackie Wong's predictions for the results: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2021 ... no-problem

[Elizabeth]

The page for the start orders and results links: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... /index.asp

The start order for the Championship (Senior) Pairs: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... EG005.html
I believe they will skate in 3 groups of 3 pairs.

The start order for the Championship (Senior) Ladies: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... EG001.html
The first group will be 5 skaters with the other two groups being 6 each.

The very latest full event schedule: https://www.usfigureskating.org/sites/d ... hedule.pdf

[Kevin]

So, if we're in Canada, there is no way to watch anything on NBCSN - am I correct?

[Elizabeth]

So, if we're in Canada, there is no way to watch anything on NBCSN - am I correct?

Unfortunately, that is correct unless you have some sort of "sling TV" set-up with the USA.

[Kevin]

Darn! I'll have to count on youtube to fill me in after the fact. Really wanted to watch the pairs live, as it's going to be sooooo interesting!

[Kevin]

It looks like this *might* be starting to stream on youtube in 5 minutes......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS2Sobt2kgM

[Elizabeth]

It looks like this *might* be starting to stream on youtube in 5 minutes......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS2Sobt2kgM

Let's just say that's a "bootleg" site.

Jackie Wong is live tweeting about the competition but he is not actually in the arena, as he usually would be - he is watching a feed in the USA where he lives: https://www.rockerskating.com/

[Elizabeth]

Results after Pairs SP:


Leaders:


The Free Skate will be tomorrow evening.

[Elizabeth]

Results after the Ladies SP:



The leaders:





The free skate will be this evening and some of it will be shown live on NBC TV. The coverage is also supposed to include a tribute or item about the first African American skater to be put in the the USFS Hall of Fame, Mabel Fairbanks (photos from the ceremony below provided by Tai Babilonia, a former student). For more on her career see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Fairbanks





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The Ladies FS start order: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... EG002.html


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Ladies podium




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2021 Worlds US Ladies' Team: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news ... -team.aspx

• Karen Chen
• Bradie Tennell

Alternate 1 – Amber Glenn
Alternate 2 – Mariah Bell
Alternate 3 – Audrey Shin*
*Pending minimum score

[Elizabeth]

Results after the Rhythm Dance


Top 3 after the rhythm dance

[Elizabeth]

As seen on TV.....

1. Nathan Chen 113.92
2. Vincent Zhou 107.79
3. Jason Brown 100.92





More on yesterday's events: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stori ... im-dance-/

[Elizabeth]

More of "as seen on TV"
1. Nathan Chen - 322.28
2. Vincent Zhou - 291.38
3. Jason Brown - 276.92
4. Yaroslav Paniot - 266.97

The US awards gold, silver, bronze & pewter medals:








The complete results:

[Elizabeth]

Today, while lots of folks were focused on happenings in Washington, DC, the junior events started at the US nationals. The start orders/entries/results can be found here: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... /index.asp