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Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 11:14 am
by Elizabeth
Re: 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 11:21 am
by Elizabeth
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:49 pm
by Elizabeth
Skate Canada press release on the CDN team going to Lake Placid:
https://skatecanada.ca/2022/09/10-canad ... g-classic/

Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:18 am
by Elizabeth
This event will only have a live stream for those in the USA who have access to Peacock. There is no ISU stream, unfortunately.
There are Novice and Junior events taking place alongside the Senior events - the full schedule is here:
https://www.usfigureskating.org/sites/d ... kate_0.pdf
The schedule for the Challenger Series (Senior) events (in EDT):
September 13:
- Pairs SP - 6:30-7:38 p.m.
- Men SP - 8:00-9:27 p.m.
September 14:
- Rhythm Dance - 1:30-3:28 p.m.
- Women SP - 3:50-6:18
- Pairs FS - 6:45-8:07 p.m.
- Men FS - 8:25-10:31 p.m.
September 15:
- Free Dance - 4:30-6:39 p.m.
- Women FS - 7:00-9:57 p.m.
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:24 am
by Elizabeth
The description/background on the Challenger Series (CS) along with a list of this season's events can be found here:
https://isu.org/figure-skating/events/challenger-series
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:40 am
by Elizabeth
Here is a link to the Entries/Start Orders/Results:
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... /index.htm
First up the Pairs SP
Then the Men SP

Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:10 pm
by Elizabeth
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:47 pm
by Elizabeth
The start order for the Rhythm Dance on Wednesday afternoon:
And the start order for the Women SP on later on Wednesday afternoon:

Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:46 am
by Elizabeth
The results from last evening are below - the protocols can be found on the results page:
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... /index.htm
There has apparently been a Russian "capture" of the US live stream - someone has posted a video of Stephen Gogolev's SP on YouTube but it may not be left up long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqNBJHHZy88
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:29 pm
by Elizabeth
The Rhythm Dance has been completed
The protocols link:
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... Skater.pdf
Up next is the Women SP followed by the Pairs FS and the Men FS. A busy day in Lake Placid.
The Women SP results:
Breaking news for those watching on Peacock in the USA - it has now been stated that they will only be able to watch and figure skating streaming on Peacock
LIVE. There will be no archived stream available to watch later

Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:04 pm
by Elizabeth
This evening started with the Pairs FS - the results
The overall results:
The protocols:
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... Skater.pdf
Going on at the moment the Men FS.
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:41 pm
by Elizabeth
History appears to have been made in the Men FS with the successful landing of a quad axle by Ilia Malinin:
https://twitter.com/SeanRabbitt/status/ ... 7978190849
The FS results:

Daniel Grassl had a bad fall, hitting his knee against the boards, as I understand it, and had to withdraw
The overall results:
The protocols link:
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... Skater.pdf
The details of Ilia's FS protcol:

Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:48 am
by Elizabeth
This is Ilia last evening after his history-making skate as photographed & quoted by Claire Cloutier on Twitter.
"It was probably a year ago that I started to understand I was capable of doing it (4A)." He only started practicing it actively/regularly after Worlds. On being part of skating history: "It feels great. I like it a lot."
Some may remember his parents who both competed, sometimes coaching each other, and who are now his coaches, along with Rafael Aratyunyan. His ISU biography shows that Shae Lynn Bourne is one of his choreographers (probably of his free skate):
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108049.htm
Some "historical" pictures

Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:43 pm
by Elizabeth
The full video of Ilia's FS is up on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI0J-a9fPTw
The Quad Axel is the first jump but the last jump is also significant and actually earned higher points! [See the protocol as posted last night above]
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:17 pm
by Elizabeth
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:04 pm
by Elizabeth
The free dance is complete. All that's left is the Women FS.
Protocols link:
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... Skater.pdf
Re: Challenger Series #1 - 2022 US Int'l Figure Skating Classic - Lake Placid, USA - 12-16 Sept.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 10:15 am
by Elizabeth
The event finished with the Women's FS - the results:
The overall results:
The protocols link:
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... Skater.pdf