2021 U.S. Figure Skating 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.

2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
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)
Pair skating:
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

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

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

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 7th.

On November 2, 2020, USFSA moved the Championship Series to a virtual format.[4] The following changes occurred as a result of the shift:

  1. 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.
  2. 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

The Championship Series was scheduled to comprise the following competitions:

Date Disc. Location
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

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
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Results
Men Nathan Chen Jason Brown Tomoki Hiwatashi Details
Ladies Mariah Bell Bradie Tennell Amber Glenn 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
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Results
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

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 9th, 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 during the week of December 21st. Video submissions to the series will be available on public format, including the US Figure Skating Fan Zone and Peacock Premium.[7][8]

Seniors

Singles skaters advanced to Nationals in the following ways:

  1. Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
  2. Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
  3. Top 9 scores from the Championship Series

Pairs teams advanced to Nationals in the following ways:

  1. Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
  2. Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
  3. 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:

  1. Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
  2. Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
  3. 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

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

Seniors

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.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
Jason Brown Starr Andrews Sarah Burden / Matthew Rounis (withdrew) Hilary Asher / Ryan O'Donnell
Nathan Chen Mariah Bell Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Adrienne Carhart / Ivan Gurianov (withdrew)
Ryan Dunk Karen Chen Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko (withdrew)
Mitchell Friess Amber Glenn Emily Chan / Spencer Howe Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Tomoki Hiwatashi Gracie Gold Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson (withdrew) Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Joseph Kang Hanna Harrell Evelyn Grace Hanns / Jim Garbutt Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
Joonsoo Kim Finley Hawk Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea (withdrew) Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Alexei Krasnozhon Rena Ikenishi Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Peter Liu Gabriella Izzo Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov
Jimmy Ma Pooja Kalyan Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Cara Murphy / Joshua Levitt
Jordan Moeller Alysa Liu Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay Eva Pate / Logan Bye
Maxim Naumov Heidi Munger Brynne McIsaac / Mark Sadusky (withdrew) Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov
Yaroslav Paniot Emilia Murdock Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer
Camden Pulkinen Paige Rydberg (withdrew)
Eric Sjoberg Audrey Shin
Andrew Torgashev (withdrew) Bradie Tennell
Dinh Tran Lindsay Thorngren
Vincent Zhou Violeta Ushakova

Juniors

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
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
Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
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

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 18th.[22]

Date Time Event
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

Senior
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
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

Senior men
Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen Salt Lake Figure Skating 322.28 1 113.92 1 208.36
2 Vincent Zhou SC of San Francisco 291.38 2 107.79 2 183.59
3 Jason Brown Skokie Valley SC 276.92 3 100.92 4 176.00
4 Yaroslav Paniot All Year FSC 266.97 4 83.74 3 183.23
5 Maxim Naumov SC of Boston 244.20 5 83.53 5 160.67
6 Jimmy Ma SC of Boston 230.78 6 82.30 8 148.48
7 Tomoki Hiwatashi DuPage FSC 230.14 9 75.51 6 154.63
8 Camden Pulkinen Broadmoor SC 220.10 8 80.08 9 140.02
9 Eric Sjoberg Los Angeles FSC 213.39 11 74.01 10 139.38
10 Dinh Tran SC of San Francisco 210.79 10 74.03 11 136.76
11 Alexei Krasnozhon SC of Boston 206.76 16 54.53 7 152.23
12 Joseph Kang University of Delaware FSC 203.45 7 79.30 14 124.15
13 Joonsoo Kim Los Angeles FSC 197.12 13 69.04 12 128.08
14 Ryan Dunk Baltimore FSC 192.66 14 65.60 13 127.06
15 Jordan Moeller Northern Ice SC 191.33 12 71.09 15 120.24
16 Peter Liu SC of Wilmington 171.18 15 56.92 16 114.26
17 Mitchell Friess St. Paul FSC 163.07 17 48.88 17 114.19

Senior ladies
Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Bradie Tennell Skokie Valley SC 232.61 1 79.40 1 153.21
2 Amber Glenn Dallas FSC 215.33 5 70.83 2 144.50
3 Karen Chen Peninsula SC 214.98 4 70.99 3 143.99
4 Alysa Liu St. Moritz ISC 213.39 2 76.36 4 137.03
5 Mariah Bell Rocky Mountain FSC 199.95 3 72.37 5 127.58
6 Lindsay Thorngren Ice House of New Jersey FSC 178.89 6 62.54 7 116.35
7 Audrey Shin SC of New York 176.82 10 57.74 6 119.08
8 Gabriella Izzo Academy at Mitchell Johansson Method 171.76 7 62.32 9 109.44
9 Rena Ikenishi SC of New York 169.89 8 60.14 8 109.75
10 Pooja Kalyan Ozark FSC 157.46 9 58.29 12 99.17
11 Finley Hawk ISC of Indianapolis 152.84 14 52.08 11 100.76
12 Starr Andrews Los Angeles FSC 152.13 17 45.93 10 106.20
13 Gracie Gold IceWorks SC 149.05 12 53.88 13 95.17
14 Emilia Murdock SC of San Francisco 138.80 15 51.25 14 87.55
15 Violeta Ushakova SC of New York 136.26 16 49.76 15 86.50
16 Heidi Munger Academy at Mitchell Johansson Method 136.05 13 52.11 16 83.94
17 Hanna Harrell SC of Boston 130.72 11 56.93 17 73.79

Senior pairs
Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier DuPage FSC / All Year FSC 228.10 1 77.46 1 150.64
2 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson DuPage FSC / Detroit SC 205.29 2 71.30 3 133.99
3 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc SC of New York / Los Angeles FSC 200.52 4 65.81 2 134.71
4 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov SC of Boston / SC of Boston 197.97 3 69.56 4 128.41
5 Emily Chan / Spencer Howe SC of Boston / SC of Boston 177.06 5 60.41 5 116.65
6 Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran SC of New York / SC of New York 169.88 6 59.23 6 110.65
7 Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay Winterhurst FSC / Southwest Florida FSC 163.73 7 58.23 7 105.50
8 Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow DuPage FSC / DuPage FSC 145.24 9 45.34 8 99.90
9 Evelyn Grace Hanns / Jim Garbutt Broadmoor SC / Champions Edge SC 140.93 8 47.98 9 92.95

Senior ice dance
Rank Name Club Total points RD FD
1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Lansing SC / Lansing SC 224.56 2 89.66 1 134.90
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates All Year FSC / Ann Arbor FSC 222.93 1 90.10 2 132.83
3 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Detroit SC / Seattle SC 212.55 3 85.28 3 127.27
4 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights / Washington FSC 192.39 4 80.10 4 112.29
5 Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov ION FSC / Peninsula FSC 177.40 5 71.11 5 106.29
6 Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov Peninsula SC / ION FSC 162.86 6 65.87 6 96.99
7 Eva Pate / Logan Bye Strongsville SC / SC of New York 154.93 7 64.37 7 90.56
8 Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov Columbus FSC / Hershey FSC 131.10 8 53.81 8 77.29
9 Hilary Asher / Ryan O'Donnell Skokie Valley SC / SC of Houston 122.68 9 51.38 9 71.30
10 Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer Atlanta FSC / Los Angeles FSC 100.76 10 39.40 10 61.36
11 Cara Murphy / Joshua Levitt Arctic FSC / Pittsburgh FSC 96.91 11 36.62 11 60.29

Junior results

Junior men
Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Eric Prober Panthers FSC 192.83 3 65.04 1 127.79
2 Joseph Klein Skokie Valley SC 187.30 4 63.60 2 123.70
3 Samuel Mindra Portland ISC 181.49 8 60.37 3 121.12
4 Jacob Sanchez Hudson Valley SC 177.55 1 66.91 6 110.64
5 Daniel Martynov Great Lakes FSC 176.45 6 62.06 5 114.39
6 Lucas Broussard Highland SC 175.49 12 55.06 4 120.43
7 Matthew Nielsen Winterhurst FSC 172.30 5 62.31 7 109.99
8 Michael Xie All Year FSC 163.84 11 57.89 8 105.95
9 Liam Kapeikis Wenatchee FSC 162.89 9 58.37 9 104.52
10 Robert Yampolsky North Jersey FSC 160.85 7 61.60 10 99.25
11 Nicholas Hsieh SC of Wilmington 152.99 10 57.93 11 95.06
12 Maxim Zharkov Dallas FSC 141.27 2 65.51 12 75.76

Junior ladies
Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Isabeau Levito SC of Southern New Jersey 187.48 1 65.66 2 121.82
2 Kanon Smith All Year FSC 185.88 2 62.52 1 123.36
3 Clare Seo Broadmoor SC 173.51 3 60.27 3 113.24
4 Ava Ziegler SC of New York 160.77 8 53.73 4 107.04
5 Elsa Cheng Skokie Valley SC 158.85 7 53.75 5 105.10
6 Kate Wang SC of San Francisco 158.01 4 58.28 6 99.73
7 Adele Zheng DuPage FSC 149.89 6 55.83 10 94.06
8 Mia Kalin St. Moritz ISC 149.65 10 51.92 8 97.73
9 Jessica Lin Dallas FSC 147.57 11 51.55 9 96.02
10 Abigail Ross Wasatch FSC 143.89 9 53.35 11 90.54
11 Tamnhi Huynh Dallas FSC 140.17 5 57.94 12 82.23
12 Maryn Pierce Broadmoor SC 138.92 12 41.05 7 97.87

Junior pairs
Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia Yarmouth Ice Club / All Year FSC 169.85 1 59.07 1 110.78
2 Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard Chicago FSC / Northern Ice SC 148.02 2 52.14 2 95.88
3 Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez Panthers FSC / Arctic FSC 137.29 4 47.07 3 90.22
4 Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman Knoxville FSC / Central Florida FSC 134.01 5 45.97 4 88.04
5 Sydney Cooke / Keyton Bearinger Elite Edge SC / Detroit SC 131.39 3 48.61 5 82.78
6 Aleksandra Prudsky / Daniel Tioumentsev SC of Houston / Dallas FSC 119.38 6 43.31 6 76.07
7 Haley Conrad / Kristofer Ogren Dallas FSC / Kansas City FSC 97.32 8 34.54 7 62.78
8 Juliette Reed / Jordan Gillette Skokie Valley SC / Skokie Valley SC 94.74 7 35.17 8 59.57

Junior ice dance
Rank Name Club Total points RD FD
1 Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Peninsula SC / Peninsula SC 167.22 1 68.81 1 98.41
2 Oona Brown / Gage Brown SC of New York / SC of New York 162.91 2 66.20 2 96.71
3 Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville Dallas FSC / Washington FSC 147.30 3 60.26 3 87.04
4 Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski Broadmoor SC / All Year FSC 146.40 4 59.98 4 86.42
5 Angela Ling / Caleb Wein Peninsula SC / Washington FSC 140.47 5 56.27 5 84.20
6 Leah Neset / Artem Markelov Magic City FSC / Magic City FSC 128.02 6 50.76 6 77.26
7 Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov Washington FSC / Washington FSC 124.55 7 48.33 7 76.22
8 Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal Scott Hamilton SC / Scott Hamilton SC 109.73 9 43.71 8 66.02
9 Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers SC of Houston / Texas Gulf Coast FSC 109.66 8 44.58 9 65.08
10 Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov SC of Novi / All Year FSC 104.07 10 40.99 10 63.08

Controversy

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

World Championships

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
1 Jason Brown Karen Chen Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 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 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
2nd alt. Maxim Naumov Mariah Bell Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
3rd alt. Camden Pulkinen Audrey Shin Emily Chan / Spencer Howe* Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov*

* Pending attainment of senior TES minimums

Four Continents Championships

The 2021 Four Continents Championships, to be held from February 9–14 in Sydney, Australia, were cancelled.[26]

World Junior Championships

The 2021 World Junior Championships were scheduled from March 1–7 in Harbin, China, but were cancelled on November 24.[27]

World Team Trophy

The World Team Trophy is scheduled to be held from April 15–18 in Osaka, Japan.

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