The 2022 ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Skate America begins Friday, 21 October with the pairs short program and concludes Sunday, 23 October with the exhibition gala. Title holders Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier (USA) are firm top picks to catch the matches title with the excess platform spots to be battled among different contestants in the field.
Event Information
- Date: Thu, Oct. 21, 2022 – Sun, Oct. 23, 2022
- Where: Norwood, Massachusetts
- TV: NBC
- Streams Anywhere: OolaTV
Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men’s singles, women’s singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters will earn points toward qualifying for the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final.
ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Skate America 2022 Live Online
The 2022 ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Skate America coverage also streams on NBCSports and the NBC Sports app This season’s Grand Prix opener at Skate America Live can be viewed on the ISU Skating OolaTV channel.
2022 ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Skate America TV Schedule
The ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Skate America 2022 2022 on Thursday, October 20, and Friday, October 21. The rhythm dance kicks off at 2:41 pm (ET) on Saturday, October 22, with the free dance occurring on Sunday, October 23 at 1:08pm (ET).
- Friday, Oct. 21: Pairs short program (7:24 p.m. ET), men’s short program (8:49 p.m. ET)
- Saturday, Oct. 22: Ice dance rhythm dance (2:41 p.m. ET), women’s short program (4:18 p.m. ET), pairs free program (7:15 p.m. ET), men’s free program (9 p.m. ET)
- Sunday, Oct. 23: Ice dance free dance (1:08 p.m. ET), women’s free program (2:59 p.m. ET), gala exhibition (7:15 p.m. ET)
Tenement Preview
US’s pair Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier exploited the Russian nonattendance to come out on top for their first big showdown in quite a while in Spring, covering a fantasy season that included tremendous exhibitions at the Beijing Games. Their greatest test at Skate America could emerge out of young people Anastasiia Smirnova and Danylo Siianytsia, the ruling U.S. junior heroes.
Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac, both of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que., structure one group in the ice dance contest, while Carolane Soucisse of Chateauguay, Que., and Shane Firus of North Vancouver, B.C. will likewise contend.
The Americans ought to have the ice dance top picks at Skate America in world bronze medallists Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who helped the U.S. win group silver at the Beijing Games. The pair supplanted the resigned Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue as the country’s top group, however Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Pastry specialist are not a long ways behind.
“It’s actual much has changed over the most recent eight months since the Olympics,” Bates said, “however nothing truly different for us. We realized we needed to keep on skating. We love what we do. We know there’s a great deal of space for development in our skating.”
