Category: U.S. Championships

By Heather Carrelli, FSO webmaster   Editor’s Note: Heather Carrelli, website manager for Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea, is writing a blog, on her experiences as a fan at the 2019 U.S.  Championships. This is blog number 2.  Here are links to read her previous…

By Heather Carrelli, FSO webmaster Hello from snowy and icy Detroit! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Heather and I’m a contributor here at Figure Skaters Online in addition to being the website manager for Tarah Kayne…

By Gina Capellazzi, website administrator Photos by Robin Ritoss   After winning his second consecutive U.S. medal (silver in 2016-17; bronze in 2017-18) and finishing in an admirable sixth place at the Olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea, Vincent Zhou saw an…

By Claire Cloutier, contributing writer for Figure Skaters Online Photos by Robin Ritoss from 2018 Internationaux de France and NHK Trophy   The post-Olympic season has been a rebuilding year for Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea. The couple once again came back…

Welcome to Figure Skaters Online’s 2019 U.S. Championships Hub. The 2019 U.S. Championships starts January 18 in Detroit, Michigan. Figure Skaters Online’s website administrator Gina Capellazzi and staff writer Maura Sullivan Hill will be in Detroit covering the action!    Articles/Recaps  …

By Claire Cloutier, special to Figure Skaters Online   Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim were nominated Sunday to fill the U.S. pairs slot at the 2018 Winter Olympics. It was a joy-filled moment for the couple; the other 3 U.S. pairs…

By Maura Sullivan Hill, staff writer The last time the U.S. Championships were in San Jose, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue made their debut as an ice dance team and earned the first of four bronze medals. Six years and a lot…

By Claire Cloutier, special to Figure Skaters Online Header photo by Leah Adams   It was a dramatic, tension-filled afternoon for the U.S. pairs on Saturday as they took the ice for the long program at U.S. Nationals. With a spot for…

By Gina Capellazzi, website administrator Photo by Robin Ritoss   Nathan Chen landed five quadruple (quad) jumps, including two in combination, en route to winning his second consecutive gold medal at the U.S. Championships in San Jose, California on Saturday night.   Chen…

From U.S. Figure Skating (More coming later today following press conference) U.S. Figure Skating announced that Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu and Karen Chen will represent Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.   Alternates for the 2018 Olympic Team are Ashley Wagner…