Wednesday, April 14, 2021

100 Days until Tokyo 2021...

 Today marks exactly 100 days until the opening ceremonies in Tokyo held on July 23, 2021. The games end on August 8, 2021.. Looks like the games will happen!

Monday, April 12, 2021

2021 USA Wrestling qualifiers for Tokyo 2021

 USA Wrestlers that qualified for the Tokyo Olympics via the wrestling Olympic trials...

Jordan Burroughs did not qualify for the Olympics losing to Kyle Dake in the 74kg weight class.

J'den Cox missed weigh in and was disqualified from the 97kg bracket.


Men's Freestyle:

57kg - Thomas Gilman

65kg - Jordan Oliver(weight class not yet qualified for Olympics)

74kg - Kyle Dake

86kg - David Taylor

97kg - Kyle Snyder

125kg - Gable Steveson


Women's Freestyle:

50kg - Sarah Hildebrandt

53kg - Jacarra Winchester

57kg - Helen Maroulis

62kg - Kayla Miracle

68kg - Tamyra Mensah Stock

76kg - Adeline Gray


Men's Greco-Roman:

60kg - Lldar Hafizov

67kg - Alejandro Sancho

77kg - Jessie Porter(weight class not yet qualified for Olympics)

87kg - John Stefanowicz

97kg - G' Angelo Hancock

130kg - Adam Coon(weight class not yet qualified for Olympics)

Sunday, April 11, 2021

2021 USA Figure Skating Championship results/2021 World Figure Skating Championships- USA results

The USA Figure Skating Championships were held in Las Vegas from January 14-17, 2021. 

Nathan Chen won his fifth US men's title in a row, Bradie Tennell won the ladies title, Madison Hubbell/Zack Donohue reclaim the Ice Dance title from Madison Chock/Evan Bates and Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier win the pairs title. 

 Results: (Top 4)

 Pairs Short Program scores:

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier - 77.46
Jessica Calalong/Brian Johnson - 71.30
Audrey Lu/Misha Mitrofanov - 69.56
Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc - 65.81

Ladies Short Program scores:

Bradie Tennell - 79.40 
Alyssa Liu - 76.36 
Mariah Bell - 72.37 
Karen Chen - 70.99 

Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance scores: 

Madison Chock/Evan Bates - 90.10 
Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue - 89.66 
Kait Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker - 85.28 
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons - 80.10 

Men's Short Program scores:
 
Nathan Chen - 113.92 
Vincent Zhou - 107.79 
Jason Brown - 100.92 
Yaroslav Paniot - 83.74 

Pairs Free Skate scores: 

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier - 150.64 Free Skate - 228.10 Total - Gold 
Jessica Calalong/Brian Johnson - 133.99 Free Skate - 205.29 Total - Silver 
Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc - 134.71 Free Skate - 200.52 Total - Bronze 
Audrey Lu/Misha Mitrofanov - 128.41 Free Skate - 197.97 Total - Pewter 

Ladies Free Skate scores: 

Bradie Tennell - 153.21 Free Skate - 232.61 Total - Gold 
Amber Glenn - 144.50 Free Skate - 215.33 Total - Silver 
Karen Chen - 143.99 Free Skate - 214.98 Total - Bronze 
Alyssa Liu - 137.03 Free Skate - 213.39 Total - Pewter 

Ice Dance - Free Dance scores: 

Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue - 134.90 Free Dance - 224.56 Total - Gold 
Madison Chock Evan Bates - 132.83 Free Dance - 222.93 Total - Silver 
Kait Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker - 127.27 Free Dance - 212.55 Total - Bronze 
Caroline Green/ Michael Parsons - 112.29 Free Dance - 192.39 Total - Pewter 

Men's Free Skate scores: 

Nathan Chen - 208.36 Free Skate - 322.28 Total - Gold 
Vincent Zhou - 183.59 Free Skate - 291.38 Total - Silver 
Jason Brown - 176.00 Free Skate - 276.92 Total - Bronze 
Yaroslav Paniot - 183.23 Free Skate - 266.97 Total - Pewter 


The World Figure Skating Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from March 24-27, 2021.

Nathan Chen wins men's world gold and Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue win worlds silver in Ice Dance. 

USA Pairs scores:

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier - 64.67 Short Program - 127.43 Free Skate - 192.10 Total - 7th 
Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc - 64.94 Short Program - 120.37 Free Skate - 185.31 Total - 9th

USA Women's scores: 

Karen Chen - 74.40 Short Program - 134.23 Free Skate - 208.63 Total - 4th 
Bradie Tennell - 69.87 Short Program - 127.94 Free Skate - 197.81 Total - 9th 

USA Ice Dance scores: 

Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue - 86.05 Short Program - 128.66 Free Dance - 214.71 Total - Silver Madison Chock/Evan Bates - 85.15 Short Program - 127.54 Free Dance - 212.69 Total - 4th 
Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc - 64.94 Short Program - 120.37 Free Dance - 185.31 Total - 9th

USA Men's scores: 

Nathan Chen - 98.85 Short Program - 222.03 Free Skate - 320.88 Total - Gold 
Jason Brown - 91.25 Short Program - 170.92 Free Skate - 262.17 Total - 7th 
Vincent Zhou - 70.51 Short Program- Did not qualify for Free Skate - 25th