Saturday, January 22, 2022

USA Olympic Team - Beijing 2022 - Courtesy of NBC Sports

 The Complete USA Olympic team for Beijing 2022- Courtesy of NBC Sports

Alpine Skiing (17)
Keely Cashman
Katie Hensien
A.J. Hurt
Breezy Johnson
Mo Lebel
Tricia Mangan
Paula Moltzan
Nina O’Brien
Mikaela Shiffrin
Jacqueline Wiles
Bella Wright
Bryce Bennett
Ryan Cochran-Siegle
Tommy Ford
Travis Ganong
River Radamus
Luke Winters

Biathlon (8)
Susan Dunklee
Clare Egan
Deedra Irwin
Joanne Reid
Jake Brown
Sean Doherty
Leif Nordgren
Paul Schommer

Bobsled (12)
Sylvia Hoffman
Kaillie Humphries
Kaysha Love
Elana Meyers Taylor
Hakeem Abdul Saboor
Hunter Church
Frank Del Duca
Kris Horn
Jimmy Reed
Carlo Valdes
Charlie Volker
Josh Williamson

Cross-Country Skiing (14)
Rosie Brennan
Jessie Diggins
Hannah Halvorsen
Julia Kern
Sophia Laukli
Novie McCabe
Caitlin Patterson
Hailey Swirbul
Kevin Bolger
Ben Ogden
Luke Jager
Scott Patterson
JC Schoonmaker
Gus Schumacher

Curling (11)
Becca Hamilton
Vicky Persinger
Tabitha Peterson
Tara Peterson
Nina Roth
Aileen Geving (alternate)
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Chris Plys
John Shuster
Colin Hufman (alternate)

Figure Skating (16)
Mariah Bell (Singles)
Karen Chen (Singles)
Alysa Liu (Singles)
Jason Brown (Singles)
Nathan Chen (Singles)
Vincent Zhou (Singles)
Ashley Cain-Gribble (Pairs)
Alexa Knierim (Pairs)
Brandon Frazier (Pairs)
Timothy LeDuc (Pairs)
Madison Chock (Ice Dance)
Kaitlin Hawayek (Ice Dance)
Madison Hubbell (Ice Dance)
Jean-Luc Baker (Ice Dance)
Evan Bates (Ice Dance)
Zachary Donohue (Ice Dance)

Freestyle Skiing (32)
Ashley Caldwell (Aerials)
Kaila Kuhn (Aerials)
Megan Nick (Aerials)
Winter Vinecki (Aerials)
Hanna Faulhaber (Halfpipe)
Devin Logan (Halfpipe)
Brita Sigourney (Halfpipe)
Carly Margulies (Halfpipe)
Olivia Giaccio (Moguls)
Jaelin Kauf (Moguls)
Kai Owens (Moguls)
Hannah Soar (Moguls)
Caroline Claire (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Marin Hamill (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Darian Stevens (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Maggie Voisin (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Chris Lillis (Aerials)
Eric Loughran (Aerials)
Justin Schoenefeld (Aerials)
Aaron Blunck (Halfpipe)
Alex Ferreira (Halfpipe)
Birk Irving (Halfpipe)
David Wise (Halfpipe)
Cole McDonald (Moguls)
Nick Page (Moguls)
Dylan Walczyk (Moguls)
Brad Wilson (Moguls)
Tyler Wallasch (Ski Cross)
Mac Forehand (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Nick Goepper (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Alex Hall (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Colby Stevenson (Slopestyle/Big Air)

Hockey (48)
Cayla Barnes
Megan Bozek
Hannah Brandt
Dani Cameranesi
Alex Carpenter
Alex Cavallini
Jesse Compher
Kendall Coyne Schofield
Brianna Decker
Jincy Dunne
Savannah Harmon
Caroline Harvey
Nicole Hensley
Megan Keller
Amanda Kessel
Hilary Knight
Abbey Murphy
Kelly Pannek
Maddie Rooney
Abby Roque
Hayley Scamurra
Lee Stecklein
Grace Zumwinkle
Nick Abruzzese
Kenny Agostino
Matty Beniers
Brendan Brisson
Noah Cates
Drew Commesso
Brian Cooper
Brock Faber
Sean Farrell
Drew Helleson
Sam Hentges
Steven Kampfer
Matthew Knies
Strauss Mann
Marc McLaughlin
Ben Meyers
Andy Miele
Pat Nagle
Aaron Ness
Brian O’Neill
Nick Perbix
Jake Sanderson
Nick Shore
Nathan Smith
David Warsofsky

Luge (8)
Summer Britcher (Singles)
Ashley Farquharson (Singles)
Emily Sweeney (Singles)
Jonny Gustafson (Singles)
Chris Mazdzer (Singles)
Tucker West (Singles)
Zack DiGregorio (Doubles)
Sean Hollander (Doubles)

Nordic Combined (5)
Taylor Fletcher
Jasper Good
Ben Loomis
Stephen Schumann
Jared Shumate

Short Track Speed Skating (7)
Maame Biney
Eunice Lee
Julie Letai
Kristen Santos
Corinne Stoddard
Andrew Heo
Ryan Pivirotto

Skeleton (3)
Kelly Curtis
Katie Uhlaender
Andrew Blaser

Ski Jumping (3)
Kevin Bickner
Patrick Gasienica
Casey Larson

Snowboarding (26)
Zoe Kalapos (Halfpipe)
Chloe Kim (Halfpipe)
Maddie Mastro (Halfpipe)
Tessa Maud (Halfpipe)
Jamie Anderson (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Hailey Langland (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Julia Marino (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Courtney Rummel (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Stacy Gaskill (Snowboard Cross)
Faye Gulini (Snowboard Cross)
Lindsey Jacobellis (Snowboard Cross)
Meghan Tierney (Snowboard Cross)
Lucas Foster (Halfpipe)
Taylor Gold (Halfpipe)
Chase Josey (Halfpipe)
Shaun White (Halfpipe)
Robby Burns (Parallel Giant Slalom)
Cody Winters (Parallel Giant Slalom)
Chris Corning (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Sean FitzSimons (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Red Gerard (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Dusty Henricksen (Slopestyle/Big Air)
Nick Baumgartner (Snowboard Cross)
Alex Deibold (Snowboard Cross)
Mick Dierdorff (Snowboard Cross)
Hagen Kearney (Snowboard Cross)

Speed Skating (12)
Giorgia Birkeland
Brittany Bowe
Kimi Goetz
Erin Jackson
Mia Manganello Kilburg
Ethan Cepuran
Casey Dawson
Austin Kleba
Emery Lehman
Joey Mantia
Ian Quinn
Jordan Stolz



Wednesday, January 12, 2022

2022 USA Short and Long Track Speed Skating Olympic teams/USA Olympic Figure Skating Team

 USA Short Track Speed Skating team:

Maame Biney - 500, 1000
Eunice Lee - Relay
Julie Latai - Relay
Kristen Santos - 500, 1000 and 1500
Corinne Stoddard
Andrew Heo - 1500
Ryan Pivirotto - 500, 1000, 1500

USA Long Track Speed Skating team:

Brittany Bowe - 1000, 1500
Erin Jackson - 500
Mia Manganello Kilburg - Mass Start
Kimi Goetz - 500 and 1000
Giorgia Birkland - Mass Start
Joey Mantia -  1000, 1500, Mass Start
Jordan Stoltz - 500, 1000
Ethan Cepuran - Mass Start, 5000
Casey Dawson - Team Pursuit, 5000
Emery Lehman - 1500, Team Pursuit
Ian Quinn - Mass Start
Austin Kleba - 500

USA 2022 Olympics Figure Skating team:

Men: Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou and Jason Brown
Women: Mariah Bell, Karen Chen and Alysa Liu
Pairs: Alexa Knierim/Brandon Brazier and Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc
Ice Dance: Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue and Kait Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

2022 USA Figure Skating Championship results/ 2022 World Championship Figure Skating results

The 2022 USA Figure Skating Championships were held in Nashville, TN from January 6-9, 2022. 

Nathan Chen won his sixth US men's title in a row, Mariah Bell won her first ladies title. Madison Chock/Evan Bates reclaim the Ice Dance title from Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue and Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc win the pairs title. Gracie Gold finished 10th in women's singles.

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier, Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn withdrew from competition because of Covid.


 Results: (Top 4)

 Pairs Short Program scores:

Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc - 79.39
Jessica Calalong/Brian Johnson - 77.48
Audry Lu/Misha Mitrofanov - 68.11
Emily Chan/Spencer Howe - 61.94

Ladies Short Program scores:

Mariah Bell - 75.55 
Karen Chen - 74.55 
Alysa Liu -    71.42 
Isabeau Levito - 71.00 

Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance scores: 

Madison Chock/Evan Bates - 91.94 
Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue - 89.39
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons - 80.85
Kait Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker - 79.39

Men's Short Program scores:
 
Nathan Chen - 115.39 
Vincent Zhou - 112.78
Ilia Malinin - 103.46
Jason Brown - 100.84 

Pairs Free Skate scores: 

Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc - 145.84 Free Skate - 225.23 Total - Gold
Jessica Calalong/Brian Johnson - 132.39 Free Skate - 209.87 Total - Silver 
Audrey Lu/Misha Mitrofanov - 123.43 Free Skate - 191.54 Total - Bronze 
Emily Chan/Spencer Howe - 115.31 Free Skate - 177.25 Total - Pewter

Ladies Free Skate scores: 

Mariah Bell - 140.70 Free Skate - 216.25 Total - Gold  
Karen Chen - 139.30 Free Skate - 213.85 Total - Silver 
Isabeau Levito - 139.75 Free Skate - 210.75 Total - Bronze
Gabriella Izzo - 120.60 Free Skate - 188.11 Total - Pewter 

Ice Dance - Free Dance scores: 

Madison Chock Evan Bates - 135.43 Free Dance - 227.37 Total - Gold 
Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue - 136.20 Free Dance - 225.59 Total - Silver
Kait Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker - 126.29 Free Dance - 205.68 Total - Bronze 
Caroline Green/ Michael Parsons - 122.42 Free Dance - 203.27 Total - Pewter 

Men's Free Skate scores: 

Nathan Chen - 212.62 Free Skate - 328.01 Total - Gold 
Ilia Malinin - 199.02 Free Skate - 302.48 Total - Silver
Vincent Zhou - 177.38 Free Skate - 290.16 Total - Bronze
Jason Brown - 188.94 Free Skate - 289.78 Total - Pewter 


2022 World Figure Skating Championships results - USA skaters

The 2022 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Montpellier, France from March 23-26, 2022. The USA won 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze for a total of 5 medals won. Japan finished with 2 gold and 2 silver for a total of 4 medals won.

Pairs results

Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier - USA - Short Program - 76.88, Free Skate - 144.21, total - 221.09 - Gold
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara - Japan - Short Program - 71.58, Free Skate - 127.97, total - 199.55 - Silver
Vanessa James/Eric Radford - Canada - Short Program - 66.54, Free Skate - 130.78, total - 197.32 - Bronze
Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc of the USA withdrew after the short program due to injury

Men's Singles results

Shoma Uno - Japan - Short Program - 109.63, Free Skate - 202.85 - total - 312.48 - Gold
Yuma Kagiyama - Japan - Short Program - 105.69, Free Skate - 191.91 - total - 297.60 - Silver
Vincent Zhou - USA - Short Program - 95.84, Free Skate - 181.54 - total - 277.38 - Bronze

USA skaters Camden Pulkinen and Ilia Malanin finished 5th and 9th respectively.

Ice Dance results

Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron - France - Rhythm Dance - 92.73, Free Dance - 137.09 - total 229.82 - Gold
Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue - USA - Rhythm Dance - 89.72, Free Dance - 132.67 - total - 222.39 - Silver
Madison Chock/Evan Bates - USA - Rhythm Dance - 87.51, Free Dance - 129.32 - total 216.83 - Bronze

Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean Luc Baker of the USA  finished 8th.

Women's Singles results

Kaori Sakamoto - Japan - Short Program - 80.32, Free Skate - 155.77 - total - 236.09 - Gold
Loena Hendrickx - Belgium - Short Program - 75.00, Free Skate - 142.70 - total - 217.70 - Silver
Alysa Liu - USA - Short Program - 71.91, Free Skate - 139.28 - total - 211.19 - Bronze

USA skaters Mariah Bell and Karen Chen finished in 4th and 8th place respectively.