How to Watch U.S. Championships: Pairs Short Program: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time
The figure skating U.S. Championships kicked off Tuesday with the juniors participating in several events that concluded today with a junior ladies free skate event.
Today, the senior skaters take aim at glory with the pairs short championship followed by the ladies short program championship. This event will stretch through Sunday with more events in the world of figure skating, crowning the best in the country and potentially the world.
How to Watch U.S. Championships: Pairs Short Program today:
Game Date: Jan. 6, 2022
Game Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
TV: USA Network
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The junior pairs short program ran the other day with the more experienced skaters taking center stage today:
After this week's events, a committee will name the 16 athletes who will represent Team USA at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. All of the national championship events are taking place in Nashville.
Bear in mind that these events are not Olympic trials, but the performance of the athletes here this week carries weight for their likelihood of making the Olympic team.
Today’s first event, the pairs short program, will be one to keep an eye on as the United States has not won an Olympic medal in this discipline in 34 years (bronze) and has only qualified for two spots in the 2022 games.
Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard finished with the bronze medal in the 1988 Winter Olympics, and the United States has not stepped on the podium since.
The pair to watch this year are Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier. In the past, Knierim and her husband Chris competed together, but Chris retired and Alexa moved on to a new partner. She is looking to make it to the podium for the United States in Beijing.
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