2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic

The 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was held on September 12–15, 2022, at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. It was the first event of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2022 CS U.S. International Classic
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 12 – 16
Season:2022–23
Location:Lake Placid, New York, United States
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Olympic Center
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Ilia Malinin
Women's singles:
South Korea Kim Ye-lim
Pairs:
Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
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American skater Ilia Malinin landed the first ever quadruple Axel in competition at this event.[2]

Entries edit

The International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 18, 2022.[3]

Country Men[4] Women[5] Pairs[6] Ice dance[7]
  Australia Victoria Alcantara
  Azerbaijan Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov
  Canada Wesley Chiu Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Stephen Gogolev Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
  Cyprus Marilena Kitromilis
  Czech Republic Eliška Březinová
  Estonia Arlet Levandi
  France Kévin Aymoz
  Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
  Greece Alexandra Panagiota Manis
  Israel Mark Gorodnitsky Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy
  Italy Daniel Grassl Alessia Tornaghi Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Leia Dozzi / Pietro Papetti
  Japan Mana Kawabe Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
  Mexico Donovan Carrillo Andrea Montesinos Cantú
  Mongolia Merilyn Otgonbayar
  New Zealand Jocelyn Hong Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kang-in Kam
  Philippines Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank
  Poland Olivia Oliver / Elliott Graham
  South Korea Kim Ye-lim
You Young
  United States Jimmy Ma Jill Heiner Emily Chan / Spencer Howe Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov
Ilia Malinin Sonja Hilmer Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov Eva Pate / Logan Bye
Camden Pulkinen Audrey Shin Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
Eric Sjoberg Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach

Changes to preliminary assignments edit

Date Disc. Withdrew Added Ref.
August 22 Women   Ella Chen [5]
Pairs   Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini [6]
Ice dance   Angela Ling / Caleb Wein [7]
September 6 Men   Edrian Paul Celestino [4]
Women   Gabriella Izzo [5]
September 13   Tara Prasad
Pairs   Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby [6]

Results edit

Men's singles edit

During the free skate, Ilia Malinin successfully performed the very first quadruple Axel in competition.[2]

Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
  Ilia Malinin   United States 257.28 6 71.84 1 185.44
  Kévin Aymoz   France 236.17 1 83.52 2 152.65
  Camden Pulkinen   United States 219.49 3 77.44 4 142.05
4 Mark Gorodnitsky   Israel 218.83 2 77.65 5 141.18
5 Jimmy Ma   United States 216.76 8 69.88 3 146.88
6 Stephen Gogolev   Canada 208.43 5 72.89 6 135.54
7 Arlet Levandi   Estonia 202.29 7 70.02 7 132.27
8 Donovan Carrillo   Mexico 181.44 9 68.10 10 113.34
9 Eric Sjoberg   United States 179.09 11 47.49 8 131.60
10 Wesley Chiu   Canada 171.69 10 55.14 9 116.55
WD Daniel Grassl   Italy withdrew 4 73.69 withdrew from competition

Women's singles edit

Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
  Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 190.64 5 58.32 1 132.32
  You Young   South Korea 183.40 1 63.19 2 120.21
  Mana Kawabe   Japan 180.11 2 62.68 3 117.43
4 Audrey Shin   United States 176.44 3 61.16 5 115.28
5 Sonja Hilmer   United States 174.76 6 57.93 4 116.53
6 Jocelyn Hong   New Zealand 162.54 4 60.76 6 101.78
7 Jill Heiner   United States 142.53 9 47.41 7 95.12
8 Alessia Tornaghi   Italy 133.48 8 49.06 9 84.42
9 Marilena Kitromilis   Cyprus 129.64 7 52.55 11 77.09
10 Eliška Březinová   Czech Republic 129.15 10 43.03 8 86.12
11 Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank   Philippines 115.89 13 37.62 10 78.27
12 Victoria Alcantara   Australia 108.84 11 41.25 12 67.59
13 Andrea Montesinos Cantú   Mexico 103.29 12 39.86 13 63.43
WD Merilyn Otgonbayar   Mongolia withdrew from competition

Pairs edit

Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
  Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 189.22 1 64.78 1 124.44
  Emily Chan / Spencer Howe   United States 181.81 2 61.71 2 120.10
  Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez   United States 166.25 3 56.20 3 110.05
4 Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov   United States 160.21 4 54.65 4 106.64
5 Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier   Canada 150.81 5 50.48 5 100.33
6 Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach   United States 138.22 6 46.94 6 91.28
7 Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland   Canada 132.15 7 46.13 7 86.02

Ice dance edit

Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
  Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 190.80 1 77.22 1 113.58
  Eva Pate / Logan Bye   United States 179.63 3 72.66 2 106.97
  Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov   United States 179.03 2 73.17 4 105.86
4 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac   Canada 175.67 4 69.72 3 106.95
5 Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker   Canada 170.11 5 66.04 5 104.07
6 Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen   United States 164.07 6 60.69 6 103.38
7 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto   Japan 155.94 7 60.38 7 95.56
8 Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy   Israel 154.29 8 59.44 8 94.85
9 Leia Dozzi / Pietro Papetti   Italy 149.39 10 57.76 9 91.63
10 Olivia Oliver / Elliott Graham   Poland 148.19 9 58.33 10 89.86
11 Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kang-in Kam   New Zealand 139.41 11 57.67 11 81.74
12 Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov   Azerbaijan 131.10 12 54.63 12 76.47

References edit

  1. ^ "Communication No. 2466 Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "'The craziest thing ever on ice': teenager Malinin lands first quad axel in history". The Guardian. September 15, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (August 18, 2022). "ISU CS U.S. Figure Skating Classic 2022 Entries" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b "ISU CS USA 2022: Men". International Skating Union. August 16, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "ISU CS USA 2022: Women". International Skating Union. August 16, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "ISU CS USA 2022: Pairs". International Skating Union. August 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "ISU CS USA 2022: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. August 16, 2022.