U.S. Figure Skating Championships 2012: TV Schedule, Top Contenders, Event Info

The 2012 United States Figure Skating Championships will feature the most eclectic mix of ice dancers from all around the world, and champions will be crowned in 12 different events. 

As always there will be four different disciplines competing to be crowned the best figure skater in this country. The groups are men's and ladies' singles, pairs and ice dancing.

Among the ladies singles senior qualifiers, Alissa Czisny has a bye as the defending champion in the event. She is joined by former champions like Racheal Flatt, who won at this event two years ago, and last year's third-place finisher Mirai Nagasu.

Where: HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

When: Jan. 22-29

Watch: Streaming on IceNetwork.com;  Ladies Free Skate, Saturday, Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC; Senior Pairs and Men's Singles Free Skate, Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. ET on NBC

Ladies Singles Top Contenders	2011 Finish
Alissa Czisny	1st
Racheal Flatt	2nd
Mirai Nagasu	3rd
Christina Gao	5th
Vanessa Lam	7th

Mens Singles Top Contenders	2011 Finish
Richard Dornbush	2nd
Ross Miner	3rd
Armin Mahbanoozadeh	6th
Keegan Messing	8th
Jason Brown	9th

Ice Dancing Top Contenders	2011 Finish
Meryl Davis/Charlie White	1st
Madison Chock/Evan Bates	3rd
Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue	4th
Lynn Kriengkrairut/Logan Giulietti-Schmitt	5th
Meredith Zuber/Kyle Herring	9th

Pairs Top Contenders	2011 Finish
Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig	2nd
Caydee Denney/John Coughlin	3rd
Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir	5th
Tiffany Vise/Don Baldwin	6th
Gretchen Donlan/Andrew Speroff	8th

EVENT FINALS (via IceNetwork.com)

Jan. 28 

3:00 p.m. Senior free dance (Group 1)

4:00 p.m. Senior free dance (Groups 2-3)

7:00 p.m. - Ladies free skate (Groups 1-2)

9:00 p.m. - Ladies free skate (Groups 3-4)

11:30 p.m. - Senior pairs free skate

Jan. 29

12:30 p.m. - Senior men's free skate (Groups 1-2)

2:30 p.m. - Senior pairs free skate (Group 3)

3:00 p.m. - Senior pairs free skate (Group 4)

4:00 p.m. - Senior men's free skate (Groups 3-4)

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