US Figure Skating Championships 2024: TV Schedule, Top Contenders and Event Info
The best figure skaters in the United States will descend on Columbus, Ohio, from Monday through Sunday for the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, with eyes on solidifying their place on the world's stage.
More than 180 competitors will showcase their abilities in singles, pairs and ice dance over the week-long event.
When can you check out the action, where, and which stars deserve your attention at this year's high-stakes extravaganza?
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Let's take a look, beginning with the TV schedule.
Thursday, January 25
Pairs Short Program (2:00 p.m., USA Network)
Rhythm Dance (5:00 p.m., USA Network)
Women's Short Program (8:00 p.m., USA Network)
Friday, January 26
Men's Short Program (4:00 p.m., USA Network)
Women's Free Skate (8:00 p.m., NBC)
Saturday, January 27
Free Dance (2:30 p.m., NBC)
Pairs Free Skate (8:00 p.m., USA Network)
Sunday, January 28
Men's Free Skate (3:00 p.m., NBC)
Stars to Watch
Madison Chock and Evan Bates enter the competition as the best pairs skaters in the country, having won gold in the last two years, as well as 2020 and 2015. They have medaled at the event 11 times and will look to continue their dominance in Columbus.
During last year's performance, they set the record for highest score in free dance and total score. It remains to be seen if they can eclipse that feat, a lofty expectation for sure, but they should be the preeminent favorite to take home to gold for the third consecutive year.
Ilia Malinin finally achieved the gold medal at the US Championships a year ago and will look to successfully defend his title in 2024.
A skater since the age of six, he wowed the ice skating world with a quad axel in the 2022 US Championships, becoming the first skater to ever successfully execute the maneuver. In 2023, he became just the fifth man in the history of the sport to eclipse 300 points during Skate America.
The 19-year-old recently landed the quad axel for the second time at the 2023 Grand Prix this past December and should be considered one of the favorites, if not the favorite to win gold in the first major event of 2024.
Philadelphia native Isabeau Levito captured the US Championship in 2023 and arrives to Columbus looking to replicate her performance from a year ago.
The 16-year-old became the first American woman to win gold at the Grand Prix France in seven years, ending a drought for the United States at the event. She added that to a silver medal at last year's Skate America.
Motivated by the men and women she watched on the ice at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she has been skating since the age of three, devoting her young life to the sport.
She, like Malinin in his, should be considered the favorite to repeat her golden performance.
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