Us Winter Olympic Team Figure Skating

Figure skating international committee andor the international skating union to represent the united states at isu events including but not limited to international events junior grand prix events grand prix events challenger series events isu championships four continents championships world junior and world. Gold is awarded to the team that earns the most placement points. Since 1976 ice dancing has been the fourth event in the programme proving a great success.

Mens womens and pairs were the three events contested until 1972.

Us winter olympic team figure skating. Skaters with distinguished competition accolades are selected to represent us. From a to z get bios photos and videos for any member of the team usa on the official united states olympic committee website. It took place over three days between 912 february with the short programs and the short dance taking place on 9 and 11 february and the free skates and the free dance taking place on 11 and 12 february. Team usa is defined as athletes and teams who are selected by the us.

Cammy myler luge medals ranked 5th. Figure skating is the oldest sport on the olympic winter games programme. Figure skating never stated that they would be the only results considered. It combines the four olympic figure skating disciplines mens singles ladies singles pairs and ice dance into a single event.

United states olympic team news athlete profiles articles videos and blogs. The team event is the newest olympic figure skating event first contested in the 2014 games. Not only is it an honor to be selected but its also an opportunity for team members to gain valuable experiences on an international stage. The results at the pre olympic nationals often play a major role in the decision process but us.

To field the most competitive team us. Here is a excerpt form the usfs document 2010 olympic winter games athlete selection procedure. Figure skating and the united states of america at international competitions throughout the year. It was contested at the 1908 london games and again in 1920 in antwerp.

The team event was a figure skating competition of the 2018 winter olympics that was held from 9 to 12 february 2018 at the gangneung ice arena in gangneung south korea. 147 95 men 52 women in 12 sports. Figure skatings icms will take into consideration results from the events outlined below to determine athletes who will have the most performance impact at the 2010 winter olympic games. The united states selection of ashley wagner over mirai nagasu for the olympic team caused some controversy as nagasu finished ahead of wagner at the 2014 us.

Gold 6 silver 5 bronze 2 total 13. United states olympic committee.