2022 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Selections Announced

The International Skating Union announced today athlete selections for the 2022 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, which will begin Oct. 21-23 with 2022 Skate America in Norwood, Massachusetts.

The field at Skate America® will feature three-time Olympians and three-time World Championship medalists Madison Chock and Evan Bates (ice dance) as well as the reigning World Champions Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier (pairs). 2022 U.S. Olympic Team members Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker (ice dance) will also be in attendance. Making their Grand Prix debuts in Norwood are 2022 World Junior Champions Isabeau Levito (women's) and Ilia Malinin (men's).

A limited number of seats remain for Skate America®. Tickets may be purchased at 2022skateamerica.com.

The Grand Prix Series incorporates six international figure skating competitions as a unified point-scoring series that awards prize money to eligible skaters. At the conclusion of the series, athletes' points are totaled, and the top six women, men, pairs and ice dance teams will be eligible to compete at the 2022 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, set for Dec. 8-11, in Torino, Italy.

In 2021, the United States captured 12 medals on the Grand Prix circuit. Team USA was set to have five entries in the 2021 Grand Prix Final, but the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The complete list of athlete selections for the 2022 Grand Prix Series is available on isu.org. The lists of U.S. selections to all six Grand Prix events and international selections to Skate America® are below. (Lineups are subject to change.)

TEAM USA ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2022 ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING SERIES
Skate America® — Norwood, Massachusetts — Oct. 21-23, 2022
Women: Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito*; TBD**
Men: Liam Kapeikis*, Ilia Malinin; TBD**
Pairs: Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia*; TBD**
Ice dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker; TBD**

Skate Canada International — Mississauga, Canada — Oct. 28-30, 2022
Women: Lindsay Thorngren*
Men: Jimmy Ma, Camden Pulkinen
Pairs: Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, Katie McBeath and Nathan Bartholomay*
Ice dance: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville*, Molly Cesanek and Yehor Yehorov, Caroline Green and Michael Parsons

Internationaux de France — Angers, France — Nov. 4-6, 2022
Women: Audrey Shin
Ice Dance: Eva Pate and Logan Bye, Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen*

MK John Wilson Trophy — Sheffield, England — Nov. 11-13, 2022
Women: Gabriella Izzo*, Isabeau Levito, Bradie Tennell
Men: Jimmy Ma
Pairs: Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, Katie McBeath and Nathan Bartholomay
Ice dance: Oona Brown and Gage Brown*, Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko

NHK Trophy — Sapporo, Japan — Nov. 18-20, 2022
Women: Starr Andrews, Amber Glenn, Audrey Shin
Men: Tomoki Hiwatashi
Pairs: Emily Chan and Spencer Howe
Ice dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Caroline Green and Michael Parsons, Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen

Grand Prix Espoo — Espoo, Finland — Nov. 25-27, 2022
Women: Bradie Tennell, Lindsay Thorngren
Men: Ilia Malinin, Camden Pulkinen
Pairs: Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia
Ice dance: Oona Brown and Gage Brown, Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

*making Grand Prix Series debut
**to be determined

2022 SKATE AMERICA INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES
Women: Yi Zhu (CHN), Marilena Kitromilis (CYP), Nicole Schott (GER), Rino Matsuike (JPN), Kaori Sakamoto (JPN), Haein Lee (KOR), Yeonjeong Park (KOR), Ahsun Yun (KOR), Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)

Men: Brendan Kerry (AUS), Wesley Chiu (CAN), Roman Sadovsky (CAN), Mikhail Selevko (EST), Daniel Grassl (ITA), Yuma Kagiyama (JPN), Sena Miyake (JPN), Junhwan Cha (KOR), Donovan Carrillo (MEX)

Pairs: Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS), Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps (CAN), Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba (NED), Greta Crafoord and John Crafoord (SWE), Sofiia Holichenko and Artem Darenskyi (UKR)

Ice dance: Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac (CAN), Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus (CAN), Loicia Demougeot and Theo Le Mercier (FRA), Jennifer Janse Van Rensburg and Benjamin Steffan (GER), Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi (JPN), Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU), Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin (UKR)