The 2014
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is ofte ...
were the national
figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
championships of the United States for the
2013–14 season.
The event was held in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
on January 5–12, 2014.
[ Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ]pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
at the senior, junior, novice, intermediate and juvenile levels.[ The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the ]2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
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, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
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, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
, 2014 World Championships, 2014 World Junior Championships, and 2014 Four Continents Championships.
Overview
The 2014 event was the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Championships and the seventh time that Boston had hosted the competition. Competitors qualified at the Eastern
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
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, Midwestern
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...
, or Pacific Coast Sectional Championships or earned a bye.[
]
Senior results
Senior men
Senior ladies
Senior pairs
Senior ice dancing
Junior results
Junior men
Junior ladies
Junior pairs
Junior ice dancing
Novice results
Novice men
Novice ladies
Novice pairs
Novice ice dancing
Intermediate results
Intermediate men
Intermediate ladies
Intermediate pairs
Intermediate ice dancing
Juvenile results
Juvenile boys
Juvenile girls
Juvenile pairs
Juvenile ice dancing
International team selections
The international teams were announced at two press conferences on January 12, 2014.
Olympic team
The nominations to the Olympic team were announced as follows:[
]
World team
The team to the 2014 World Championships was announced as follows in January 2014 and amended in March:[
]
Four Continents team
The team to the 2014 Four Continents Championships was announced as follows:[
]
World Junior team
The team to the 2014 World Junior Championships was announced as follows:[
]
References
External links
2014 United States Figure Skating Championships results
at IceNetwork
Schedule of events
at IceNetwork
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2014 in figure skating
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January 2014 sports events in the United States
2014 in sports in Massachusetts