2026 U.S. Nationals Senior Pairs Free Skate

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2026 U.S. NATIONALS
Enterprise Center
1401 Clark Ave
St. Louis, MO USA 63103
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MAP
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Senior Pairs Free Skate
Group 1
Friday, January 9, 2026
14:03 CST (UTC -6)
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Time in Other Places
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Senior Pairs Free Skate
Groups 2 &3
Friday, January 9, 2026
18:29 CST (UTC -6)
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Time in Other Places
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Basis of Entry Selections
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• 2026 Qualifying Season Athlete Bye and Advancement Criteria
• U.S. Senior Pairs Final Results
• ISU Season's Bests
• 2025 U.S. Pairs Nationals Results

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Event Info ​

• Event Page
•  Schedule, Including Practices
• Start Time For Each Team
• Tickets
• Where Are You Watching?
• Junior Detailed Results and Protocols
• Senior Detailed Results & Protocols

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Start Order & Live Results
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StN.​	Name​	Club​	Rank​	Points​
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1	Linzy Fitzpatrick / Keyton Bearinger​	SC of New York/SC of New York	10	54.56
2	Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer​	SC of Boston/Broadmoor SC	9	55.09
3	Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe​	SC of Boston/SC of Boston	8	59.29
..	Warm-Up Group 2​
4	Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard​	Glacier Falls FSC/Wagon Wheel FSC	7	62.34
5	Olivia Flores / Luke Wang​	Thunderbirds FSC/Los Angeles FSC	6	63.58
6	Katie McBeath / Daniil Parkman​	Winterhurst FSC/SC of New York	5	66.81
..	Warm-Up Group 3​
7	Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez​	SC of New York/SC of New York	4	67.03
8	Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea​	Thunderbirds FSC/SC of New York	3	67.13
9	Audrey Shin / Balazs Nagy​	SC of New York/SC of New York	2	67.67
10	Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov​	SC of Boston/SC of Boston	1	75.31

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Senior Pairs Entries
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1 Emily CHAN & Spencer Akira HOWE USA
SP: "Nyah" by CH2
FS: "Unchained Melody" (Dance) from Ghost the Musical soundtrack; "The Love Inside" from Ghost the Musical soundtrack; "Unchained Melody" (Dance) from Ghost the Musical soundtrack; choreo by Olga Ganicheva
(bye- 4th U.S. Nationals)

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/emily-chan-spencer-akira-howe.90272/
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2 Alisa EFIMOVA & Misha MITROFANOV. USA
SP: "Cloak and Dagger" by Eternal Eclipse
FS: "Where Do I Begin" (from "Love Story") by Francis Lai; "Our Moving Story" by Karl Hugo; choreo by Renee Roca
(bye - 1st US Nationals)

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/alisa-efimova-misha-mitrofanov.99382/

3 Linzy FITZPATRICK & Keyton BEARINGER USA
SP: " I Was Made For Lovin' You" by Yungblud
FS: “Blood Upon the Snow" by Hozier, Bear McCreary; "Ticonderoga " by Bear McCreary;
choreo by Jim Peterson
(1st U.S. Pairs Final)

4 Olivia FLORES & Luke WANG USA
SP: "Run To You" by Whitney Houston
FS: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (soundtrack) by Tan Dun; Themes From "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by Tan Dun
(bye - John Nicks; Skate America; 24/25 World Juniors (US World Team))

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/olivia-flores-luke-wang.96369/
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5. Ellie KAM & Danny O'SHEA USA
SP: "Hallelujah" by K.D. Lang
FS: "Sweet Dreams" performed by Cinematic Pop; "Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (featuring Spencer Jones & Mckenna Breinholt) by Cinematic Pop; choreo by Drew Meekins; Marie-France Dubreuil
(bye - 3rd U.S. Nationals)

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/ellie-kam-danny-oshea.94558/
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6. Chelsea LIU & Ryan BEDARD USA
SP: "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" by Hozier
FS: "Two Men in Love" by The Irrepressibles; choreo by Yura Min, Brandon Frazier
(bye- John Nicks, Icechallenge (close proximity to Pairs Final), Tayside)

7 Katie MCBEATH & Daniil PARKMAN USA
SP: "Vale" by Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis and Power-Haus
FS: "Caruso" by Lara Fabian; choreo by Pasquale Camerlengo, Nikolai Morozov
(bye - 2nd US Nationals)

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/katie-mcbeath-and-daniil-parkman.99193/
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8 Valentina PLAZAS & Maximiliano FERNANDEZ. USA
SP: "Rhapsody on A Theme of Paganini, Op 43: Variation 11" by Sergei Rachmaninoff; "Rhapsody on A Theme of Paganini, Op 43: Variation 8" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
FS: "Burden of Pride" (from "The Lion King" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; "& of Mufasa" (from "The Lion King" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; "Rafiki's Fireflies" (from "The Lion King" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; "A Story of a Great King" (from "The Lion King" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; "Remember' (from "The Lion King" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
(bye - Kinoshita Cup, Tayside, Skate America)

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/valentina-plazas-maximiliano-fernandez.93481/

9. Audrey SHIN & Balazs NAGY USA
SP: "El Tango De Roxanne" by José Feliciano
FS: "Two Men in Love" by The Irrepressibles; choreo by John Kerr, Sylvia Fontana, John Zimmerman
(bye - 5th U.S. Nationals)

10 Naomi WILLIAMS & Lachlan LEWER USA
SP: "Otono Porteno" performed by Ensamble Nuevo Tango
FS: "Music" by John Miles; choreo by Drew Meekins
(bye- John Nicks, JGP Solidarity, JGP Riga)

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/naomi-williams-lachlan-lewer.97854/

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= have competed internationally for USA at some time or have ISU Bio

 

[dorispulaski]

Please notice there are two sessions!

https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2026/36273/FSKXPAIRS-------------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

2026 PREVAGEN U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
TIME SCHEDULE
CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS FREE SKATING

SESSION ONE
FRIDAY, 09 JANUARY 2026
14:03:00 -14:10:30 Warm-Up Group 1

14:10:30 -14:18:30 1 Linzy Fitzpatrick / Keyton Bearinger SC of New York 10 54.56

14:18:30 -14:26:30 2 Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer SC of Boston / Broadmoor SC 9 55.09

14:26:30 -14:34:30 3 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe SC of Boston 8 59.29
14:34:30 -18:29:00 Ice Resurfacing

SESSION TWO
18:29:00 -18:36:30 Warm-Up Group 2
18:36:30 -18:44:30 4 Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard Glacier Falls FSC / Wagon Wheel FSC 7 62.34

18:44:30 -18:52:30 5 Olivia Flores / Luke Wang Thunderbirds FSC / Los Angeles FSC 6 63.58

18:52:30 -19:00:30 6 Katie McBeath / Daniil Parkman Winterhurst FSC / SC of New York 5 66.81

19:00:30 -19:08:00 Warm-Up Group 3

19:08:00 -19:16:00 7 Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez SC of New York 4 67.03

19:16:00 -19:24:00 8 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea Thunderbirds FSC / SC of New York 3 67.13

19:24:00 -19:32:00 9 Audrey Shin / Balazs Nagy SC of New York 2 67.67

19:32:00 -19:40:00 10 Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov SC of Boston

1 75.31
Resurfacing: 54:30 Warm-Up: 6:00 Duration of Skating: 4:00 +/-10 seconds Introduction: 0:30 Judging First: 3:30 Judging Last: 3:30

 

[BlissfulSynergy]

10 pairs teams and two sessions! How unfair is that to the skaters!!!

 

[slider11]

Best advice for Ellie and Danny. Go for it! Do your best technically but show the emotion and performance that will give you those valuable component scores. Your lifts and transitions are masterful - show you belong on the Olympic team!

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Well, the absolutely asinine decision from USFS and NBC to split every single event into Group 1 and Group 2/3 later in the evening has shown its flaws, like we all predicted. Chan/Howe are now in that first group which won't be aired on prime-time TV, even though they still have a good chance at making the Olympic team due to Efimova/Mitrofanov and McBeath/Parkman's citizenship issues. Chan and Howe could absolutely have a redemption free and skyrocket up the standings, but they have to wait hours to find out and might only get a shortened replay of their skate shown during the primetime coverage.

I find it so disrespectful and disruptive to the athletes to split the events like this. It prevents certain skaters from being aired live on TV, implying that the G1 skaters are less important than those in the later groups despite the fact that many fan favourites compete early on. Audiences connect not just to jumping ability but also to the charm of skaters like Erica Machida, Emmanuel Savary, Williams/Lewer, and Sonja Hilmer. The audience also has to buy separate tickets for the G1 events unless they have an all-day pass, which means that those G1 skaters might have a smaller crowd to cheer them on and fans on a budget may not be able to see every skater. From an athlete standpoint, it has to completely disrupt your warmup and training schedule. The athletes in G1 will have to wake up earlier for official practice, and may have not planned to be competing so early in the day when they were preparing for this event. US Nationals is the only skating event in the world that does this. It seems like an attempt to increase viewership for the average viewer because they only see the "good" skaters back-to-back, but it can so easily backfire when good skaters have rough shorts and isn't fair to the audience or athletes. I don't understand why they can't just start the primetime coverage at G2, show replays from the first group if people had strong skates, and also broadcast the entire thing live on Peacock with a World feed.

 

[midori green]

If the powers-that-be decided to ignore the first group, why not make the freeskate groups 2-4-4?

I agree that it's very disrespectful to the group 1 skaters to split the event. I like previous years where an alternate feed showed the full event while the TV broadcast might edit for time. I enjoy watching the first group! But even if they can't show group one on TV, the event itself shouldn't be changed. Maybe only qualify two groups to nationals if three groups is inconvenient? (hard eyeroll) Plan your broadcast to fit your needs, but disrupting the normal flow of a competition is ridiculous.

 

[skylark]

Hi everyone! Question: Does anyone have a link to the practice rink right now? Jean-Luc promised me (lol) atthe end of the dance practice that he'd be back to show the pairs warm-up. I don't find a link in peacock and I wonder if anyone else has one?

ETA: Never mind! I found it on youtube

 

[moonvine]

I’m here watching warm ups

 

[labgoat]

Hi everyone! Question: Does anyone have a link to the practice rink right now? Jean-Luc promised me (lol) atthe end of the dance practice that he'd be back to show the pairs warm-up. I don't find a link in peacock and I wonder if anyone else has one?

ETA: Never mind! I found it on youtube

link please for the rest of us

 

[CellarDweller]

 

[labgoat]

I got Emily & Spencer a special blessing from a higher power...

 

[moonvine]

Well they have moved me to club level which is further away but I can actually see better…I have to trade tickets before each event (very big PITA)..never can tell where I will end up. Gail is on stuffie duty. Thank you Gail

 

[Karoltyna]

I counted Ellie fallin 3 times (but I didn't pay attention), prayers for them...

 

[labgoat]

I counted Ellie fallin 3 times (but I didn't pay attention), prayers for them...

request sent...

 

[CellarDweller]

*peeks in*

I'll be watching on Peacock, but technically I'm still working for 2 more hours, so if you don't see me, it's because a client dared to interrupt skating!

 

[labgoat]

I counted Ellie fallin 3 times (but I didn't pay attention), prayers for them...

I used to turn in a circle in my opposite direction to even things out in my ears where the equilibrium lives.

 

[labgoat]

5 minute warning...

 

[Karoltyna]

*peeks in*

I'll be watching on Peacock, but technically I'm still working for 2 more hours, so if you don't see me, it's because a client dared to interrupt skating!

What's wrong with them? Interrupt important stuff? Duh... (I'm at work too, but chrome has this wonderful feature of showing 2 winfows on one screen)

 

[Karoltyna]

Stream on discord is up

 

[labgoat]

I took the week off...I feel smart