All posts tagged "2013 US Nationals"

Aaron unseats Abbott; wins men’s title at 2013 US Nationals

The United States has a brand new men’s figure skating champion in Scottsdale, Ariz., native Max Aaron....
Wagner defends US ladies title in Omaha

Ashley Wagner might have come away with the title, but it was 17-year-old Gracie Gold’s coming out...
Davis and White win fifth consecutive national title in Omaha

Today’s free dance competition at the 2013 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships had something for everyone, and...
Castelli and Shnapir take US Nationals pairs title in Omaha

For all the talk about the depth in U.S. pairs skating, the free skate today in Omaha...
Abbott leads men at 2013 US Nationals

In an evening of spectacular skating in the Men’s short program at the 2013 U.S. National Figure...
Davis and White take strong lead at 2013 US Nationals

Competition resumed this afternoon in Omaha at the 2013 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships with the ice...
Wagner leads ladies at 2013 US Nationals

The stage was set for Ashley Wagner to test her mettle at the 2013 U.S. National Figure...
Castelli and Shnapir lead pairs in Omaha

It was the first big test for Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir, the unlikely pre-event favorites to...
Edmunds wins junior ladies title at 2013 US Nationals

It’s been a long time coming, but Polina Edmunds finally experienced her breakthrough performance at the 2013 US...
Simpson and Blackmer capture US junior pairs title

In what has been a difficult and disappointing year, 16-year-old Brittney Simpson and her 21-year-old partner Matthew...
Aldridge and Eaton defend US junior ice dance title

Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton from the Detroit Skating Club won their second junior dance title at...
Vincent Zhou takes men’s junior title at 2013 US Nationals

A boy in his daddy’s suit took the junior men’s title tonight at the 2013 Prudential U.S....
Aldridge and Eaton lead junior dance at 2013 US Nationals

Defending champions Alexandra Aldridge, 18, and Daniel Eaton, 20, took the lead after the junior short dance...
Aaron and Settlage lead junior pairs at 2013 US Nationals

The junior pairs took to the ice today at the 2013 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in...
Edmunds leads junior ladies at 2013 US Nationals

Polina Edmunds is ambitious. You could see it in her eyes the moment she took to the...
Zaitsev and Stevens capture novice pairs title at 2013 US Nationals

The novice pairs took to the ice on Monday afternoon for their free skate, and when the...
Hiwatashi wins novice men’s title at 2013 US Nationals

In what was a competition full of promise, it was 13-year-old Tomoki Hiwatashi who walked away as...
Tyler Pierce takes novice ladies title at 2013 US Nationals

Tyler Pierce, a 14-year-old blonde pistol of a performer, ran away with the Novice Ladies title at...
Lewis and Bye win novice ice dance title at 2013 US Nationals

The novice dance podium was decided this morning at the 2013 US National Figure Skating Championships, with...
Omori sets the bar high at 2013 US Nationals

Competition began today at the 2013 Prudential U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in Omaha, Neb., marking the...

Guo Zhengxin (CHN) is the first skater to land two quads in a single performance (free skate) at the 1997 World Championships: a quad toe, plus a quad toe-double toe combination, thus also making him the first to land a single quad and a quad in combination together in one performance. The following year, he became the first skater to land a quadruple toeloop-double toeloop combination at the Olympic Games (1998, Nagano).

Who do you think has the best quad today? Discuss…