2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic

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2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic
Sept. 15-19, 2021
Skating Club of Boston
Norwood, Massachusetts
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The 2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic is an international senior competition which will feature the Men's, Women's, and Ice dance disciplines. The competition will be held alongside the U.S. Challenge Skate, which is a developmental competition for domestic novice and junior competitors. The event will take place Sep 15-18, 2021, in Norwood, Mass.

This event is not a part of the Challenger Series this season, but will be conducted in accordance with the ISU Constitution and General Regulations 2021, the Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2021, and the relevant ISU Communications.

• Official Site
• ISU Event Page
• Announcement
• Results/Start Order
• Schedule

 

[Jeanie19]

I'm so excited about this. I hope some international skaters will be there. It's a new skating rink and I can't wait to see it.

 

[apgold]

I'm so excited about this. I hope some international skaters will be there. It's a new skating rink and I can't wait to see it.

I hope they will be selling audience tickets if it's safe enough to do so. They seem to have ample seating in the pictures and videos I have seen.

I can easily take Amtrak from NYC to Norwood in about 3.5 hours on Acela and there are a couple of hotels in the area such as the Hampton Inn which looks reasonably priced and has good reviews. I don't drive so I will have to rely on Ubers to get me to the SCoB, if I am able to go.

 

[Jeanie19]

I hope they will be selling audience tickets if it's safe enough to do so. They seem to have ample seating in the pictures and videos I have seen.

I can easily take Amtrak from NYC to Norwood in about 3.5 hours on Acela and there are a couple of hotels in the area such as the Hampton Inn which looks reasonably priced and has good reviews. I don't drive so I will have to rely on Ubers to get me to the SCoB, if I am able to go.

And it's not far from Gillette stadium in Foxboro and there are restaurants, shopping, hotels all there. Take the T into Boston for a day of sightseeing. It's a great location. And the rink is brand new.

 

[moonvine]

I’m thinking about this one … it is SO FAR though

 

[ice coverage]

I’m thinking about this one … it is SO FAR though

moonvine, please note that the 2021 U.S. Classic location has changed to TBA, per the listing on the ISU calendar published on June 8.

(What we know for sure will be in Boston/Norwood are Cranberry Cup International and this year's Lake Placid Ice Dance International. Both happening in mid-Aug alongside the club competition Cranberry Open. )

 

[moonvine]

moonvine, please note that the 2021 U.S. Classic location has changed to TBA, per the listing on the ISU calendar published on June 8.

(What we know for sure will be in Boston/Norwood are Cranberry Cup International and this year's Lake Placid Ice Dance International. Both happening in mid-Aug alongside the club competition Cranberry Open. )

That is so strange that they’d change it to TBD

 

[moonvine]

Thanks! How confusing.

 

[moonvine]

moonvine, please note that the 2021 U.S. Classic location has changed to TBA, per the listing on the ISU calendar published on June 8.

(What we know for sure will be in Boston/Norwood are Cranberry Cup International and this year's Lake Placid Ice Dance International. Both happening in mid-Aug alongside the club competition Cranberry Open. )

I just looked on the Skating Club of Boston website. It says a determination will be made as to whether to allow spectators on July 15.

 

[ice coverage]

I just looked on the Skating Club of Boston website. It says a determination will be made as to whether to allow spectators on July 15.

To be clear: AFAIK, your post is referring only to Cranberry Cup International and Lake Placid Ice Dance International, and to the possibility of spectators at those events in mid-August at Skating Club of Boston.

(And is not referring to U.S. International Classic in mid-September, for which the ISU event page continues to say, "TBA, USA" as the location -- as of this writing.)

 

[ice coverage]

moonvine, please note that the 2021 U.S. Classic location has changed to TBA, per the listing on the ISU calendar published on June 8. ...

... How confusing.

Updates:

The ISU event page has changed "TBA" location for U.S. Classic to Norwood, Mass.

2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international sport federation administering Ice Skating sports throughout the world.

www.isu.org

And the Announcement document for the competition now is posted on the ISU event page.

https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2021-22/international-38/announcements-113/25986-u-s-international-figure-skating-classic-2021-announcement/file

(It indeed was confusing that the ISU season calendar PDF and ISU event page for U.S. Classic had said TBA location, which was out of synch with the word from USFS in April 2021 that SCOB in Norwood would be the location.)

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ETA (on Aug 6):

USFS event page for U.S. Classic:

2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic | U.S. Figure Skating

www.usfigureskating.org

The "Watch" button on this U.S. Classic event page links to Peacock -- which seems to indicate that the competition will be available on Peacock Premium??​

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ETA (on Aug 19):

Within the last few days, the USFS event page has added additional confirmation that this year's Challenge Skate (companion event to U.S. Classic) is happening.

"Following it's successful launch in 2012, U.S. Figure Skating will host the 10th annual Novice & Junior Challenge Skate in conjunction with the International Classic. Registration for novice/junior singles athletes and ice dance teams will open on Monday, August 23 via EMS and will be invitation only at the discretion of U.S. Figure Skating's High Performance Department. ..."​

 

[moonvine]

Updates:

The ISU event page has changed "TBA" location for U.S. Classic to Norwood, Mass.​

​

2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international sport federation administering Ice Skating sports throughout the world.

www.isu.org

​

And the Announcement document for the competition now is posted on the ISU event page.​

​

https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2021-22/international-38/announcements-113/25986-u-s-international-figure-skating-classic-2021-announcement/file

(It indeed was confusing that the ISU season calendar PDF and ISU event page for U.S. Classic had said TBA location, which was out of synch with the word from USFS in April 2021 that SCOB in Norwood would be the location.)

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ETA (on Aug 6):

USFS event page for U.S. Classic:​

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2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic | U.S. Figure Skating

www.usfigureskating.org

​

The "Watch" button on this U.S. Classic event page links to Peacock -- which seems to indicate that the competition will be available on Peacock Premium??​

My understanding is that it will only be available on Peacock, which stinks for our International friends.

 

[charmblade]

Hmm in working out fall plans for weekend events with my husband (we have a toddler to manage) and it looks like I should be able to attend this event! Not sure if I'd be able to do both Friday and Saturday depending on what the schedule looks like but I'm hoping they'll release a timed schedule (and list of participants!) soon so I figure out my plans. I only live like 15 minutes from the rink but it might depend on my work schedule that Friday.

 

[moonvine]

Hmm in working out fall plans for weekend events with my husband (we have a toddler to manage) and it looks like I should be able to attend this event! Not sure if I'd be able to do both Friday and Saturday depending on what the schedule looks like but I'm hoping they'll release a timed schedule (and list of participants!) soon so I figure out my plans. I only live like 15 minutes from the rink but it might depend on my work schedule that Friday.

Have fun. Awesome venue.

 

[Mauvedreamer]

Трусова, Квителашвили, Дэвис и Смолкин выступят на турнире U.S. International Classic в сентябре

Стал известен состав участников турнира U.S.

m.sports.ru

Sasha Trusova and Gleb and Diana will be competing.

 

[TontoK]

My understanding is that it will only be available on Peacock, which stinks for our International friends.

Are there any Canadians skating in this event?

I hope so, because the Canadian GS Mafia will find a bootleg stream - some way, some how - and share with us.

 

[breadstal]

Confirmed entries as of Aug. 26, 2021 (subject to change)

Women
Valeriia Sidorova (ARM)
Katherine Ona (ECU)
Yi Christy Leung (HKG)
Tara Prasad (IND)
Taylor Morris (ISR)
Yeonjeong Park (KOR)
Jocelyn Hong (NZL)
Alexandra Trusova (RUS)
Gabriella Izzo (USA)
Paige Rydberg (USA)
Bradie Tennell (USA)
Sierra Venetta (USA)

Men
Morisi Kvitelashvili (GEO)
Alexei Bychenko (ISR)
Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR)
Daniel Samohin (ISR)
Donovan Carrillo (MEX)
Christopher Caluza (PHI)
Jimmy Ma (USA)
Maxim Naumov (USA)
Eric Sjoberg (USA)
Dinh Tran (USA)

Ice Dance
Tina Garabedian and Simon Proulx Senecal (ARM)
Chantelle Kerry and Andrew Dodds (AUS)
Shira Ichilov and Laurent Abecassis (ISR)
Mariia Nosovitskaya and Mikhail Nosovitskiy (ISR)
Maxine Weatherby and Temirlan Yerzhanov (KAZ)
Yura Min and Daniel Eaton (KOR)
Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (RUS)
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker (USA)
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue (USA)
Lorraine McNamara and Anton Spiridonov (USA)
Eva Pate and Logan Bye (USA)

Source: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/...-us-international-figure-skating-classic.aspx

 

[alexocfp]

My first thought when I saw the entry list was to calculate how many of the skaters will score half the points (or less) of Trusova. Haha

 

[Seven Sisters]

My first thought was, if they were going to send a Russian lady, why couldn’t it have been my fave, Tuktamysheva? I would gladly make a trip to Boston to watch her skate!!

 

[streams4dreams]

My first thought was that between this and the Cranberry cup, my timing for moving out of Cambridge sucks!