U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Super Bowl's done and the 2022 Winter Olympics are in the home stretch with a week full of competitions that will see loads of big names compete for medals

Madison Chock and Evan Bates enter the 2022 Winter Olympics as the favored American ice dance team and medal contenders in two events.

COVID changed everything for athletes around the world. In Ice dancing, it meant a lot of canceled competitions, including the 2020 world championships.

U.S. Figure Skating has announced the three ice dance teams that will compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and they all have ties to Metro Detroit.

U.S. Figure Skating named pairs and ice dance teams for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Sunday morning.

Clearly back on his game, Nathan Chen set a short program record at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday.

Men's short, pairs free and free dance results at the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates answered a passionate, near-flawless performance by Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue with a mesmerizing, out-of-this-world show of their own Saturday night to win their third ice dance title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Mariah Bell put together a mesmerizing free skate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, edging Karen Chen on Friday night for her first gold medal and taking any drama out of whether she’s headed to her first Winter Olympics.

Figure skating's 2022 Winter Olympic team was announced Saturday afternoon.

A look ahead at Saturday's U.S. Figure Skating Championships events, including men's short, pairs free and free dance.

Day 2 of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships sees rhythm dance and women's free skate competitions.

Defending champions Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier withdrew from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday night when he tested positive for COVID-19.

Get to know Team USA's ice dance pair, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue.

Team USA's national champion figure skater Alysa Liu seeks to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Learn how to watch or stream the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships on TV or online.

Figure skater Nathan Chen has not lost a competition since February 2018.

Even with an error at the beginning of his free skate, Chen was unbeatable Sunday, winning his fifth straight U.S. Not since Button won each title from 1946-52 has any American man had such a streak of success. Throw in two world championships and being unbeaten since not medaling at the 2018 Olympics, and Chen already has a resume for the ages. “It’s incredible to try to follow in his footsteps,” Chen said of Button. Only at Skate America in October was Chen able to strut his stuff.

“I’m thrilled with the short program today," said the two-time world gold medalist. "At the beginning of this year at a small, local competition, in Colorado, I scored 103 with a clean program. WOMENNational champion Bradie Tennell and third-place finisher Karen Chen were selected for the world championships team. Tennell won her second U.S. title Friday night; she also finished first in 2018. The 2021 world championships are set for March 22-28 in Stockholm.

Bradie Tennell performs during the women's free skate at the U.S. (AP Photo/John Locher)LAS VEGAS – Bradie Tennell is back on top of American figure skating. They sure missed an edge-of-your seat women's free skate. Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier have a six-point lead over Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson headed into the pairs free skate, and the free dance wraps up the evening session. “We're really confident in our free dance,” Hubbell said after watching Chock and Bates perform Friday, “and it's not over till it's over.