It’s our second U.S. Nationals recap episode, this time with the Women and Pairs’ events, and there was no shortage of positive COVID tests. 

After the sad withdrawals of Alysa Liu, and the heartbreak of Amber Glenn, we were able to watch on the edge of our seats as Mariah Bell won her first nationals title, Karen Chen made her way to her second Olympics, and Isabeau Levito made a splash at her first senior nationals.

The pairs’ event was a short one after many withdrawals due to injury and COVID, but we celebrated with Timothy LeDuc as they became the first non-binary American gold medalist (!!!!). We also cheered for our favorite dark horse team, Lu and Mitrofanov, and marveled at Jessica Calalang’s phenomenal dresses.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(00:58) - News (Michelle Kwan’s baby, Withdrawals)

(05:50) - PAIRS

(06:04) - Audrey Lu & Misha Mitrofanov

(09:30) - Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson

(13:34) - Ashley Cain-Gribble & Tim LeDuc

(18:55) - WOMEN

(19:04) - Gracie Gold

(21:37) - Starr Andrews

(23:30) - Audrey Shin

(26:22) - Amber Glenn

(29:38) - Lindsay Thorngren

(33:32) - Gabriella Izzo

(35:56) - Isabeau Levito

(38:17) - Alysa Liu

(40:15) - Karen Chen

(43:40) - Mariah Bell

(48:15) - Kiss & Cry: Team Selections

(50:25) - Kiss & Cry: Canadian Nationals & Korean Nationals

(51:43) - Outro

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