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The women's singles competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February (short program) and 17 February (free skating), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing. [1] Anna Shcherbakova, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won the event, and her teammate, Alexandra Trusova, the silver medal.
The five events took place between 4 and 20 February 2022. [1] A total of 144 quota spots were distributed to the sport of figure skating, a decline of four from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. [2][3] From the 2021–22 season, the International Skating Union (ISU) renamed "ladies' singles" as "women's singles". [4]
In 2022, the Russian Olympic Committee entered the team event as the favorite, with the United States, Canada, and Japan also expected to be in medal contention. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The ROC decided to enter their top skaters for both the short program and free skating and initially won the event nine points ahead of the United States, who initially ...
The U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Team for the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 will feature Mariah Bell, Karen Chen and Alysa Liu.
Karen Chen (born August 16, 1999) is an American figure skater.She is a 2022 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, [a] two-time CS U.S. Classic bronze medalist (2016, 2017), the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, the 2017 U.S. national champion, 2022 U.S. national silver medalist, and a three-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2015, 2018, 2021).
Members from the 2022 U.S. Olympic figure skating team are being awarded historic gold medals nearly two years after the Beijing Olympics thanks to a Russian doping scandal.
It combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance) into a single event; gold is awarded to the team that earns the most placement points. The results of the 2022 team event were fraught with controversy.
Figure Skating - Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Day 3 (Catherine Ivill / Getty Images) The legal process continues, and if a decision is made to disqualify the Russian Olympic Committee, the U.S ...