How to watch the U.S. figure skating championships in Columbus on NBC4

Orri Benatar
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — For the first time, the best American figure skaters will all be coming to Columbus for the national championships.

The 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will take place at Nationwide Arena Tuesday through Sunday, with championship, junior, and novice-level events throughout the week. Off the ice, there will be events that feature American figure skating legends and so much more around Columbus.

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If you cannot attend at Nationwide Arena, NBC4 will have live coverage throughout the weekend, showing the conclusion of multiple headline events. Figure skating is separated into four disciplines: men’s singles, women’s singles, pairs, and ice dancing. Three of the disciplines have the athletes complete two routines — a short program and a free skate. Ice dancing consists of a rhythm program and a free program.

In each discipline, the free skating section concludes the event and is followed by a medal ceremony. Here is the full schedule of events at Nationwide Arena and how to watch them:

Note: All championship-level practices will be streamed live on Peacock, a platform that is owned by NBC and not NBC4’s parent company, Nexstar. To see the practice schedule, click here.

2024 U.S. figure skating championships schedule

Tuesday

  • 12 p.m. – Novice Pairs: Short program

  • 12:50 p.m. – Junior Pairs: Short program (Peacock)

  • 2:20 p.m. – Junior Men’s: Short program (Peacock)

  • 5:15 p.m. – Novice Ice Dancing: Pattern dance

  • 6:40 p.m. – Junior Ice Dancing: Rhythm dance (Peacock)

Wednesday

  • 8:30 a.m. – Junior Women’s: Short program (Peacock)

  • 11:10 a.m. – Junior Men’s: Free skate (Peacock)

  • 2:35 p.m. – Novice Pairs: Free skate

  • 3:25 p.m. – Junior Pairs: Free skate (Peacock)

  • 5:35 p.m. – Novice Ice Dancing: Free dance

  • 6:30 p.m. – Junior Ice Dancing – Free dance (Peacock)

Thursday

  • 10:25 a.m. – Junior Women’s: Free skate (Peacock)

  • 2 p.m. – Championship Pairs: Short program (USA Network)

  • 4:30 p.m. – Championship Ice Dancing: Rhythm dance (USA Network)

  • 7:15 p.m. – Championship Women’s: Short program (USA Network)

Friday

  • 3:15 p.m. – Championship Men’s: Short program (USA Network)

  • 7:45 p.m. – Championship Women’s: Free skate (NBC4)

Saturday

  • 1:50 p.m. – Championship Ice Dancing: Free dance (NBC4)

  • 7:35 p.m. – Championship Pairs: Free skate (USA Network)

Sunday

  • 2:45 p.m. – Championship Men’s: Free skate (NBC4)

  • 7:30 p.m. – Skating spectacular

Defending senior champions

Men’s: Ilia Malinin (19, Fairfax, Va.)

Women’s: Isabeau Levito (16, Philadelphia, Pa.)

Pairs: Brandon Frazier (31, Phoenix, Az.) and Alexa Knierim (32, Addison, Il.)

  • Note: Frazier and Knierim are not competing this year

Ice Dancing: Evan Bates (34, Ann Arbor, Mi.) and Madison Chock (31, Redondo Beach, Ca.)

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