2015 US & Canadian National Championships - Info & streaming
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Japan and Russia have crowned their national champions for the season, and now all eyes will turn to the other two major national championships, both starting next week. Greensboro, North Carolina and Kingston, Ontario will host the US and Canadian National Championships, respectively.
Note: While Russia and Japan hold their novice/junior/senior/etc. nationals separately, the US and Canada hold them all at the same time. This post will mostly focus on the senior competitions, but I will try to provide some info for the other levels as well.
US NATIONALS (Jan. 17-25, Greensboro, NC)
SCHEDULE, LIVE RESULTS & STARTING ORDERS
Website
Entries
Local time is Eastern Standard Time UTC-5; convert to your time zone. Seniors-only schedule:
Thurs. 1/22
Pairs’ SP 4:35PM
Ladies’ SP 7:00PM
Fri. 1/23
Short dance 5:15PM
Men’s SP 8:15PM
Sat. 1/24
Free dance (groups 1-3) 10:45AM
Pairs’ FS (groups 1-3) 12:20PM
Pairs’ FS (group 4) 2:30PM
Free dance (group 4) 4:20PM
Ladies’ FS 7:00PM
Sun. 1/25
Men’s FS 2:00PM
Gala 7:15PM
Disciplines: ladies, men, pairs, dance
Level: juvenile, intermediate, novice, junior, senior
Notes: US Nationals is one of the competitions used to decide the Four Continents and World teams, though international competitions are also taken into account. However, the top few medalists usually end up being the World team. US Nationals also rewards a “pewter medal” to fourth-place finishers, so their podium actually has four spots. The US is the only country to do this.
How to watch: Icenetwork will stream almost the entire competition live, at all levels, except for the later groups of the senior free skates, which will be aired live on NBC. Icenetwork requires a subscription and is only available to users in the US. Videos from Icenetwork are usually uploaded to Youtube soon after an event.
The NBC broadcast schedule in local time:
Sat. 3:00PM: Pairs’ FS & Free dance (LIVE; last groups)
Sat. 8:00PM: Ladies’ FS (LIVE; last group)
Sun. 4:00PM: Men’s FS (LIVE; last group)
Free NBC streams may be found online. (Beware of many ads and popups, though.) Try the following:
http://freetvall.com/video/G1Y4X26W9R21/NBC
http://www.time4tv.com/2013/08/nbc.php
http://livetvcafe.net/video/8XBK9SMHGS9U/NBC
http://www.stream2watch.me/live-tv/nbc-live-stream
Official NBC stream (geoblocked)
CANADIAN NATIONALS (Jan. 19-25, Kingston, ON)
SCHEDULE
LIVE RESULTS
RESULTS, ENTRIES & STARTING ORDERS
Website
Local time is Eastern Standard Time UTC-5; convert to your time zone. Seniors-only schedule:
Fri. 1/23
Ladies’ SP 11:35AM
Men’s SP 2:20PM
Short dance 6:30PM
Pairs’ SP 8:50PM
Sat. 1/24
Ladies’ FS (groups 1-2) 10:40AM
Men’s FS (groups 1-2) 12:40PM
Ladies’ FS (group 3) 2:45PM
Men’s FS (group 3) 3:55PM
Free dance (groups 1-2) 5:25PM
Pairs’ FS 7:10PM
Free dance (group 3) 8:30PM
Sun. 1/25
Gala 1:30PM
Disciplines: ladies, men, pairs, dance
Level: novice, junior, senior
Notes: Canadian Nationals is one of the competitions used to determine the 4CC and World teams.
How to watch: The novice and junior competitions and senior practices will be livestreamed by Skate Canada. The senior competition will be aired on TSN and CTV. Unfortunately, not all the groups will be shown. Broadcast schedule in local time:
TSN Fri. 3:00PM: Ladies’ & Men’s SP (delayed)
TSN Fri. 7:30PM: Short dance & Pairs’ SP (delayed)
TSN Sat. 2:30PM: Ladies’ & Men’s FS (last groups)
CTV Sat. 7:00PM: Pairs’ FS & Free dance (last groups)
Free streams may be found at these sites (watch out for ads and popups):
http://cricfree.sx/tsn-1-live-stream
http://hdfree.tv/tsn-live-stream.html
http://www.olweb.me/ctv
Official TSN stream (geoblocked; requires signing in with TV provider)
Official CTV stream (geoblocked; requires signing in with TV provider)