LAKE PLACID — Twenty-one U.S. skaters will compete on home ice for a spot on the podium at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid. The event will start today and end on Friday.

The event is the first stop on the International Skating Union Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2022.

Three women will represent the U.S. at the event: Jill Heiner, Sonja Hilmer and Audrey Shin. Shin recently won the gold medal at the 2022 Cranberry Cup with Hilmer standing next to her on the podium, capturing the silver. Heiner heads to Lake Placid fresh off a sixth-place finish at the 2022 Philadelphia Summer International.

Four men will compete for Team USA, including Jimmy Ma, Ilia Malinin, Camden Pulkinen and Eric Sjoberg. Ma earned the silver medal at the 2021 U.S. International Classic and looks to earn a spot on the podium again. Malinin is the 2022 U.S. silver medalist and finished ninth at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022. Pulkinen finished fifth at the 2022 World Championships, and Sjoberg recently earned bronze at the 2022 Cranberry Cup.

In pairs, four U.S. teams will vie for a spot on the podium: Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, Maria Mokhova and Ivan Mokhov, Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez, and Megan Wessenberg and Blake Eisenach. Chan and Howe are the 2022 U.S. pairs pewter medalists and silver medalists at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022. Mokhova and Mokhov, the 2019 U.S. junior pairs pewter medalists, will be making their international debut. Plazas and Fernandez are the 2021 U.S. junior pairs bronze medalists and Wessenberg and Eisenach are the 2022 U.S. junior pairs pewter medalists.

Three ice dance teams will represent the U.S.: Lorraine McNamara and Anton Spiridonov, Eva Pate and Logan Bye, and Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen. McNamara and Spiridonov recently won the gold medal at the 2022 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, and Pate and Bye earned silver at the same event. Wolfkostin and Chen, who finished fourth at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022, return to Lake Placid after a bronze-medal finish at the 2022 Lake Placid Ice Dance International.

Peacock Premium will provide live coverage of the entire event. The event will start with the pairs and men’s short programs on Tuesday. On Wednesday, coverage continues with the rhythm dance, women’s short program and pairs and men’s free skate. The competition concludes on Thursday, with the free dance and women’s free skate.

The 2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic will be held in conjunction with the 2022 U.S. Challenge Skate, featuring junior and novice athletes in women’s, men’s and ice dance.