The 2022

U.S. International Figure Skating Classic The U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The competition debuted in 2012 in Salt Lake City, and when ...

was a

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sanctioned by the

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(ISU), organized and hosted by

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, and the first event of the

2022–23 ISU Challenger Series The 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2022. It was the ninth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held. Competitions This season, the se ...

. It was held at the

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, in the United States, from September 12–15, 2022. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

, and

ice dance Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

; and skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results.

Ilia Malinin Ilia Malinin (born December 2, 2004) is an American competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World champion (2024 World Figure Skating Championships, 2024 & 2025 World Figure Skating Championships, 2025), two-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating ...

of the United States won the men's event,

Kim Ye-lim Kim Ye-lim (; born January 23, 2003) is a retired South Korean competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents medalist (silver in 2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 20 ...

of South Korea won the women's event, Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini of Italy won the pairs event, and

Lilah Fear Lilah Fear (born 11 June 1999) is a British-Canadian ice dancer. Representing Great Britain with her skating partner, Lewis Gibson, she is the 2025 World bronze medalist; theirs was the first World medal for Britain in 41 years. Fear is also a ...

and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain won the ice dance event. The 2022 U.S. International Classic gained media attention when Ilia Malinin landed the first ever quadruple Axel in competition.

Background

The

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 figure skating season, 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU ...

was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the

and organized by

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. The objective was to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points. The 2022–23 Challenger Series consisted of ten events, of which the U.S. International Classic was the first. The ISU published the preliminary list of entries on August 18, 2022.

Changes to preliminary assignments

Medal summary

Results

Men's singles

During the free skate,

successfully performed the very first quadruple Axel in competition. While skaters in the past had attempted the quadruple Axel, Malinin was the first to successfully land one with full four-and-a-half rotations in the air.

Adam Rippon Adam Richard Rippon (born November 11, 1989) is a retired American competitive Figure skating, figure skater and media personality. He is the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the team eve ...

, American skater and Olympic bronze medalist, wrote on social media: "This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen anyone do on the ice." Malinin's free skate included three other quadruple jumps and a difficult triple Lutz-

triple Axel The Axel jump or Axel Paulsen jump, named after its inventor, Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, is an edge jump performed in figure skating. It is the sport's oldest and most difficult jump, and the only basic jump in competition with a forw ...

sequence.

Daniel Grassl Daniel Grassl (born 4 April 2002) is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2024 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 European silver medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy champion, the 2019 World Junior bronze medalist, and a five-time Ita ...

of Italy withdrew from the competition after a rough collision with the boards during his free skate.

Background

Changes to preliminary assignments

Medal summary

Results

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

References