The Grand Prix Final, the most prestigious figure skating competition of the fall season, will be broadcast live from Beijing in January 2019. peacock This week we bring you highlights from NBC Sports.
The finals brought together the top six skaters in each discipline from the six-event Fall Grand Prix series, with the best skaters spread out across various competitions. It is often a prelude to the World Championships held in March of the following year.
As in 2022, the U.S. has medal candidates in national champions Ilia Marin and Isabeau Levit, as well as world champion ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Everyone is aiming for their first Grand Prix Final title.
The 19-year-old Marin, who last season became the first skater to cleanly land a quadruple axel in competition, is ranked No. 1 in the world for highest total score this season. However, Frenchman Adam Hsiao Him Hua outperformed Malin Ning in the American’s recent event.
The 16-year-old Levito, last year’s Grand Prix Final silver medalist, spent the Grand Prix season finishing second among women behind two-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.
Chock and Bates both won their Grand Prix starts and ranked fourth in the world with their best total score. They remain undefeated in 2023 and have finished as Grand Prix Final runners-up four times through 2014.
The biggest changes this Grand Prix season have been in pairs. Neither of the past two world champions participated. Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara were absent due to Kihara’s lower back injury. Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier said during last season that it would likely be their last Grand Prix series and decided not to compete.
This fall’s top pairing was Canadian Diana Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps. At 40 years old, Stellat Dudek is the oldest skater to win a Grand Prix competition. She was a world junior silver medalist in singles for the United States in 2000. She retired in 2001 due to injury, but returned with the pair in 2016 and transferred to Canada in 2021.
2023 Grand Prix Final Broadcast Schedule
Day | event | Time (ET) | platform |
Thursday | pairs short program | 4:55 a.m. to 5:47 a.m. | peacock |
Men’s short program | 6:07am – 6:51am | peacock | |
Friday | pairs free skate | 3:45am – 4:46am | peacock |
Women’s short program | 6:55am – 7:39am | peacock | |
rhythm dance | 8:00 a.m. to 8:52 a.m. | peacock | |
Saturday | free dance | 4:50am – 5:50am | peacock |
women’s free skating | 6:10am – 7:03am | peacock | |
men’s free skate | 7:27am – 8:20am | peacock | |
highlight | 9am to 12pm | Eh!* | |
Sunday | exhibition gala | 1:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. | peacock |
highlight | 4pm to 6pm | NBC* |
*Broadcast will be delayed.
All E! His NBC coverage stream on NBC Sports.com and the NBC Sports app for subscribers of these channels.