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The United States took the lead in the pairs and ice dance on the first day of the Four Continents figure skating championships on Thursday, and Japan's Mai Mihara led the women's event.

Nathan Chen has accomplished just about everything that one can accomplish in the sport of figure skating. The only thing he's yet to accomplish? Winning Olympic gold.

Figure skating pair Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud didn't qualify for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics next month, their coach has all the faith that the pair will come back even stronger. 

CBC Sports' daily newsletter breaks down whose fortunes are looking up and whose are down after the weekend's winter Olympic sports action.

That Figure Skating Show goes through Canada's Olympic figure skating team and speculates medal chances in Beijing.

Veteran pairs duo Vanessa James and Eric Radford were named to Canada's Olympic figure skating team for Beijing on Sunday, despite withdrawing from the Canadian championships a day earlier.

Get ready for Olympic figure skating action with this national championship event.

That Figure Skating Show recaps the men's program at the 2022 Canadian National Championships in Ottawa and discusses who likely made the Olympic team.

Canada's best figure skaters return to the ice in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships.

Vanessa James and Eric Radford withdrew from the pairs competition at the Canadian figure skating championships before Saturday's free program in Ottawa.

Vanessa James and Eric Radford withdrew from the pairs competition at the Canadian figure skating championships before Saturday's free program in Ottawa.

Skating to Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Saturday's long program, 18-year-old Madeline Schizas from Oakville, Ont., wasn't flawless but her total score of 198.24 was good enough for gold at the Canadian figure skating championships in Ottawa.

Skating to Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Saturday's long program, 18-year-old Madeline Schizas from Oakville, Ont., wasn't flawless but her total score of 198.24 was good enough for gold at the Canadian figure skating championships in Ottawa.

Skating to Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Saturday's long program, 18-year-old Madeline Schizas from Oakville, Ont., wasn't flawless but her total score of 198.24 was good enough for gold at the Canadian figure skating championships in Ottawa.

That Figure Skating Show recaps the short program in the pairs event at Canadian Nationals, where the reigning champs are letting their presence be known.

Madeline Schizas of Oakville, Ont., is the leader after the women's short program at the Canadian figure skating championships.

Madeline Schizas of Oakville, Ont., is the leader after the women's short program at the Canadian figure skating championships.

Skating to an upbeat Elton John medley and dressed in neon orange sequined jumpsuits, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier surely would have brought the crowd to its feet with their high-energy rhythm dance Friday — had there been a crowd.

Madeline Schizas is the leader after the women's short program. Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro won the pairs short program, and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier lead after the rhythm dance.

Adding to the stress of vying for an Olympic berth is the spectre of COVID-19. A positive test at nationals could keep an athlete from competing in China, due to the timeline of pre-travel testing protocols.

Faster. Higher. Stronger. Together – and just don't test positive. That's the rallying cry for thousands of athletes as they prepare for the Olympics.

Watch live figure skating action from the Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships in Ottawa.

With the continuously escalating situation surrounding the spread of the Omicron variant, Skate Canada announced a few adjustments pertaining to the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships taking place in Ottawa from Jan. 6-13, 2022.

With the escalating situation surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, Skate Canada announced a few adjustments to the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships taking place in Ottawa from Jan. 6-13, 2022.

With the continuously escalating situation surrounding the spread of the Omicron variant, Skate Canada announced a few adjustments pertaining to the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships taking place in Ottawa from Jan. 6-13, 2022.

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu nearly became the first skater to land a quadruple axel while easily outpacing Shoma Uno and Yumi Kagayami to win the Japanese national championship on Sunday.

A clean, fifth-place performance in Saturday's free skate was enough for Canada's Keegan Messing to hold off Russia's Andrei Mozalev for the win at figure skating's Golden Spin of Zagreb in Croatia.

Two-time Olympian Gabrielle Daleman was victorious in Sunday's free skate to win the women's event at the 2022 Skate Canada Challenge in Regina.

The figure skating Grand Prix Final next week has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic for the second season in a row. The Dec. 9-12 event in Osaka, Japan, was the only global event matching the best skaters across all four disciplines before the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February.

Watch live figure skating action from the Skate Canada Challenge in Regina.

That Figure Skating Show recaps the ice dance event at Rostelecom Cup that saw Canadians Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen take their second bronze this season.

Montreal's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen finished the Rostelecom Cup in bronze position Saturday for their fourth medal in as many figure skating competitions this season.

Canada's Roman Sadovsky is in third place after the men's short program with 84.59 points, meanwhile Canadian ice dancing duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen.

That Figure Skating Show previews the final Grand Prix stop of the season in Russia and we could very well see Russian skaters on top of each podium. But the showdown in the women's event will be the biggest.

Watch live figure skating action from the 2021 Rostelecom Cup competition in Sochi, Russia.

That Figure Skating Show recaps the ice dance event at Internationaux de France, where the French performed as expected and the Canadians were not far behind.

Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier were unable to overtake reigning world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France in Saturday's free dance, placing second at the ISU Grand Prix in Grenoble, France.

Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are currently in second place after the rhythm dance Friday at the ISU Grand Prix in France, while Canadian pairs team Vanessa James and Eric Radford are in third.

Watch live figure skating action from the 2021 Internationaux de France, as skaters compete in Grenoble.

Watch live figure skating action from the 2021 Grand Prix of France, as skaters compete in Grenoble.

A lack of sleep didn't seem to affect Montreal ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen, who wrapped up the Cup of Austria with a silver-medal performance on Sunday.

Japan's Shoma Uno landed four quadruple jumps on Saturday to win the NHK Trophy and bolster his prospects for the figure skating event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch coverage of the Skate Canada Gala.

Shoma Uno edged Vincent Zhou of the United States on Friday to take the lead after the men's short program at the NHK Trophy, the fourth event of the International Skating Union's Grand Prix series.

Click on the video player above to watch live figure skating action from the 2021 Japanese Grand Prix competition in Tokyo.

Dylan Moscovitch and Asher Hill preview the 2021 NHK Trophy event that has seen plenty of withdrawals, including Hanyu, Alexandra Trusova and Rika Kihira.

We haven't seen French skaters Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron at a Grand Prix since 2019, so Dylan Moscovitch and Asher Hill dive into their return.

In this recap of the women's event, Dylan Moscovitch and Asher Hill discuss the reigning world champion's season debut on the Grand Prix circuit, beating Maiia Khromykh (her biggest competition.)

Watch this year's Skate Canada Championship culminate with the final gala.

World champion Anna Shcherbakova of Russia rallied back to win women's gold, while Japan's Yuma Kagiyama climbed from 7th to top spot in the men's at the Grand Prix in Italy.