Los Angeles (AFP) – Defending champions Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue grabbed the ice dance lead after Friday’s rhythm dance at the US Figure Skating Championships in Detroit.
Hubbell and Donohue, whose stunning 2018-19 season includes victories at the ISU Grand Prix Final last month in Vancouver and at Skate America and Skate Canada last October, won the rhythm dance with 84.56 points.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates were second on 82.33 with Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker third on 76.77.
The winner will be determined in Saturday night’s free dance final.
Hubbell and Donohue were second in last year’s world championships at Milan after placing fourth in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Hawayek and Baker won the NHK Trophy dance crown in November at Hiroshima, becoming the only other US duo to win an ISU Grand Prix dance title.
Chock and Bates were third in last year’s US championships.
The women’s free skate final was scheduled later Friday with defending champion Bradie Tennell leading after the short program.
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