Reigning Grand Prix Final champion Amber Glenn leads a strong U.S. contingent into 2025 Finlandia Trophy, the final event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, Nov. 21-22 in Helsinki, Finland.
The United States National Team will send two women, two men, two pairs and three ice dance teams to the competition at the Helsinki Ice Hall.
Of the U.S. entries, three have already secured medals in the Grand Prix Series. Glenn and Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik clinched gold and silver, respectively, at 2025 Cup of China while Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea claimed bronze at 2025 Skate Canada International. All will have the opportunity to lock their place at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2025 in Nagoya, Japan, this weekend.
Perennial favorite Glenn heads to Finland on a gold medal win streak, recently capturing her third consecutive Grand Prix title in Chongqing, China. The reigning and two-time U.S. champion has stood on the top step of the podium twice this season, starting her campaign with gold at 2025 Nebelhorn Trophy, and her score of 214.78 currently ranks first among American skaters and fifth in the world this season.
Glenn will be joined in the women's event by 2018 Olympic team event bronze medalist Bradie Tennell. Tennell, a two-time U.S. champion, is looking build upon her fourth-place result at Skate Canada International and fifth-place finish at 2025 Kinoshita Group Cup.
In ice dance, alongside Zingas and Kolesnik, the sibling teams of Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani and Oona Brown and Gage Brown will look to turn heads in Helsinki.
Zingas and Kolesnik return to the ice after taking the ice dance world by storm at Cup of China earlier this fall, placing second behind countrymen Madison Chock and Evan Bates. They set new international personal bests for their rhythm dance, free dance and total score, breaking the 200-point mark for the first time internationally.
The podium finish was their second silver medal of the season (Kinoshita Group Cup).
Earlier this season, the Shibutanis made their return to competition for the first time in over seven years. Competing at NHK Trophy, the two-time Olympic bronze medalists placed sixth, and they will hope to build on their debut in Finland.
The Browns are making a quick turn, traveling from Skate America to Helsinki after tying their second-best Grand Prix finish in Lake Placid, where they finished sixth. The Finlandia Trophy has been a staple on their event calendar, as this marks their third consecutive appearance at the event.
In pairs, the red, white and blue will be led by both reining and former U.S. champion teams Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov, and Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, respectively.
Efimova and Mitrofanov are on the hunt for their first Grand Prix medal this season, looking to improve upon their fifth-place finish at NHK Trophy. Previous to NHK Trophy, they medaled at both their Challenger Series event with silver at 2025 John Nicks Pairs Challenge International and bronze at Nebelhorn Trophy.
Kam and O'Shea, who qualified for the Grand Prix Final last season, are looking to finish the year strong and build on their bronze medal performance at Skate Canada International.
In the men's competition, Jason Brown and Jimmy Ma will represent the United States.
Making his second event appearance in as many weeks, two-time Olympian Brown will take to the ice in search of his 10th career Grand Prix medal. Brown stood on the podium at both his Challenger Series events before finishing just off the podium last weekend in Lake Placid.
Ma, the 2025 Four Continents bronze medalist, has three top-10 finishes to his name already this season, most recently at the NHK Trophy in Japan.
Competition kicks off Friday with the pairs, men's and women's short programs as well as the rhythm dance. The pairs free skate starts the full day of action on Saturday, followed by the men's free and the first medal ceremony. The day finishes with the women's and dance free skates and the awarding of the final medals.
NBC Sports will broadcast a recap show of Finlandia Trophy on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 4 p.m. ET. In addition, Peacock will livestream every skater with all events available for 72 hours following their conclusion. The full broadcast schedule can be found on the U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone and the Peacock streaming schedule is available at peacocktv.com/skating.
Following the event, don't miss Rinkside: Olympic Season. Watch on the U.S. Figure Skating YouTube channel or listen wherever you get your podcasts Mondays at 12 p.m. ET as Nick McCarvel breaks down highlights, previews the following week's Grand Prix stop, interviews athletes and more.
The Grand Prix Series, which started in 1995, consists of six international events in a cumulative point-scoring format. Each athlete or team is eligible to score points in up to two of the six scheduled events. The top six point-earners in each discipline qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2025, set for Dec. 4-7 in Nagoya, Japan.
For a full schedule, results, news and more, visit the 2025 Grand Prix Series Competition Central.
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U.S. ENTRIES AT 2025 FINLANDIA TROPHY
Athlete | Hometown | Training Town
Women
Amber Glenn | Plano, Texas | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Bradie Tennell | Carpentersville, Ill. | West Orange, N.J.
Men
Jason Brown | Highland Park, Ill. | Toronto, Canada
Jimmy Ma | Great Neck, N.Y. | Norwood, Mass.
Pairs
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov | Norwood, Mass.; Houston, Texas/Norwood, Mass.
Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea | Colorado Springs, Colo.; Colorado Springs, Colo. | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Ice Dance
Oona Brown and Gage Brown | Long Island, N.Y.; Long Island, N.Y. | Long Island, N.Y. and Montreal, Canada
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani | Los Angeles, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif. | Los Angeles, Calif; Oakland, Calif.; Fort Myers, Fla.; Tokyo, Japan; and Tachikawa, Japan
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik | Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; Kharkiv, Ukraine | Novi, Mich.
