Everything you need to know about the figure skating exhibition gala

It's time to relax. The figure skaters who delivered scintillating performances during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games are bidding farewell to the People’s Republic of China.

As is tradition, they will be able to wear what they want and skate with no care in the world during the exhibition gala which concludes each major competition.

No pressure, no stress. There’s nothing at stake, except maybe wanting to showcase their best selves.

So, like them, relax and learn everything you need to know about the Figure Skating Exhibition Gala at Beijing 2022.

All Olympic Games medallists and their friends are going to be able to let their hair down and enjoy themselves on the Capital Indoor Stadium ice rink.

In ice dancing, France's newly-crowned Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron from France will be there, as will be runners-up Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov and bronze medallists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue from Team USA.

Five other duos will be there too, including Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier and home duo Wang Shiyie and Liu Xinyu.

Japanese superstar Hanyu Yuzuru, the two-time Olympic champion who placed fourth at Beijing, has confirmed he’ll skate at the gala.

His successor as Olympic champion, Nathan Chen, will be there too along with fellow medallist Kagiyama Yuma and Uno Shoma.

American skater Vincent Zhou, who missed the men's singles due to Covid, will skate too along with Canada's Keegan Messing will also be there.

In the women’s singles, all three medallists will shine one last time at Beijing: the 17-year-old champion Anna Shcherbakova and her ROC teammate Alexandra Trusova and Japan's bronze medallist Sakamoto Kaori.

They will be accompanied by Korea's You Young (six