--- title: Winter Olympics 2018: Jason Brown Ice Skater Does Hamilton description: Olympic Ice Skater Jason Brown proved that he wasn't throwing away his shot when he delivered a rousing routine set to 'Hamilton.' canonical: https://time.com/5089943/jason-brown-ice-hamilton-routine/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-05T18:26:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:34.186Z og:title: This Team USA Figure Skater Just Nailed a Routine to Hamilton og:description: Not throwing away his shot og:url: https://time.com/5089943/jason-brown-ice-hamilton-routine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45c51d407047b55b/6988f73bcf40a8f374c4ad36/jason-brown-ice-skater-hamilton-routine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Team USA Figure Skater Just Nailed a Routine to Hamilton twitter:description: Not throwing away his shot twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45c51d407047b55b/6988f73bcf40a8f374c4ad36/jason-brown-ice-skater-hamilton-routine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Team USA Figure Skater Nailed a Rousing Routine to _Hamilton_ > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) SAN JOSE, CA - JANUARY 04: Jason Brown competes in the Men's Short Program during the 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the SAP Center on January 4, 2018 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Matthew Stockman—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 5, 2018 6:26 PM UTC When it comes to bringing the heat on the rink, ice skater Jason Brown definitely isn’t giving away his shot. On Thursday night, the skater, who took home a bronze medal during the [2014 Sochi Olympic Games](http://time.com/2828/sochi-winter-olympics-environmental-damage/), delivered a rousing ice routine set to the lively tunes of cult-status [musical _Hamilton_ ](http://time.com/4499927/hamilton-broadway-takeover/)while performing at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Skating to “The Room Where It Happens” for the men’s short program, Brown placed third in the standings with a score of 93.23, following Nathan Chen and Adam Rippon. For the routine, he wore a skating costume that was similar to the colonial American costumes that the cast of Hamilton wears. While Brown has yet to be confirmed for the [2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang](http://time.com/5068205/winter-olympic-sports-pyeongchang-2018/), the 2018 U.S. Championships play a strong role in the Olympic team selection, so his high marks with _Hamilton_ are definitely a boon. Watch Brown’s _Hamilton_ routine below. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/949183200055775233) Even _Hamilton_ creator Lin Manuel Miranda chimed in. > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/949340517120335874) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5089943/jason-brown-ice-hamilton-routine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5089943/jason-brown-ice-hamilton-routine/"},"headline":"This Team USA Figure Skater Nailed a Rousing Routine to Hamilton","datePublished":"2018-01-05T18:26:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:34.186Z","description":"Not throwing away his shot","url":"https://time.com/5089943/jason-brown-ice-hamilton-routine/","keywords":["Newsfeed","olympics","viral","Winter Olympics","Hamilton","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45c51d407047b55b/6988f73bcf40a8f374c4ad36/jason-brown-ice-skater-hamilton-routine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45c51d407047b55b/6988f73bcf40a8f374c4ad36/jason-brown-ice-skater-hamilton-routine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships - Day 2","caption":"2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships - Day 2","creditText":"Matthew Stockman—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5089943/jason-brown-ice-hamilton-routine/","name":"This Team USA Figure Skater Nailed a Rousing Routine to Hamilton"}}]}] ```