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The United States takes on the world in the 13th edition of ICE WARS, where some of the top US and international professional figure skaters will battle it out on the rink.

Each team features four skaters per team: two women and two men. The USA team is led by 13-year "Ice Wars" veteran and 1988 Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano, with three-time US National Champion Michael Weiss, 1995 US Open Champion Rory Flack Burghart and two time US Championship Bronze Medalist Angela Nikodinov also skating.

Competing for the World team will be 2002 Olympic gold medalist Alexei Yagudin, four-time world champion Kurt Browning, 1994 Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul and 2006 Olympic gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa.

HOW IT WORKS Each team member skates two artistic programs. A panel of professional judges awards the marks with the individual scores being added together for a team total. Each skater's first program is marked as an individual event and their second program is marked as head-to-head competition within the pairings. Each score from Program Two is doubled and added to the score from Program One. The team with the highest score is the winner. Which one will prevail? Tune in on Friday, December 1 at 8pm et/pt to find out.