Who will make the US Olympic Team for Ice Skating?

 The Countdown has started!  

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina are now only one a month away.  This week Team USA will determine who joins the team for Ice Skating.  

Today will have the Pairs and Women's Short programs.  We haven't had a Pairs team worth mentioning in quite some time, so I'm hoping that we will see some special performances today!  Amongst the Women, familiar names like Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito, and Alysa Liu are expected to do great things while Bradie Tennell, also a familiar name, will try to come back from years of devastating injuries to join them on the Italian stage.

Thursday will show Ice Dancing and the Men's Short program.  Chock & Bates are still rocking the world with their style and showmanship and are expected to take the top spot.  The second spot is completely up for grabs.  Word has it that the Shabutani siblings will be back with a spectacular free dance!  

When it comes to the Men, there is really only one name...ILIA!  Ilia Malinin is the best skater in the world right now with something like 8 QUADS in his long program.  He's worked hard and it shows!  The fight will be for who joins him!  Jason Brown is back but the rest of the competitors are somewhat unknown. 

 

Friday will have the Pairs and Women's Long programs and Saturday will finish up with the Ice Dancing Free and Men's Long programs.  Final announcement of exactly who will go is set for Sunday @ 2 pm.

Coverage is on Peacock and USA Network for the most part with NBC picking up the primetime stuff.  For how to watch, go here:  https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/how-watch-2026-prevagen-us-figure-skating-championships-and-olympic-team-selection?utm_tags=nbcs1231&lid=eeuhdmsn35ml&cm_ven=Braze&cm_cat=2026-01-07_NBCS_Multi_NL__10512&cm_ite=&cm_lm=1839510625488864164