Figure skating begins at the 2026 Winter Olympics with the team event, featuring ice dance, pairs and women's singles.

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially begins today with the opening ceremony and a number of early events. Curling began the action over the past two days and continues this Friday, as does the women’s ice hockey competition that saw Team USA beat Czech Republic yesterday.

America's top figure skaters compete for at the U.S. figure skating championships in the last event before the 2026 Winter Olympic team is revealed.

Team USA will be looking to repeat their gold medal performance from the 2022 Olympics and challenge for individual medals as well

The Technical Score: A technical panel identifies every element performed and assigns a "Base Value" based on its difficulty. Judges then grade the quality of each move with a Grade of Execution (GOE) ranging from -5 to +5.

Team USA’s figure skating roster has been set, and it features two athletes who are already Olympic gold medalists.

The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics opening ceremony starts on Feb. 6

MILAN (AP) — The powerful U.S. figure skating squad will have its first opportunity to shine at the Winter Olympics on Friday when the team competition begins at the Milano Ice Skating Arena just hours before the opening ceremony.