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U.S. Figure Skating today announced the 16 skaters nominated to the U.S. Olympic Team for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
The team was selected following the 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, Missouri.
2026 Olympic Winter Games
Women
Amber Glenn
Isabeau Levito
Alysa Liu
Amber Glenn: “I can’t wait to get back home and train. I’m so thrilled to be able to have the privilege of representing my country at the Olympics. I can’t wait. I’m so excited. I hope I can make my country and myself proud.”
Isabeau Levito: “I’m going to do just my normal, consistent training routine, because it will be like any other competition except much more fun and exciting. We have such a great team and so many great resources and I really enjoy skating for this country.”
Alysa Liu: “I’m so excited to go on the stage to show me off. My hope is to get seen – not even just my skating, just me.”
Alternate 1: Bradie Tennell
Alternate 2: Sarah Everhardt
Alternate 3: Starr Andrews
Men
Ilia Malinin
Maxim Naumov
Andrew Torgashev
Ilia Malinin: “It’s such an amazing feeling. I worked so hard, especially after those 2022 nationals. It has such a huge meaning for me, being able to go there and follow in my parents’ footsteps being two-time Olympians. It’s such an honor and I’m so excited for that experience.”
Maxim Naumov [on what he thought about]: “My parents, what we talked about and how much we discussed this through my entire life, and how much it means to us, and how much the Olympics is part of our family. I thought of them immediately. I wish they could be here to experience it with me, but I do feel their presence and they are with me.”
Andrew Torgashev: “So surreal. It’s everything I’ve been working for. It’s the reason I get up in the morning and go train in the morning. It’s the reason that I’ve been doing this through hard times and good times for I don’t know how many years. Ever since seeing Evan Lysacek win in 2010, I wanted to one day call myself an Olympian. I’m so happy for myself and this group of guys, who are now all able to call ourselves Olympians.”
Alternate 1: Jason Brown
Alternate 2: Tomoki Hiwatashi
Alternate 3: Jacob Sanchez
Pairs
Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe
Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea
Spencer Howe: “We are shocked. This whole competition was just filled with a lot of roller coasters. As things have moved through the competition, all I can say is so many miracles have been happening throughout it. I’ve got to thank God at this point. This was well out of our control, and the fact we are here right now, we are so grateful and give credit where credit is due.”
Danny O’Shea: “[We want] to make the most of every moment we have there. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We want to go out there and skate the way we know we can, but at the same time experience skating across those Olympic rings, looking at the crowd at the Olympics, experiencing having our families with us having achieved the dream of our 4-year-old selves.”
Alternate 1: Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy
Alternate 2: Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez
Alternate 3: Chelsea Liu and Ryan Bedard
Ice Dance
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik
Anthony Ponomarenko: “Unbelievable. I just can’t wait. … We are finally in a good groove, so just keep working. We still have a lot of little details to fix up and show the best possible version of ourselves at the Games.”
Madison Chock: “We are so excited. The Olympics definitely never loses its luster. I’m just as excited as I was the first we made the team. It’s such an honor to be a part of Team USA and represent our country and U.S. Figure Skating at the Olympics. I feel so grateful to be part of this team. All of the people on the team are so incredible, so special and so talented.”
Vadym Kolesnik: “For me, it’s a dream of my life to represent the U.S. Ever since I moved here at the age 15, I knew that I wanted to represent the U.S. and go to the Olympics and do my absolute best, so it’s an honor for me.”
Alternate 1: Caroline Green and Michael Parsons
Alternate 2: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville
Alternate 3: Oona Brown and Gage Brown
U.S. Figure Skating has confirmed that each member of the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team is eligible to compete in the Olympic team event. The Olympic team event competitors will be announced on January 12.
The Olympic figure skating event will take place at the Milano Ice Skating Arena from February 6-19. The complete schedule can be found here: https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/schedule/fsk.
