The Blade Angels — a.k.a. the women of Team USA figure skating — are finally hitting the ice.
The women’s figure skating individual event finally starts today, Feb. 17, and with it, the Olympic debut of the final member of the US figure skating team, Isabeau Levito.
Both Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn have already skated on Olympic ice and brought home some hardware as contributors to the team event gold medal. Liu skated the short program, while Glenn skated the free program.
OLYMPIC figure skating: what to know
- What: Women’s short program
- When: February 17, 12:45 p.m. ET
- Where: Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan, Italy)
- Channel: USA Network (12:45 p.m. ET), NBC (2:40 p.m.)
- Streaming: DIRECTV (try it free)
Two more skaters in today’s event have already won medals as part of the team event: Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto (who finished atop the leaderboard in the team event short and free) and Italy’s Lara Naki Guttman. Sakamoto, as the reigning bronze medalist, is also the only skater from the 2022 podium returning to compete this year.
Following today’s event, the top 24 skaters will move to the free dance portion on Thursday, Feb. 19. Medals will be awarded at the end of that event to the three skaters with the highest combined scores.
Olympics figure skating women’s short program start time
The women’s short program at the Olympics 2026 begins at 12:45 p.m. ET today, Feb. 17. While coverage kicks off on USA Network, the program moves to NBC at 2:40 p.m. ET for the final performances.
How to watch Olympic figure skating for free
If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream the Olympics for free.
DIRECTV is our favorite service for watching TV live for free — it has a five-day free trial and there are a ton of options for plans that include both the USA Network and NBC, starting at $69.99/month.
You can also catch every minute of the Olympics with a subscription to Peacock, which starts at $10.99/month.
Figure skating – women’s short program start list
- Viktoriia Safonova (AIN)
- Adeliia Petrosian (AIN)
- Meda Variakojyte (LTU)
- Ruiyang Zhang (CHN)
- Kristen Spours (GBR)
- Livia Kaiser (SUI)
- Mariia Seniuk (ISR)
- Alexandra Feigin (BUL)
- Julia Sauter (ROU)
- Olga Mikutina (AUT)
- Iida Karhunen (FIN)
- Kimmy Repond (SUI)
- Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)
- Jia Shin (KOR)
- Haein Lee (KOR)
- Lorine Schlid (FRA)
- Sofia Samodelkina (DAZ)
- Ami Nakai (JPN)
- Madelina Schizas (CAN)
- Loena Hendrickx (BEL)
- Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)
- Niina Petrokina (EST)
- Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA)
- Alysa Liu (USA)
- Isabeau Levito (USA)
- Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO)
- Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
- Amber Glenn (USA)
- Mone Chiba (JPN)
Figure Skating at the Olympics 2026 schedule
- Women’s Singles – Short Program — Feb. 17, 12:45 p.m. ET
- Women’s Singles – Free Skating — Feb. 19, 1 p.m. ET*
- Exhibition Gala — Feb. 21, 2 p.m. ET
*medals awarded
When do the Winter Olympics end?
The 2026 Winter Olympics end with the closing ceremony on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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