How to watch Ilia Malinin in Olympics figure skating short program for free

After a golden moment in the figure skating team event on Sunday, Ilia Malnin will be back on the ice today.

Despite a slip early in his free skate, Malinin landed five quads and a backflip to record a score of 200, enough to seal Team USA’s repeat gold medal in the team event. Now, Malinin will begin his quest for a first individual Olympic medal, and being unbeaten in his past 14 full competitions, he is still the favorite for gold.

“That’s only 50 percent of my full potential there,” Malinin said following his first team event performance on Saturday.

In addition to Malinin, Andrew Torgashev and Maxim Naumov, Team USA’s second and third-ranked men’s singles skaters will make their Olympic debuts.

Following today’s event, the top 24 skaters will move onto Friday, Feb. 13’s free dance portion. Medals will be awarded at the end of that event to the pairs with the highest combined scores.

Olympics figure skating men’s short program start time

The men’s short program at the Olympics 2026 begins at 12:15 p.m. ET today, Feb. 10. While coverage kicks off on USA Network, the program moves to NBC at 1:45 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 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 – men’s short program start list

1. Petr Gumennik (AIN)
2. Maxim Naumov (USA)
3. Andreas Nordeback (SWE)
4. Tomas Guarino Sabate (ESP)
5. Donovan Carrillo (MEX)
6. Yu-Hsiang Li (TPE)
7. Stephen Gogolev (CAN)
8. Kyrylo Marsak (UKR)
9. Hyungyeom Kim (KOR)
10. Fedirs Kuliss (LAT)
11. Vladimir Samoilov (POL)
12. Boyand Jin (CHN)
13. Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE)
14. Andrew Torgashev (USA)
15. Junhwah Cha (KOR)
16. Adam Hagara (SVK)
17. Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)
18. Matteo Rizzo (ITA)
19. Aleksandr Selevko (EST)
20. Daniel Grassl (ITA)
21. Lukas Britschgi (SUI)
22. Kevin Aymoz (FRA)
23. Kao Miura (JPN)
24. Shun Sato (JPN)
25. Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)
26. Nika Egadze (GEO)
27. Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)
28. Ilia Malinin (USA)
29. Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

Figure Skating at the Olympics 2026 schedule

• Men’s Singles – Short Program — Feb. 10, 12:30 p.m. ET
• Ice Dance – Free Dance — Feb. 11, 1:30 p.m. ET*
• Men’s Singles – Free Skating — Feb. 13, 1 p.m. ET*
• Pairs – Short Program — Feb. 15, 1:45 p.m. ET
• Pairs – Free Skating — Feb. 16, 2 p.m. ET*
• 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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