The final figure skating medals of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be awarded this afternoon following the women’s free skate.
The top 24 figure skaters from the women’s short program will move onto today’s free skate. Each routine is four minutes long and must include up to seven jumps including one axel, up to three spins, one step sequence and one choreograhpic sequence.
The short program garnered mixed results for the “Blade Angels,” a.k.a. the US women’s figure skating team. Current US champion Amber Glenn landed a triple axel, but struggled after failing to execute a triple loop, instead landing a double and getting zero points for the element. She is in 13th at the end of the short program, while Isabeau Levito is currently in eighth.
Alysa Liu is sitting in third, though, putting her in an excellent position to potentially become the first women’s singles medalist for the USA since Sasha Cohen won silver in 2006. Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto (who will skate the last Olympics program of her career today), both of Japan, are above Liu in the standings right now.
OLYMPIC figure skating: what to know
- What: Women’s free skate
- When: February 19, 1 p.m. ET
- Where: Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan, Italy)
- Channel: NBC
- Streaming: DIRECTV (try it free)
Before the Olympics wrap up, a number of figure skaters (including many of the medalists) will participate in the gala performance on Saturday afternoon.
Olympics figure skating women’s free skate start time
The women’s free skate at the Olympics 2026 begins at 1 p.m. ET today, Feb. 19.
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 live for free.
DIRECTV is our top pick for watching TV live for free — its five-day free trial includes NBC (plus every other channel you’ll need for the rest of the Winter Olympics). When the trial is over, you’ll pay as low as $49.99/month and gain access to over 90 live channels.
Sling TV is another affordable way to stream the Winter Olympics; its Select plan includes NBC and starts at $19.99/month.
Figure skating – women’s free skate start list
- Lorine Schlid (FRA)
- Kivia Kaiser (SUI)
- Mariia Seniuk (ISR)
- Kimmy Repond (SUI)
- Ruiyang Zhang (CHN)
- Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)
- Lara Naki Guttman (ITA)
- Olga Mikutina (AUT)
- Juila Sauter ( ROU)
- Iida Kahunen (FIN)
- Jia Shin (KOR)
- Amber Glenn (USA)
- Sofia Samodeklina (KAZ)
- Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)
- Niina Petrokina (EST)
- Haein Lee (KOR)
- Isabeau Levito (USA)
- Loena Hendrickx (BEL)
- Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO)
- Adeliia Petrosian (AIN)
- Mone Chiba (JPN)
- Alysa Liu (USA)
- Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
- Ami Nakai (JPN)
Figure Skating at the Olympics 2026 schedule
- 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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