The U.S. figure skating team for the 2026 Olympics is set.
Sixteen athletes were officially selected on Sunday following the U.S. figure skating championships in St. Louis.
The group includes three returners and 13 Olympic newcomers.
Here’s a look at who will be competing for Team USA at the Milan Cortina Olympics next month:
Ice dance
Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
- Carreira and Ponomarenko will make their Olympic debut for the Milan Cortina Games. The pair of 25-year-old skaters finished third at the U.S. championships.
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik
- Zingas and Kolesnik are headed to their first Olympics next month. They finished second in the ice dance at the U.S. championships, behind only Chock and Bates.
Here are five things to know about Olympic ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
Pairs
Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea
- The pair of Kam and O’Shea will make their Olympic debuts in 2026 after first partnering up in 2022. Kam, just 21 years old, and O’Shea, 34, both hail from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Emily Chan and Spence Akira Howe
- Chan and Howe were fourth in the pairs at the U.S. championships, but that was enough to earn their first Olympic trip.
Women’s
Amber Glenn
- Glenn, a 26-year-old from Texas, will make her Olympic debut after missing out in 2022 due to a poor championships showing and positive COVID-19 test. She finished first at the championships this year, leaving now doubt ahead of her Olympic debut.
Isabeau Levito
Alysa Liu
- The 20-year-old from Oakland, California, is back for her second Olympics after debuting in 2022 at just 16 years old. She finished sixth in her first Olympics, and second at the U.S. championships this week.
Figure skating world champion Alysa Liu marches to her own beat with a distinctive piercing and a fashion sense put to the test as she judges skating outfits.
Men’s
Ilia Malinin
Maxim Naumov
Andrew Torgashev
Ilia Malinin has won two figure skating world titles and three U.S. National Championships thanks in part to his ability to land a quadruple axel.
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