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The U.S. Figure Skating Championships began on Jan. 7 in St. Louis, Missouri, and run until Jan. 11.
The United States is loaded with prior champions such as Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu and Madison Chock for the women’s team. Along with Evan Bates headlining the men’s national team.
This event is, of course, a critical factor in determining who will represent the U.S. at the upcoming 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
The Sporting News has the full results from the 2026 U.S. figure skating championships.
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U.S. Figure Skating Championships results 2026Wednesday, Jan. 7Pairs Short Program
RankPairsResults1Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov75.312Audrey Shin / Balazs Nagy67.673Ellie Kam / Danny O’Shea67.134Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez67.035Katie McBeath / Daniil Parkman66.816Olivia Flores / Luke Wang63.587Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard62.348Emily Chan / Spencer Howe59.299Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer55.0910Linzy Fitzpatrick / Keyton Bearinger54.56Women’s Short Program
RankSkaterResults1Amber Glenn83.052Alysa Liu81.113Isabeau Levito75.724Sarah Everhardt71.105Bradie Tennell69.536Starr Andrews65.777Elyce Lin-Gracey65.248Josephine Lee62.799Sherry Zhang60.9910Sophie Joline von Felten60.6811Alina Bonillo58.9412Logan Higase-Chen55.0013Sonja Hilmer53.2814Emilia Nemirovsky53.2815Anabel Wallace52.7416Brooke Gewalt50.5917Katie Shen49.5018Erica Machida49.41Thursday, Jan. 8Rhythm Dance
RankPairsResults1Madison Chock / Evan Bates91.702Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik85.983Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko83.394Caroline Green / Michael Parsons80.555Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville79.436Oona Brown / Gage Brown75.727Katarina Wolfkostin / Dimitry Tsarevski74.998Eva Pate / Logan Bye73.549Leah Neset / Artem Markelov71.2810Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani71.2411Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal69.6012Amy Cui / Jonathan Rogers67.6013Isabella Flores / Linus Colmor Jepsen66.3714Raffaella Koncius / Alexey Shchepetov65.1515Vanessa Pham / Anton Spiridonov61.41Men’s Short Program
RankSkaterResults1Ilia Malinin115.102Tomoki Hiwatashi89.263Jason Brown88.494Maxim Naumov85.725Andrew Torgashev84.996Daniel Martynov81.637Jacob Sanchez81.278Liam Kapeikis78.869Kai Kovar76.9110Lucius Kazanecki75.7211Jimmy Ma75.5612Goku Endo72.6813Lorenzo Elano71.6514Samuel Mindra65.0215Emmanuel Savary60.2116Michael Xie59.9517Will Annis54.9518Ken Mikawa51.69Friday, Jan, 9Pairs Free Skate
RankPairsResults1Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov132.402Ellie Kam / Danny O’Shea129.993Emily Chan / Spence Akira Howe127.234Katie McBeath / Daniil Parkman120.435Audrey Shin / Balazs Nagy117.436Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez113.777Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard113.228Olivia Flores / Luke Wang112.289Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer97.7710Linky Fitzpatrick / Jeyton Bearinger97.37Women’s Free Skate
RankSkaterResults1Emilia Nemirovsky123.442Katie Shen108.653Brooke Gewalt102.404Sonja Hilmer100.255Erica Machida94.856Anabel Wallace91.77Saturday, Jan. 10Free Dance
RankPairTotal Score1Amy Cui / Jonathan Rogers104.792Raffaella Koncius / Alexey Shchepetov101.473Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal100.004Vanessa Pham / Anton Spiridonov97.215Isabella Flores / Linus Colmor Jepsen94.38Men’s Free Skate
RankSkaterTotal Score1Jacob Sanchez167.802Liam Kapeikis156.273Lucius Kazanecki151.354Jimmy Ma150.155Kai Kovar148.846Daniel Martynov148.327Lorenzo Elano141.698Michael Xie136.839Goku Endo130.7410Emmanuel Savary127.9311Samuel Mindra125.0212Will Annis120.8513Ken Mikawa94.22U.S. Figure Skating Championships scheduleFriday, Jan. 9Time (EST)Event2 p.m.Championship Pairs Free Skate (Group 1)2:57 p.m.Championship Women’s Free Skate (Group 1)6:21 p.m.Championship Pairs Free Skate (Groups 2 and 3)7:58 p.m.Championship Women’s Free Skate (Groups 2 and 3)Saturday, Jan. 10Time (EST)Event2:25 p.m.Championship Free Dance (Group 1)3:27 p.m.Championship Men’s Free Skate (Group 1)6:07 p.m.Championship Free Dance (Groups 2 and 3)7:53 p.m.Championship Men’s Free Skate (Groups 2 and 3)When is USA Olympic figure skating team announcement?Date: Sunday, Jan. 11Time: 2 p.m. ETThe official Team USA Olympics figure skating teams will be announced on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 2 pm ET. The U.S. Olympic team announcement and skating exhibition will be broadcast live on NBC. Cord-cutters can also stream the event live on Peacock.
USA Olympic figure skating teams for 2026The U.S. figure skating team for Milan Cortina is expected to include 16 skaters, plus alternates.
EventSkatersMen’s Singles3Women’s Singles3Pairs4 (2 teams)Ice Dance6 (3 teams)This section will be updated with the official teams following the announcement.
How is the USA Olympic figure skating team selected? After the conclusion of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, the nine-person selection committee will meet to determine which skaters will head to Milan Cortina 2026.
While skaters’ performances this week will be a major factor in those choices, the committee will also consider results from the past year, “which includes scores and placements in events, difficulty of the field, performance impact and head-to-head match ups, to determine the athletes/teams who will have the best chance to win the maximum number of medals at the Games.”
The last line is particularly important. The criteria for the selection committee makes clear consistency should be weighed more heavily than “a single great performance” in translating to a potential podium spot at the Olympics.
Marc Lancaster contributed to this article.
