How to watch Team USA compete in the women’s figure skating free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics wraps up this week with the women’s singles free skate competition. A winner among the best women’s skaters will be crowned on Thursday after the free skate, or long program. At the conclusion of the women’s short program, Japan’s Ami Nakai was in first place in the women’s singles competition, followed by her Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto, and Team USA’s Alysiu Liu was in third. Also representing Team USA are Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito; the three women are known collectively as the “Blade Angels,” and they’ll all be competing in the free skate.

You can tune in to the women’s free skate on Peacock and NBC starting at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 19, and it will also re-air on USA at 1:30 a.m. ET.

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For a complete schedule of every figure skating event at this year’s games, a rundown of who is on Team USA, and how to watch, keep scrolling. And if you want to learn even more about every event at this year’s Winter Games, here’s a guide to everything you need to know about the Milan Cortina Games.

How to watch the women’s figure skating free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Date: Thursday, Feb. 19

Time: 1 p.m. ET

Location: Milano Ice Skating Arena

TV channels: NBC

Streaming: Peacock, DirecTV and more

Where to stream the women’s figure skating free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The entire women’s free skate will be available to stream on Peacock. You can also tune in at 10:30 a.m. to watch the women’s free skate warm-ups.

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Where to watch the women’s figure skating free skate on TV

The women’s free skate figure skating competition will be broadcast on NBC at 1 p.m. ET. The free skate will re-air on USA at 1:30 a.m. ET. You can stream both on DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and more.

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How to watch Olympic Figure Skating without cable:

Who is on the Team USA Figure Skating team?

These are the sixteen skaters on Team USA’s figure skating team:

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• Amber Glenn (Women’s Singles)

• Isabeau Levito (Women’s Singles)

• Alysa Liu (Women’s Singles)

• Ilia Malinin (Men’s Singles)

• Maxim Naumov (Men’s Singles)

• Andrew Torgashev (Men’s Singles)

• Madison Chock and Evan Bates (Ice Dance)

• Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko (Ice Dance)

• Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik (Ice Dance)

• Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea (Pairs)

• Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe (Pairs)

2026 Olympic Figure Skating Schedule:

Thursday, February 19

• Women’s Free Skate: 1 p.m. (NBC, Peacock, re-air at 1:30 a.m. on USA)

Saturday, February 21

• Exhibition Gala: 2 p.m. (Peacock only)

• Exhibition Gala: 2:55 p.m. (NBC, Peacock)

• Exhibition Gala: 3:50 p.m. (NBC, Peacock)

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