Team USA's 2026 Olympic figure skaters have just been named!
TODAY's Hoda Kotb introduces the 16 who have punched their ticket to the Milan-Cortina Games, including "Quad God" Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Maxim Naumov who lost both of his parents in the 2025 DC plane crash. "I would not be here without them in any capacity," he tells Hoda.
Team USA's 2026 Olympic figure skating roster, announced after the U.S. Championships, includes top skaters like Ilia Malinin (Men's), Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito, and Alysa Liu (Women's), along with top ice dance teams Chock/Bates and pairs like Kam/O'Shea, featuring 16 athletes in total for the Milano Cortina Games.
Here's the full roster announced by U.S. Figure Skating:
- Men: Ilia Malinin, Andrew Torgashev, Maxim Naumov
- Women: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito
- Ice dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates; Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik; Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
- Pairs: Ellie Kam and Daniel O’Shea; Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe
This team, selected following the national championships, aims to build on recent success, with Malinin leading the men and strong contenders in women's singles and ice dance.
