Figure Skating at Winter Olympics 2026 Free Streams: How to watch Milano Cortina

Ilia Malinin could end up being to Milano Cortina what Leon Marchand was to Paris 2024. He’s never competed at the Winter Olympics before, but there’s a sense of inevitability about the 21-year-old, who’s nicknamed Quad God because he’s the only skater to have landed a fully rotated quadruple Axel in competition. The two-time world champion is the clear favorite for gold in the men’s singles.

There’s a fascinating three-way tussle to look forward to in the women’s singles. Three-time world champion and 2022 silver medalist Kaori Sakamoto is hoping to glide off into the sunset with her first Olympic gold, but she’ll be competing against Alysa Liu, the former prodigy who retired at the age of 16, came back two years later and quickly dethroned Sakamoto as the new world champion. Compared to those two, Amber Glenn is the underdog, but she’s got the talent to pull off a shock.