Evan Bates of Team USA speaks about being in a Winter Olympics after the pandemic ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Games in Milan, Italy. More #GettyVideo 🎥 Javier Mostacero Carrera 👉 shorturl.at/CFgoy

There are just not enough characters to type out all the words today. So I’ll instead point you to this piece by Les Carpenter & Co. It will be essential to understanding and appreciating one of the most compelling, dynamic athletes washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…

Piper Gilles' ice dancing career has been shaped by her mother’s cancer journey and her own. When she competes on the world stage at Milano Cortina 2026, she'll be skating for them both torontolife.com/memoir/piper-g…

Luka Berulava in the mixed: Preparations have gone well since Europeans, usual training regimen. He is Nika Egadze’s godfather (Georgian Orthodox, baptism happened 6mo ago). Feels pressure for himself and for Nika. Will go to Egna after Team Event to train #MilanoCortina2026

Chtchetinina/Wozniak in the mixed: amazing to be skating in both the team before the individual. You make the most of the skating you have at the Olympics. Chtchetinina feels like she’s making up for not qualifying for Beijing. Going to Switzerland after team event and then back

U.S. figure skating cham Amber Glenn speaking extensively in Milan about the sport’s music licensing issue, calling the process “strenuous” for athletes. I broke down the convoluted stakes for skaters, their governing bodies, and the music industry here sportico.com/leagues/olympi…

Ghilardi/Ambrosini in the mixed: excited to have family here to cheer them on. Preparation since euros amplified - it’s the last push - to be as ready as possible. Prob will come watch team event, will do opening ceremony #MilanoCortina2026

Anastasia Vaipan-Law in the mixed: Really likes it here and will stay the whole time after the Team Event just to get locked in for competition the whole way through #MilanoCortina2026

Eloquent @EvanBates - Team USA's clip from the press conference: instagram.com/reel/DUWEhOykR… I'm so impressed w/ the younger generation of skaters... the spirit, curiosity, fearlessness... the perfect balance of handling the nerves & stage, going out there w/ absolute joy & freedom."

Practice notes Gutmann: 2A, 3Lz, 3Lz, 3T, 3T, 3T3T, 3T3T, runthru (3T3T, 2A, 3Lz) Gubanova: 3Lz, 2A, runthru (3F3T, 2A, 3Lz), 3F3T(ur,fall), 3Lz2A2T, 3Lo bit.ly/45JzQJH #MilanoCortina2026

Practice notes Sakamoto: 2A, 3Lo, 3Lz, 2A3T2T, 3F(q,fall), 3F3T, runthru (2A, 2F, 3Lz(e?)2T, 3S, marked F, 1A(<<,2ft), 3Lo(ur?)), 3F, 3F3T, 2A3T2T, 2A3T2T, 3Lo, 3F3T, 3F, 3Lo bit.ly/45JzQJH #MilanoCortina2026

"From selecting the music to handling pressure, 🇺🇸figure skating coaches [Drew Meekins & Damon Allen] help their athletes [Ellie Kam & Danny O'Shea and Amber Glenn] find balance" by Anthony Cotton Colorado Matters (Feb. 4, 2026): cpr.org/2026/02/04/fig… #MilanoCortina2026

Scroll down to read "Evan Bates and Madison Chock, the husband-and-wife figure skating duo who moved to Montreal to train" in the Architectural Digest feature on 7 #MilanoCortina2026 Olympians' living spaces (Feb. 2, 2026): architecturaldigest.com/story/how-wint… Their 3 photos: instagram.com/p/DUS4cPrDIec/

Practice notes Liu: 3F, 3F, 3Lz3Lo, runthru (3F, 2A, 3Lz3Lo(q?)), 2A, 2A, 3Lz(turn), 3Lz3Lo, 3F, 3S, 3Lz3T Schizas: 2A2A2A, 3Lo, runthru (marked Lz, 2A, marked Lo), 3Lz2T, 3Lz3T(ur,fall), 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T(ftdwn), 3F3T(ur) bit.ly/45JzQJH #MilanoCortina2026

🗓️ Set your alarms, I’ll be live in a couple hours - 5pm ET / 11pm Milano - to preview the #MilanoCortina2026 Team Event and to talk Minions and all the things I’ve learned this week and this season about music rights Come join me! youtube.com/watch?v=OyJhou…

7 ice dance practice photos (all 3🇺🇸teams + 🇨🇦G/P, 🇫🇷FB/C, 🇰🇷L/Q & 🇸🇪R/M) by Danielle Earl in the practice rink on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026: instagram.com/p/DUUDLMJjMB1/ #MilanoCortina2026

I thought she wasn’t on X but she is! tinaweltz_media is the talented photographer who took these photos at Nationals!

11 ice dance photos (🇨🇦G/P, 🇰🇷L/Q, 🇬🇧F/G & B/H, 3🇺🇸teams C/B, Z/K & C/P, 🇬🇪D/S, 🇫🇮T/V, 🇫🇷FB/C & 🇨🇿Filip Taschler) by Melanie Heaney in the practice rink on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026: instagram.com/p/DUWApNVCFBJ/ #MilanoCortina2026

👍In 🇺🇸 this Peacock livestream scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 from 8:10 am-1:40 pm Eastern time coincides with the Team Event practices in the practice rink - order is Women, Ice Dance, Pairs & Men per the Practice Schedule/Music Rotation document: isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontaine…

.The Washington Post staff laid off while in Milan still hope to find beauty in the Olympics: cbc.ca/sports/olympic… At 3 pm Les Carpenter opened his email. “I’m out,” he said. Rick Maese was told shortly after that he had been kept. “Congratulations,” Carpenter said to his friend.