US figure skating championships live updates: How to watch Ilia Malinin

ST. LOUIS — The "Quad God" of the figure skating world takes the ice tonight at the 2026 U.S. figure skating championships.

Ilia Malinin closes out Day 2 of nationals with his short program, and highlights another crop of 2026 Winter Olympic hopefuls who have major potential to win medals in Milano Cortina. Malinin has transformed the skating world, is the three-time defending U.S. champion, and is the Olympic gold medal favorite. Also in action is the dominant ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who are trying to capture their astonishing fifth straight U.S. crown.

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How to watch 2026 U.S. figure skating championships

• TV: USA Network

The second day of the 2026 U.S. figure skating championships on Jan. 8 will stream in its entirety on Peacock. The women's short program will also air on USA Network.

U.S. figure skating championships schedule today

All times Eastern.

• Rhythm dance: 5 p.m.

• Men's short program: 8:15 p.m.

When does Ilia Malinin compete?

The "Quad God" himself takes the ice at 10:46 p.m. on Thursday for his short program.

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U.S. figure skating championships lineup today

All times Eastern.

Rhythm dance

• 5:09 p.m.: Isabella Flores and Linus Colmor Jepsen

• 5:16 p.m.: Vanessa Pham and Anton Spiridonov

• 5:22 p.m.: Raffaella Koncius and Alexey Shchepetov

• 5:29 p.m.: Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani

• 5:35 p.m.: Amy Cui and Jonathan Rogers

• 5:48 p.m.: Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal

• 5:55 p.m.: Eva Pate and Logan Bye

• 6:01 p.m.: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

• 6:08 p.m.: Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski

• 6:14 p.m.: Oona Brown and Gage Brown

• 6:42 p.m.: Leah Neset and Artem Markelov

• 6:49 p.m.: Caroline Green and Michael Parsons

• 6:55 p.m.: Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik

• 7:02 p.m.: Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko

• 7:08 p.m.: Madison Chock and Evan Bates

Men's short program

• 8:25 p.m.: Emmanuel Savary

• 8:32 p.m.: Ken Mikawa

• 8:38 p.m.: Will Annis

• 8:45 p.m.: Kai Ovar

• 8:51 p.m.: Samuel Mindra

• 8:58 p.m.: Lorenzo Elano

• 9:12 p.m.: Goku Endo

• 9:18 p.m.: Lucius Kazanecki

• 9:25 p.m.: Liam Kapeikis

• 9:31 p.m.: Michael Xie

• 9:38 p.m.: Maxim Naumov

• 9:44 p.m.: Daniel Martynov

• 10:13 p.m.: Jimmy Ma

• 10:20 p.m.: Tomoki Hiwatashi

• 10:26 p.m.: Andrew Torgashev

• 10:33 p.m.: Jacob Sanchez

• 10:39 p.m.: Jason Brown

• 10:46 p.m.: Ilia Malinin

When is 2026 U.S. figure skating championships?

• Dates: Jan. 7-11

• Location: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri

The 2026 U.S. figure skating championships takes place Jan. 7-11 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

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