ST. LOUIS — The second day of the 2026 U.S. figure skating championships is shaping up to be another exciting night on the ice.
Thursday features the rhythm dance for the ice dance pairs and the men's short program, hightlighted by 2026 Winter Olympics medal contenders. It starts with the "Quad God" Ilia Malinin and the team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, both reigning U.S. champions poised to have one more stellar outing before heading to Milano Cortina.
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Ilia Malinin: World champion, from US looks to first Winter Olympics
Ilia Malinin acknowledges the applause in the men's short program during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Malinin finished in third place.
Where to watch 2026 U.S. figure skating championships today
Date: Jan. 8
Location: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
TV: USA Network
Day 2 of the 2026 U.S. figure skating championships will stream in its entirety on Peacock. The men'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.
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
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See the emotions: Figure skaters compete to represent the US
Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman perform in the pairs short program during the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Enterprise Center on Jan. 7, 2026 in St. Louis, Mo.
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
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