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ST. LOUIS — The 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will have another day of competition on Thursday.
The first day of the event started with pairs and women’s, followed by men’s and ice dance pairs. With the “God of the Quad” the favorite for gold at the Milan-Cortina Games, it’s another chance to watch genius Ilia Marin head to her first Olympics. Also, Jason Brown leads the rest of the team as they look to earn the final two Olympic spots for men. Madison Chock and Evan Bates are dominating the ice dance world, and the husband-and-wife pair are back in search of their fifth consecutive U.S. title.
The full schedule for the National Championships on Thursday, January 8th is as follows:
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Today’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships schedule
Always east.
- Rhythm dance: 5pm
- Men’s short program: 8:15pm
Today’s U.S. Figure Skating Championship lineup
Always east.
rhythm dance
- 5:09pm: Isabella Flores and Linus Colmore Jepsen
- 5:16pm: Vanessa Pham and Anton Spiridonov
- 5:22pm: Rafaela Consius and Alexei Shchepetov
- 5:29pm: Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani
- 5:35pm: Amy Cui and Jonathan Rogers
- 5:48pm: Eliana Peele and Ethan Peele
- 5:55pm: eva pate and logan bye
- 6:01pm: Emily Blatty and Ian Somerville
- 6:08pm: Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitri Tzarevsky
- 6:14pm: Oona Brown and Gage Brown
- 6:42pm: Leah Neset and Artem Markelov
- 6:49pm: caroline green and michael parsons
- 6:55pm: Emilia Zingas and Vadim Kolesnik
- 7:02pm: Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
- 7:08pm: Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Men’s short program
- 8:25pm: Emmanuel Sabally
- 8:32pm: Ken Mikawa
- 8:38pm: Will Annis
- 8:45pm: Ki Ovar
- 8:51pm: Samuel Mindra
- 8:58pm: Lorenzo Elano
- 9:12pm: Goku Endo
- 9:18pm: Lucius Kazaneki
- 9:25pm: Liam Kapeikis
- 9:31pm: michael sea
- 9:38pm: Maxim Naumov
- 9:44pm: Daniel Martinov
- 10:13pm: jimmy ma
- 10:20pm: Tomoki Hiwatashi
- 10:26pm: Andrew Tolgashev
- 10:33pm: Jacob Sanchez
- 10:39pm: Jason Brown
- 10:46pm: Ilia Marin
Where can you watch the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships today?
- date: January 8th
- position: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri
- tv set: united states network
- Live stream: peacock
Day 2 of the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be streamed in its entirety on Peacock. The men’s short program will also be broadcast on USA Network.
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