The best skaters from the 2026 Winter Olympics will return for the non-competitive event Saturday.
MILAN, Italy β The medals are won, so now figure skaters at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics get to cut loose on the ice.
At the exhibition gala, a Winter Olympics beloved tradition, many of the best skaters across all disciplines return to the ice for an evening of what the Olympics calls “pure artistic freedom.”
“Unlike the competitive events, there are few restrictions for exhibition programs and full creative freedom is encouraged and skaters can bring props β or friends β along for the ride,” according to Olympics.com.
How to watch the Olympics figure skating exhibition gala
The exhibition gala starts at 2 p.m. ET Saturday and will air on Peacock streaming.
It will also air on NBC starting at 2:55 p.m. ET Saturday, and portions will be air in NBC’s Primetime broadcast on Saturday night.
The gala will re-air on USA Network at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Here’s who will skate in the 2026 Winter Olympics figure skating exhibition gala
- Alysa Liu (USA)
- Sakamoto Kaori (JPN)
- Nakai Ami (JPN)
- Amber Glenn (USA)
- Adeliia Petrosian (AIN)
- Niina Petrokina (EST)
- Lee Haein (KOR)
- Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)
- Kagiyama Yuma (JPN)
- Sato Shun (JPN)
- Cha Junhwan (KOR)
- Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)
- Ilia Malinin (USA)
- Daniel Grassl (ITA)
- Miura Riku / Kihara RyuichiΒ (JPN)
- Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava (GEO)
- Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin (GER)
- Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)
- Sara Conti / NiccolΓ² Macii (ITA)
- Guillaume Cizeron / Laurence Fournier Beaudry (FRA)
- Madison Chock / Evan Bates (USA)
- Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (CAN)
- Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri (ITA)
- Allison Reed / Saulius AmbruleviΔius (LTU)
- Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck (ESP)