Practice news & notes, photos, etc. - Milan 2026

[Sylvia]

Colored time & practice schedule (as of Jan. 26, 2026), starting on Jan. 31: https://results.isu.org/schedules/OWG2026_ColouredTimeSchedule.pdf

Practice Schedule & Music Order (as of Jan. 30), starting on Tuesday, Feb. 3: https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.az...SK-C07A-MusicRotation-ALL-1769794265-4742.pdf

Photos from the practice and main rinks on January 31 (included Matteo Rizzo, Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito, Andrew Torgashev, Aleksandr Selevko) by Kenji Ikai for Mainichi: https://mainichi.jp/graphs/20260131/mpj/00m/050/063000f/20260201mpj00m050001000p

Getty Images (4 photos of Alysa Liu at the practice rink on 1/31)
Getty Images (1 photo of Amber Glenn at the practice rink on 1/31)

Jackie Wong is scheduled to start posting his Live practice notes from Milan on Sunday, Feb. 1st and has debuted his Rocker Skating live web app: https://live.rockerskating.com/practice

 

[YukiNieve]

Some skaters, including Blade Angels (Alysa, Amber, Isabeau), practiced on Jan 31 in the practice rink, which is built right nest to the main rink:

フィギュアスケート公式練習スタート　ミラノ五輪 ［写真特集8/16］ | 毎日新聞

フィギュアスケートとショートトラックが行われるミラノ・アイススケートアリーナへ向かう電車内に表示される案内＝ミラノで2026年1月31日、猪飼健史撮影

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[Sylvia]

Only Aleksandr Selevko & Donovan Carrillo showed up to the Group A Men's open practice at the main rink today (Sunday) - Jackie's jump notes are here: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2026/2/1/2026-winter-olympics-practice-notes

Matthew Stockman took 3 pairs photos on Olympic ice (main rink) for Getty Images on Feb. 1st:
Kam/O'Shea (USA): https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/...-united-states-train-at-news-photo/2259381431
Chan/Howe (USA): https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/...n-of-team-united-states-news-photo/2259381333
Vaipan-Law/Digby (GBR): https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/...w-of-team-great-britain-news-photo/2259381331

 

[Rukia]

my absolute favorite brand of olympic photo is the skaters skating on top of the olympic rings in the rink so thank you @Sylvia for feeding me

 

[Sylvia]

From Jackie Wong today (I've copied out selected tweets below):

Men's group C - open practice happening now [practice rink]: Donovan Carrillo, Edward Appleby
Clean SP runthrough from Donovan Carrillo: 4S3T, 3A, 3Lz
Next open practice: Ilia Malinin, Vladimir Samoilov. No jumps for Ilia Malinin for practice today - all stroke, edge turn drills
Ilia Malinin wearing Alex Ovechkin's gold/yellow laces in practice today. These were laces that Ovechkin gifted him - he said he will likely wear those for the competition
Women's open practice: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Kristen Spours
Amber Glenn just did side-by-side spirals with Alysa Liu during her step sequence

On practice in the main rink now: Ilia Malinin, Vladimir Samoilov - Malinin told me earlier that he will be doing more in this session
Ice dancers on the main rink for open practice: Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron, Fear/Gibson, Bekker/Hernandez, Lim/Quan
Chock/Bates and Davis/Smolkin on this practice session - new FD costumes for Chock/Bates - Bates has more shoulder sparkle and the red lining on Chock's cape skirt is back
On open practice now: Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, Kristen Spours, Madeline Schizas
Amber's SP runthrough: 3A(fall), 3F3T, 3Lo
Amber Glenn just did side-by-side spirals with Alysa Liu during her step sequence

Links: https://live.rockerskating.com/practice & https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2026/2/1/2026-winter-olympics-practice-notes

Getty Images [click here] - practices on Feb. 2 (176 photos total)

 

[Sylvia]

Olympics' clip of Alysa at the practice rink: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUQRmQIgk0A/

Alysa's own clip of her 3Lz+3T in the main rink today:

刘美贤 Alysa Liu on Instagram: "First session out on the Olympic surface 🙈🙈"

966K likes, 856 comments - alysaxliu on February 2, 2026: "First session out on the Olympic surface 🙈🙈".

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Jackie Wong: "Lutz-toe from Alysa Liu has very much improved in the rideout of the lutz, which is always key to the rotation for that toe"
Liu: 2A, 3S, 3T, 3T, 3Lo, 3F2T, 3Lz2A2T, 3Lz3T, runthru (3F, 3Lz3T(step), 3S, 3Lo, 3Lz2A2T, 3F2T, 2A), 3Lz3T, 3Lz1Lo, 3Lz3Lo, 3S https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2026/2/1/2026-winter-olympics-practice-notes

ETA some photos by Joosep Martinson for Getty Images (many more are linked in my post above):

Joosep Martinson on Instagram: "Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 during a training session on day minus four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 02, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Joosep Martinson @gettysport ) #olym

1,092 likes, 2 comments - jmfotoz on February 2, 2026: "Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 during a training session on day minus four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 02, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Joosep Martinson @gettysport ) #olympics...

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Joosep Martinson on Instagram: "Ilia Malinin of 🇺🇸 during a training session on day minus four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 02, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Joosep Martinson @gettysport )

11K likes, 22 comments - jmfotoz on February 2, 2026: "Ilia Malinin of 🇺🇸 during a training session on day minus four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 02, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Joosep Martinson @gettysport ) #olympics...

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Malinin: marked runthrus, 2A, 3S, 3T, 3Lo(step), 3Lo, 3F, 3Lz(turn), 3Lz3T, 3Lz1Eu3F, 3T3T, 3S2A, 3A, 3S3A, 2S(step), 4S, 3T, 2T(step), 4Lo, 4Lo, 4F, 2Lz(turn), 4Lz, 4Lz3T, 4Lz1Eu3F, 4A, 4T(hangs on)2T(2ft), 4T(ftdwn)3T, 4S3A, 4T, 4T3T, 3T

Zakarian's clip of Ilia's 4A in the main rink: https://x.com/TheIliaSociety/status/2018354003776782600

 

[YukiNieve]

Ilia's comment after the practice according to a Japanese reporter (Feb 2):

I had a satisfying first practice session in the mail arena. I enjoyed it a lot. I will get used to the ice over the next few days. The ice suited my skates well, so I didn't need to put in much effort.

The translation is from English to Japanese to English again, so it's just a rough summary.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8c02c3b30b5d19dee151119fbd37dc61e2575d2d

 

[Karen-W]

Oh boy... can't wait for whatever incoming Ilia-Snoop Dogg content may be incoming from NBC...

https://x.com/i/status/2018647796610670696

 

[Sylvia]

Getty Images - Feb. 3 (besides the many Ilia photos + Snoop Dogg, I also see Ed Appleby & Yu-Hsiang Li practicing in the main rink)

Jackie's practice notes today are for Malinin/Carillo in the main rink; Ice Dance in the practice rink; and Women/Pairs team event practices in the practice rink: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2026/2/1/2026-winter-olympics-practice-notes
Excerpts:

Malinin working on the back cross-rolls entrance to 3A in the short, currently doesn't look like he's going for the 4A in the short
Malinin: marked runthru, 2A(step), 2A, 3F, 3Lz, 3A, 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T, 3F, 3F, 3A, 3A, 3T, 3T, 3T, 3T, 3Lo, 3Lo(step), 3Lo, 2Lo, 3Lo
Snoop Dogg has arrived

Carrillo: 3Lo, 3Lz3T, 3A, 3S, 4S, 4T(ur,fall), runthru (4S(step), 4T(ur?fall), 3Lz3T, 3F2A2A, 3Lz), 3A, 3A2T, 2S, 4S(fall), 2S, 4S(ur,fall), 4T, 3A2T, 4S, 3A

Also hearing that today is Team Japan's day off, so we will likely not see any of them here today in practice

All three US dance teams on practice ice [practice rink] right now - Chock/Bates the one of the three in full costume
For those wondering about Chock/Bates' choreo slide at the end of their FD re: potential of skirt trippage, she wraps her skirt/cape around her during that lift slide so that there is no real issue of any toepick tripping

Fear/Gibson (and also other skaters today) saying the practice rink ice feels like the main rink ice - very satisfied with the conditions here
Lilah Fear is wearing Victoria Beckham’s makeup for their Spice Girls rhythm dance

Glenn: 3Lo, 3F, 3F3T, 3Lz2T, 3A, [FS] runthru (3A, 3F3T, marked Lz/S, 3Lo2A2A, marked F, 3Lo), 3Lo2A2A, 3F, 3Lo

His tweeted updates on Sara Conti's injury:
Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii on the ice for practice - Conti wearing a brace on her right knee
Sara Conti landing solo triple salchows just fine, but no throws yet
Conti/Macii getting a feel for the ice, no twists/lifts/throws, did both sbs, and Conti doesn't look to have discomfort in her knee, very much limiting what they are doing here right now in this session
Twists were more tentative given she picks in with her right leg, not getting the split and the clean catch; just did a first throw and that was the first I've seen a bit of discomfort from Conti; second thr3S was a beauty

Conti/Macii in the mixed: 1st day in the village and on Olympic ice; surreal to be here. Injury happened on 12/28, thr3Lo error and had a tear in the knee. Didn’t skate for 15 days, on crutches. Knee brace is for precaution, but she is back to doing everything.
Conti/Macii more on injury: Torsion is the issue when she feels pain, like takeoff of her sal, pick on the twist, and landing of the throws

Clip of Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron in practice yesterday:

Jeux Olympiques on Instagram: "Derniers réglages pour Laurence Fournier Beaudry et Guillaume Cizeron, à quelques jours de l’épreuve de danse sur glace à @milanocortina2026 ⛸️ 🗓️ RDV les 9 et 11 février ! #JeuxOlympiques"

12K likes, 107 comments - jeuxolympiques on February 3, 2026: "Derniers réglages pour Laurence Fournier Beaudry et Guillaume Cizeron, à quelques jours de l’épreuve de danse sur glace à @milanocortina2026 ⛸️ 🗓️ RDV les 9 et 11 février ! #JeuxOlympiques".

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[Aussie Willy]

Someone posted a clip on FB of Ilia doing spreadeagle into 4A+3T from practise. Perfection. He continues to amaze me.

Sorry tried to find the clip but it disappeared from my feed.

Found it - https://www.facebook.com/reel/878599958504842

 

[Sylvia]

Someone posted a clip on FB of Ilia doing spreadeagle into 4A+3T from practise. Perfection. He continues to amaze me.

It's not TSL's clip (no credit given, not surprisingly) - it's Ari Zakarian's from his Instagram story, filmed in Bergamo - from Ilia's fan thread:

Ilia Malinin's [spreadeagle entry] 4A+3T at the practice for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games at IceLab, Bergamo, filmed by Ari Zakarian today: https://x.com/TheIliaSociety/status/2018704884430774469

 

[taz'smum]

Someone posted a clip on FB of Ilia doing spreadeagle into 4A+3T from practise. Perfection. He continues to amaze me.

Sorry tried to find the clip but it disappeared from my feed.

Found it - https://www.facebook.com/reel/878599958504842

Ilia is not human.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Ilia is not human.

He is from another planet. Never seen another skater like him.

 

[Sylvia]

Zingas/Kolesnik's first practice on the Olympic ice main rink earlier today (Tuesday): https://www.tiktok.com/@zingaskolesnik33/video/7602541954995326238

Amber's TikTok clips (3A, 3F+3T, 3A, spin, choreo. moves) from the practice rink today: https://www.tiktok.com/@amberglenniceskater/video/7602698743355362591

 

[bardtoob]

"Tha Lympics" is here!

 

[Sylvia]

Jackie's Practice notes are updated through Wednesday, Feb. 4: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2026/2/1/2026-winter-olympics-practice-notes
Women (2 sessions): Schizas & Zhang (CHN) in the early afternoon; Gubanova, Kurakova, Zhang, Sakamoto, Gutmann, Schild, Schizas, Liu in the evening team event practice
Pairs (4): Pereira/Michaud, Pavlova/Sviatchenko, Kovalevs, Miura/Kihara
Men (4): Malinin, Jin, Gogolev, Li (TPE)

@terisa asked in another thread:

Are the practices being streamed?

I was just on Peacock's Olympics landing page scrolling through tomorrow's offerings and there is a tile for Figure Skating Training!

My Peacock tile for Thursday, Feb. 5 says "8:10am [Eastern start time] 5h 30m" - looking at the practice order/music schedule document linked above, the 2 Team Women Single Skating's practices are scheduled to go from 14:10-14:45 & 14:45-15:30 in Milan (6 hours ahead of ET):
Group 1 music order (SP or FS): KOR (Jia or Haien), USA (Alysa or Amber), SCHIZAS Madeline CAN, SCHILD Lorine FRA, SPOURS Kristen GBR
Group 2 music order: JPN (Kaori), KURAKOVA Ekaterina POL, ZHANG Ruiyang CHN, GUBANOVA Anastasiia GEO, GUTMANN Lara Naki ITA
To be followed by Ice Dance, Pairs & Men (ends at 19:40 = 1:40 pm ET). I'll copy out the music order for the other disciplines later.

ETA:

Team Event Ice Dance teams' practice (RD or FD) 15:30-16:00 & 16:00-16:30:
Group 1 music order: LIM Hannah/QUAN Ye KOR, DOVHAL Sofiia/KULESZA Wiktor POL, WANG Shiyue/LIU Xinyu CHN, FRA (Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron), GBR (Fear/Gibson)
Group 2 music order: YOSHIDA Utana/MORITA Masaya JPN, USA (Chock/Bates), CAN (Gilles/Poirier), DAVIS Diana/SMOLKIN Gleb GEO, GUIGNARD Charlene/FABBRI Marco ITA

Team Event Pairs' practice (SP or FS) 16:40-17:10; 17:10-17:40; 17:50-18:20:
Group 1 music order: KOVALEV Camille/KOVALEV Pavel FRA, USA (Kam/O'Shea), CAN (Pereira/Michaud)
Group 2 music order: ITA (Conti/Macii), JPN (Miura/Kihara), VAIPAN-LAW Anastasia/DIGBY Luke GBR
Group 3 music order: METELKINA Anastasiia/BERULAVA Luka GEO, CHTCHETININA Ioulia/WOZNIAK Michal POL, SUI Wenjing/HAN Cong CHN

Team Event Men's practice (SP or FS) 18:30-19:05 & 19:05-19:40:
Group 1 music order: SAMOILOV Vladimir POL, USA (Malinin), JIN Boyang CHN, FRA (Siao Him Fa or Aymoz), EGADZE Nika GEO
Group 2 music order: JPN (Kagiyama or Sato), KOR (Cha), GOGOLEV Stephen CAN, APPLEBY Edward GBR, ITA (Grassl or Rizzo)

 

[Sylvia]

Olympics Figure Skating channel on YT has practice footage (6 videos in this playlist currently): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6HqZh_E_Utb6qqh25euAy03h7inuzRJx

Waiting for Peacock to show practice!

 

[Sylvia]

Group 1 music order (SP or FS): KOR (Jia or Haien), USA (Alysa or Amber), SCHIZAS Madeline CAN, SCHILD Lorine FRA, SPOURS Kristen GBR

NBC camera is focusing on Amber as Jia Shin's music plays. 3F+3T, 3A both landed. Amber's RT now.

Jackie's live practice notes: https://live.rockerskating.com/practice

 

[Sylvia]

NBC camera is focused solely on Amber Glenn in Peacock's 1st live practice stream - fun to watch Jackie's notes appear on screen for the other skaters here while hearing SP run though music for the others : https://live.rockerskating.com/practice
Amber did 3F+3T & 3A right before her clean RT (3A, 3F+3T, 3Lo).

 

[Karen-W]

NBC camera is focused solely on Amber Glenn in Peacock's 1st live practice stream - fun to watch Jackie's notes appear on screen for the other skaters here while hearing SP run though music for the others : https://live.rockerskating.com/practice
Amber did 3F+3T & 3A right before her clean RT (3A, 3F+3T, 3Lo).

I just tweeted at NBCOlympics that anyone tuning in for the FS training is enough of a diehard fan that we want to see all the skaters in the group, not just the Americans. Yeesh. They've done fine at SkAm in the past.

 

[Karen-W]

So, no American in the 2nd group - looks like the NBC camera plans on focusing on Kaori, lol.

 

[Sylvia]

Group 2 music order: JPN (Kaori SP run through: skipped 3Lz, 2A, 3F+3T), KURAKOVA Ekaterina POL, ZHANG Ruiyang CHN, GUBANOVA Anastasiia GEO [not on this practice says Jackie], GUTMANN Lara Naki ITA

 

[Allen]

Here is the list of officials for those interested: https://wmr-static-assets.scd.dgpla...K-------------------------------__C35_2.0.pdf

 

[Karen-W]

OMG! The NBC camera is now showing Lara Naki!!!

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks @Allen - I just re-posted your link in a relevant thread in GSD.

Lara Naki Gutmann skipped her 3T+3T combo, landed 2A & 3Lz.

 

[Allen]

Thanks @Allen - I just re-posted your link in a relevant thread in GSD.

Lara Naki Gutmann skipped her 3T+3T combo, landed 2A & 3Lz.

Thanks, I somehow missed that this was practice...it's still early

 

[Sylvia]

Team Event Ice Dance teams' practice (RD or FD) 15:30-16:00 & 16:00-16:30:
Group 1 music order: LIM Hannah/QUAN Ye KOR, DOVHAL Sofiia/KULESZA Wiktor POL, WANG Shiyue/LIU Xinyu CHN, FRA (Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron), GBR (Fear/Gibson)
Group 2 music order: YOSHIDA Utana/MORITA Masaya JPN, USA (Chock/Bates), CAN (Gilles/Poirier), DAVIS Diana/SMOLKIN Gleb GEO, GUIGNARD Charlene/FABBRI Marco ITA

 

[Karen-W]

First ice dance group on the ice - no Brits or Wang/Liu; Lolo & Gui here for the French.

 

[terisa]

L F-B's butt appears to be the focus of this practice group...

 

[Karen-W]

TE Pairs Group 1 is on the ice - KamO and PerMich are there; ETA2 - so are Les Kovs.

TE Pairs Group 3 had the first practice today - SuiHan skipped, ChtWoz were there & I think MetBeru were too but wasn't paying super-close attention.

The NBC camera is focused solely on Danny at the moment, lol.

ETA - is that Nina Mozer next to Drew Meekins at the boards?