From Tara Lipinski to Brian Boitano, the United States has produced an array of figure skating superstars. Learn more about top Olympic performers now.

Alysa Liu’s incredible comeback story has led her to the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, after previously retiring from competitive figure skating. Liu made history as the youngest-ever U.

After competing in the 2022 Olympics, Liu got to enjoy parts of her life that she never could while competing and training constantly.

The U.S. figure skater tells PEOPLE how her time away from the sport revitalized her love for it

Simply put, Ilia Malinin has the greatest array of jumps any figure skater in history has ever possessed. He’s launched himself into the air for seven quadruple jumps in a single long program at last month’s Grand Prix Final and was the first skater to land a quad Axel.

Keep abreast of every event at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina with our day-by-day and sport-by-sport schedules

Follow along for live updates from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games. Get the latest news, results, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.