2026 Winter Olympics Hub

Welcome to IDC’s Coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics

Team IDC journalist Matteo Morelli and photographer Melanie Heaney are on-site in Milan, Italy. Matteo will be sharing reports and blogs and Melanie will be submitting photos from the events.

We will also be sharing news, reports, photos and more on our social media accounts, so follow us via the links below.  We are @icedancecom on all social media platforms.

Follow LIVE event results via the ISU Event Results page (link coming soon)

Previews & Reports

Photos

Articles

  • 2026 Winter Olympics Preview
  • Recap: Rhythm Dance
  • Recap: Free Dance
  • Team Event
  • Individual Events

Matteo’s Olympic Blog

Melanie’s Olympic Blog

COMPETITORS

Holly Harris & Jason Chan (AUS)
Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (CAN)
Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha (CAN)
Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac (CAN)
Shiyue Wang & Xinyu Liu (CHN)
Kateřina Mrázková & Daniel Mrázek (CZE)
Natalie Taschlerova & Filip Taschler (CZE)
Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis (FIN)
Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)
Diana Davis & Gleb Smolkin (GEO)
Jennifer Janse von Rensburg & Benjamin Steffan (GER)
Phebe Bekker & James Hernandez (GBR)
Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson (GBR)
Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri (ITA)
Hannah Lim & Ye Quan (KOR)
Allison Reed & Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)
Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck (ESP)
Sofia Val & Asaf Kazimov (ESP)
Milla Ruud Reitan & Nikolaj Majorov (SWE)
Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)
Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA)
Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik (USA)

TEAM EVENT ONLY
Utana Yoshida & Masaya Morita (JPN)
Sofia Dovhal & Wiktor Kulesza (POL)

SCHEDULE
DATEEVENTCENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME ZONEEASTERN TIME ZONE
Friday, February 6
Team Event: Rhythm Dance
Team Event: Pairs Short
Team Event: Women’s Short 		9:55 AM
11:35 AM
1:35 PM		3:55 AM
5:35 AM
7:35 AM
Saturday, February 7
Team Event: Men’s Short
Team Event: Free Dance		7:45 PM
10:05 PM		1:45 PM
4:05 PM
Sunday, February 8
Team Event: Pairs Free
Team Event: Women’s Free
Team Event: Men’s Free 		7:30 PM
8:45 PM
9:55 PM		1:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:55 PM
Monday, February 9Rhythm Dance7:20 PM1:20 PM
Tuesday, February 10Men’s Short Program6:30 PM12:30 PM
Wednesday, February 11Free Dance7:30 PM1:30 PM
Friday, February 13Men’s Free Skate7:00 PM1:00 PM
Sunday, February 15Pairs Short Program7:45 PM1:45 PM
Monday, February 16Pairs Free Skate8:00 PM2:00 PM
Tuesday, February 17Women’s Short Program6:45 PM12:45 PM
Thursday, February 19Women’s Free Skate7:00 PM1:00 PM
TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Please refer to the following ISU Communications for information on the technical requirements for the rhythm and free dances for the 2025-2026 season, including the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

FUN FACTS

Youngest Competitor

  • Kateřina Mrázková (CZE) – Born August 25, 2006
  • Daniel Mrázek (CZE) – May 15, 2003

Oldest Competitor

  • Charlene Guignard (ITA) – August 12, 1989
  • Marco Fabbri (ITA) – February 2, 1988

Longest Partnerships

  • Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri (2010)
  • Madison Chock & Evan Bates (2011)
  • Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (2011)
  • Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha (2011)
  • Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko (2014)

Olympic birthdays

  • Though no ice dancers will celebrate a birthday during the Olympics, Marco Fabbri (ITA) turns 38 a few days before on February 2, and Evan Bates turn 37 on February 23 (the day after the Olympics conclude).

Flag Bearers

  • Diana Davis (GEO)
  • Olivia Smart (ESP)

Olympic Experience

Fifth Olympics – 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

  • Evan Bates (USA) w/Emily Samuelson – 2010; w/Madison Chock – 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

Fourth Olympics –

  • Madison Chock (USA) 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026
  • Paul Poirier w/Vanessa Crone -2010; w/Piper Gilles – 2018, 2022, 2026

Third Olympics – 2018, 2022, 2026

  • Piper Gilles (CAN)
  • Shiyue Wang & Xinyu Liu (CHN)
  • Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) w/Gabriella Papadakis – 2018, 2022; w/Laurence Fournier Beaudry – 2026