Here's how fans can get a preview of Milan 2026 skating routines before each event.

MILAN (AP) — It had been four long years since American figure skater Vadym Kolesnik saw family members still living in Ukraine. Four years of Russian bombs landing on Kharkiv, reducing their homes to rubble.

Even before competing in his first Olympics, 21-year-old Ilia Malinin has transformed the sport of figure skating.

When I first arrived at college, I struggled with making friends and finding people who share similar interests with me. However, after stalking its Instagram and visiting its table at Caltopia, I was able to find solace in the Cal Figure Skating team.

The figure skating world has been embroiled in an unusual kind of controversy: Copyright law has suddenly become part of an increasingly complicated artistic equation.

Alysa Liu is back at the Olympics on her own terms, and she’s thriving on the U.S. team. Four years ago, Liu went to the COVID-hit Beijing Olympics as a 16-year-old who despised how skating and endless hours of practice had taken over her life. A two-year break, a new outlook, and a world title later, it’s all new again.