Once the fever of the 2026 Winter Olympics sets in, excitement for the iconic ice dance increases.
The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, the individual figure skating competitions, start with a bang, the ice dancing event, and look set to take your breath away.
While Americans try to convert three consecutive world titles into Olympic gold, Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
Additionally, three reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates join the exciting competition as the ones to watch, but they will face stiff competition in the form of a newly formed partnership between Laurence Fournier Beaudry and reigning Olympic gold medalist Guillaume Cizeron.
Cizeron previously won the Olympic title in Beijing 2022 with former partner Gabriella Papadakis.
Format of the ice dancing competition in Milano Cortina 2026
In ice dancing competitions, skaters perform both a rhythm dance and a free dance. The music genre for the short program is chosen each year by the International Skating Union (ISU). The theme for 2026 is ‘The music, dance styles and feeling of the nineties’.
The scores for each event are determined by a panel of two technical specialists and a technical controller, who determines the level of execution of the technical element performed by the skaters. The quality of the performance and other artistic elements, such as the interpretation, are determined by a panel of nine jury members.
The sum of the scores determines the winner at the end of the two rounds.
The star list and full schedule of ice dancing at Milano Cortina 2026 revealed:
The Olympic figure skating medalist shares the list of skaters to watch at the Milano Cortina 2026 ice dancing competition.
Who has qualified for ice dancing at Milano Cortina 2026?
These are the teams qualified to participate in Milano Cortina 2026:
Australia
Holly Harris/Jason Chan
Canada
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
China
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Czech Republic
Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler
Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek
Finland
Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
France
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Guillaume Cizeron
Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
Georgia
Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin
Germany
Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
Great Britain
Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez
Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Italy
Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Lithuania
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevicius
South Korea
Hannah Lim / Ye Quan
Spain
Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck
Sofia Val / Asaf Kazimov
United States
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik
Where will ice dancing take place during Milano Cortina 2026?
The competition takes place in the Milan skating arena.
Full schedule of ice dancing in Milano Cortina 2026
All times CET (UTC+1) and subject to change.
February 9 – 7:20 PM Rhythm dance
February 11 – 7:30 PM Free Dance
How to watch the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
You can watch the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics via traditional broadcasting and streaming on the platforms of different media rights holders (MRHs) for each territory.
These include, but are not limited to:
Australia – Nine
Brazil – TV Globo, CazéTV
Canada – CBC, Bell Media, Rogers Media
Pan Europe – Warner Bros Discovery (HBO Max, Eurosport), national EBU broadcasters
France – Warner Bros Discovery, France TV
Germany – Warner Bros Discovery, ARD, ZDF
Italy – Warner Bros Discovery, RAI
Japan – Japan Consortium (NHK, JBA, Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo)
Netherlands – Warner Bros Discovery, NOS
New Zealand – Air
People’s Republic of China – China Media Group (CCTV, Yangshipin)
Republic of Korea – JTBC, Naver
Switzerland – Warner Bros Discovery, SRF, RTS, RSI
United Kingdom – Warner Bros Discovery (Discovery+, TNT Sports), BBC Sport
United States of America – NBC Olympic Games, Peacock
Additionally, in select regions, subject to restrictions, you can also watch the Milano Cortina 2026 action on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com.
