The spirit of collaboration has brought U.S. figure skating into a new golden age. The 16-athlete team the United States sent to Milan may be the country’s strongest Olympic team in decades. The country has never won three figure skating gold medals in one Games. The women’s and pairs free skate competitions at the U.S. championships were NBC’s most-watched U.S. figure skating telecast since 2019, averaging 2.5 million viewers. “I honestly think if this crew can’t bring back the popularity of figure skating,” Boitano said, “I don’t think it can be done.”

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2026 06:00 UTC