Milan Cortina Figure Skating Preview: The 2026 ISU Four Continents Championships on Peacock
Get an early glimpse at some the biggest Olympic figure skating names from Team USA and beyond.
The buzz is building in a big way for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games on NBC and Peacock, bringing you two full weeks of international athletic competition beginning with the February 6 Opening Ceremony.
Featuring more than 115 medal events unfolding in and around scenic Milan Cortina in northern Italy, there’s a snowy treasure trove of athletic action just waiting to unlock once the Winter Olympics gets underway. Amid all the last-minute buildup, there’s plenty of energy surrounding figure skating — one of the Winter Games’ must-watch events — and it all starts with this week’s 2025 ISU Four Continents Championships on Peacock!
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What are the 2026 ISU Four Continents Championships?
The final major international figure skating event before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, the ISU (International Skating Union) Four Continents Championships is an aptly globe-spanning competition between skaters, featuring athletes from Africa, Asia, North America, and Oceania. And as you might expect, the Four Continents Championships offer fans an early, pre-Games preview of some of the same big figure skating names we’ll be seeing throughout the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Every skater in every discipline of the Four Continents Championships will stream live on Peacock, including the U.S. pairs duo of Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov — two-time national champions — who are expected to compete after winning the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championship just two weeks ago. China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong will be skating this weekend as well, before looking to defend their 2022 Olympic pairs title in Milan. In ice dance, Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik — named to the 2026 U.S. Olympic team — also are expected to compete.
Bradie Tennell, 2018 Olympic team bronze medalist, and Sarah Everhardt, who placed third at the 2025 U.S. National Championships, also will represent the United States after placing second and third, respectively, in last year’s Four Continents Championships. Tennell placed fourth and Everhardt finished fifth at the 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Japan’s Mone Chiba and Ami Nakai, who will both make their Olympic debuts in Milan, also are planning to skate.
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How to watch the 2026 ISU Four Continents Championships on Peacock
Live coverage of the 2026 ISU Four Continents Championships begins Wednesday, January 21, with the Women’s Short Program at 11:45 p.m. ET on Peacock. E! will present coverage windows on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (January 22-24), with NBC presenting additional encore coverage on Sunday (February 1).
On the coverage call, Olympics broadcasting veteran Bill Spaulding will handle play-by-play announcing alongside 1998 Nagano Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and three-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir.
Below is the complete schedule of this week’s 2026 ISU Four Continents Championships:
*All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time; event schedules are subject to change. An ‘*’ denotes an encore performance.*
Wednesday, January 21 (11:45 p.m.) — Women’s Short (Peacock)
Thursday, January 22 (3:30 a.m.) — Rhythm Dance (Peacock)
Thursday, January 22 (7 a.m.) — Pairs’ Short (E!, Peacock)
Thursday, January 22 (11:15 p.m.) — Free Dance (Peacock)
Friday, January 23 (5 a.m.) — Women’s Free (Peacock)
Friday, January 23 (7 a.m.) — Women’s Free (E!, Peacock)
Friday, January 23 (11:15 p.m.) — Men’s Short (Peacock)
Saturday, January 24 (6:45 a.m.) — Pairs’ Free (Peacock)
Saturday, January 24 (7 a.m.) — Pairs’ Free (E!, Peacock)
Saturday, January 24 (9 a.m.) — Men’s Short (E!, Peacock)
Saturday, January 24 (11 p.m.) — Men’s Free (Peacock)
Sunday, February 1 (12 p.m.) — Exhibition Gala* (NBC)
NBC and Peacock’s coverage of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games gets underway on Friday, February 6, with an Opening Ceremony broadcast led by TODAY's Savannah Guthrie and co-host Terry Gannon, plus Olympic snowboarding royalty Shaun White joining in from the broadcast booth. All throughout the Winter Games, NBC Sports will present a total-saturation of Olympics coverage package across NBC, Peacock, and a vast array of NBCUniversal platforms.
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