Friday is the final day of men’s individual figure skating events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. While U.S. superstar Ilia Malinin leads the field, he faces plenty of challengers, two in particular So who will participate in the men’s figure skating final? Skaters’ order is dete rmined by how they did in the short program. Here is the start list, according to the official Olympics site for Milan Cortina. (Also, watch all of the action using the link below. Event starts at 1 p.m.) USA’s Ilia Malinin goes for gold in men’s figure skating competition These are the men’s figure skating participants today The men’s singles free skate starts at 1 p.m. ET. Malinin is set to skate last in the field of 24, with his two primary challengers rounding out the final three. Malinin has kept fans waiting to see if he’ll attempt the quadruple axel that earned him his “Quad God” nickname. In the meantime, here’s the order for today: Li Yu-Hsiang, Chinese Tapei Donovan Carrillo, Mexico Kao Miura, Japan Vladimir Samoilov, Poland Adam Hagarta, Slovakia Lukas Britschgi, Switzerland Aleksandr Selevko, Estonia Deniss Vasiljevs, Latvia Matteo Rizzo, Italy Nika Egadze, Georgia Maxim Naumov, USA Boyang Jin, China Petr Gumenik, AIN Kyrylo Marsak, Ukraine Stephen Gogolev, Canada Shun Sato, Japan Andrew Torgashev, USA Kevin Aymoz, France Junhwan Cha, Korea Mikhail Shaidorov, Kazakhstan Daniel Grassl, Italy Adam Siao Him Fa, France Yumo Kagiyama, Japan var pymParent = new pym.Parent('olyLink8657', 'https://visuals.otsops.com/projects/milan-links-generator/visual-link.html?link=https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/relive-ilia-malinins-compelling-short-programtitle=Relive%20Ilia%20Malinin%27s%20stunning%20short%20programrand=8657image=https://images.nbcolympics.com/sites/default/files/post/short_form_video/2026/02/11/oly26_fsmen_ce_7391_00malinin_260210.jpg?impolicy=rect_medium_1024_576', {title: '', parenturlparam: '', parenturlvalue: ''}); Here’s the remainder of the Olympic figure skating schedule But when is it the women’s turn, you ask? That comes next week. Tuesday, Feb 17: Women’s single skating-short program — 12:45 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 19: Women’s single skating-free skate — 1 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 21: Exhibition Gala: The exhibition gala (a non-medal event) begins at 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT The U.S. has won more Olympic gold medals (17) in figure skating events than any other country, and the most medals overall, with 54 in total. Russia ranks second in total gold medals, with 14. ...read more read less