There’s one figure skating competition left on the Milan Cortina schedule. Medals will be awarded in the women’s figure skating event Thursday at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The two-skate event wraps up with the free skate. One member of Team USA’s “Blade Angels” sits in a podium posit ion following Tuesday’s short program. Alysa Liu is halfway to her first individual Olympic medal after recording the third-best score of 76.59. Liu’s short program included the most difficult combination attempted by any skater in the field — a triple lutz-triple loop. The California native finished sixth in the competition at the 2022 Beijing Games. She helped Team USA win gold in the team event earlier in these Games, placing second in the women’s short program. Liu enters the final behind a pair of Japanese skaters in Ami Nakai (78.71 score) and Kaori Sakamoto (77.23). Sakamoto is the reigning bronze medalist. The first skater currently outside the podium also represents Japan, as Mone Chiba is fourth with 74.00 points. Japan is looking to become the first country to ever sweep the podium in the event. Meanwhile, the other two “Blade Angels” have ground to make up. Mistakes by Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn left them in eighth and 13th, respectively. Levito and Glenn are both making their Olympic debut. Glenn, like Liu, was part of the Americans’ gold-winning effort in the team event, where she placed third in the women’s free skate. The top 24 of 29 skaters from the short program advanced to the free skate. Scores from both skates are combined to determine the medal winners. The short program had a duration of two minutes and 40 seconds per skate (plus or minus 10 seconds), while the free skate will feature a duration of four minutes per skate (plus or minus 10 seconds). Here’s a full look at the standings entering the free skate: Ami Nakai, Japan: 78.71 Kaori Sakamoto, Japan: 77.23 Alysa Liu, USA: 76.59 Mone Chiba, Japan: 74.00 Adeliia Petrosian, AIN: 72.89 Anastasiia Gubanova, Georgia: 71.77 Loena Hendrickx, Belgium: 70.93 Isabeau Levito, USA: 70.84 Lee Haein, South Korea: 70.07 Niina Petrokina, Estonia: 69.63 Nina Pinzarrone, Belgium: 68.97 Sofia Samodelkina, Kazakhstan: 68.47 Amber Glenn, USA: 67.39 Shin Jia, South Korea: 65.66 Iida Karhunen, Finland: 65.06 Julia Sauter, Romania: 63.13 Olga Mikutina, Austria: 61.72 Lara Naki Gutmann, Italy: 61.56 Ekaterina Kurakova, Poland: 60.14 Zhang Ruiyang, China: 59.38 Kimmy Repond, Switzerland: 59.20 Mariia Seniuk, Israel: 58.61 Livia Kaiser, Switzerland: 55.69 Lorine Schild, France: 55.63 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics 11 hours ago The figure skating women's short program soundtrack was elite 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics 13 hours ago There's something worse than falling in figure skating When is the Olympic women’s figure skating final? The women’s free skate takes place on Thursday, Feb. 19. What time does the Olympic women’s figure skating final start? The final begins at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT/10 a.m. PT. What TV channel is the Olympic women’s figure skating final on? NBC will air the event. Where to stream the Olympic women’s figure skating final live online It will also be available to stream on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com. Watch: Women’s Figure Skating Free Skate The Associated Press contributed to this story. ...read more read less