Olympic Figure Skating Schedule 2026 Women's Free Skate TV, Live Stream Info

The final gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Figure Skating will be handed out Thursday as Americans Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, and Isabeau Levito look to halt the momentum of Japanese skaters Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto, who enter the day in first and second place, respectively, following the short program event.

Find out when viewers can watch the Free Skate event Thursday and which skater will take gold in this preview, including TV and live streaming info, as well as a prediction for the high-stakes competition.

Schedule and Viewing Info

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9:00 a.m.: Women's Free Skate Warm-Up and More (Peacock)

1:00 p.m.: Women's Free Skate (NBC, Peacock)

8:00 p.m.: Women's Free Skate, Primetime Replay (NBC)

Predictions

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Kaori Sakamoto has been the best women's singles skater in the world since 2022, when she won her first of three, consecutive world championships. She has dominated the sport, showcasing her excellence on every major stage that figure skating has to offer.

Even when Alysa Liu beat her for the 2025 world title, it was considered a significant upset as much because of how great Sakamoto has been as the 19-year-old coming out of retirement to do so.

She enters Thursday's Free Skate event in second place behind fellow countrywoman Ami Nakai, but there is every reason to believe that she can deliver in her last Milano Cortina performance and secure the gold.

If not her, than Nakai or Liu are equally poised to pull off the upset and take the gold medal. Liu's world title win over Sakamoto made her the first American to capture that championship in two decades and she could put an exclamation point on her return to the ice with a win in these Olympics.

Her fellow Americans, Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn, enter Thursday's competition in eighth and 13th place, respectively. Glenn was expected to be alongside Liu as a gold medal contender but a missed triple loop Tuesday proved costly for the 26 year-old.

Prediction: Sakamoto takes gold, Liu takes silver, and Nakai takes bronze