The International Skating Union today announced the athlete assignments for the 2026 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series with 37 skaters set to represent the United States at the six international stops.

2026 Skate America will be the fourth of six stops this season, taking place Nov. 13-15 in Everett, Washington, returning to Everett for the first time since 2018.

All session tickets for Skate America are now available. Single-session tickets will go on sale July 16, 2026. To purchase tickets, visit https://usfigureskating.org/feature/2026SkateAmerica.

Olympic and world champion Alysa Liu will lead the American contingent in the women's competition. The global star took the world by storm last February in Milan, winning her first Olympic women's title and helping the U.S. team capture its second consecutive team event gold medal. She will be joined by fellow Blade Angel, reigning U.S. champion and Grand Prix Final winner Amber Glenn, who will make her sixth Skate America appearance.

World champion and Olympic team event gold medalist Ilia Malinin headlines the U.S. lineup in the men's event, returning to the event for the first time since 2024. He has had an incredibly successful run at the U.S. stop, becoming the youngest men's Skate America champion in history in 2022 and fifth man to break the 300-point mark at 2023 Skate America. He will now be chasing his fourth title. Joining Malinin is two-time Olympian and perennial fan favorite Jason Brown. The veteran has been a mainstay of Skate America, making his first of six appearances in 2013.

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik will make their Skate America ice dance debut. The dance team made quite a statement last season, winning two Grand Prix medals, qualifying for both their first Grand Prix Final and Olympic Winter Games, winning the Four Continents Championships and capturing a bronze medal at the ISU Figure Skating World Championships.

Reigning U.S. champions and Four Continents Championships gold medalists Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov return in the pairs competition, having last appeared at Skate America in 2024. The top U.S. team enters the season chasing their first Grand Prix win and third medal since partnering in 2023.

The Grand Prix Series, which begins in October, incorporates six international figure skating competitions as a unified point-scoring series that awards prize money to eligible skaters. Athletes can compete at a maximum of two Grand Prix events and at the conclusion of the series, athletes' points are totaled based on their results with the top six women, men, pairs and ice dance teams eligible to compete at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2026, set for Dec. 10-13, in Chongqing, China.

Last year, Team USA secured 15 medals during the Grand Prix Series, including gold in the women's and ice dance events at Skate America.

The complete list of athlete selections for the 2026 Grand Prix Series is available on the ISU website. The lists of U.S. selections to all six Grand Prix events and international selections to Skate America are below.

U.S. ATHLETE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2026 ISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING SERIES

Lineups are subject to change

Grand Prix de France: Angers, France – Oct. 23-25, 2026
Women: Sarah Everhardt 
Men: Jimmy Ma, Jacob Sanchez
Pairs: None
Ice Dance: Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, Leah Neset and Artem Markelov, Eva Pate and Logan Bye

Skate Canada International: Kelowna, Canada – Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2026
Women: Isabeau Levito 
Men: Liam Kapeikis, Andrew Torgashev 
Pairs: Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov
Ice Dance: Oona Brown and Gage Brown, Caroline Green and Michael Parsons, Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski

Cup of China: Shenzhen, China – Nov. 6-8, 2026
Women: Alina Bonillo*, Sophie Joline von Felten* 
Men: Lucius Kazanecki*, Jacob Sanchez 
Pairs: Chelsea Liu and Ryan Bedard*, Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez
Ice Dance: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville, Eva Pate and Logan Bye

Skate America: Everett, Washington – Nov. 13-15, 2026 
Women: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, TBD 
Men: Jason Brown, Ilia Malinin, TBD 
Pairs: Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov, TBD 
Ice Dance: Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik, TBD, TBD  

Finlandia Trophy: Helsinki, Finland – Nov. 20-21, 2026 
Women: Isabeau Levito, Alysa Liu 
Men: Andrew Torgashev  
Pairs: Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez
Ice Dance: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville, Oona Brown and Gage Brown, Caroline Green and Michael Parsons 

NHK Trophy: Tokyo, Japan – Nov. 27-29, 2026 
Women: Sarah Everhardt, Amber Glenn
Men: Jason Brown, Ilia Malinin
Pairs: Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer 
Ice Dance: Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik

*making Grand Prix Series debut 

2026 SKATE AMERICA INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES
Lineups are subject to change

Women: Nina Pinzarone (BEL), Sara-Maude Dupuis (CAN), Lorine Schild (FRA), Mariia Seniuk (ISR), Rino Matsuike (JPN), Ami Nakai (JPN), Sofia Samodelkina (KAZ), Yujae Kim (KOR), Ahsun Yun (KOR) 

Men: Aleksa Rakic (CAN), Georgii Reshtenko (CZE), Aleksandr Selevko (EST), Tamir Kuperman (ISR), Daniel Grassl (ITA), Nikolaj Memola (ITA), Sota Yamamoto (JPN), Donovan Carrillo (MEX), Lukas Britschgi (SUI) 

Pairs: Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov (CAN), Aurelie Faula and Theo Belle (FRA), Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin (GER), Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba (NED), Oxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart (SUI) 

Ice Dance: Holly Harris and Jason Chan (AUS), Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek (CZE), Natacha Lagouge and Arnaud Caffa (FRA), Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA), Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez (GBR), Jennifer Janse van Rensburg and Benjamin Steffan (GER), Iryna Pidgaina and Artem Koval (UKR)