Angel Of The Winds Arena, in partnership with the Snohomish County Sports Commission, will welcome some of the sport’s biggest names this fall after the International Skating Union announced athlete assignments for the 2026 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, including Skate America.
The 2026 Skate America stop 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.
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 winners 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.
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)
All session tickets for Skate America are now available. Single session tickets will go on sale July 16, 2026. Tickets can be purchased at the Les Schwab Box Office at Angel Of The Winds Arena or online at angelofthewindsarena.com.
For more information on 2026 Skate America, visit usfigureskating.org/feature/2026SkateAmerica.
About Snohomish County Sports Commission
The Snohomish County Sports Commission works to enhance Snohomish County’s economy, image as a premier sports destination and way of life for its residents by attracting regional, national and international sporting events to the county and supporting the development of sports facilities. For more information, visit www.snocosports.org.
About Everett Public Facilities District and Angel Of The Winds Arena
Angel Of The Winds Arena was developed and is owned by the Everett Public Facilities District, a municipal corporation managed by a five-member Board of Directors, providing oversight and direction to the provision of services in Angel Of The Winds Arena, Everett Community Ice Rink and the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center. Angel Of The Winds Arena is a three venue, state-of-the-art multi-purpose complex located in the heart of downtown Everett, WA. The complex is managed by Oak View Group. For more information, visit www.angelofthewindsarena.com.
About Oak View Group
Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the Company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents. Visit OakViewGroup.com, and follow OVG on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.
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