U.S. figure skating stars and medal favorites Madison Chock and Evan Bates came out swinging with their first performance at the 2026 Winter Olympics in the figure skating team event.
The dynamic husband-wife duo skated to a Lenny Kravitz medley for their rhythm dance performance, representing Team USA with songs like “American Woman.”
And they did not disappoint.
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While the veteran pair are already gold medalists in the figure skating team event from 2022 — and the only returning members of that team in the 2026 Games — they’re also chasing their first individual gold medal — and they proved their star power in their first showing Friday.
“We love this program, we’re so excited to be kicking this off for Team USA,” Chock said ahead of the event, with the rhythm dance kicking off a series of team categories.
Bates, a Michigan native, said he was treating the performance like any other skate, tuning out the noise that comes with an Olympic performance — and it showed as the pair gracefully flowed across the ice.
The two scored the highest of the ice dance event, finishing with 91.06. The next highest was France at 89.98.
The team competitions will continue Friday with the pair’s and women’s short programs.
How to watch figure skating?
Each event can also be streamed live using the links below:
3 a.m. CT – Figure skating team event – Ice Dance
Watch: Figure skating team event – Ice Dance
4:30 a.m. CT – Figure skating team event: Pairs short
Watch: Figure skating team event – Pairs Short
6:35 a.m. – Figure skating team event: Women’s short program
Watch: Figure skating team event: Women’s singles short program
Live and tape-delayed coverage of figure skating will be shown on the following TV channels: USA Network and NBC.
See the full tv schedule here:
Full figure skating schedule
Date/time (ET)EventStreamFriday, Feb. 6, 4-5:35 a.m.Team Event: Rhythm DancePeacock, NBCOlympics.comFriday, Feb. 6, 5:35-7:35 a.m.Team Event: Pairs Short ProgramPeacock, NBCOlympics.comFriday, Feb. 6, 7:35-8:55 a.m.Team Event: Women’s Short ProgramPeacock, NBCOlympics.comSaturday, Feb. 7, 1:45-3:15 p.m.Team Event: Men’s Short ProgramPeacock, NBCOlympics.comSaturday, Feb. 7, 4-5 p.m.Team Event: Free DancePeacock, NBCOlympics.comSunday, Feb. 8, 1:30-2:45 p.m.Team Event: Pairs Free SkatePeacock, NBCOlympics.comSunday, Feb. 8, 2:45-3:55 p.m.Team Event: Women’s Free SkatePeacock, NBCOlympics.comSunday, Feb. 8, 3:55-5 p.m.Team Event: Men’s Free SkatePeacock, NBCOlympics.comMonday, Feb. 9, 1:20-2:40 p.m.Rhythm Dance on USA:Groups 1 & 2 Peacock, NBCOlympics.comMonday, Feb. 9, 2:40-5 p.m.Rhythm Dance on NBC:Groups 3, 4 & 5Peacock, NBCOlympics.comTuesday, Feb. 10, 12:30-2:10 p.m.Men’s Short Program on USA:Groups 1 & 2Peacock, NBCOlympics.comTuesday, Feb. 10, 1:45-5 p.m.Men’s Short Program on NBC:Groups 3, 4 & 5Peacock, NBCOlympics.comWednesday, Feb. 11, 1:30-2:15 p.m.Free Dance on USA:Group 1Peacock, NBCOlympics.comWednesday, Feb. 11, 2:15-5 p.m.Free Dance on NBC: Groups 2, 3 & 4Peacock, NBCOlympics.comFriday, Feb. 13, 1-2:50 p.m.Men’s Free Skate on USA:Groups 1 & 2Peacock, NBCOlympics.comFriday, Feb. 13, 3-5 p.m.Men’s Free Skate on NBC:Groups 3 & 4Peacock, NBCOlympics.comSunday, Feb. 15, 1:45-3:10 p.m.Pairs Short on USA:Groups 1 &2Peacock, NBCOlympics.comSunday, Feb. 15, 3-5 p.m.Pairs Short on NBC:Groups 3, 4 & 5Peacock, NBCOlympics.comMonday, Feb. 16, 2-4:15 p.m.Pairs Free on USA:Groups 1 & 2Peacock, NBCOlympics.comMonday, Feb. 16, 3:55-5 p.m.Pairs Free on NBC:Groups 3 & 4Peacock, NBCOlympics.comTuesday, Feb. 17, 12:45-3:10 p.m.Women’s Short on USA:Groups 1 & 2Peacock, NBCOlympics.comTuesday, Feb. 17, 2:40-5 p.m.Women’s Short on NBC:Groups 3, 4 & 5Peacock, NBCOlympics.comThursday, Feb. 19, 1-5:10 p.m.Women’s Free Skate on NBCPeacock, NBCOlympics.comSaturday, Feb. 21, 2-4:30 p.m.Exhibition GalaPeacock, NBCOlympics.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
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