Watch: The ‘Blade Angels’ take the ice at 2026 Milan Cortina Games
Updated: 6:22 PM PST Feb 16, 2026
Above video: On practice ice at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, U.S. champions Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu practice before going head-to-head in the women’s short program. Can’t view the above video? Click here. Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito — known as the “Blade Angels” — lead the U.S. women’s charge for Olympic figure skating gold. Glenn, 26, is a three-time consecutive U.S. national champion whose career resurgence has made her one of the sport’s top competitors at the Milan Cortina Games.Liu, 20, authored one of the sport’s most remarkable arcs: a teenage phenom who stepped away at 16, then returned to win the first world title for an American woman in nearly two decades.Levito, 18, represents the next generation of American contenders, drawing comparisons to past U.S. standouts as she takes aim at Olympic success.Together, the trio forms one of the strongest U.S. women’s teams in years, all in pursuit of Olympic gold. All three will compete in the short program Tuesday. The last American to medal in this event was Sasha Cohen (Torino 2006), who won silver.PGlmcmFtZSB0aXRsZT0iV2hlcmUgMjAyNiBUZWFtIFVTQSBPbHltcGljIG1lZGFsaXN0cyBhcmUgZnJvbSIgYXJpYS1sYWJlbD0iU3ltYm9sIG1hcCIgaWQ9ImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWNoYXJ0LWN2N2M1IiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZGF0YXdyYXBwZXIuZHdjZG4ubmV0L2N2N2M1LzUvIiBzY3JvbGxpbmc9Im5vIiBmcmFtZWJvcmRlcj0iMCIgc3R5bGU9IndpZHRoOiAwOyBtaW4td2lkdGg6IDEwMCUgIWltcG9ydGFudDsgYm9yZGVyOiBub25lOyIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NzciIGRhdGEtZXh0ZXJuYWw9IjEiPjwvaWZyYW1lPjxzY3JpcHQgdHlwZT0idGV4dC9qYXZhc2NyaXB0Ij53aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsZnVuY3Rpb24oYSl7aWYodm9pZCAwIT09YS5kYXRhWyJkYXRhd3JhcHBlci1oZWlnaHQiXSl7dmFyIGU9ZG9jdW1lbnQucXVlcnlTZWxlY3RvckFsbCgiaWZyYW1lIik7Zm9yKHZhciB0IGluIGEuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pZm9yKHZhciByLGk9MDtyPWVbaV07aSsrKWlmKHIuY29udGVudFdpbmRvdz09PWEuc291cmNlKXt2YXIgZD1hLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW3RdKyJweCI7ci5zdHlsZS5oZWlnaHQ9ZH19fSk7PC9zY3JpcHQ+
Above video: On practice ice at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, U.S. champions Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu practice before going head-to-head in the women’s short program. Can’t view the above video? Click here.
Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito — known as the “Blade Angels” — lead the U.S. women’s charge for Olympic figure skating gold.
Glenn, 26, is a three-time consecutive U.S. national champion whose career resurgence has made her one of the sport’s top competitors at the Milan Cortina Games.
Liu, 20, authored one of the sport’s most remarkable arcs: a teenage phenom who stepped away at 16, then returned to win the first world title for an American woman in nearly two decades.
Levito, 18, represents the next generation of American contenders, drawing comparisons to past U.S. standouts as she takes aim at Olympic success.
Together, the trio forms one of the strongest U.S. women’s teams in years, all in pursuit of Olympic gold.
All three will compete in the short program Tuesday. The last American to medal in this event was Sasha Cohen (Torino 2006), who won silver.