The Sporting News is tracking the Olympics team figure skating standings throughout the 2026 tournament.

The teams of Spencer Akira Howe and Emily Chan, and Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, were knocked out of podium contention before the competition ended.

Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in Milano-Cortina, topping a tightly contested field ahead of Monday’s free skate.

MILAN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava made history for Georgia on Tuesday, winning the tiny South Caucasus country's first Winter Olympic medal by claiming silver in the pairs figure skating event of the Milano Cortina Games.

Although it was not gold like they had hoped going into Monday's pairs figure skating final at the Winter Olympic Games, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava made history for the country they represent. For the first time in history, Georgia has a medal at the Winter Olympics.

With the team competition starting first, the physical and emotional cost can ripple right on through into the individual ones.

Ilia Malinin missed out on a medal in a stunning and dramatic men's figure skating final at the Winter Olympics today. The 21-year-old American fell twice in his final free skate to score 156.33 and finish eighth as Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won gold.

Russian figure skater Adeliia Petrosian says she is feeling "excellent" after a practice session at the Olympics with her controversial coach, seemingly dispelling injury concerns.

The duo of Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe finished seventh, while team event gold medalists Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea were two behind them in ninth

One of these pairs has already made history, in that Kam and O'Shea have a nearly 14-year age difference, which makes them the team with the largest age gap for any U.S. pair to have competed at worlds since at least 1990, according to NBC News research.