Pairs Figure Skating Free Program at the 2026 Winter Olympics (Results)

Today, February 16, the winner in pairs figure skating will be decided at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, as the top 16 duos compete in the free program — including a historic pair representing Armenia.

Following the short program, 16 pairs qualified for the free skate. Among them are Armenia’s Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin, who placed 12th with a score of 66.27 points.

This is already a historic achievement for Armenian figure skating. Previously, Armenia’s representatives in pairs skating had never placed higher than 18th at the Olympic Games. In the free program, Akopova and Rakhmanin have a chance to improve their standing and secure the best result in the country’s history.

The free program begins at 20:00 local time (22:00 Moscow, 23:00 Yerevan). The Armenian pair will skate in the second warm-up group with start number 5.

Below are the short program results. Final scores (Short Program + Free Program) will be updated as the performances conclude.

Pairs Skating, Free Skating (results will be updated)
(Short Program + Free Skating = Total)

1. Japan (Miura / Kihara) — 73.11 (SP) + 158.13 (FS) = 231.24
2. Georgia (Metelkina / Berulava) — 75.46 (SP) + 146.29 (FS) = 221.75
3. Germany (Haase / Volodin) — 80.01 (SP) + 139.08 (FS) = 219.09
4. Hungary (Pavlova / Sviatchenko) — 73.87 (SP) + 141.39 (FS) = 215.26
5. China (Xu / Cong) — 72.66 (SP) + 135.98 (FS) = 208.64    
6. Italy (Conti / Masii) — 71.70 (SP) + 131.49 (FS) = 203.19  
7. USA (Chan / Hou) — 70.06 (SP) + 130.25 (FS) = 200.31
8. Canada (Pereira / Michaud) — 74.60 (SP) + 125.06 (FS) = 199.66
9. USA (Kam / O'Shea) — 71.87 (SP) + 122.71 (FS) = 194.58
10. Germany (Hoke / Kunkel) — 67.52 (SP) + 126.59 (FS) = 194.11
11. Canada (Stellato-Dudek / Deschamps) — 66.04 (SP) + 126.57 (FS) = 192.61
12. Italy (Ghigliardi / Ambrosini) — 69.08 (SP) + 122.78 (FS) = 191.86
13. Poland (Schetinina / Wozniak) — 64.65 (SP) + 120.63 (FS) = 185.86
14. Armenia (Akopova / Rakhmanin) — 66.27 (SP) + 114.39 (FS) = 180.66
15. Great Britain (Vaipan-Low / Digba) — 66.07 (SP) + 112.99 (FS) = 179.06
16. France (Kovaleva / Kovalev) — 64.28 (SP) + 113.78 (FS) = 178.43