The International Skating Union has announced the athlete assignments for the 2026-27 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, with 37 U.S. athletes set to compete across the six-event circuit. The series opens October 23 in Angers, France, and concludes November 29 in Tokyo, with the Grand Prix Final to follow December 10-13 in Chongqing, China.
Olympic and World champion Alysa Liu headlines Skate America alongside fellow Blade Angel Amber Glenn, who makes her sixth appearance at the U.S. stop. Four-time national champion Ilia Malinin and Jason Brown join them in Everett before both men travel to Tokyo for the season finale at NHK Trophy. Full assignments for all U.S. athletes are listed below.
Team USA Assignments
| Athlete | Discipline | Assignment 1 | Assignment 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladies | |||
| Amber Glenn | Ladies | Skate America | NHK Trophy |
| Alysa Liu | Ladies | Skate America | Finlandia Trophy |
| Isabeau Levito | Ladies | Skate Canada | Finlandia Trophy |
| Gabriela Juarez-Rivas | Ladies | Grand Prix de France | NHK Trophy |
| Sarah Everhardt | Ladies | Grand Prix de France | NHK Trophy |
| Alina Bonillo | Ladies | Cup of China | — |
| Sophie Joline von Felten | Ladies | Cup of China | — |
| Men | |||
| Ilia Malinin | Men | Skate America | NHK Trophy |
| Jason Brown | Men | Skate America | NHK Trophy |
| Liam Kapeikis | Men | Skate Canada | — |
| Andrew Torgashev | Men | Skate Canada | Finlandia Trophy |
| Jimmy Ma | Men | Grand Prix de France | — |
| Jacob Sanchez | Men | Grand Prix de France | Cup of China |
| Lucius Kazanecki | Men | Cup of China | — |
| Pairs | |||
| Efimova / Mitrofanov | Pairs | Skate Canada | Skate America |
| Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer | Pairs | NHK Trophy | — |
| Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard | Pairs | Cup of China | — |
| Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | Pairs | Cup of China | Finlandia Trophy |
| Ice Dance | |||
| Zingas / Kolesnik | Ice Dance | Skate America | NHK Trophy |
| Carreira / Ponomarenko | Ice Dance | Grand Prix de France | NHK Trophy |
| O. Brown / G. Brown | Ice Dance | Skate Canada | Finlandia Trophy |
| Green / Parsons | Ice Dance | Skate Canada | Finlandia Trophy |
| Wolfkostin / Tsarevski | Ice Dance | Skate Canada | — |
| Neset / Markelov | Ice Dance | Grand Prix de France | — |
| Pate / Bye | Ice Dance | Grand Prix de France | Cup of China |
| Bratti / Somerville | Ice Dance | Cup of China | Finlandia Trophy |
Full 2026-27 Grand Prix Field
Grand Prix de France
| Ladies | |
| Gabriela Juarez-Rivas | USA |
| Sarah Everhardt | USA |
| Lorine Schild | FRA |
| Anastasiia Gubanova | GEO |
| Riona Kato | JPN |
| Nina Pinzarrone | BEL |
| Men | |
| Jimmy Ma | USA |
| Jacob Sanchez | USA |
| Mikhail Shaidorov | KAZ |
| Adam Siao Him Fa | FRA |
| François Pitot | FRA |
| Lim Ju-heon | KOR |
| Pairs | |
| No U.S. pairs entry | |
| Ice Dance | |
| Carreira / Ponomarenko | USA |
| Neset / Markelov | USA |
| Pate / Bye | USA |
| Fournier Beaudry / Cizeron | FRA |
| Lopareva / Brissaud | FRA |
Skate Canada International
| Ladies | |
| Isabeau Levito | USA |
| Kaori Sakamoto | JPN |
| Rinka Watanabe | JPN |
| Olga Mikutina | AUT |
| Oona Ounasvuori | FIN |
| Men | |
| Liam Kapeikis | USA |
| Andrew Torgashev | USA |
| Stephen Gogolev | CAN |
| Wesley Chiu | CAN |
| Yuma Kagiyama | JPN |
| Aleksandr Selevko | EST |
| Pairs | |
| Efimova / Mitrofanov | USA |
| Hase / Volodin | GER |
| Pereira / Michaud | CAN |
| Pavlova / Sviatchenko | HUN |
| Ice Dance | |
| O. Brown / G. Brown | USA |
| Green / Parsons | USA |
| Wolfkostin / Tsarevski | USA |
| Lajoie / Lagha | CAN |
| Reed / Ambrulevičius | LTU |
Cup of China
| Ladies | |
| Alina Bonillo | USA |
| Sophie Joline von Felten | USA |
| Ruiyang Zhang | CHN |
| Anastasiia Gubanova | GEO |
| Lara Naki Gutmann | GER |
| Ami Nakai | JPN |
| Men | |
| Jacob Sanchez | USA |
| Lucius Kazanecki | USA |
| Mikhail Shaidorov | KAZ |
| Yudong Chen | CHN |
| Kao Miura | JPN |
| Shun Sato | JPN |
| Junhwan Cha | KOR |
| Deniss Vasiljevs | LAT |
| Pairs | |
| Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard | USA |
| Plazas / Fernandez | USA |
| Akopova / Rakhmanin | ARM |
| Zhang / Huang | CHN |
| Nagaoka / Moriguchi | JPN |
| Ice Dance | |
| Bratti / Somerville | USA |
| Pate / Bye | USA |
| Guignard / Fabbri | ITA |
| Mrázková / Mrázek | CZE |
| Yoshida / Morita | JPN |
Skate America
| Ladies | |
| Alysa Liu | USA |
| Amber Glenn | USA |
| Ami Nakai | JPN |
| Rino Matsuike | JPN |
| Shin Jia | KOR |
| Nina Pinzarrone | BEL |
| Men | |
| Ilia Malinin | USA |
| Jason Brown | USA |
| Nikolaj Memola | ITA |
| Sota Yamamoto | JPN |
| Donovan Carrillo | MEX |
| Lukas Britschgi | SUI |
| Daniel Grassl | ITA |
| Nikolaj Memola | ITA |
| Aleksa Rakic | CAN |
| Pairs | |
| Efimova / Mitrofanov | USA |
| Hase / Volodin | GER |
| Faula / Belle | FRA |
| Danilova / Tsiba | NED |
| Kemp / Elizarov | CAN |
| Ice Dance | |
| Zingas / Kolesnik | USA |
| Guignard / Fabbri | ITA |
| Fear / Gibson | GBR |
| Lajoie / Lagha | CAN |
| Mrázková / Mrázek | CZE |
Finlandia Trophy
| Ladies | |
| Alysa Liu | USA |
| Isabeau Levito | USA |
| Rinka Watanabe | JPN |
| Oona Ounasvuori | FIN |
| Eliška Březinová | CZE |
| Lorine Schild | FRA |
| Men | |
| Andrew Torgashev | USA |
| Adam Siao Him Fa | FRA |
| Stephen Gogolev | CAN |
| Nikolaj Memola | ITA |
| Kazuki Tomono | JPN |
| Matteo Rizzo | ITA |
| Pairs | |
| Plazas / Fernandez | USA |
| Conti / Macii | ITA |
| Izzo / Maierhofer | AUT |
| Pereira / Michaud | CAN |
| Hocke / Kunkel | GER |
| Ice Dance | |
| Bratti / Somerville | USA |
| O. Brown / G. Brown | USA |
| Green / Parsons | USA |
| Lajoie / Lagha | CAN |
| Reed / Ambrulevičius | LTU |
NHK Trophy
| Ladies | |
| Gabriela Juarez-Rivas | USA |
| Amber Glenn | USA |
| Sarah Everhardt | USA |
| Kaori Sakamoto | JPN |
| Rion Sumiyoshi | JPN |
| Shin Jia | KOR |
| Men | |
| Ilia Malinin | USA |
| Jason Brown | USA |
| Kevin Aymoz | FRA |
| Daniel Grassl | ITA |
| Rio Nakata | JPN |
| Shun Sato | JPN |
| Junhwan Cha | KOR |
| Pairs | |
| Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer | USA |
| Hase / Volodin | GER |
| Miura / Kihara | JPN |
| Akopova / Rakhmanin | ARM |
| Ice Dance | |
| Zingas / Kolesnik | USA |
| Carreira / Ponomarenko | USA |
| Fear / Gibson | GBR |
| Lopareva / Brissaud | FRA |
| Yoshida / Morita | JPN |
For the complete list of international assignments, visit isu-skating.com.
