Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik are the breakout ice dance story of the 2025–26 Olympic cycle, claiming bronze at the 2026 World Championships and gold at the Four Continents Championships in their first Olympic season at the top of the U.S. field. They compete as part of the deep American ice dance pipeline and train with a world-class coaching team.

Zingas and Kolesnik built their reputation through meticulous technical development and an ability to elevate their skating under pressure. At the 2026 Milan Olympics — their first Games — they delivered one of the most composed performances of any American ice dance team in recent memory, finishing fifth and confirming their place among the best in the world. Their World bronze a month later validated what many in the skating world had seen coming: this team is the future of American ice dance.

In just four years together they became Olympic finalists, finishing fifth in Milan — the best result ever for an ice dance team making their Olympic debut. A month later at the 2026 World Championships, they went further still, winning the bronze medal in their first-ever World Championship appearance. "I would say, 'You're lying,'" Zingas said when told before the Games they might finish fifth. Their coach Igor Shpilband called their biggest transformation of the season simply "confidence."