Amber Glenn could extend her winning streak at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Mikaela Shiffrin is eyeing more success at the World Cup Slalom, and speed skaters take the next steps towards Olympic qualification this weekend, all LIVE Peacock.
At the Finnish Grand Prix, two-time national champion Glenn takes his fifth consecutive Grand Prix series victory since the start of last season.
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She will qualify for December's Grand Prix Final by finishing in the top four this week against world bronze medalist Monet Chiba of Japan and 2018 Olympic champion Bradie Tennell of the United States.
The Grand Prix Finals feature the top six skaters in each discipline of the Grand Prix series, where the world's best skaters compete twice during a six-event regular season. This year's final in Japan is expected to be a mini-preview of the Olympics, with the last two world champions, American Alice Liu and Kaori Sakamoto of Japan, having already qualified.
Finland's men's event features 2022 Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, who won his first Grand Prix and is likely to reach the final. For the past two years, Kagiyama has been the closest (though often distant) rival to two-time world champion Ilya Malinin. Malinin has already qualified for the finals, where he will be able to meet Kagiyama for the first time this Grand Prix season.
Ice dancing in Finland features two of the best couples in the world – Laurence Fournier Baudry and Guillaume Cizeron from France and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier from Canada. Fournier Baudry and Cizeron have the second-best times in the world this season, behind Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, three-time world champions. Gilles and Poirier took silver at the last two world championships behind Chock and Bates. All three couples will likely meet in the final for the first time this season.
Amber Glenn
How to watch the Finnish Grand Prix of Figure Skating
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The Finnish Grand Prix is ​​the final stop of the regular season in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series.
On the alpine side, Shiffrin will lead the slalom this weekend in Gurgl, Austria. She won the first slalom of the season last Saturday by her biggest margin of victory since December 2023. This was after focusing more on giant slalom than slalom in pre-season training.
She has won nine of her last 11 World Cup slalom starts, dating back to January 2024, although she missed five races during that period due to injury. With 2022 Olympic gold medalist Petra Vlhova of Slovakia still recovering from her own injuries, Shiffrin's main challenger could be 19-year-old Lara Kolturi, who finished second last Saturday. Kolturi, representing Albania, is the daughter of 2002 Olympic super-G gold medalist Daniela Ceccarelli of Italy.
Mikaela Shiffrin
How to watch Mikaela Shiffrin in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup slalom in Gurgle
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Peacock is broadcasting live from the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Gurgl, Austria.
The World Speed ​​Skating Championships will move to Calgary, where racing will take place Friday through Sunday live on Peacock.
Jordan Stoltz, the 2023 and 2024 world champion in the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, won three of four races over those distances at the inaugural world championships last week near Salt Lake City.
He showed the second fastest time in history in the 1000 meters (where he holds the world record) and 1500 meters. The Utah Oval produces the fastest times in the world due to its height.
If Stoltz finishes in the top five at any of those distances in Calgary, he will meet Olympic qualifying criteria, although a spot cannot be awarded until the skaters at least compete in the trials in January.
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Last week, 2022 Olympic 500m gold medalist Erin Jackson lowered her personal bests in the 500m (second place, an American record) and 1000m (eighth place). After suffering injuries in recent seasons, Jackson said her back is the best it has been in three years.
Femke Kok of the Netherlands broke the 500m world record in Utah and is due to meet Jackson twice more in Calgary in bouts between the reigning Olympic and world champions. Jackson will meet the same Olympic qualifying criteria as Stoltz if she finishes in the top three in any of the 500m races in Calgary. She will still have to participate in auditions to confirm her place.
The World Short Track Speed ​​Skating Tour concludes with stops in Poland this week and the Netherlands next week to determine spots on the U.S. Olympic team, which will air on Peacock every Saturday and Sunday.
Corinne Stoddard and Kristen Santos-Griswold have every chance of returning to the Games.
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Stoddard has finished second or third in four of six individual World Tour races to date. Santos-Griswold, the circuit's No. 1 overall skater last season, finished third in two of three races on the second World Tour after being sidelined with a back injury late in the summer.
The first Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup of the season in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, this week marks the first official racing on the reconstructed track that will host the 2026 Olympic competition.
World Cup results through January affect how many Olympic spots each country will receive, as well as the selection criteria for the U.S. Olympic team. Events are broadcast live IBSF YouTube channel.
The United States has three star women's bobsledders: five-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor, three-time Olympic champion Kaylee Humphries and 2025 monobob world champion Kaisha Love. They are all expected to compete in Cortina this week and throughout the world championship season, aiming to secure the U.S. a maximum of three Olympic spots.
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In skeleton, Mystic Ro and Austin Florian return after winning the mixed team world title last March. The Olympic debut of the competition will take place in 2026. Ro, a former track and field athlete at Queens University in Charlotte, also won individual silver at the world championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Finally, the first Freestyle World Cup of the season will host the men's and women's slopestyle finals on Saturday in Stubai, Austria, live on Peacock.
In the field are both 2022 Olympic slopestyle gold medalists – American Alex Hall and Swiss Mathilde Gremaud. Hall has already made the world-ranked Olympic team. In Stubai he will face other top skiers in the world, including current world champion Birk Ruud.
Eileen Gu, the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in big air and halfpipe who added silver in slopestyle at her home Games, pulled out of qualifying in Stubai.
