Olympic figure skaters hope to clear music hurdles before Games, including from 'Minions' movie

Olympic fig skaters volition consciousness the eyes of the satellite connected them erstwhile they instrumentality the crystal for their programs astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics this month, but there’s an added unit connected their shoulders going into the Winter Games.

Hitting the close notes.

It’s not truthful overmuch whether the fig skaters volition beryllium capable to determination to the close bushed and beats that blare done the loudspeakers, but whether immoderate euphony volition beryllium playing astatine all.

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Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate of Spain competes successful the Men's Short Program during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2026 astatine Utilita Arena Sheffield successful Sheffield, United Kingdom, connected Jan. 15, 2026. (Yuan Tian/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate has tried to get clearances to usage euphony from the "Minions" movie arsenic his abbreviated programme is simply a medley of 4 antithetic songs from the franchise. He has 3 of the 4 songs cleared arsenic of Wednesday and is moving to get a 4th opus from Pharrell Williams passed, according to U.S. champion Amber Glenn.

Guarino Sabate has yet to triumph an Olympic medal successful his career.

Glenn said she’s told household and friends determination volition beryllium "Minions" astatine the Olympics and didn’t "want to beryllium a liar."

"We person tried our hardest to get everything clear, bash what we can, and honestly, a shaper could conscionable decide, ‘Hey, ne'er mind, no,’" she said.

"I’m honestly conscionable seeing, from what avenues I person disposable to me, that it is wide and past I’m conscionable hoping and praying that I don’t get an email saying, ‘By the way, they reached retired and they said they don’t privation you to usage it.' So I deliberation it’s been a precise strenuous process for galore of us."

Amber Glenn performs during the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships astatine Enterprise Center connected Jan. 11, 2026. (Jeff Curry/Imagn Images)

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Glenn skates her abbreviated programme to Madonna’s "Like A Prayer," but adjacent if the popular fable objected, she would instrumentality it arsenic a win.

"If I bash get a connection from Madonna saying she doesn’t privation maine to skate to her music, I’ll conscionable beryllium excited to get a connection from Madonna," she said. "But let’s anticipation that doesn’t happen."

Fellow American prima Ilia Malinin said he’s trying to springiness his regular a idiosyncratic touch.

"It’s thing that we each interest about, and for maine especially, I similar to marque truly unsocial pieces of euphony that I skate to," Malinin said. "I similar to scope retired to the creator straight and effort that arsenic an option. Most of the clip it works retired successful my favor. Especially this year, everyone was truthful hopeful and truthful supportive."

Ilia Malinin, of the United States, practices during a fig skating grooming league up of the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Glenn and Malinin are skating successful the singles competitions. Neither rival has Olympic medals arsenic of yet.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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