2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics - Figure Skating Qualification

Karen-W said:
Oh, dear. Hopefully the IOC will tell the Russian and Belarusian AINs that they'll go through "team processing" when they arrive in Milano-Cortina and they'll get their AIN uniforms/gear there, courtesy of Nike.
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They will continue to be monitored and possibly loose AIN status? How will they participate in IOC drug testing in the run up to Milan? Surely the Russian Fed isn`t in charge of this. I`m, sure they are filled with some new non-regulated substance.
 
Didn't notice this last week, but the Event Announcement for the Olympic Qualifying Event, officially named "Skate to Milano", is available on the ISU website.


Entries by name are due by Aug 15.

Event schedule -
Fri, Sept 19 - Ice Dance RD, Pairs SP, Women SP
Sat, Sept 20 - Men SP, Pairs FS, Women FS
Sun, Sept 21 - Ice Dance FD, Men FS, Judges Draw for OWG2026
 
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Just random question - Does anyone miss the old Olympic schedule order when the Pairs event was always first?

From 1976 - 84, I remembered it was Pairs, Ice Dance, Men, and Women (or Ladies if you will), then in 1988, they put Men after Pairs.

I just think that with the crazy jumps men are doing now, they should schedule the men to skate later. I don't know why they don't ...
 
China put Pairs last. I wish they had put Women after Dance so I could see both in person. Oh well.
 
olympic said:
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Just random question - Does anyone miss the old Olympic schedule order when the Pairs event was always first?

From 1976 - 84, I remembered it was Pairs, Ice Dance, Men, and Women (or Ladies if you will), then in 1988, they put Men after Pairs.

I just think that with the crazy jumps men are doing now, they should schedule the men to skate later. I don't know why they don't ...
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Competition Schedule - https://milanocortina2026.olympics.com/en/competition-schedule
 
Karen-W said:
Swiss Int'l Assignments doc has been updated with their JGP assignments and various other Senior B assignments.

Interesting to note that they don't plan on sending Zehnder/Sieber to the Olympic Qualifying Event next month. Not surprising they aren't sending Vouillamoz/Bouvart since he doesn't have Swiss citizenship, but I'm a bit surprised at the decision to not send ZehnSieb.

docs.google.com

2025-26 ISU Calendar - Swiss National Figure Skating Team

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PRlady said:
China put Pairs last. I wish they had put Women after Dance so I could see both in person. Oh well.
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Another random question: Is there a reason why the pairs have no rest day but the other disciplines do? Is that an advantage or disadvantage generally?
 
farahfan said:
Another random question: Is there a reason why the pairs have no rest day but the other disciplines do? Is that an advantage or disadvantage generally?
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Probably has as much to do with the short track scheduling needs as it does with giving or not giving any FS disciplines a rest day or not. I don't think it will disadvantage any of the pairs teams. Most competitions do not have a rest day between the SP and FS - GPs, Challengers, Sr Bs & domestic comps; even ISU Championships - this past year the Pairs SP was on Wednesday and the Pairs FS was on Thursday.
 
Reitan/Majorov are going to Beijing. There was a interview in a Swedish newspaper in June were they talked about that they prepared for this as the first competition of the season. Also there is a recent interview from the Piruette magazine were they talk about preparation, but I don`t have access to it. Since they are going - I guess they still think it`s possible for Milla to get her citizenship in time? The other senior team split, so no reason for them to go of citizenship is out of the question.
 
If a country has a spot, then the team breaks up and the country no longer has a team - does the spot go back to the CHN qualifier or if the country does not get a new team till, say, January the spot is given to the next qualified in CHN or we are one team less?
 
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The spot that was earned outright belongs to UZB. The second spot has to be earned by a different team G/C, but there’s nothing in the qualification document to disqualify a new team with one of them from being a new team that competes in Beijing. If a team goes and earns a spot, that,too, belongs to UZB. There are various deadlines by which the UZB Fed needs to confirm they’re sending team(s) and then whom they’re sending, and then there are deadlines for having the minimums and passports, which should allow substitutes from the top of the qualifier to take spots explicitly if UZB gives up spots or by not having a qualified team for each held spot.
 
kwanfan1818 said:
The spot that was earned outright belongs to UZB. The second spot has to be earned by a different team G/C, but there’s nothing in the qualification document to disqualify a new team with one of them from being a new team that competes in Beijing. If a team goes and earns a spot, that,too, belongs to UZB. There are various deadlines by which the UZB Fed needs to confirm they’re sending team(s) and then whom they’re sending, and then there are deadlines for having the minimums and passports, which should allow substitutes from the top of the qualifier to take spots explicitly if UZB gives up spots or by not having a qualified team for each held spot.
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I forgot UZB had a spot and has an option for another, hence the edit, my question is irrelevant for UZB :)
Thanks!
 
TAHbKA said:
If a country has a spot, then the team breaks up and the country no longer has a team - does the spot go back to the CHN qualifier or if the country does not get a new team till, say, January the spot is given to the next qualified in CHN or we are one team less?
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ISU confirmed on 4th April 2025 the spots allocated based on 2025 World Championships (Communication No. 2696). ISU Members had 2 weeks since that Communication to indicate to the ISU if they intend to use their full quota of entries/quota places.
If they waived some spots, the number of spots available to the Beijing Qualifying Competition will increase accordingly.
For instance, in 2018, Denmark immediately gave back the Ice Dance spot and one more spot was available at Nebelhorn.

Otherwise, the final deadline for entries (with names) is 26th January 2026. On 25th January "ISU to relocate any unused quota place". The spots reallocated on 25th January go to the next in line based on Beijing results.
 
Yup, say the US team comes in 4th in Beijing, there could be a delay of just over 2 weeks before a 3rd US Pairs team is confirmed for Milano-Cortina, or any other fed sitting in that 4th position.
 
Karen-W said:
Yup, say the US team comes in 4th in Beijing, there could be a delay of just over 2 weeks before a 3rd US Pairs team is confirmed for Milano-Cortina, or any other fed sitting in that 4th position.
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I`m guessing this is relevant for ID as well. The 5th ID team in Beijing might get a spot after all because Yukas uncertain citizenship situation. Unless Finland has another senior team to fill the spot that will get the minimums
 
So if entries were due last Friday, any idea when we'll get the list of competitors? I thought those usually appeared quite shortly after the due date... and I'm impatient to know. :shuffle:
 
peibeck said:
So if entries were due last Friday, any idea when we'll get the list of competitors? I thought those usually appeared quite shortly after the due date... and I'm impatient to know. :shuffle:
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No, I don't know; but since Lombardia is the week before & we just got the list of competitors for it today, within a week seems like a good hypothesis.
 
peibeck said:
So if entries were due last Friday, any idea when we'll get the list of competitors? I thought those usually appeared quite shortly after the due date... and I'm impatient to know. :shuffle:
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Hopefully we'll see the entries list soon - I was thinking we'd see it before Lombardia's entries, to be honest.
 
Interesting. Manni for Italy dance and not Tali. Kuperman for Israel men and Shin/Nagy got the spot for U.S. pairs.

Marsak has the spot for Ukraine men but I guess they could sub Shmuratko if he finishes higher at Lombardia.
 
Debbie S said:
Interesting. Manni for Italy dance and not Tali. Kuperman for Israel men and Shin/Nagy got the spot for U.S. pairs.

Marsak has the spot for Ukraine men but I guess they could sub Shmuratko if he finishes higher at Lombardia.
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Well, the Italian dance spot is a placeholder, same with the Ukrainian spots. It was announced by the Ukrainian fed that Lombardia is the competition to determine who actually competes in Beijing.

And the USFS better pray that ShiNagy do better under pressure than they did at either US Nats or 4CCs. Also, it wouldn't surprise me if the US entry changes after John Nicks IPC.

Men's Entries - https://results.isu.org/events/qogfsk2025_event_competitors_25-08-20_Men.pdf
Index Last Name First Name Organization Org. index Status
1 DANILIANTS Semen ARM 1
2 GERBER Douglas AUS 2
POTAPENKO Julio AUS 2 S
3 ZANDRON Maurizio AUT 3
4 PUZANAU Yauhenii AIN 4
BARAKHOUSKI Vasil AIN 4 S
5 ZLATKOV Alexander BUL 5
KAYMAKCHIEV Filip BUL 5 S
LOUPOLOVER Larry BUL 5 S
6 KESSLER Jari CRO 6
7 RESHTENKO Georgii CZE 7
SCERBA Filip CZE 7 S
8 MARTINEZ Gabriel ECU 8
9 VIRTANEN Valtter FIN 9
SUNTSEV Makar FIN 9 S
10 PITOT Francois FRA 10
ECONOMIDES Luc FRA 10 S
11 APPLEBY Edward GBR 11
FITTERER Ken GBR 11 S
12 GARTUNG Genrikh GER 12
JAGODA Kai GER 12 S
STAROSTIN Nikita GER 12 S
13 HO Jarvis HKG 13
CHEUNG Chiu Hei HKG 13 S
YUEN Lap Kan Lincoln HKG 13 S
14 VLASENKO Aleksandr HUN 14
15 JUDGE Dillon IRL 15
16 KUPERMAN Tamir ISR 16
GORODNITSKY Mark ISR 16 S
VINOKUR Lev ISR 16 S
17 JIRENBAYEV Dias KAZ 17
KRIVOSHEYEV Nikita KAZ 17 S
MELNIKOV Oleg KAZ 17 S
SMAGULOV Artur KAZ 17 S
18 KIM Hyungyeom KOR 18
CHA Younghyun KOR 18 S
LEE Jaekeun KOR 18 S
LIM Juheon KOR 18 S
19 FANG Ze Zeng MAS 19
20 CARRILLO Donovan MEX 20
21 LEWTON BRAIN Davide MON 21
22 BORROMEO Paolo PHI 22
BALDOZ Brandon James PHI 22 S
23 GOUVEIA David POR 23
24 RO Yong Myong PRK 24
25 GUMENNIK Petr AIN 25
DIKIDZHI Vladislav AIN 25 S
26 LI Yu-Hsiang TPE 26
27 DEMIRBOGA Burak TUR 27
OZKAN Alp Eren TUR 27 S
28 MARSAK Kyrylo UKR 28
NOVIKOV Vadym UKR 28 S
SHMURATKO Ivan UKR 28 S

Women - https://results.isu.org/events/qogfsk2025_event_competitors_25-08-20_Women.pdf
Index Last Name First Name Organization Org. index Status
1 DAYAN Sophia Natalie ARG 1
2 ALCANTARA Victoria AUS 2
BHASIN Simona AUS 2 S
CHERNYSHOVA Maria AUS 2 S
KACZMARCZYK Sienna AUS 2 S
3 SUELEYMANOVA Nargiz AZE 3
ALIEVA Sabina AZE 3 S
4 HENDRICKX Loena BEL 4
HOVINE Jade BEL 4 S
5 SAFONOVA Viktoriia AIN 5
6 ZHANG Ruiyang CHN 6
ZHU Yi CHN 6 S
7 KITROMILIS Marilena CYP 7
YAKOVLEVA Stefania CYP 7 S
8 VRASTAKOVA Michaela CZE 8
BREZINOVA Eliska CZE 8 S
9 LANGERBAUR Nataly EST 9
KIIBUS Eva-Lotta EST 9 S
LISOVSKAJA Kristina EST 9 S
10 GUBANOVA Anastasiia GEO 10
11 KORRI Dimitra GRE 11
12 CHAN Tsz Ching HKG 12
LEUNG Chloe Desiree HKG 12 S
SO Joanna HKG 12 S
13 PRASAD Tara IND 13
14 LEE Audrey MAS 14
DIYANAH Afrina MAS 14 S
15 GRACHEVA Anastasia MDA 15
16 MONTESINOS CANTU Andrea MEX 16
17 WORIES Niki NED 17
18 RISA GOMEZ Mia NOR 18
19 LAHTI Petra NZL 19
20 BAUTISTA Maxine PHI 20
FRANK Sofia Lexi Jacqueline PHI 20 S
LIMKETKAI Cathryn PHI 20 S
21 ISAACS Gian-Quen RSA 21
22 PETROSIAN Adeliia AIN 22
GORBACHEVA Alina AIN 22 S
23 LOVRENCIC Julija SLO 23
24 DUBININA Antonina SRB 24
25 SELMEKOVA Vanesa SVK 25
26 TALJEGARD Josefin SWE 26
ODMAN Alexandra SWE 26 S
27 HRYHORENKO Sofiia UKR 27
SPESIVTSEVA Taisiia UKR 27 S

Pairs - https://results.isu.org/events/qogfsk2025_event_competitors_25-08-20_Pairs.pdf
Index Couple Organization Org. index Status
1 AKOPOVA Karina / RAKHMANIN Nikita ARM 1
2 SCHALLER Sophia / MAYR Livio AUT 2
IZZO Gabriella / MAIERHOFER Luc AUT 2 S
3 ZHANG Jiaxuan / HUANG Yihang CHN 3
SUI Wenjing / HAN Cong CHN 3 S
4 VALESI Anna / BIDAR Martin CZE 4
5 KOVALEV Camille / KOVALEV Pavel FRA 5
FAULA Aurelie / BELLE Theo FRA 5 S
6 GUNNARSDOTTIR Julia Sylvia / PIAZZA Manuel ISL 6
7 NAGAOKA Yuna / MORIGUCHI Sumitada JPN 7
8 GAMEZ Isabella / KOROVIN Aleksandr PHI 8
9 RYOM Tae Ok / HAN Kum Chol PRK 9
10 CRAFOORD Greta / CRAFOORD John SWE 10
11 HOLICHENKO Sofiia / DARENSKYI Artem UKR 11
12 SHIN Audrey / NAGY Balazs USA 12
CHAN Emily / HOWE Spencer Akira USA 12 S
FLORES Olivia / WANG Luke USA 12 S
MCBEATH Katie / PARKMAN Daniil USA 12 S
PLAZAS Valentina / FERNANDEZ Maximiliano USA 12 S

Ice Dance - https://results.isu.org/events/qogfsk2025_event_competitors_25-08-20_IceDance.pdf
Index Couple Organization Org. index Status
1 DOBROSERDOVA Kristina / PELLEGRINI Alessandro ARM 1
2 HARRIS Holly / CHAN Jason AUS 2
3 RITTER Samantha / BRYKALOV Daniel AZE 3
WEATHERBY Maxine / KOLOSOVSKYI Oleksandr AZE 3 S
4 PLASKONNAYA Viktoryia / SYTSIK Uladzislau AIN 4
5 WANG Shiyue / LIU Xinyu CHN 5
REN Junfei / XING Jianing CHN 5 S
6 KUDRYAVTSEVA Angelina / KARANKEVICH Ilia CYP 6
7 VAL Sofia / KAZIMOV Asaf ESP 7
8 KAZAKOVA Maria / KASINSKIJ Vladislav GEO 8
9 IGNATEVA Mariia / SZEMKO Danijil Leonyidovics HUN 9
10 SOUCISSE Carolane / FIRUS Shane IRL 10
11 ICHILOV Shira / NOSOVITSKIY Mikhail ISR 11
TKACHENKO Elizabeth / KILIAKOV Alexei ISR 11 S
12 MANNI Victoria / ROETHLISBERGER Carlo ITA 12
ARGENTIERI Carlotta / RIVA Francesco ITA 12 S
DOZZI Leia / PAPETTI Pietro ITA 12 S
FINELLI Laura / BUCCIARELLI Massimiliano ITA 12 S
PAOLINO Giulia Isabella / TUBA Andrea ITA 12 S
TALI Noemi Maria / LAFORNARA Noah ITA 12 S
13 YOSHIDA Utana / MORITA Masaya JPN 13
14 NAURYZOVA Gaukhar / DATIEV Boyisangur KAZ 14
15 REED Allison / AMBRULEVICIUS Saulius LTU 15
16 STANLEY Harlow Lynella / URANO Seiji MEX 16
17 VERHAEGH Chelsea / VAN GEFFEN Sherim NED 17
18 DOVHAL Sofiia / KULESZA Wiktor POL 18
BORYSOVA Olexandra / FREEMAN Aaron POL 18 S
CARHART Helena / BOJANOWSKI Filip POL 18 S
GRZEGORZEWSKA Zofia / MURATOV Oleg POL 18 S
19 REITAN Milla Ruud / MAJOROV Nikolaj SWE 19
20 LARSON Zoe / KAPRAN Andrii UKR 20
PINCHUK Mariia / POGORIELOV Mykyta UKR 20 S
 
Looking over the entry lists more fully now...

Interesting that the FFSG has Pitot listed as their Men's entry trying to earn the 3rd spot rather than Economides. Wonder if that will change after French Masters. Also telling that the CFSA isn't even listing Xiangyi An as a substitute - they're rolling the dice on Ruiyang Zhang with Yi Zhu as the backup should Ruiyang get injured before then. And Estonia has zero confidence in Eva-Lotta to earn a 2nd spot - at least she got her trip to the Olympics in 2022.
 
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