2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics - Figure Skating Qualification

[swissskate]

And? I don't hold a citizenship of the country I was born at.

Karen pretended above that Ioulia was born in Switzerland which is obviously wrong

 

[farahfan]

Ioulia states in this interview that she has a Russian passport. And explains why she and Michal are not training in Russia.
I'm not sure why people are saying a Russian citizen can't hold other citizenships when there are plenty out there, like Annabelle Morozov.

 

[Vagabond]

Karen pretended above that Ioulia was born in Switzerland which is obviously wrong

As much as I dislike correcting non-native speakers' English, I must make an exception.

I don't know whether French is your first language, but I am confident that you will understand. The verb "to pretend" does not mean "prétendre." It means "faire semblant."

The literal translation of "prétendre" as you apparently meant to use it in English is "to claim," but that would not be polite. "To say" or "to write" would have been more appropriate here.

 

[Karen-W]

Karen pretended above that Ioulia was born in Switzerland which is obviously wrong

No, I didn't pretend. I just didn't go look at her ISU bio yesterday and was misremembering where she was born because I knew she grew up in Switzerland.

 

[Karen-W]

Interesting tweet from Jackie Wong a few hours ago...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962980261781549210

I've always felt that John Nicks would be the final determinative result for the US entry at the OQE. Jackie doesn't make these sort of posts without good reason to believe the Beijing assignment is still up in the air. I do wonder if PlaFern are not in the running at all even though they're competing at the Kinoshita Group Cup Challenger later this week.

 

[kwanfan1818]

I'm not sure why people are saying a Russian citizen can't hold other citizenships when there are plenty out there, like Annabelle Morozov.

No one is saying that. There are other countries, though, that don't, or at least in the past, haven't allow(ed) multiple citizenships or multiple citizenships with Russia. Many countries prohibit it, but enforcement is mixed generally. Even if a passport is confiscated, the issuing country can replace it.

Unless this page is obsolete, Swiss citizens have not had to give up Swiss citizenship since 1992 if they acquired another. It doesn't say explicitly that naturalizing citizens have to give up their citizenship, but the law probably does. There are other sources, like the site dualcitizenship.com that say that the 1992 law also allows naturalizing citizens to keep their previous citizenship. That site also says that naturalizing Hungarian and Polish citizens can keep their previous citizenships.

I don't know how reliable the site it or how up-to-date it is: naturalization rules change often enough. However, if it's accurate, she can keep all four passports.

 

[Stephanie]

Interesting tweet from Jackie Wong a few hours ago...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962980261781549210

I've always felt that John Nicks would be the final determinative result for the US entry at the OQE. Jackie doesn't make these sort of posts without good reason to believe the Beijing assignment is still up in the air. I do wonder if PlaFern are not in the running at all even though they're competing at the Kinoshita Group Cup Challenger later this week.

Especially interesting since Shin/Nagy are on the USFS international assignments page, which is usually considered final.

Given the importance, I understand USFS wanting to do everything to find the best team to go, just weird that they wouldn’t list the spot as TBD if that were the case.

 

[Karen-W]

Especially interesting since Shin/Nagy are on the USFS international assignments page, which is usually considered final.

Given the importance, I understand USFS wanting to do everything to find the best team to go, just weird that they wouldn’t list the spot as TBD if that were the case.

Yes, once it's listed on the USFS Int'l Assignments page, I usually consider it to be final unless there is an injury withdrawal.

But I just can't see Jackie making a tweet about it without firm information pointing to the assignment actually being TBD still.

 

[Karen-W]

Interesting... the Swedish fed put out this IG post announcing their entries for Skate to Milano - Taljegard and Reitan/Majorov. The Crafoords aren't mentioned. They're still listed on the ISU entries page, though.

#skatesweden on Instagram: "🇸🇪 Här är Sveriges trupp till Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier! ✨️Josefin Taljegård ✨️Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov 18–21 september i Peking kämpar de om de sista OS-platserna till Milano 2026. 💙💛 Heja Sveri

137 likes, 2 comments - skatesweden.se on September 3, 2025: "🇸🇪 Här är Sveriges trupp till Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier! ✨️Josefin Taljegård ✨️Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov 18–21 september i Peking kämpar de om de sista OS-platserna till Milano 2026. 💙💛 Heja Sverige! 🇸🇪 It’s...

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[skateblessing]

Interesting... the Swedish fed out out this IG post announcing their entries for Skate to Milano - Taljegard and Reitan/Majorov. The Crafoords aren't mentioned. They're still listed on the ISU entries page, though.

#skatesweden on Instagram: "🇸🇪 Här är Sveriges trupp till Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier! ✨️Josefin Taljegård ✨️Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov 18–21 september i Peking kämpar de om de sista OS-platserna till Milano 2026. 💙💛 Heja Sveri

137 likes, 2 comments - skatesweden.se on September 3, 2025: "🇸🇪 Här är Sveriges trupp till Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier! ✨️Josefin Taljegård ✨️Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov 18–21 september i Peking kämpar de om de sista OS-platserna till Milano 2026. 💙💛 Heja Sverige! 🇸🇪 It’s...

www.instagram.com

Oh that is weird. I saw the post and didn`t even think about it. I just checked and Skatesweden even made a article about this on Skatesweden.se. It also mention Reitan/Majorov and Taljegard going and even Andreas having secured a spot for the men in Boston. There is no single word about them which is super weird. You would think if they were injured there would be a short mention about it in the article.

Now that I come to think off it - there was a team photo from the test skates and I can`t recall if they were even there.

 

[Karen-W]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1963293199843078270

 

[peibeck]

Yes, once it's listed on the USFS Int'l Assignments page, I usually consider it to be final unless there is an injury withdrawal.

But I just can't see Jackie making a tweet about it without firm information pointing to the assignment actually being TBD still.

How easily could a team be swapped out though? Don't they need visas for China? The clock is really ticking if they do.

 

[carriecmu0503]

How easily could a team be swapped out though? Don't they need visas for China? The clock is really ticking if they do.

USFS could have easily gotten visas for all the teams they are considering sending.

 

[Karen-W]

How easily could a team be swapped out though? Don't they need visas for China? The clock is really ticking if they do.

USFS could have easily gotten visas for all the teams they are considering sending.

There's two weeks before the competition so even if they didn't secure visas for all of the teams under consideration, I expect they'd be able to get it handled quickly should they make a switch.