2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics - Figure Skating Qualification

[Sedge]

...and the additional Georgia Man is also not on the start orders...taking the 5 Men's spots up to 6

ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 – Beijing - Men - Short Program

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[RoseRed]

Four of the additional pairs spots to be contested in Beijing. ( AUS, GEO, UZB, HUN) do not have entries on the start orders

ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 – Beijing - Pairs - Short Program

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That adds 4 spots to the already 3 to be given out in Beijing, i believe.

The other spot from UZB will be returned at the deadline for declaration later in the year.

The countries who had the chance to earn a 2nd and 3rd spot were still fighting for one out of the 3 available. Those spots weren't being saved for them, so it doesn't change the number available at the Qualifier. If the UZB spot is returned, then it should go to the 4th place team.

 

[Karen-W]

Four of the additional pairs spots to be contested in Beijing. ( AUS, GEO, UZB, HUN) do not have entries on the start orders

ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 – Beijing - Pairs - Short Program

results.isu.org

That adds 4 spots to the already 3 to be given out in Beijing, i believe.

The other spot from UZB will be returned at the deadline for declaration later in the year.

...and the additional Georgia Man is also not on the start orders...taking the 5 Men's spots up to 6

ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 – Beijing - Men - Short Program

results.isu.org

This is not correct.

Those countries earned the right to send an entry to this event to qualify an ADDITIONAL spot on top of the ones earned in Boston. They have not exercised that right, so they will have only 1 pairs team or men's spot at the Olympics. None of those countries have, with the possible exception of UZB, relinquished the spots they have earned.

There are still only 5 men's spots available this week.

There MAY be 4 pairs spots available since UZB's Geynish/Chigirev split over the summer and neither have partners who are eligible to represent UZB yet. Geynish's rumored partner is Marco Zandron, who last competed for Spain with Brooke McIntosh in February, so he won't be released until after the CTES deadline for the Olympics. Rumor for Chigirev is he was having tryouts with some Russian women, but no word as to the success of any tryouts or whether or not a potential partner would need a release from the RFSF, which could be a problem since Sikharulidze has been quoted in the Russian press this summer saying they won't be approving any release requests until next May.

 

[Sedge]

The countries who had the chance to earn a 2nd and 3rd spot were still fighting for one out of the 3 available. Those spots weren't being saved for them, so it doesn't change the number available at the Qualifier. If the UZB spot is returned, then it should go to the 4th place team.

Thanks for this RoseRed...you are absolutely correct.

 

[farahfan]

There MAY be 4 pairs spots available since UZB's Geynish/Chigirev split over the summer and neither have partners who are eligible to represent UZB yet.

Does anyone know more about this split? It seems to crazy to split up when you have an Olympic spot assured.

 

[tony]

Does anyone know more about this split? It seems to crazy to split up when you have an Olympic spot assured.

From all I heard when I first posted, he wanted to be done with the sport and either initially retired or still is done. She found someone quickly, but I think they are still in the early indecisive stages. Either way, Zandron can't go to the Olympic anyways for UZB as noted above.

 

[Karen-W]

From all I heard when I first posted, he wanted to be done with the sport and either initially retired or still is done. She found someone quickly, but I think they are still in the early indecisive stages. Either way, Zandron can't go to the Olympic anyways for UZB as noted above.

Do you think it's possible he could have been persuaded to seek a new partner or did it sound pretty definite that he's done?