2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics - Figure Skating Qualification

[olympic]

Hello all,

Q - Not related to the team event, which men, women and teams have qualified to Milano? I have an idea, but wasn't 100% sure

ETA - NM. AI gave me the info.

 

[Karen-W]

Hello all,

Q - Not related to the team event, which men, women and teams have qualified to Milano? I have an idea, but wasn't 100% sure

All of the countries who are qualified are listed in this post:

Post in thread '2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics - Figure Skating Qualification'

Sunday at 12:37 PM

Well, the men certainly made it interesting - and very straightforward - for the Team Event.

First things first - the Olympic Winter Games draw for the 4 judges' panels will take place sometime today. We'll need to keep an eye on the ISU Communications page for the formal announcement of which countries were selected for each of the disciplines.

As @Andrea82 noted for Pairs - there are exactly 13 countries with ISU Championship/Olympic level judges qualified for Milano-Cortina. Presumably, all of those countries have entered a judge and there will not be a draw.

Countries...

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[zigzig]

I so despise rules like this.

Agreed - so much additional stress and pressure in the name of bean counting.

Also, don't get why Sweden is such a grinch about giving their athletes an Olympic experience. Bleh.

 

[farahfan]

Agreed - so much additional stress and pressure in the name of bean counting.

Also, don't get why Sweden is such a grinch about giving their athletes an Olympic experience. Bleh.

Idk I'm not stressing about Dani/Tsiba. I'm pretty confident they'll meet the quota in a competition this fall.

 

[Karen-W]

Idk I'm not stressing about Dani/Tsiba. I'm pretty confident they'll meet the quota in a competition this fall.

Yup - they're entered in Nebelhorn next weekend and Trialeti Trophy in 3 weeks, on top of their NHK assignment. I'm sure they'll get the job done at one of those competitions. They usually sort things out by November every season.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Danilova/Tsiba’s PB 178.X was at a GP, NHK, not at a championship where scores tend to rise. It may take a couple of tries — they have one GP, NHK again, and are 6th on the Alt List — but they have a very good chance if they are healthy.

Where is Mordovian Ornament for Pairs when you need it?

 

[Karen-W]

Danilova/Tsiba’s PB 178.X was at a GP, NHK, not at a championship where scores tend to rise. It may take a couple of tries — they have one GP, NHK again, and are 6th on the Alt List — but they have a very good chance if they are healthy.

Where is Mordovian Ornament for Pairs when you need it?

Well, there is Tayside Trophy! And iceChallenge is back again this season.

 

[Andrea82]

IIRC Van Zundert didn't get the score required by Dutch Olympic Committee last time but she was sent anyway.

Switzerland also have a score to reach at least once between January 2025 and 18 January 2026. Should be achieved in certain competitions (of what it is left: GPs, Challengers, Europeans...and Nationals)
For women it is 185 points which has not been met yet by Kaiser (she did it in the past).

 

[Coco]

I'm not wishing ill on anyone, but from here on out, what happens if a country can't use one of their spots?

Do the results of this Chinese Nebelhorn matter in terms of alternates?

 

[Karen-W]

I'm not wishing ill on anyone, but from here on out, what happens if a country can't use one of their spots?

Do the results of this Chinese Nebelhorn matter in terms of alternates?

Yes, with a caveat that unused spots are reallocated to NOCs not yet qualified and not yet REPRESENTED. So, any country that was going for a 2nd or 3rd additional spot is not eligible for one of the unused spots when they're reallocated.

IIRC Van Zundert didn't get the score required by Dutch Olympic Committee last time but she was sent anyway.

Switzerland also have a score to reach at least once between January 2025 and 18 January 2026. Should be achieved in certain competitions (of what it is left: GPs, Challengers, Europeans...and Nationals)
For women it is 185 points which has not been met yet by Kaiser (she did it in the past).

Thanks - I'll edit my post above and include that information about the 2nd SUI spot.

 

[farahfan]

Danilova/Tsiba’s PB 178.X was at a GP, NHK, not at a championship where scores tend to rise. It may take a couple of tries — they have one GP, NHK again, and are 6th on the Alt List — but they have a very good chance if they are healthy.

Where is Mordovian Ornament for Pairs when you need it?

Yes, currently they are healthy and in a good training environment, so I think that for all practical predictions they'll make the quota. Like Karen said, they tend to need warm-up time and don't start the season with a bang.

 

[Andrea82]

Yes, with a caveat that unused spots are reallocated to NOCs not yet qualified and not yet REPRESENTED. So, any country that was going for a 2nd or 3rd additional spot is not eligible for one of the unused spots when they're reallocated.


Thanks - I'll edit my post above and include that information about the 2nd SUI spot.

That is the Swiss document

https://www.swissiceskating.ch/1_kunstlauf/4_leistungssport/3_dokumente/concept-de-slection-eiskunstlauf.pdf

Britschgi and Repond have already achieved the required scores.

 

[Karen-W]

FYI - I've created a Google Sheets doc to track the Olympic Qualifying spots and Team Event qualification points. If either GER or CZE do wind up with spots in at least 3 disciplines they would knock POL out of the TE, so I have them listed below the 10 countries who are already qualified in 3 or 4 disciplines.

Olympic Team Event

docs.google.com

 

[barbk]

What happens to spots that become vacant going forward from countries that qualified but that no longer have athletes that qualify (injury, nationality, break up, NOC won't nominate,...)?

 

[Karen-W]

What happens to spots that become vacant going forward from countries that qualified but that no longer have athletes that qualify (injury, nationality, break up, NOC won't nominate,...)?

They are filled by going down the results list of the Skate To Milano competition, minus the countries which were trying for a 2nd or 3rd additional spot.

Full list of Alternates:
Men - MON, CZE, GER, ISR, ARM, HUN, CRO, AUT, AIN BLR*, AUS, GBR, HKG, TUR, FIN, PHI, MAS, IRL*, ECU*, POR*
Women - CYP, NOR, SWE, NZL, MEX*, AZE, SVK, SLO, RSA, MDA, HKG, MAS*, CZE, SRB, PHI*, ARG*, NED, AUS*, GRE*
Pairs - FRA, UKR, CZE, ISL, AUT, PRK, PHI
Dance - SWE, HUN, JPN, IRL, ISR, CYP, UKR, POL, KAZ, NED, AZE, ARM, MEX
* = no skaters have the Olympic CTES mins currently; I've crossed out AIN BLR from the Alternates because this was his only int'l competition, so he won't be able to earn the CTES min later - deadline to earn the Olympic CTES mins is Jan 26, 2026

 

[DE93]

I'm still catching up on the thread, so I apologize if someone has mentioned this, but from my understanding, Jason Chan does have AUS citizenship already.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm still catching up on the thread, so I apologize if someone has mentioned this, but from my understanding, Jason Chan does have AUS citizenship already.

Fabulous news! So great to hear they're definitely going to the Olympics!

 

[Vagabond]

Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN - International Skating Union

Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN - International Skating Union

www.isu-skating.com

According to the ISU, Jason Chan obtained Australian citizenship in 2022.