2025-26 U.S. Ice Dance News, Updates & Discussion - Backstreet Boys & Spice Girls

[Sylvia]

NBC Sports' 6.5-minute video showing clips of Madi/Evan, Emilea/Vadym & Christina/Anthony from the "Making The Team" show on Sunday, Jan. 11 (introductions by Ben Agosto & Richard Dalley, Ben again & a visibly pregnant Madi Hubbell (congrats!), respectively, plus their interviews with Andrea Joyce): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30z8d-dUe6c

Chock/Bates - "A memorable week in St. Louis": https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTicKkCEbwC/
Video tribute to their parents: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTfubeikYug/

Zingas' 2 posts+photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbeMaTD0CQ/ & https://www.instagram.com/p/DTd9V2ADw0k/
Kolesnik's 2 posts+photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbZpUkFBwy/ & https://www.instagram.com/p/DTb-q9LDk-i/

Carreira/Ponomarenko's joint post+photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTdmCC3ga-u/

 

[Sylvia]

Clip of the Team USA ice dancers showing off their 4CC RD small medals on the first day of competition in Beijing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvF6t7PEF-I

1 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 79.97 45.43 34.54 8.64 8.79 8.54 0.00 #13
2 Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS USA 78.66 44.96 33.70 8.50 8.54 8.29 0.00 #14
3 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA 74.24 41.85 32.39 8.14 8.21 8.00 0.00 #12

Zingas/Kolesnik, Green/Parsons & the Browns talked about their RD music in the 4CC presser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL8ooDmvpA8

 

[Sylvia]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014624467830636630

Zingas/Kolesnik clip from their FD presser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hizWnT9yLWI

They will return to Novi, MI for an Olympic Send-Off Celebration at 5 pm on Monday, Jan. 26 at the Novi Ice Arena:

Suburban Ice on Instagram: "You’re invited to a celebration send-off for Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik this Monday at Novi Ice Arena at 5 p.m."

45 likes, 2 comments - skatewithsuburbanice on January 22, 2026: "You’re invited to a celebration send-off for Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik this Monday at Novi Ice Arena at 5 p.m.".

www.instagram.com

 

[Skaterbob]

Will this result improve Z&K's skate order position for the RD?

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting here from the 4CC FD play-by-play thread:

Zingas/Kolesnik will net 412 points for their win, for a total of 3719 and will be 6th in WS after they do the update. They'll be 79 points below Gilles/Poirier, who are 5th.

The penultimate RD group will be:
6-8: Zingas/Kolesnik, Reed/Ambrulevicius, Carreira/Ponomarenko
9-10: Smart/Dieck, Lajoie/Lagha

 

[kwanfan1818]

Will this result improve Z&K's skate order position for the RD?

They stay in the same (penultimate) group, but move to the second half draw of three from the first half draw of two.

 

[Karen-W]

Between this result and Euros last week, everything worked out perfectly for both ZingKol and CarPon, who both stay in the 2nd half of the penultimate group for the Olympics.

 

[OrioleBeagle]

Would it help Caroline Green and Michael Parsons if they switched to Igor Spilband and Pascal Camerlengo? They would have strong training partners in Zingas/Kolesnik.

 

[Rukia]

Would it help Caroline Green and Michael Parsons if they switched to Igor Spilband and Pascal Camerlengo? They would have strong training partners in Zingas/Kolesnik.

do not let caroline green anywhere near igor i beg

 

[OrioleBeagle]

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons are stagnating in their current training situation.

 

[Karen-W]

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons are stagnating in their current training situation.

I think they'd be better off going to IAM-O and training with Scott, Madi & Adrian's team. Christina & Caroline are such good friends already, so I'd hope it doesn't cause problems.

 

[OrioleBeagle]

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[Tinycities]

I think they'd be better off going to IAM-O and training with Scott, Madi & Adrian's team. Christina & Caroline are such good friends already, so I'd hope it doesn't cause problems.

The problem would likely be a work visa as Michael has mentioned a few times he needs to work to support his skating career. The Browns have mentioned similar issues with their part time move to IAM

 

[Tinycities]

Also, Pasquale Camerlengo no longer seems to be listed as a coach for Zingas/Kolesnik. He is listed for the other Novi teams.

 

[OrioleBeagle]

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[OrioleBeagle]

While watching Jr Nationals, I noticed the WISA teams have switched from the Washington FSC to the Shenandoah FSC. Does anyone know why?

 

[Sylvia]

While watching Jr Nationals, I noticed the WISA teams have switched from the Washington FSC to the Shenandoah FSC.

Both Kouevi/Homawoo and Stapert/Korotcov were members of the ION FSC last season (through 2025 Nationals in Wichita). I don't know why they switched. I had not heard of Shenandoah FSC before and did not find a website when I searched online just now.

 

[emilieh]

Both Kouevi/Homawoo and Stapert/Korotcov were members of the ION FSC last season (through 2025 Nationals in Wichita). I don't know why they switched. I had not heard of Shenandoah FSC before and did not find a website when I searched online just now.

I think it's possible that the ION FSC split or disbanded when the ION rink was set to close. I think the rink ended up staying open after all(?), but the solo dancers that previously represented ION also switched to Shenandoah this season.

 

[OrioleBeagle]

I think it's possible that the ION FSC split or disbanded when the ION rink was set to close. I think the rink ended up staying open after all(?), but the solo dancers that previously represented ION also switched to Shenandoah this season.

Thanks!

 

[ice coverage]

Both Kouevi/Homawoo and Stapert/Korotcov were members of the ION FSC last season (through 2025 Nationals in Wichita). I don't know why they switched. I had not heard of Shenandoah FSC before and did not find a website when I searched online just now.

Maybe ION FSC morphed into Shenandoah FSC?
I wonder because of the page below.

https://comp.entryeeze.com/Membership/Welcome.aspx?cid=337​

For example (FWIW): Clicking there on the link for "Shenandoah Figure Skating Club Bylaws" brings up a PDF for ION FSC bylaws.

https://comp.entryeeze.com/Membership/AdFiles/Ion%20FSC%20Bylaws.pdf

 

[Sylvia]

Posted by a fan on X on 1/25/26: https://x.com/lunamon880/status/2015363710781657441
Met Michael [Parsons] this morning, asked him will he continue to skate in the next Olympic cycle, he answered (and without any hesitation) "yes!" Wow big day for GPa fans!

ETA:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015549601005158486

 

[Cpomfan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkat...mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Found this on Reddit. Written 7 days ago. Do with it what you will

 

[Rukia]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkat...mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Found this on Reddit. Written 7 days ago. Do with it what you will

 

[my little pony]

what has Charlie done as a coach to make little IAM want him?

 

[kwanfan1818]

That's not how the old boy network works.

 

[OrioleBeagle]

The problem would likely be a work visa as Michael has mentioned a few times he needs to work to support his skating career. The Browns have mentioned similar issues with their part time move to IAM

If Green/Parsons can't afford to train in Canada what coach/coaches can they switch to in the United States?

 

[PRlady]

If Green/Parsons can't afford to train in Canada what coach/coaches can they switch to in the United States?

I don’t know if they want an older team but Gregory/Petukov has some great results with juniors.

 

[dancefan17]

I think Green/Parsons started the season a bit slowly but had some real momentum at the end. Much better at Nationals and close to tying Z/K at 4CCs in the RD. Maybe they are hitting stride and just need to be ready a bit earlier (rather than a coaching change)?

 

[Belsornia]

Gregory/Petukhov have been coaching for a while and seem to have just broken through these last few years with Tali/Lafornara, Aboian/Veselukhin, and now Vacklavikova/Lissauer looking promising too. The common factor seems to be that they’re excellent at pairing up young skaters from different backgrounds. That’s quite different from Green/Parsons, who have been together for seven seasons and known each other since they were kids.

But I think any team looking for a coaching change who needs to stay in the US for whatever reason (citizenship, finances, personal life) probably has to at least consider taking a punt on coaches relatively untested at the highest level. What are the other options? MIDA is in flux (and home of snoozy programmes), WISA are consistently terrible at packaging and strategising for senior teams, Marina Zueva is semi-retired and seems like Ilya Tkachenko is doing most of the day-to-day coaching, and Igor is Igor.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

I'd like to see how the new MIDA dynamic of just Tanith/Greg/Brooke does with a full season under their belts before suggesting anyone jump ship. They do a lot of good things there, and they had a solid showing at Nats.