...and the additional Georgia Man is also not on the start orders...taking the 5 Men's spots up to 6
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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.Four of the additional pairs spots to be contested in Beijing. ( AUS, GEO, UZB, HUN) do not have entries on the start orders
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.
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Four of the additional pairs spots to be contested in Beijing. ( AUS, GEO, UZB, HUN) do not have entries on the start orders
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.
This is not correct....and the additional Georgia Man is also not on the start orders...taking the 5 Men's spots up to 6
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.
Thanks for this RoseRed...you are absolutely correct.
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.
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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?
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What happened to the former partners of Tae Ok Ryom?
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I don't think we really know. Given the regime in North Korea is so closed off from the world we will probably never see them again.
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With the conclusion of the Olympic Pairs qualifier we now know that no country will have maximum entries in the 2026 Olympics.
China gets the final judging slot without the need of the draw.
Armenia does not have an ISU judge. Japan is already represented.
That's assuming all other 12 Feds entered the draw
Draw (by country) for Olympic panels are held tomorrow in Beijing.
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Do Petrosian and Safonova both get to go now?
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Yes. Waiting to see what they play for an AIN winner.
I think it's the Olympic anthem? Assuming you mean the Olys....for the OQE, it's probably the ISU anthem, if they have one.
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Oh, so the drunk wallaby song?
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So what was that music?
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And with Zhang qualifying in women as well as Zhang/Huang in pairs, China has officially qualified for the Team Event!
They are about 150 points behind Great Britain in the TE qualification points standings right now, and over 500 points behind France, so they're currently on the bubble with regard to whether or not they'll be able to field a full team for the TE.
Japan - needs to qualify in ice dance - if they fail to secure a spot in the individual event then JPN uses 2 additional athlete quota spots for the TE.
France - 1st alternate in pairs, waiting to see if UZB uses their spot or not; if UZB declines the spot then FRA will not need to use 2 additional athlete quota spots to field a full team for the TE.
Great Britain - waiting to see if Appleby can move up to the top 5 tomorrow, otherwise, they're next in line for 1 additional athlete quota spot and it should be available to them, however...
Germany - currently qualified in 2 disciplines, if Gartung can move up to the top 5 (he's much closer to that than Appleby, TBH), then Germany would qualify for the TE & probably just ahead of GBR , and the question would fall to the German NOC as to whether or not they want to send 1 woman to compete in the TE SP or not, which might be a huge stretch since GER only has 1 woman who has the Olympic CTES min (and just barely). All their decent women are too young for seniors still.
China - it's going to be a struggle, IMO, for them to close the points gap necessary to move up in the TE qualification standings, so they're going to be praying that JPN gets a dance spot tomorrow or FRA gets the pairs spot from UZB, and that GER doesn't qualify in a 3rd discipline, or that WangLiu get one hell of a PCS bonus tomorrow & qualify for one of the 4 dance spots available (or at least finish 5th since everyone knows Orihara's citizenship quest is on life support). They're most likely going to be able to field a full team for the TE, but there's a perfect storm of circumstances which exist that would leave them high and dry.
Korea - has no pairs team so they're not going to need to use any additional athlete quota spots & will have to field a team in just the 3 disciplines in which they're qualified.
Australia - I can't see them qualifying in Men tomorrow, which will leave them out of the TE discussion. Should some bizarre miracle happen & Gerber qualifies, then they'd be ahead of Poland in the TE qualification points and would need to use 1 additional athlete quota to send a woman to participate in the TE. I'm just throwing it out there as a possibility, remote as it may be.
Poland - already qualified in 3 disciplines, but waiting to see what happens with GER and AUS tomorrow. There is a perfect world that exists where they sneak into the TE in the 10th spot AND are able to use 2 additional athlete quota spots to field a full team for the TE. This perfect world consists of GER & AUS not qualifying in a 3rd discipline (they're so far behind in the qualification points, there isn't any chance of them making up the difference & sliding into the 10 spot); of JPN earning an individual dance spot; of FRA getting UZB's pairs spot; and KOR not coming up with some random pairs team at the last minute this fall. With only 5 additional athlete quota spots, those would then be used by GBR (1 man), CHN (2 dance) and POL (2 dance). How this all shakes out could very well impact the TE points and standings up at the top of the podium, so it's important to keep an eye on what happens tomorrow.
They are about 150 points behind Great Britain in the TE qualification points standings right now, and over 500 points behind France, so they're currently on the bubble with regard to whether or not they'll be able to field a full team for the TE.
Japan - needs to qualify in ice dance - if they fail to secure a spot in the individual event then JPN uses 2 additional athlete quota spots for the TE.
France - 1st alternate in pairs, waiting to see if UZB uses their spot or not; if UZB declines the spot then FRA will not need to use 2 additional athlete quota spots to field a full team for the TE.
Great Britain - waiting to see if Appleby can move up to the top 5 tomorrow, otherwise, they're next in line for 1 additional athlete quota spot and it should be available to them, however...
Germany - currently qualified in 2 disciplines, if Gartung can move up to the top 5 (he's much closer to that than Appleby, TBH), then Germany would qualify for the TE & probably just ahead of GBR , and the question would fall to the German NOC as to whether or not they want to send 1 woman to compete in the TE SP or not, which might be a huge stretch since GER only has 1 woman who has the Olympic CTES min (and just barely). All their decent women are too young for seniors still.
China - it's going to be a struggle, IMO, for them to close the points gap necessary to move up in the TE qualification standings, so they're going to be praying that JPN gets a dance spot tomorrow or FRA gets the pairs spot from UZB, and that GER doesn't qualify in a 3rd discipline, or that WangLiu get one hell of a PCS bonus tomorrow & qualify for one of the 4 dance spots available (or at least finish 5th since everyone knows Orihara's citizenship quest is on life support). They're most likely going to be able to field a full team for the TE, but there's a perfect storm of circumstances which exist that would leave them high and dry.
Korea - has no pairs team so they're not going to need to use any additional athlete quota spots & will have to field a team in just the 3 disciplines in which they're qualified.
Australia - I can't see them qualifying in Men tomorrow, which will leave them out of the TE discussion. Should some bizarre miracle happen & Gerber qualifies, then they'd be ahead of Poland in the TE qualification points and would need to use 1 additional athlete quota to send a woman to participate in the TE. I'm just throwing it out there as a possibility, remote as it may be.
Poland - already qualified in 3 disciplines, but waiting to see what happens with GER and AUS tomorrow. There is a perfect world that exists where they sneak into the TE in the 10th spot AND are able to use 2 additional athlete quota spots to field a full team for the TE. This perfect world consists of GER & AUS not qualifying in a 3rd discipline (they're so far behind in the qualification points, there isn't any chance of them making up the difference & sliding into the 10 spot); of JPN earning an individual dance spot; of FRA getting UZB's pairs spot; and KOR not coming up with some random pairs team at the last minute this fall. With only 5 additional athlete quota spots, those would then be used by GBR (1 man), CHN (2 dance) and POL (2 dance). How this all shakes out could very well impact the TE points and standings up at the top of the podium, so it's important to keep an eye on what happens tomorrow.
The USFS made sure of that.
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Just typing some things out:
First, to be sure I understand, they are adding up the WS points for the highest placement for each discipline at:
1. 2024-25 Championships, Worlds, if they had a points-getter? an entry, ie, no points for not making the free?, otherwise Euros or 4C's, otherwise Junior Worlds?
2. 2025-26 GP/GPF, and if no entry? no points earners? they can use JGP (but not JGPF)
Those with four are safely in the Top 10 -- USA, ITA, CAN, GEO -- plus JPN and FRA. USA, ITA, FRA, and JPN should be piling up GP/GPF points in three disciplines, with decent points in the others, aside from maybe JPN in dance
GEO has Gubanova and Metelkina/Berulava, who should medal in each of their two events if they skate well. (Which medal at Coc For M/B should be dependent on whether/which Sui/Han show up.) They've got Davis/Smolkin with two GP's and Nika Egadze with two. Top 8 in GP get points.
CAN has top Pairs and Dance. They've got Sadovsky at SC and Finlandia and Gogolev and Rakic at SC. Gogolev is currently 5th on the Alternates List and hasn't a standing chance to get a second. Rakic is 16th. They've got Schizas at SC and Finlandia, Dupuis and Shiryaeva (9th and 8th) on the Alternates List at SC. They've got Medland Spence at NHK, whch is a tough field; she's 7th on the alternates list.
So, the rich will get richer, as expected.
CHN has Dai at CoC and SA, Jin at CoC and NHK, and Peng at CoC (not on Alt List). All three Chinese Women are at CoC only. Only Zhu is on the AL (>20), and unless they retroactively classify the OQE as counting towards SB and the Alt List, Zhang will be 10th. They've got Sui/Han and CoC and NHK, and Zhang/Huang at CoC and Finlandia. Xiao/He, Wang/Liu, and Ren/Xing are at CoC only. X/H and R/X are down the Alt List. At least one team may get the least points, because there are a max of 10 teams. It's a pretty packed field in the middle, but they won't be shut out.
KOR has Women and Men who will earn GP points, Lim Quan will will earn GP points, and no Pairs to earn points. Their total will march on.
AUS: Goloubeva/Giotopoulos Moore have GPdF and SC. Harris/Chan are 6th on the Alt List. Above them, all of the teams have one/need one, but alternate spots in Dance are relatively rare in general. On JGP so far, Bath and Chong will earn points at minimum from Bangkok. I don't see any junior ice dancers on the standings list.
POL: They have one entry each for Women (Kurakova-SA), Pairs (Chtchetinina/Wozniak-Finlandia), and Men (Samoilov-SC). No Dance, and the only Junior Dance teams I see on the standings list did not make Top 10/earn points at their first.) Samoilov is #4 on the Alt List, so conceivable to get a second spot, while Kurakova is 15th, not so likely, C/W are 3rd, so even likely to get a second. Dohval/Kulesza are two far down the ID Alt List to bother counting.
GER, if Gartung earns a spot, will have Hase/Volodin (SC, Finland), von Rensburg/Steffan at SC and NHK -- to get points, they need to beat two other teams at either, and I think NHK is better odds -- and the only "GER" string on the Men's and Women's grids are found in "Angers," so off to JGP, where they'll get some points from, at minimum, 2nd by Gartung and 8th by Gerke in Riga.
GBR has Fear/Gibson at GPdF and NHK -- probably equally difficult fields for them -- and will surely earn more points than Bekker/Hernandez at SA, Vaipan-Law/Digby at SC (4th on the Alt List), but no Men or Women. They'll get at least points from Alice Smith's 10th in Riga -- she also has Gdansk and Emma Lyons is in Baku -- and Solovyov's 10th in Riga. (Which feels like last year already).
First, to be sure I understand, they are adding up the WS points for the highest placement for each discipline at:
1. 2024-25 Championships, Worlds, if they had a points-getter? an entry, ie, no points for not making the free?, otherwise Euros or 4C's, otherwise Junior Worlds?
2. 2025-26 GP/GPF, and if no entry? no points earners? they can use JGP (but not JGPF)
Those with four are safely in the Top 10 -- USA, ITA, CAN, GEO -- plus JPN and FRA. USA, ITA, FRA, and JPN should be piling up GP/GPF points in three disciplines, with decent points in the others, aside from maybe JPN in dance
GEO has Gubanova and Metelkina/Berulava, who should medal in each of their two events if they skate well. (Which medal at Coc For M/B should be dependent on whether/which Sui/Han show up.) They've got Davis/Smolkin with two GP's and Nika Egadze with two. Top 8 in GP get points.
CAN has top Pairs and Dance. They've got Sadovsky at SC and Finlandia and Gogolev and Rakic at SC. Gogolev is currently 5th on the Alternates List and hasn't a standing chance to get a second. Rakic is 16th. They've got Schizas at SC and Finlandia, Dupuis and Shiryaeva (9th and 8th) on the Alternates List at SC. They've got Medland Spence at NHK, whch is a tough field; she's 7th on the alternates list.
So, the rich will get richer, as expected.
CHN has Dai at CoC and SA, Jin at CoC and NHK, and Peng at CoC (not on Alt List). All three Chinese Women are at CoC only. Only Zhu is on the AL (>20), and unless they retroactively classify the OQE as counting towards SB and the Alt List, Zhang will be 10th. They've got Sui/Han and CoC and NHK, and Zhang/Huang at CoC and Finlandia. Xiao/He, Wang/Liu, and Ren/Xing are at CoC only. X/H and R/X are down the Alt List. At least one team may get the least points, because there are a max of 10 teams. It's a pretty packed field in the middle, but they won't be shut out.
KOR has Women and Men who will earn GP points, Lim Quan will will earn GP points, and no Pairs to earn points. Their total will march on.
AUS: Goloubeva/Giotopoulos Moore have GPdF and SC. Harris/Chan are 6th on the Alt List. Above them, all of the teams have one/need one, but alternate spots in Dance are relatively rare in general. On JGP so far, Bath and Chong will earn points at minimum from Bangkok. I don't see any junior ice dancers on the standings list.
POL: They have one entry each for Women (Kurakova-SA), Pairs (Chtchetinina/Wozniak-Finlandia), and Men (Samoilov-SC). No Dance, and the only Junior Dance teams I see on the standings list did not make Top 10/earn points at their first.) Samoilov is #4 on the Alt List, so conceivable to get a second spot, while Kurakova is 15th, not so likely, C/W are 3rd, so even likely to get a second. Dohval/Kulesza are two far down the ID Alt List to bother counting.
GER, if Gartung earns a spot, will have Hase/Volodin (SC, Finland), von Rensburg/Steffan at SC and NHK -- to get points, they need to beat two other teams at either, and I think NHK is better odds -- and the only "GER" string on the Men's and Women's grids are found in "Angers," so off to JGP, where they'll get some points from, at minimum, 2nd by Gartung and 8th by Gerke in Riga.
GBR has Fear/Gibson at GPdF and NHK -- probably equally difficult fields for them -- and will surely earn more points than Bekker/Hernandez at SA, Vaipan-Law/Digby at SC (4th on the Alt List), but no Men or Women. They'll get at least points from Alice Smith's 10th in Riga -- she also has Gdansk and Emma Lyons is in Baku -- and Solovyov's 10th in Riga. (Which feels like last year already).
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You have it mostly right @kwanfan1818. I'll post my updated spreadsheet for the TE qualification once today's events are concluded and we know for sure which countries have qualified in at least 3 disciplines.
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So, one event to go and the TE additional athlete quota spots are looking to be filled as follows:
Japan - 2 - ice dance - Yoshida/Morita did not earn a spot & aren't likely to wind up with one as they're behind the Swedes & Hungarians as 3rd Alternates. It's still a remote possibility they could wind up with a spot but it relies on all three of Orihara, Chan & Reitan not getting citizenship from Finland, Australia & Sweden. Australia is pretty generous with Olympic-qualified athletes in awarding them citizenship under the exceptional/extraordinary talent clause, so that leaves just Finland's 2nd spot up in the air right now. If Orihara doesn't get her citizenship then the 2nd Finnish spot would go to SWE and who knows if Reitan will get her citizenship expedited now since they didn't qualify a spot outright. And, even if that happened, the Hungarians are next in line and Hungary is one of those countries that gives citizenship to Olympic-qualified athletes, so I don't really think YoMori are likely to go to the Olympics except for the Team Event. But, like @tony said in the PBP thread - they're at least coming home with an Olympic medal.
France - 2 - pairs - Kovalev/Kovalev are in the 1st Alternate position, so I expect that these 2 quota spots will not be used by France once UZB formally declines their pairs spot.
Great Britain - 1 - men - Appleby if he can't pull up into one of the top 5 spots today, then he's going to the Olympics for the TE... Except...
Germany - 1 - women - Anna Elizabeth Grekul or Sara Marie Pesch - If Gartung can pull up to the top 5 then GER & GBR will be in a CLOSE battle for the higher position in the TE qualification standings. But the German NOC may elect to not send a woman at all and tell the DEU they can compete in the TE without a woman - Grekul BARELY has the CTES mins and Pesch is about .4 away from achieving it.
Korea - 0 - pairs - they have no pairs team, so they'll be competing in the pairs event with entrants in just 3 disciplines.
Poland - 0 - ice dance - if GER qualifies then POL isn't likely to make the TE because they are very far behind any other team in the TE qualification points. If GER doesn't qualify and FRA picks up the UZB pairs spot, then there will be 2 quota spots available and POL would be able to send an ice dance team for the TE. I'm guessing they would, but the hopes of Polish ice dance Olympic dreams rest upon a lot of things going just their way over the next few hours with the men's event.
Japan - 2 - ice dance - Yoshida/Morita did not earn a spot & aren't likely to wind up with one as they're behind the Swedes & Hungarians as 3rd Alternates. It's still a remote possibility they could wind up with a spot but it relies on all three of Orihara, Chan & Reitan not getting citizenship from Finland, Australia & Sweden. Australia is pretty generous with Olympic-qualified athletes in awarding them citizenship under the exceptional/extraordinary talent clause, so that leaves just Finland's 2nd spot up in the air right now. If Orihara doesn't get her citizenship then the 2nd Finnish spot would go to SWE and who knows if Reitan will get her citizenship expedited now since they didn't qualify a spot outright. And, even if that happened, the Hungarians are next in line and Hungary is one of those countries that gives citizenship to Olympic-qualified athletes, so I don't really think YoMori are likely to go to the Olympics except for the Team Event. But, like @tony said in the PBP thread - they're at least coming home with an Olympic medal.
France - 2 - pairs - Kovalev/Kovalev are in the 1st Alternate position, so I expect that these 2 quota spots will not be used by France once UZB formally declines their pairs spot.
Great Britain - 1 - men - Appleby if he can't pull up into one of the top 5 spots today, then he's going to the Olympics for the TE... Except...
Germany - 1 - women - Anna Elizabeth Grekul or Sara Marie Pesch - If Gartung can pull up to the top 5 then GER & GBR will be in a CLOSE battle for the higher position in the TE qualification standings. But the German NOC may elect to not send a woman at all and tell the DEU they can compete in the TE without a woman - Grekul BARELY has the CTES mins and Pesch is about .4 away from achieving it.
Korea - 0 - pairs - they have no pairs team, so they'll be competing in the pairs event with entrants in just 3 disciplines.
Poland - 0 - ice dance - if GER qualifies then POL isn't likely to make the TE because they are very far behind any other team in the TE qualification points. If GER doesn't qualify and FRA picks up the UZB pairs spot, then there will be 2 quota spots available and POL would be able to send an ice dance team for the TE. I'm guessing they would, but the hopes of Polish ice dance Olympic dreams rest upon a lot of things going just their way over the next few hours with the men's event.
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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 eligible for the OWG panels are as follows:
Men
USA, KAZ, JPN, FRA, KOR, GEO, ITA, LAT, SUI, CAN, AZE, SVK, SWE, CHN, EST, ESP, POL
Women
USA, JPN, BEL, EST, KOR, CAN, SUI, ITA, KAZ, FRA, ISR, AUT, FIN, ROU, POL BUL, GBR, LTU
Pairs
USA, GER, ITA, CAN, JPN, GEO, HUN, AUS, UZB, GBR, POL, NED, CHN
If needed, a further draw will be done among the ISU members with a pair at Boston World Championships without an Olympic spot (UKR, FIN, SUI, FRA, AUT).
Dance
These countries are guaranteed for the panel: USA, CAN, GBR, ITA, ESP, FRA, GEO, FIN, CZE, GER, KOR
There will be a draw for 2 judging slots among the ISU members getting the spots at OQE (LTU, AUS, CHN).
If needed, a further draw will be done among the ISU members with a pair at Boston World Championships without an Olympic spot (JPN, HUN, SWE, SVK, IRL, UKR, SUI, NED, AZE, POL, TUR, CYP).
Olympic quota spots have been earned by the following nations:
Men
3 entries: USA, JPN
2 entries: FRA, KOR, ITA, LAT
1 entry: KAZ, GEO, SUI, CAN, AZE, SVK, SWE, CHN, EST, ESP, POL, AIN RUS, MEX, UKR, TPE
Alternates 1-3 - MON, CZE, GER
Women
3 entries: USA, JPN
2 entries: BEL, KOR, SUI
1 entry: EST, CAN, ITA, KAZ, FRA, ISR, AUT, FIN, ROU, POL BUL, GBR, LTU, AIN RUS, GEO, AIN BLR, CHN|
Alternates 1-3: CYP, NOR, SWE
Pairs
2 entries: USA, JPN, GER, ITA, CAN
1 entry: GEO, HUN, AUS, UZB, GBR, POL, NED, CHN, ARM
Alternates 1-3: FRA, UKR, CZE
Dance
3 entries: USA, CAN
2 entries: GBR, ESP, FRA, FIN, CZE
1 entry: ITA, GEO, GER, KOR, LTU, AUS, CHN
Alternates 1-3: SWE, HUN, JPN
ETA - I edited my post to reflect the correct alternates. I missed it when I was reading through the Qualification System document last night/this morning but here's the verbiage:
Team Event:
Qualified in 4 disciplines: USA, CAN, ITA, GEO, CHN
Qualified in 3 disciplines: JPN, FRA*, GBR, KOR, POL
*expected to pick up a Pairs spot once UZB declines their spot
Additional Athlete Quota - 5 spots available for countries qualified in 3 disciplines - priority for these spots is determined by the TE Qualification Standings - points are awarded in each discipline based upon results of the 2024-25 ISU Championship events (Worlds, Euros/4CCs if none earned from Worlds, Jr Worlds if none earned from Euros/4CCs) and the 2025-26 GP/JGP season (GP/GPF, JGP if none earned from the GP/GPF).
2 - JPN - Dance
2 - FRA - Pairs (if necessary)
1 - GBR - Men
2 - KOR - Pairs (no team)
2 - POL - Dance
In all likelihood, KOR will wind up being the only country in the TE with entrants in only 3 disciplines, but this won't be confirmed until after UZB makes a decision about their Pairs spot.
Timeline is as follows for confirmation of Figure Skating Quota Allocations:
Within 2 weeks of the OWG Qualifying Competition (Sept 22, 2025 at the earliest; Oct 6, 2025 at the latest) - ISU confirms in writing to the NOCs the quota places obtained.
Within 2 weeks after the ISU communication (Oct 6, 2025 at the earliest; Oct 20, 2025 at the latest) - NOCs confirm to the ISU the use of allocated quota places.
Within 5 days after each previous step (Oct 11, 2025 at the earliest; Oct 25, 2025 at the latest) - ISU to reallocate all unused quota places.
Team Event -
Within 24 hours of the conclusion of the GPF (December 8, 2025) - the ISU confirms to the NOCs the qualified teams for the TE.
Within 24 hours of notification (December 9, 2025) - NOCs qualified to the TE confirm to the ISU use of allocated additional athlete quota places.
Mid-December - reallocation of unused TE quota places & NOCs have 24 hours to confirm use of the reallocated additional athlete quota places.
January 2026 - no date provided in the Qualification document - ISU to reallocate any unused quota places - this is the absolute last deadline for any NOCs to decline their spots because athletes did not obtain citizenship in time or did not achieve any performance standard minimums.
Jan 26, 2026 - Entries by Name due
Potential Quota Places that MAY be returned:
Men - LAT (1 spot) - Fedir Kulish doesn't have Latvian citizenship yet - no update on his IG as of yesterday
Women - SUI (1 spot) - Livia Kaiser must earn a score of at least 185 between Jan 2025 and Jan 18, 2026 in order to be named to the Swiss Olympic team.
Women - ROU (1 spot) - Julia Sauter doesn't have Romanian citizenship yet - no update on her IG as of yesterday
Pairs - UZB (1 spot) - Geynish/Chigirev have split, doesn't seem like they will have a new pairs team eligible to use the spot
Pairs - NED (1 spot) - Danilova/Tsiba must earn a score of at least 173.89 between Sept 1st & Jan 1st in order to be named to the Dutch Olympic team.
Dance - FIN (1 spot) - Yuka Orihara doesn't have Finnish citizenship yet - it will take a miracle, but she's taking the Finnish language test next month, so fingers crossed
If any spots are returned, the following Alternates may also not be able to use the reallocated quota places:
Men - MON - Davide Lewton Brain does not have Monegasque citizenship yet - he has seemed hopeful in media interviews, but it may have rested upon actually earning the spot in Beijing.
Dance - SWE - Milla Ruud Reitan does not have Swedish citizenship yet - she has seemed hopeful that it will be completed this fall, but that may have rested upon actually earning the spot in Beijing, plus the Swedish NOC is notorious for not wanting to send teams who aren't likely to finish in the top half of the field & since Majorov has already been to the Olympics they may not qualify as an "emerging athlete".
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 eligible for the OWG panels are as follows:
Men
USA, KAZ, JPN, FRA, KOR, GEO, ITA, LAT, SUI, CAN, AZE, SVK, SWE, CHN, EST, ESP, POL
Women
USA, JPN, BEL, EST, KOR, CAN, SUI, ITA, KAZ, FRA, ISR, AUT, FIN, ROU, POL BUL, GBR, LTU
Pairs
USA, GER, ITA, CAN, JPN, GEO, HUN, AUS, UZB, GBR, POL, NED, CHN
If needed, a further draw will be done among the ISU members with a pair at Boston World Championships without an Olympic spot (UKR, FIN, SUI, FRA, AUT).
Dance
These countries are guaranteed for the panel: USA, CAN, GBR, ITA, ESP, FRA, GEO, FIN, CZE, GER, KOR
There will be a draw for 2 judging slots among the ISU members getting the spots at OQE (LTU, AUS, CHN).
If needed, a further draw will be done among the ISU members with a pair at Boston World Championships without an Olympic spot (JPN, HUN, SWE, SVK, IRL, UKR, SUI, NED, AZE, POL, TUR, CYP).
Olympic quota spots have been earned by the following nations:
Men
3 entries: USA, JPN
2 entries: FRA, KOR, ITA, LAT
1 entry: KAZ, GEO, SUI, CAN, AZE, SVK, SWE, CHN, EST, ESP, POL, AIN RUS, MEX, UKR, TPE
Alternates 1-3 - MON, CZE, GER
Women
3 entries: USA, JPN
2 entries: BEL, KOR, SUI
1 entry: EST, CAN, ITA, KAZ, FRA, ISR, AUT, FIN, ROU, POL BUL, GBR, LTU, AIN RUS, GEO, AIN BLR, CHN|
Alternates 1-3: CYP, NOR, SWE
Pairs
2 entries: USA, JPN, GER, ITA, CAN
1 entry: GEO, HUN, AUS, UZB, GBR, POL, NED, CHN, ARM
Alternates 1-3: FRA, UKR, CZE
Dance
3 entries: USA, CAN
2 entries: GBR, ESP, FRA, FIN, CZE
1 entry: ITA, GEO, GER, KOR, LTU, AUS, CHN
Alternates 1-3: SWE, HUN, JPN
ETA - I edited my post to reflect the correct alternates. I missed it when I was reading through the Qualification System document last night/this morning but here's the verbiage:
Team Event:
Qualified in 4 disciplines: USA, CAN, ITA, GEO, CHN
Qualified in 3 disciplines: JPN, FRA*, GBR, KOR, POL
*expected to pick up a Pairs spot once UZB declines their spot
Additional Athlete Quota - 5 spots available for countries qualified in 3 disciplines - priority for these spots is determined by the TE Qualification Standings - points are awarded in each discipline based upon results of the 2024-25 ISU Championship events (Worlds, Euros/4CCs if none earned from Worlds, Jr Worlds if none earned from Euros/4CCs) and the 2025-26 GP/JGP season (GP/GPF, JGP if none earned from the GP/GPF).
2 - JPN - Dance
2 - FRA - Pairs (if necessary)
1 - GBR - Men
2 - KOR - Pairs (no team)
2 - POL - Dance
In all likelihood, KOR will wind up being the only country in the TE with entrants in only 3 disciplines, but this won't be confirmed until after UZB makes a decision about their Pairs spot.
Timeline is as follows for confirmation of Figure Skating Quota Allocations:
Within 2 weeks of the OWG Qualifying Competition (Sept 22, 2025 at the earliest; Oct 6, 2025 at the latest) - ISU confirms in writing to the NOCs the quota places obtained.
Within 2 weeks after the ISU communication (Oct 6, 2025 at the earliest; Oct 20, 2025 at the latest) - NOCs confirm to the ISU the use of allocated quota places.
Within 5 days after each previous step (Oct 11, 2025 at the earliest; Oct 25, 2025 at the latest) - ISU to reallocate all unused quota places.
Team Event -
Within 24 hours of the conclusion of the GPF (December 8, 2025) - the ISU confirms to the NOCs the qualified teams for the TE.
Within 24 hours of notification (December 9, 2025) - NOCs qualified to the TE confirm to the ISU use of allocated additional athlete quota places.
Mid-December - reallocation of unused TE quota places & NOCs have 24 hours to confirm use of the reallocated additional athlete quota places.
January 2026 - no date provided in the Qualification document - ISU to reallocate any unused quota places - this is the absolute last deadline for any NOCs to decline their spots because athletes did not obtain citizenship in time or did not achieve any performance standard minimums.
Jan 26, 2026 - Entries by Name due
Potential Quota Places that MAY be returned:
Men - LAT (1 spot) - Fedir Kulish doesn't have Latvian citizenship yet - no update on his IG as of yesterday
Women - SUI (1 spot) - Livia Kaiser must earn a score of at least 185 between Jan 2025 and Jan 18, 2026 in order to be named to the Swiss Olympic team.
Women - ROU (1 spot) - Julia Sauter doesn't have Romanian citizenship yet - no update on her IG as of yesterday
Pairs - UZB (1 spot) - Geynish/Chigirev have split, doesn't seem like they will have a new pairs team eligible to use the spot
Pairs - NED (1 spot) - Danilova/Tsiba must earn a score of at least 173.89 between Sept 1st & Jan 1st in order to be named to the Dutch Olympic team.
Dance - FIN (1 spot) - Yuka Orihara doesn't have Finnish citizenship yet - it will take a miracle, but she's taking the Finnish language test next month, so fingers crossed
If any spots are returned, the following Alternates may also not be able to use the reallocated quota places:
Men - MON - Davide Lewton Brain does not have Monegasque citizenship yet - he has seemed hopeful in media interviews, but it may have rested upon actually earning the spot in Beijing.
Dance - SWE - Milla Ruud Reitan does not have Swedish citizenship yet - she has seemed hopeful that it will be completed this fall, but that may have rested upon actually earning the spot in Beijing, plus the Swedish NOC is notorious for not wanting to send teams who aren't likely to finish in the top half of the field & since Majorov has already been to the Olympics they may not qualify as an "emerging athlete".
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Without pretending there could be different outcomes, Spanish Fed have already confirmed the selection for Olympic team:
www.rfedh.es
- Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck (danza sobre hielo)
- Sofía Val & Asaf Kazimov (danza sobre hielo)
- Tomás Guarino (individual masculino)
Sofía Val & Asaf Kazimov logran una segunda plaza histórica para la danza española en los Juegos Olímpicos - Real Federación Española Deportes de Hielo
La pareja española termina el PreOlímpico en tercera posición, permitiendo que en los Juegos de 2026 España cuente por primera vez con dos parejas de danza en
www.rfedh.es
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From the press release:Without pretending there could be different outcomes, Spanish Fed have already confirmed the selection for Olympic team:
- Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck (danza sobre hielo)
- Sofía Val & Asaf Kazimov (danza sobre hielo)
- Tomás Guarino (individual masculino)
Sofía Val & Asaf Kazimov logran una segunda plaza histórica para la danza española en los Juegos Olímpicos - Real Federación Española Deportes de Hielo
La pareja española termina el PreOlímpico en tercera posición, permitiendo que en los Juegos de 2026 España cuente por primera vez con dos parejas de danza en
So, Olivia & Tim knew after Worlds that their Olympic spot was confirmed. That must have been a huge relief. And, of course, Sofia & Asaf knew that if they secured the 2nd spot, it was theirs, which was a huge burden, but they delivered, so what a great result for them and Spain.
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I so despise rules like this.
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Latvia has 2 junior men age eligible. So I wouldn't count on that 2nd spot not being utilized. That said, how else can Davide get that last spot, if it comes available?
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So do I. Daria and Michel qualified directly, they were 15th in Boston. But, just like in Sweden, the Dutch NOC/Skating federation is so used to scoring well in Speed- and Short Track Skating, that they demand a high standard for the Figure skaters as well.
Not that they help the figure skaters substantially - Speed Skaters and Short track skaters of the National team either get substantial endorsements from Sponsors or the skaters get a minimum income payed by the skating federation. Figure skaters sometimes get endorsements but the amount of funding is low. And no such thing as a minimum income!
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Neither of them have competed senior - both were eligible to compete at the senior level last season. Krivoseja hasn't even earned the Jr Worlds CTES mins (80.00), so I can't imagine he'll earn the Olys/Euros CTES mins (86.00). Korkacs does have the Jr Worlds CTES mins with 84.59, so it's possible he could compete in a Sr B and earn the Olys/Euros CTES min, but it seems just as likely he could just miss getting it.
Going through the list of Men's qualifiers, I believe every other country will most likely use their spots. Sweden is always on the knife's edge but Andreas hasn't been to the Olympics before, so I expect he'll be sent, especially since he's Sweden's only figure skater to earn a spot this year.
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