Russian figure skating news in 2026

Valieva's 3A is fine. One more innovation from Russians is they cancelled the archaic ISU rule of SP in Women with no quads. They allowed them for Channel One Cup the same as for Men. ISU is behind now.
The rule is not archaic. There are very few women in the world capable of landing a quad and the number of senior women even attempting one can be counted on one hand. Unless & until quads become as prevalent in the women's FS as they were in the Men's FS when the no quads in the SP rule was dropped for the Men then there is zero need to drop the no quads in the SP rule for the Women.
 
The rule is not archaic. There are very few women in the world capable of landing a quad and the number of senior women even attempting one can be counted on one hand.
Nothing to count. Only Sumiyoshi landed an underrotated quad that wasn't called. But that's an ISU problem that quads are being landed not on their events. Russians can afford to have quads in Women SP. They are ahead of ISU.
 
Russian Cup Final for both juniors(March, 4-6) and seniors (March, 6-9) is happening this weekend

Juniors entries/results page

Sofia Dzepka is leading in ladies after SP and is very lovely to watch


Pete Gumennik is in the seniors entries lists, Adelia Petrosian will skip this event

That was not a skate but a performance from Sofia Dzepka, thanks for posting.
 
At Channel One Cup Zakharova once again proved wrong a losers' myth that only flat-chested teens, either Asian or doped Russian, can jump quads and post-puberty women cannot land them. Here she is. A gorgeous Russian 18yo blonde, with breast, in an Oscar after party dress lands a beautiful 4T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNnuAm8vfrE Petrosyan landed 4Tq in SP and for now she is the only woman who did it. But Men was the most exciting part, no surprise here. Semenenko did LP with no solo triple or 3-3 combo. All were solo quads/3A or in combo/seq. Something that only Malinin and Chen could do. In jumping battle Mozalev revived 4F, Dikidzhi landed 4T and 4Loop that he doesn't do in competitions and Danielian learned 4F overnight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es93MZWwRi4 . Current Russian Men is the most exciting competition ever existed. Ironically thanks to banning they compete not against ISU quota guys but against each other, i.e. against equal. Russian National was insane battle in SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbSDkIjXeFA and FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQFQ76d5jQ4 After that watching disaster Men Olympics was like drinking some brew after cognac or eating Mac burger after Kobe beef.

ISU always whine that there are not many medals in figure skating in Olympics and they can't come up with what to do. Here it is. Again thanks to banning Russians invented absolutely new tournaments- Jumping Championship, when you are glued to the screen. The last one was won by a pupil of Mishin and pupils of his pupils- Plushenko and Tataurov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd2ohTctI3w Another one is so-called show program tournament. Excellent for those who are not much of a jumper and who wants to be creative. The last winner was Mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNjwuwypjYw This year the event will be in two weeks.
ISU is behind of all inventions.
 
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The rule is not archaic. There are very few women in the world capable of landing a quad and the number of senior women even attempting one can be counted on one hand. Unless & until quads become as prevalent in the women's FS as they were in the Men's FS when the no quads in the SP rule was dropped for the Men then there is zero need to drop the no quads in the SP rule for the Women.
As of 2026, more women have landed quads than men had in 1998 when the ISU unbanned quads for men in the short program.
 
Tuktamysheva:
The older you get, the more you grow, the more feminine you become – the more thoughts you get in your head, your body develops… And this is probably the hardest period in sport.

Because you just have to get through it, you can’t get rid of it. You can’t push it away through pressure or constant weigh-ins… Well, maybe you can, but only for a year or so. In any case, everyone goes through it. And this is where the people around the athlete play a crucial role; they need to understand that it will pass. That it won’t always be this hard, and you won’t always feel this way about yourself. I think every female athlete has gone through something like this. Many of them, at least.

In my case, there was a time when you live your life and simply don’t like yourself, just because your value as an athlete is tied to being thin. When you’re thin, you’re made to believe that your jumps work: “that means you win competitions, that means you are valuable.” That chain needs to be broken. Because you are valuable the way you are, regardless of how much you weigh.

That understanding comes later. When it came to me, I said, “That’s it, I’m not going to weigh myself anymore.” My coaches must have seen some kind of awareness in me; there was never another word about weigh-ins. I started eating normally and stopped being afraid of breakfast. None of us used to eat breakfast, because we had weigh-ins in the morning.”
 
Tuktamysheva:

I read comments from Valieva that during her four year break, she grew, ate what she needed to develop and now that she's 20, she has the muscle mass to regain her jumps and maintain her weight without a problem. Clearly Trusova has done the same and she's still breast feeding. She has a healthy baby which means she's getting the proper nutrition for herself and her son and is regaining her jumps as well. Both women look fit and are looking to compete again. While the coaches play a big part, the athlete has to make their own decisions which is what Tuk is describing. She made her own choices. That comes with maturity and I'd say family support. Many athletes have as much pressure or even more from family as the coach.
 
We had ZERO women land a quad in the senior ranks this season. Try again.
You seem to always forget or choose to ignore that this is a thread about Russian skating. Several Russian women have been landing quads all season and some of them are in their 20s.
 

You seem to always forget or choose to ignore that this is a thread about Russian skating. Several Russian women have been landing quads all season and some of them are in their 20s.
I'm sorry but I don't count Russian women landing quads. Statistically it is impossible that so many Russian women land quads while the rest of the world doesn't. Logically, there should be a similar number of Japanese or American women landing quads sering as both countries have robust numbers of girls & women competing. That there aren't leads me to conclude that Valieva is not the only Russian woman who was doping. She's just the only one who got caught.

Unless and until the rest of the world boasts similar numbers of women attempting & landing quads the element should remain banned from the SP.
 
Statistically it is impossible that so many Russian women land quads while the rest of the world doesn't.
"Statistically it is impossible that Malinin lands so many 4A while the rest of the world doesn't."

According to your so-called "logics" Malinin is a doper. He just didn't get caught.

Told you that's pathetic with nothing constructive to do.
 
"Statistically it is impossible that Malinin lands so many 4A while the rest of the world doesn't."

According to your so-called "logics" Malinin is a doper. He just didn't get caught.

Told you that's pathetic with nothing constructive to do.
LOL. Listen, troll, by that same logic you're applying to Malinin, Kurt Browning must have been doping, and every other man who was the first to land any particular type of quad.

Beyond that, it is impossible to take someone seriously who is comparing adult males with prepubescent females.
 
LOL. Listen, troll, by that same logic you're applying to Malinin, Kurt Browning must have been doping, and every other man who was the first to land any particular type of quad.

Beyond that, it is impossible to take someone seriously who is comparing adult males with prepubescent females.
I am applying your logics. You said that since Russian women jump quad but others don't, they are doped. So, according to your logic Malinin, Kurt and everyone in any sport who achieved something others couldn't, were doped. And when the stupidity of your logic was exposed, you denied yourself.
Told you that's pathetic.
 
Beyond that, it is impossible to take someone seriously who is comparing adult males with prepubescent females.
Zakharova and Valueva 18+, both landed quads in competition. Trusova is a mother, breastfeeding, landed quads in training. How do you want to be taken seriously if you called a breastfeeding mother or 18+ females prepubescent females.
That's pathetic.
 

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