2025-2026 Challenger Series have been allocated

[Dobre]

Or until she’s clean with the full difficulty at least once.

Pretty sure clean with full difficulty is not required. Problem is that she often misses both jumps and a throw in the free, which is at least one major element too many even in U.S. pairs. It's such a shame because her lifts are so gorgeous. They put a lot of pairs ladies' positions to shame.

 

[Karen-W]

Pretty sure we know the reason for ANL's sudden Chelsea Liu affection. Same reason he loved Isabelle Martins.

Hint - it's not the female half of their partnerships.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Pretty sure we know the reason for ANL's sudden Chelsea Liu affection. Same reason he loved Isabelle Martins.

Hint - it's not the female half of their partnerships.

How veryyyyyyy dareeeeeeeeeeee you

Tee-hee

 

[Karen-W]

Kinoshita Group Cup entries are available!

ISU CS Kinoshita Group Cup 2025

ISU CS Kinoshita Group Cup 2025

isu-skating.com

Men -
No Name Nation
1 Aleksa RAKIC CAN
2 Tao MACRAE GBR
3 Haru KAKIUCHI JPN
4 Kao MIURA JPN
5 Shunsuke NAKAMURA JPN
6 Kazuki TOMONO JPN
7 Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN
8 Sota YAMAMOTO JPN
9 Junhwan CHA KOR
10 Jaekeun LEE KOR
11 Sihyeong LEE KOR
12 Goku ENDO USA
13 Tomoki HIWATASHI USA
14 Jimmy MA USA

Women -
No Name Nation
1 Maria CHERNYSHOVA AUS
2 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN
3 Stefania YAKOVLEVA CYP
4 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE
5 Mone CHIBA JPN
6 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
7 Saki MIYAKE JPN
8 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN
9 Rinka WATANABE JPN
10 Mako YAMASHITA JPN
11 Hana YOSHIDA JPN
12 Haein LEE KOR
13 Young YOU KOR
14 Ahsun YUN KOR
15 Antonina DUBININA SRB
16 Sonja HILMER USA
17 Bradie TENNELL USA

Pairs -
No Name Nation
1 Karina AKAPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM
2 Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE AUS
3 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN
4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO
5 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN
6 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN
7 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN
8 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED
9 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI
10 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER CAN
2 Lily HENSEN / Nathan LICKERS CAN
3 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC CAN
4 Daniela IVANITSKIY / Matthew SPERRY FIN
5 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN
6 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR
7 Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV USA
8 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Kinoshita Group Cup entries are available!

ISU CS Kinoshita Group Cup 2025

ISU CS Kinoshita Group Cup 2025

isu-skating.com

Men -
No Name Nation
1 Aleksa RAKIC CAN
2 Tao MACRAE GBR
3 Haru KAKIUCHI JPN
4 Kao MIURA JPN
5 Shunsuke NAKAMURA JPN
6 Kazuki TOMONO JPN
7 Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN
8 Sota YAMAMOTO JPN
9 Junhwan CHA KOR
10 Jaekeun LEE KOR
11 Sihyeong LEE KOR
12 Goku ENDO USA
13 Tomoki HIWATASHI USA
14 Jimmy MA USA

Women -
No Name Nation
1 Maria CHERNYSHOVA AUS
2 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN
3 Stefania YAKOVLEVA CYP
4 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE
5 Mone CHIBA JPN
6 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
7 Saki MIYAKE JPN
8 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN
9 Rinka WATANABE JPN
10 Mako YAMASHITA JPN
11 Hana YOSHIDA JPN
12 Haein LEE KOR
13 Young YOU KOR
14 Ahsun YUN KOR
15 Antonina DUBININA SRB
16 Sonja HILMER USA
17 Bradie TENNELL USA

Pairs -
No Name Nation
1 Karina AKAPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM
2 Anastasia GOLUBEVA / Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE AUS
3 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN
4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO
5 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN
6 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN
7 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN
8 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED
9 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI
10 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER CAN
2 Lily HENSEN / Nathan LICKERS CAN
3 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC CAN
4 Daniela IVANITSKIY / Matthew SPERRY FIN
5 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN
6 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR
7 Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV USA
8 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA

Well, dang, never mind the cranberries. This seems like a true first Grand Prix of the season. Lol

 

[PRlady]

Canadian showdown in dance, Japanese in Men and Women, That’s some lineup.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Don`t like hands over the head for so many jumping passes. A mannerism to me.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Agree with final placement. But, Samo had the the two 3-3`s what what else? Oh, well. Maybe Isabeau working on bringing bacck her 2nd 3-3.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Don`t like hands over the head for so many jumping passes. A mannerism to me.

Agree enough is enough by Sofia does do really well

 

[Karen-W]

Lombardia entries are up! https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/entries/isu-cs-lombardia-trophy-2025/

Men -
No Name Nation
1 Tobia OELLERER AUT
2 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL
3 Makar SUNTSEV FIN
4 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA
5 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA
6 Corentin SPINAR FRA
S Landry LE MAY Landry LE MAY
7 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN
8 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA
9 Matteo RIZZO ITA
10 Raffaele Francesco ZICH ITA
11 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN
12 Kao MIURA JPN
13 Shun SATO JPN
14 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE
15 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR
16 Vadym NOVIKOV UKR
17 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR
18 Ilia MALININ USA
19 Maxim NAUMOV USA

Women -
No Name Nation
1 Jade HOVINE BEL
2 SelmaSiri LARSEN DEN
3 Ariadna GUPTA ESPADA ESP
4 Martaliis KUSLAP EST
5 Olesja LEONOVA EST
6 Linnea CEDER FIN
7 Iida KARHUNEN FIN
8 Olivia LISKO FIN
9 Ina JUNGMANN GER
10 Elena AGOSTINELLI ITA
11 Vivienne CONTARINO ITA
12 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA
13 Chiara MINIGHINI ITA
14 Rino MATSUIKE JPN
15 Ami NAKAI JPN
16 Rion SUMIYOSHI JPN
17 Chaeyeon KIM KOR
18 Seoyoung KIM KOR
19 Jogaile AGLINSKYTE LTU
20 Jolanda VOS NED
21 Ekaterina KURAKOVA POL
22 Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU
23 Teodora Maria GHEORGHE ROU
24 Gian-Quen ISAACS RSA
25 Julija LOVRENCIC SLO
26 Josefin TALJEGARD SWE
27 Salma AGAMOVA TUR
28 Sofiia HRYHORENKO UKR
29 Taisiia SPESIVTSEVA UKR
30 Sarah EVERHARDT USA
31 Alysa LIU USA

Pairs (non-Challenger) -
No Name Nation
1 Anna VALESI / Martin BIDAR CZE
2 Julia Sylvia GUNNARSDOTTIR / Manuel PIAZZA ISL
3 Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE ITA
4 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA
5 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA
6 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
7 Julia MAUDER / Johannes WILKINSON RSA
8 Sofiia HOLICHENKO / Artem DARENSKYI UKR

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE
2 Louise BORDET / Martin CHARDAIN FRA
3 Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA
4 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA
5 Maria KAZAKOVA / Vladislav KASINSKIJ GEO
6 Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS GER
7 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN
8 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA
9 Giulia Isabella PAOLINO / Andrea TUBA ITA
10 Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA ITA
11 Olexandra BORYSOVA / Aaron FREEMAN POL
12 Zofia GRZEGORZEWSKA / Oleg MURATOV POL
13 Zoe LARSON / Andrii KAPRAN UKR
14 Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV UKR
15 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA
16 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA

 

[angi]

Lombardia entries are up! https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/entries/isu-cs-lombardia-trophy-2025/

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK CZE
2 Louise BORDET / Martin CHARDAIN FRA
3 Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA
4 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA
5 Maria KAZAKOVA / Vladislav KASINSKIJ GEO
6 Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS GER
7 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN
8 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA
9 Giulia Isabella PAOLINO / Andrea TUBA ITA
10 Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA ITA
11 Olexandra BORYSOVA / Aaron FREEMAN POL
12 Zofia GRZEGORZEWSKA / Oleg MURATOV POL
13 Zoe LARSON / Andrii KAPRAN UKR
14 Mariia PINCHUK / Mykyta POGORIELOV UKR
15 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA
16 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA

The absence of Guignard/Fabbri is a surprise as it's usually their first event of the season, and it makes me wonder if they will debut at GP France without any challenger event (which might be a questionable decision).

 

[Karen-W]

The absence of Guignard/Fabbri is a surprise as it's usually their first event of the season, and it makes me wonder if they will debut at GP France without any challenger event (which might be a questionable decision).

Wow, I hadn't even noticed that until you pointed it out. Agreed, that is a questionable decision for them.

 

[PRlady]

Adam, Ilia and Yuma in an early head-to-head.

I wonder if Italian Fed really wants to sort out its #2 dance team and that’s why G/F aren’t there? Are countries limited to three entries?

 

[angi]

Wow, I hadn't even noticed that until you pointed it out. Agreed, that is a questionable decision for them.

Yes, I'm surprised as well since I will be surprised if they will attend another event, but who knows.
I will say, though, that I think Lombardia did them a huge disservice last season when they awarded 128.18 points to a very shaky performance of the Robot FD and provided them no actual feedback, only for them to crash and burn the entire season afterwards.

 

[Karen-W]

Still taking a moment here for that packed men's field at Lombardia. It's crazy.

 

[Debbie S]

There better be a live stream!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Wow 31 Skaters in the women’s event this time? Wow I need to take two days off work.

And no Amber this time around.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Does Canada usually not send skaters to Lombardía?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Are countries limited to three entries?

I don’t think so especially since there are four Italian women and pairs teams and France has four men

 

[danafan]

Does Canada usually not send skaters to Lombardía?

They have (mostly ice dancers as I recall) but it wasn’t on their international assignments page this year.

 

[Dobre]

The Olympic season. When people are locked and loaded and ready to go.

No way that men's list stays that incredible--I assume; but still that's quite a list of people who would like to be ready to compete by Lombardia.

Also, something's gotta be up with Guignard & Fabbri. They would be there. Of all the dance teams on the planet, they are probably the most consistent show-up-if-at-all-possible people, and for an event at home--which they don't get a lot of--they would be there.

Instead of Paolino & Tuba.

ETA: Ah, I see that Andrea just posted confirmation that the Italian head-to-head for the qualifying spot in China will be the obscure event at the end of this month.

 

[ostile17]

Also, something's gotta be up with Guignard & Fabbri. They would be there. Of all the dance teams on the planet, they are probably the most consistent show-up-if-at-all-possible people, and for an event at home--which they don't get a lot of--they would be there.

Charlène and Marco said back in May, that they would not go to Lombardia Trophy this time, to have more time to train and do a later Challenger

 

[peibeck]

Still taking a moment here for that packed men's field at Lombardia. It's crazy.

Mini Milano preview. Only missing Shaidorov to make it more interesting.


ETA: Too bad the dance roster is so except the Mzareks

 

[Spikefan]

Manifesting the JPN Olympic Men’s Team matches Lombardia. Wish I were retired as I would probably make a last minute trip.

 

[Belsornia]

I read (of course, now can't find the link) that the Ukrainian federation is using Lombardia to decide who will compete at the OWG qualifying comp in Beijing. Which seems not the best choice, when that's the next weekend on a different continent.

 

[Karen-W]

I read (of course, now can't find the link) that the Ukrainian federation is using Lombardia to decide who will compete at the OWG qualifying comp in Beijing. Which seems not the best choice, when that's the next weekend on a different continent.

I saw a post on X about it too and found the link to the Ukrainian FSF announcement about Lombardia. They are, indeed, having their skaters compete there to determine who goes to Beijing the following week for the OQE.

https://www.ukrfsf.org.ua/2025/08/15/ukrayinski-figurysty-gotuyutsya-do-osoblyvogo-turniru/

 

[jägerbomb]

The absence of Guignard/Fabbri is a surprise as it's usually their first event of the season, and it makes me wonder if they will debut at GP France without any challenger event (which might be a questionable decision).

Even with the advantage of a home Olympics this season, I (finally) expect the Moniotte & Lavanchy treatment for these two this season. Dump, dump, dump. They can only procrastinate the inevitable dumpage for so long.

 

[Karen-W]

Nebelhorn entries are out!

ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2025

ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2025

isu-skating.com

Men -
No Name Nation
1 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM
2 Stephen GOGOLEV CAN
3 Roman SADOVSKY CAN
4 Filip SCERBA CZE
5 Iker OYARZABAL ALBAS ESP
6 Landry LE MAY FRA
7 Joshua ROLS FRA
8 Xan ROLS FRA
9 Ken FITTERER GBR
10 Lucas FITTERER GBR
11 Luca FUENFER GER
12 Kai JAGODA GER
13 Arthur Wolfgang MAI GER
14 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA
15 Kazuki TOMONO JPN
16 Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN
17 Jaekeun LEE KOR
18 Juheon LIM KOR
19 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT
20 Kornel WITKOWSKI POL
21 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI
22 Liam KAPEIKIS USA
23 Andrew TORGASHEV USA

Women -
No Name Nation
1 Olga MIKUTINA AUT
2 Flora Marie SCHALLER AUT
3 Katherine MEDLAND SPENCE CAN
4 Kaiya RUITER CAN
5 Nela SNEBERGEROVA CZE
6 Oona OUNASVUORI FIN
7 Selma VALITALO FIN
8 Lea SERNA FRA
9 Anna Elizabeth GREKUL GER
10 Ina JUNGMANN GER
11 Marina PIREDDA ITA
12 Mone CHIBA JPN
13 Hana YOSHIDA JPN
14 Minchae KIM KOR
15 Jia SHIN KOR
16 Jolanda VOS NED
17 Linnea KILSAND NOR
18 Julia SAUTER ROU
19 Livia KAISER SUI
20 Amber GLENN USA
21 Isabeau LEVITO USA

Pairs -
No Name Nation
1 Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER AUT
2 Lia PEREIRA / Trennt MICHAUD CAN
3 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA
4 ??? best guess Megan WESSENBERG / Denys STREKALIN FRA - they don't have an ISU bio yet
5 Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY GBR
6 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER
7 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER
8 Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER GER
9 Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE ITA
10 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA
11 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
12 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN
13 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED
14 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL
15 Julia MAUDER / Johannes WILKINSON RSA
16 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI
17 Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV USA
18 Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA
19 Katie MCBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN USA
Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE S USA
Olivia FLORES / Luke WANG S USA
Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ S USA

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Lily HENSEN / Nathan LICKERS CAN
2 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC CAN
3 Katerina MRAZKOVA /Daniel MRAZEK CZE
4 Louise BORDET / Martin CHARDAIN FRA
5 Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA
6 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA
7 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR
8 Jennifer JANSE VAN RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER
9 Karla Maria KARL / Kai HOFERICHTER GER
10 Lilia SCHUBERT / Nikita REMESHEVSKIY GER
11 Lara LUFT / Ilias FOURATI HUN
12 Leia DOZZI / Pietro PAPETTI ITA
13 Laura FINELLI / Massimiliano BUCCIARELLI ITA
14 Giulia Isabella PAOLINO / Andrea TUBA ITA
15 Olexandra BORYSOVA / Aaron FREEMAN POL
16 Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA
17 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA

 

[Rukia]

kind of a banger line-up really

 

[alj5]

kind of a banger line-up really

So many big head to heads!