2025-2026 Challenger Series have been allocated

[Vagabond]

So many glaring looks directed at Fournier-Beaudry and Cizeron!

 

[4rkidz]

Oh exciting for Nathan and Lily, he is local guy for me from our local Reserve and I remember him from years back. I saw them live as juniors and they were fabulous and the pride of the Ilderton club, I am assuming they are now in London or Montreal? Back then I think they were being coached by Scotts aunt and sister? Great they are now seniors. This really is a great line up of skaters.

 

[jmtfti]

Yep, Hensen/Lickers are at IAM Ontario with Scott and company! They've been senior for a few seasons now, but haven't gotten a lot of international opportunities despite finishing top five at Nationals the last couple of years and steadily improving (and having some especially interesting free dances). I'm glad to see Skate Canada sending them out to more events this fall.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

kind of a banger line-up really

Especially pairs and dance!

 

[victorskid]

Skate Canada press release on those competing at 4 upcoming CS competitions:

Canadian Skaters Kick Off the Season at September Challenger Events

Ottawa, ON (Aug. 29, 2025) — The 2025/26 skating season [...]

skatecanada.ca

 

[YukiNieve]

Lombardia Trophy (Sept.11-14/2025) has live stream if anybody is interested:

Early bird (until Sept. 8):
$25.99 for all events, replay possible

https://ice-stars.tv/lombardia-trophy/access

Each day:
$11.99

https://ice-stars.tv/lombardia-trophy/watch/isu-cs-lombardia-trophy-2025-day-1

 

[Karen-W]

Nepela Memorial entries are out! https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/entries/isu-cs-33rd-nepela-memorial-2025/

Men -
No Name Nation
1 Tobia OELLERER AUT
2 Aleksa RAKIC CAN
3 Jari KESSLER CRO
4 Euken ALBERDI ESP
5 Tomas-Llorenc GUARINO SABATE ESP
6 Mihhail SELEVKO EST
7 Kevin AYMOZ FRA
8 Samy HAMMI FRA
9 Xavier VAUCLIN FRA
Xan ROLS S FRA
10 Nikita STAROSTIN GER
11 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN
12 Daniel GRASSL ITA
13 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA
14 Matteo RIZZO ITA
Corey CIRCELLI S ITA
Raffaele Francesco ZICH S ITA
15 Younghyun CHA KOR
16 Jakub LOFEK POL
17 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL
18 Jozef CURMA SVK
19 Adam HAGARA SVK
20 Lukas VACLAVIK SVK
21 Hugo BOSTEDT SWE
22 Casper JOHANSSON SWE
23 Vadym NOVIKOV UKR
24 Camden PULKINEN USA
25 Jacob SANCHEZ USA

Women -
No Name Nation
1 Jade HOVINE BEL
2 Sara-Maude DUPUIS CAN
3 Meri MARINAC CRO
4 Barbora VRANKOVA CZE
5 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST
6 Niina PETROKINA EST
7 Clemence MAYINDU FRA
8 Lorine SCHILD FRA
9 Nina POVEY GBR
10 Katinka Anna ZSEMBERY HUN
11 Julia FENNELL ISR
12 Elizabet GERVITS ISR
13 Mariia SENIUK ISR
14 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA
15 Sarina JOOS ITA
16 Anna PEZZETTA ITA
Ginevra Lavinia NEGRELLO S ITA
17 Chaeyeon KIM KOR
18 Emilija OZOLA LAT
19 Aleksandra DOLINSKE LTU
20 Julia VAN DIJK NED
21 Marietta ATKINS POL
22 Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU
23 Ema DOBOSZOVA SVK
24 Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK
25 Sadie Shen WENG TPE
26 Sofiia EKZARKHOVA UKR
27 Starr ANDREWS USA
28 Elyce LIN-GRACEY USA
29 Ava Marie ZIEGLER USA

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN
2 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE
3 Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP
4 Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN
5 Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN
6 Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER FRA
7 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA
8 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA
9 Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS GER
10 Emese CSISZER / Mark SHAPIRO HUN
11 Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA ITA
12 Chelsea VERHAEGH / Sherim VAN GEFFEN NED
13 Zofia GRZEGORZEWSKA / Oleg MURATOV POL
14 Emilia Monika ZIOBROWSKA / Shiloh Douglas JUDD ROU
15 Gina ZEHNDER / Beda Leon SIEBER SUI
16 Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS USA
17 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA

 

[Marta24]

The dance field at Nepela

Edit: I'm surprised Davis/Smolkin aren't skating there.

 

[YukiNieve]

Ava Marie ZIEGLER will be back!

 

[YukiNieve]

According to Ice-Stars TV which provides live stream for Lombarida, the skaters that are entered for the Trialeti Trophy 2025 in Georgia are:

More than 120 skaters will take the ice from 29 countries for this event, featuring the full Olympic Team from Georgia: Anastasia Metelkina / Luka Berulava, Anastasiia Gubanova, Nika Egadze and Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin

Other top skaters from across the globe, such as USA's Jason Brown, Japan's Wakaba Higuchi, Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin and Italy's Lara Naki Gutmann.

https://ice-stars.tv/trialetitrophy

 

[danafan]

Entries for the Denis Ten Memorial are on the ISU website.

ISU CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2025

ISU CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2025

isu-skating.com

 

[Karen-W]

Entries for the Denis Ten Memorial are on the ISU website.

ISU CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2025

ISU CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2025

isu-skating.com

Men -
No Name Nation
1 Semen DANILIANTS ARM
2 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE
3 John KIM CAN
4 Matthew NEWNHAM CAN
5 Yudong CHEN CHN
6 Qihan ZHAO CHN
7 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN
8 Nika EGADZE GEO
9 Raffaele Francesco ZICH ITA
10 Dias JIRENBAYEV KAZ
11 Nikita KRIVOSHEYEV KAZ
12 Oleg MELNIKOV KAZ
13 Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ
14 Junhwan CHA KOR
15 Younghyun CHA KOR
16 Sihyeong LEE KOR
17 Andreas NORDEBACK SWE
18 Jason BROWN USA
19 Taira SHINOHARA USA
Goku ENDO S USA

Women -
No Name Nation
1 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN
2 Yi ZHU CHN
3 Olesja LEONOVA EST
4 Janna JYRKINEN FIN
5 Sofiya FARAFONOVA KAZ
6 Amira IRMATOVA KAZ
7 Veronika KOVALENKO KAZ
8 Sofia SAMODELKINA KAZ
9 Nuriya SULEIMEN KAZ
Amina ALEXEYEVA S KAZ
Karina ISSAKOVA S KAZ
Russalina SHAKROVA S KAZ
10 Haein LEE KOR
11 Ahsun YUN KOR
Young YOU S KOR
12 Josephine LEE USA

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Kristina DOBROSERDOVA / Alessandro PELLEGRINI ARM
2 Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER CAN
3 Philomene SABOURIN / Raul BERMEJO ESP
4 Sofia VAL / Asaf KAZIMOV ESP
5 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO
6 Denisa CIMLOVA / Stefano FRASCA ITA
7 Giulia Isabella PAOLINO / Andrea TUBA ITA
8 Gaukhar NAURYZOVA / Boyisangur DATIEV KAZ
9 Milla Ruud REITAN / Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE
10 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA
11 Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV USA

 

[YukiNieve]

Hmmm, will Jason skate in the 2 CSs back-to-back, or did Ice Stars TV post incorrect information about the Trialeti Trophy?

 

[Karen-W]

And we have Trialeti Trophy entries! https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/entries/isu-cs-trialeti-trophy-2025/

Men -
No Name Nation
1 Maurizio ZANDRON AUT
2 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE
3 Georgii RESHTENKO CZE
4 Pablo GARCIA ESP
5 Arlet LEVANDI EST
6 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST
7 Edward APPLEBY GBR
8 Nika EGADZE GEO
9 Nikita STAROSTIN GER
10 Raffaele Francesco ZICH ITA
11 Sota YAMAMOTO JPN
12 Dias JIRENBAYEV KAZ
13 Nikita KRIVOSHEYEV KAZ
14 Sihyeong LEE KOR
15 Juheon LIM KOR
16 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU
17 Donovan CARRILLO MEX
18 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL
19 Adam HAGARA SVK
20 Yu-Hsiang LI TPE
21 Kyrylo MARSAK UKR
22 Jason BROWN USA
23 Tomoki HIWATASHI USA
24 Daniel MARTYNOV USA

Women -
No Name Nation
1 Sabina ALIEVA AZE
2 Nargiz SUELEYMANOVA AZE
3 Alexandra FEIGIN BUL
4 Stefania YAKOVLEVA CYP
5 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE
6 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST
7 Kristina LISOVSKAJA EST
8 Linnea CEDER FIN
9 Iida KARHUNEN FIN
10 Olivia LISKO FIN
11 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO
12 Sarah Marie PESCH GER
13 Elizabet GERVITS ISR
14 Mariia SENIUK ISR
15 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA
16 Anna PEZZETTA ITA
17 Wakaba HIGUCHI JPN
18 Rinka WATANABE JPN
19 Amina ALEXEYEVA KAZ
20 Sofiya FARAFONOVA KAZ
21 Russalina SHAKROVA KAZ
22 Seoyoung KIM KOR
23 Haein LEE KOR
24 Ahsun YUN KOR
Heesue HAN S KOR
25 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU
26 Andrea MONTESINOS CANTU MEX
27 Livia KAISER SUI
28 Kimmy REPOND SUI
29 Sofiia HRYHORENKO UKR
30 Taisiia SPESIVTSEVA UKR
31 Starr ANDREWS USA
32 Ava Marie ZIEGLER USA

Pairs -
No Name Nation
1 Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM
2 Louise EHRHARD / Matthis PELLEGRIS FRA
3 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO
4 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nikita VOLODIN GER
5 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER
6 Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER GER
7 Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE ITA
8 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA
9 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED
10 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI
11 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Michal WOZNIAK POL
12 Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART SUI
13 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA
14 Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA
15 Reagan MOSS / Jakub GALBAVY USA

Ice Dance -
No Name Nation
1 Kristina DOBROSERDOVA / Alessandro PELLEGRINI ARM
2 Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN AUS
3 Samantha RITTER / Daniel BRYKALOV AZE
4 Maxine WEATHERBY / Oleksandr KOLOSOVSKYI AZE
5 Natalia PALLU-NEVES / Jayin PANESAR BRA
6 Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH CYP
7 Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER FRA
8 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA
9 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR
10 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO
11 Maria KAZAKOVA / Vladislav KASINSKIJ GEO
12 Karla Maria KARL / Kai HOFERICHTER GER
13 Emese CSISZER / Mark SHAPIRO HUN
14 Laura FINELLI / Massimiliano BUCCIARELLI ITA
15 Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA ITA
16 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN
17 Sofiia DOVHAL / Wiktor KULESZA POL
18 Gina ZEHNDER / Beda Leon SIEBER SUI
19 Zoe LARSON / Andrii KAPRAN UKR

 

[YukiNieve]

OK, so Jason does compete in 2 CSs back to back, then.

 

[Belsornia]

Sorry Demougeot/Le Mercier, but I’m calling this win for Davis/Smolkin now.

 

[Karen-W]

Sorry Demougeot/Le Mercier, but I’m calling this win for Davis/Smolkin now.

It's sort of funny how every other country with a strong/semi-strong ID program stood down from this competition. No USA, CAN, CZE or FIN teams to be seen.