2025-26 OES News

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2026 Olympics-qualified and/or citizenship-related news of OES skaters is being posted in this GSD thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...s-figure-skating-qualification.111830/page-17
For example (just posted today), UKR-born Fedir Kulish was granted Latvian citizenship by the parliament to be able to compete as Latvia's second man at the Olympics (also discussed: Reitan/Majorov, Danilova/Tsiba).

Kimmy Repond is landing all her triples again in practice (per social media) but is not scheduled to compete in this week's Nationals, according to the Swiss Skating Updates account (fsfanupdates_CH) on X who shared the link to the host Club Pattinaggio Lugano's Swiss Nationals program book (15 pages): https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...8/1765919274369/Booklet_CS26_Lugano_FINAL.pdf
Screenshot: https://x.com/fsfanupdates_CH/status/2001434444658299287

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001434444658299287

 

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Olympic Team Austria's post last week for Olga Mikutina:

Olympic Team Austria on Instagram: "Unterstütze Eiskunstläuferin Olga Mikutina auf ihrem Weg zu den Olympischen Spielen @milanocortina2026 🥇🥈🥉 Jeder Beitrag hilft, die gezielte Vorbereitung auf den Saisonhöhepunkt zu ermöglichen, um Österreich auf d

243 likes, 1 comments - olympic_team_austria on December 18, 2025: "Unterstütze Eiskunstläuferin Olga Mikutina auf ihrem Weg zu den Olympischen Spielen @milanocortina2026 🥇🥈🥉 Jeder Beitrag hilft, die gezielte Vorbereitung auf den Saisonhöhepunkt zu ermöglichen, um Österreich auf der größten...

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Olga Mikutina's post a few days ago:

𝐎𝐋𝐆𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐀 on Instagram: "When I’m on the ice, I’m happy – there I can be completely myself. I love figure skating because I can do things others can’t, because I can express myself artistically, and because I perform for an audience that supports

Olga Mikutina's inspiring journey to figure skating success is driven by her passion, artistic expression, and desire to represent Austria on the world stage. With a 17-year competitive career, she's participated in the 2022 Winter Olympics and is training for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano...

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Her crowdfunding page for the 2026 Olympics: https://www.ibelieveinyou.at/de/project/470/road-to-milano-cortina-2026

ETA the federation's recap of Austrian Nationals (Dec. 13, 2025):

Österreichische Meisterschaften 2026: Emotionen, Heimsiege und große Träume - Skate Austria

Ganz ohne Sprünge können sich Läufer:innen im Solo Dance aufs Gleiten und Performance konzentrieren. Bei den Impulstagen im Mai kann man mehr darüber erfahren.

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Swiss fed's recap of Nationals (Dec. 23, 2025; French version):

https://www.swissiceskating.ch/fr/news/schweizermeisterschaften-eiskunstlauf-2026

Senior events:

In the men's race, Lukas Britschgi (EC Frauenfeld) left no room for doubt. Solid and consistent, he secured his sixth national title. With the European Championships approaching in January, where he will defend his continental title, and the Winter Olympics just 50 days away, everything is looking good. Behind him, Ean Weiler (CP Champéry) confirmed his progress with the silver medal, while Georgii Pavlov (EC Zurich-Oerlikon) completed the podium.

In the women's competition, the future took center stage. In the absence of Kimmy Repond, Leandra Tzimpoukakis (Dübendorfer EC) dominated the competition. At just 16 years old, she secured the national title with remarkably mature and confident performances. Livia Kaiser (Dübendorfer EC) took the silver medal, making a convincing comeback, ahead of Anastasia Brandenburg (EC Rapperswil-Jona).

In pairs skating, Oxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart (ISC Brig) confirmed their status as promising international talents with a second consecutive national title. In ice dance, Gina Zehnder and Beda Leon Sieber (EC Küsnacht) also secured their second consecutive national title, ahead of the Ticino duo Arianna Sassi and Luca Morini (CP Lugano), after a hard-fought competition.