2025-26 USFS International Assignments

[SkateFanBerlin]

I think they`re sending Jacob to JW to remind him of the level of competition he`ll facing in a year. Get busy with those quads!

 

[OrioleBeagle]

Thank god. If USFS snubbed them again I was ready for Katie to pull a Deanna and head off to greener pastures in Canada or elsewhere.

What did they do to Deanna? Did they discourage men from partnering with her?

 

[PRlady]

I think they skipped over Deanna and her US partner for a 4C assignment but don’t quote me.

And Jason is now listed as a sub for 4Cs, Liam is going. I think that’s a good idea for Jason, it’s just too soon after that horrific Nats to compete again.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Can someone give me the direct link to USFS 4CC and world assignments? I either get a USFS site that isn`t populated or a press release with old info. Thanks

 

[Karen-W]

Can someone give me the direct link to USFS 4CC and world assignments? I either get a USFS site that isn`t populated or a press release with old info. Thanks

The press release wouldn't be updated with the change. It was noticed by folks checking the ISU 4CCs entries page.

 

[Vagabond]

Thank god. If USFS snubbed them again I was ready for Katie to pull a Deanna and head off to greener pastures in Canada or elsewhere.

Isn’t the main reason that Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps chose to skate for Canada rather than the United States that she could obtain citizenship more quickly than he could?

 

[jmtfti]

I think the reference is to Deanna's initial partnership with Nate Bartholomay. I believe it ultimately ended due to his injuries, but they did get bronze at 2019 US Nats and were then snubbed for 4CC that year (a few months before splitting).

 

[Vagabond]

I think the reference is to Deanna's initial partnership with Nate Bartholomay. I believe it ultimately ended due to his injuries, but they did get bronze at 2019 US Nats and were then snubbed for 4CC that year (a few months before splitting).

Cleary. But everything I recall reading previously about why she switched federations relates to the ease of getting citizenship, not the purported snub.

Does anyone really believe that if it took longer to get Canadian citizenship than to get American citizenship, Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps would still have sought to represent Canada?

 

[Sylvia]

Can someone give me the direct link to USFS 4CC and world assignments?

Posted earlier in this thread (USFS' Jan. 11th press release): https://usfigureskating.org/news/20...-championships-and-four-continents-teams.aspx

2026 World Championships
Women
Amber Glenn
Isabeau Levito
Alysa Liu
Alternate 1: Bradie Tennell
Alternate 2: Sarah Everhardt
Alternate 3: Starr Andrews

Men
Jason Brown
Ilia Malinin
Andrew Torgashev
Alternate 1: Maxim Naumov
Alternate 2: Tomoki Hiwatashi
Alternate 3: Jacob Sanchez

Pairs
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov
Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea
Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman (debut)
Alternate 1: Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy
Alternate 2: Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe
Alternate 3: Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez

Ice Dance
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik (debut)
Alternate 1: Caroline Green and Michael Parsons
Alternate 2: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville
Alternate 3: Oona Brown and Gage Brown

The ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2026 will take place at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, from March 24-29.

2026 Four Continents Championships
Women
Starr Andrews
Sarah Everhardt
Bradie Tennell
Alternate 1: Elyce Lin-Gracey
Alternate 2: Josephine Lee
Alternate 3: Katie Shen

Men
Jason Brown [WD on 1/13]
Tomoki Hiwatashi
Jacob Sanchez (debut)
Alternate 1: Liam Kapeikis [debut - edited to correct that he debuted at 4CC in 2023; added on 1/13]
Alternate 2: Jimmy Ma
Alternate 3: Daniel Martynov

Pairs
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov
Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman (debut)
Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy
Alternate 1: Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez
Alternate 2: Chelsea Liu and Ryan Bedard
Alternate 3: Olivia Flores and Luke Wang

Ice Dance
Oona Brown and Gage Brown (debut)
Caroline Green and Michael Parsons
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik
Alternate 1: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville
Alternate 2: Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski
Alternate 3: Eva Pate and Logan Bye

The ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2026 will take place at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, from Jan. 21-25.

2026 World Junior Championships
Women
Angela Shao (WJC debut; Junior champion)
Sophie Joline von Felten (S6; 2 JGP bronzes/JGPF 3rd alt.)
Alternate 1: Annika Chao [J2]
Alternate 2: Sherry Zhang [S8]
Alternate 3: Emilia Nemirovsky [S9]

Men
Lucius Kazanecki (WJC debut; S9; JGPF bronze)
Jacob Sanchez (S4)
Alternate 1: Patrick Blackwell [J1]
Alternate 2: Caleb Farrington [J2]
Alternate 3: Lorenzo Elano [S12]

Pairs
Olivia Flores and Luke Wang (S7)
Reagan Moss and Jakub Galbavy (edited to correct that this will be their 2nd time - WJC debut; 2-time Junior champions)
Alternate 1: Sofia Jarmoc and Luke Witkowski (J2)
Alternate 2: Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer (S9)
Alternate 3: Milada Kovar and Jared McPike (J3)

Ice Dance
Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin (JGPF & 2-time Junior champions)
Jane Calhoun and Mark Zheltyshev (WJC debut; J3)
Jasmine Robertson and Chase Rohner (WJC debut; J2 & JGPF 6th)
Alternate 1: Michelle Deych and Ryan Hu [J6]
Alternate 2: Annelise Stapert and Maxim Korotcov [J9]
Alternate 3: Grace Fischer and Luke Fischer [J7]
Note: The 3 alternates were the next 3 highest USA teams in the JGP final standings (#14, #15 & #24).

The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2026 will take place at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia, from March 3-8.

 

[Sylvia]

Have the Olympics alternates been named?

From the Jan. 11th press release: https://usfigureskating.org/news/20...ates-16-athletes-to-2026-us-olympic-team.aspx

2026 Olympic Winter Games
Women
Alternate 1: Bradie Tennell
Alternate 2: Sarah Everhardt
Alternate 3: Starr Andrews

Men
Alternate 1: Jason Brown
Alternate 2: Tomoki Hiwatashi
Alternate 3: Jacob Sanchez

Pairs
Alternate 1: Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy
Alternate 2: Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez
Alternate 3: Chelsea Liu and Ryan Bedard

Ice Dance
Alternate 1: Caroline Green and Michael Parsons
Alternate 2: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville
Alternate 3: Oona Brown and Gage Brown

USFS' International Assignments page was updated today with the 4CC men's change: https://usfigureskating.org/sports/2025/6/26/2025-26-international-assignments-and-results.aspx
Brown (withdrawn 1/13)
Kapeikis (added 1/13)

 

[Karen-W]

Posted earlier in this thread (USFS' Jan. 11th press release): https://usfigureskating.org/news/20...-championships-and-four-continents-teams.aspx

2026 World Junior Championships
Pairs
Olivia Flores and Luke Wang (S7)
Reagan Moss and Jakub Galbavy (WJC debut; Junior champions)
Alternate 1: Sofia Jarmoc and Luke Witkowski (J2)
Alternate 2: Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer (S9)
Alternate 3: Milada Kovar and Jared McPike (J3)

Moss/Galbavy competed at Jr Worlds last year - we had three spots due to FlorWang & WilLew's 2nd & 3rd place finishes in 2024.

 

[Stephanie]

Small correction: Kapeikis competed at 4CCs in 2023.

 

[ice coverage]

Couple of notes from the USFS press conference with Matt Farrell and Justin Dillon -

Justin said that Team USA figure skating will be based in Bergamo ...

Also, team processing begins either Jan 23rd or 25th (can't remember which day now, lol), so they only have a couple weeks back home before they likely begin heading over to Italy. ...

Team processing will begin on Jan 29, per Justin Dillon at approx. the six-minute mark of the presser.
He said that Jan 23 or 24 is when Team USA skaters would start "going in" (meaning to Bergamo, I believe).

(I just don't want anyone to prematurely expect glimpses of [the excitement/fun of!] team processing.)

 

[Capt. DeSoto]

The Sportity page for the 2026 Bavarian Open shows that the following skaters have signed up for feedback sessions and are presumably competing:

Advanced Novice Ice Dance:

• Katherine Li / James Zhu
• Sophia Kartashov / Nicholas Kartashov
• Marian Carhart / Denis Bledsoe

 

[Sylvia]

Dec. 24, 2025:

Challenge Cup entries are out. No senior entries for the USA and the only junior entries are in pairs & dance.
Jr Pairs -
Sofia Jarmoc/Luke Witkowski
Reagan Moss/Jakub Galbavy
Kaitlyn Oh/Michael Chapa
Jr Dance -
Jasmine Robertson/Chase Rohner

Those 4 teams have since been confirmed on USFS' International Assignments page. Competition thread in Kiss & Cry: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...dutch-nationals-jan-22-25-tilburg-ned.113463/

Bavarian Open entries were published today (1/19/26) on the Sportity app (password is BO2026).
USFS has yet to publish their entries on the International Assignments page but here are the names via Sportity:
Senior Women: Alina Bonillo
Senior Ice Dance: Elliana & Ethan Peal, Vanessa Pham/Anton Spiridonov
Junior Women: Madison Chong (Jr. int'l debut)
Junior Pairs: Olivia Flores/Luke Wang, Giuliana Gariti/Matthew Curtis (Jr. int'l debut as a team), Milada Kovar/Jared McPike, Elizabeth Yun/Mitchell Castelletti (int'l debut as a team)
Adv. Novice Women: Skylar Lautowa-Peguero
Adv. Novice Ice Dance: Marian Carhart/Denis Bledsoe, Sophia & Nicholas Kartashov (int'l debut), Katherine Li/James Zhu

 

[tangerine dream]

I'm so happy to see Skylar get an assignment after she missed qualifying for Nats by such a small margin. I believe she had the highest jr scores in the NQS this fall but had a bad skate at sectionals. USFS has come a long way from the days when not making Nats meant you wouldn't get an assignment in the spring or fall no matter how well you skated (ie, Agnes Zawadzki).

 

[Sylvia]

Posted earlier in this thread (USFS' Jan. 11th press release): https://usfigureskating.org/news/20...-championships-and-four-continents-teams.aspx

2026 World Championships
Women
Amber Glenn
Isabeau Levito
Alysa Liu
Alternate 1: Bradie Tennell
Alternate 2: Sarah Everhardt
Alternate 3: Starr Andrews

Men
Jason Brown
Ilia Malinin
Andrew Torgashev
Alternate 1: Maxim Naumov
Alternate 2: Tomoki Hiwatashi
Alternate 3: Jacob Sanchez

Pairs
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov
Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea
Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman (debut)
Alternate 1: Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy
Alternate 2: Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe
Alternate 3: Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez

Ice Dance
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik (debut)
Alternate 1: Caroline Green and Michael Parsons
Alternate 2: Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville
Alternate 3: Oona Brown and Gage Brown

The ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2026 will take place at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, from March 24-29.

From the end of Phil Hersh's latest article (link is posted in the U.S Women's news thread):

All of the U.S. skaters who were named in January to the U.S. team for the 2026 World Championships still intend to compete as of Saturday, a U.S. Figure Skating spokesperson said.
That world team includes all the members of the Olympic figure skating team except men’s singles skater Maxim Naumov, who is to be replaced by two-time Olympian Jason Brown, and pairs team Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, replaced by Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman.
The U.S. has an additional pairs spot at worlds. It goes to two-time U.S. champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrafonov, who were ineligible for the Olympics because Efimova is not yet a U.S citizen.

ETA: According to the 2026 Worlds Announcement, entries by name for Worlds are due "not later than Tuesday, February 24, 2026 – 20:00, local time Prague / CZE."

 

[Capt. DeSoto]

I noticed that there's a substitution for Jr. Worlds Ice Dance that hasn't been mentioned here.

As of Feb 19th:
Jane Calhoun and Mark Zheltyshev (withdrawn)
Michelle Deych and Ryan Hu (added)

Only a few competitions left for assignment. Synchro Worlds and Jr. Worlds and two multi-discipline internationals, Coupe du Printemps and Denver Cup. Neither of which were very well attended last year in terms of points.

 

[Karen-W]

I noticed that there's a substitution for Jr. Worlds Ice Dance that hasn't been mentioned here.

As of Feb 19th:
Jane Calhoun and Mark Zheltyshev (withdrawn)
Michelle Deych and Ryan Hu (added)

Also, it's not listed but Daniel Martynov competed this past weekend at Skate Berlin where he finished in 1st place.

 

[Capt. DeSoto]

Also, it's not listed but Daniel Martynov competed this past weekend at Skate Berlin where he finished in 1st place.

Oh, that's interesting. I wonder why it wasn't listed. I see that the USA sent no judges there, so he was a delegation of one presumably. I imagine they're trying to get him some last-minute points to maybe get him a standby GP selection next year? With so many retirements, his new ranking of 57 (up from 60-something) puts him on the cusp, yeah? It's his best international score to date.

 

[thatskater]

I noticed that there's a substitution for Jr. Worlds Ice Dance that hasn't been mentioned here.

As of Feb 19th:
Jane Calhoun and Mark Zheltyshev (withdrawn)
Michelle Deych and Ryan Hu (added)

Only a few competitions left for assignment. Synchro Worlds and Jr. Worlds and two multi-discipline internationals, Coupe du Printemps and Denver Cup. Neither of which were very well attended last year in terms of points.

I’m confused how Michelle and ryan are able to go to JR worlds but Kouevi & Homawoo are totally skipped over?

 

[tangerine dream]

I’m confused how Michelle and ryan are able to go to JR worlds but Kouevi & Homawoo are totally skipped over?

It looks like they based the decision on more than just Nats placement. Deych/Hu had much stronger results on the JGP this season.

 

[marshallpond]

Michelle Deych and Ryan Hu (added)

Jane Calhoun's partner has a Russian passport so he can't enter Estonia. Hence the first alternates get to go.

Does anyone know if Veselukhin has a Russian passport or non-Russian passport as well?

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh gosh. Good question. It would suck if Abo/Ves couldn't go!

 

[Sylvia]

Does anyone know if Veselukhin has a Russian passport or non-Russian passport as well?

I don't know but my hearsay is that he is fine for competing in Tallinn.

 

[ice coverage]

Although published yesterday, the video package linked below was shot at Nationals after Olympic team was announced, as far as I can tell.
At first I wondered whether the concept would be too corny for me, but I quickly became emotional, because each of the sixteen skaters did a nice job of speaking to their younger self.
Also: As the dancers and pair skaters took their turns one by one, I found it very effective that their partner was standing behind them -- almost always literally visible in the background of the shot, as well as metaphorically.

Chari Hawkins on Instagram: "MAKING THE OLYMPICS IS HARD!!!!!! So I had the USA Olympic Figure Skating Team take a moment to thank the number one person that made it happen: YOUNGER THEM!! ❤️ Everything we do now is for future us! And everything we

8,438 likes, 78 comments - _charihawkins on February 22, 2026: "MAKING THE OLYMPICS IS HARD!!!!!! So I had the USA Olympic Figure Skating Team take a moment to thank the number one person that made it happen: YOUNGER THEM!! ❤️ Everything we do now is for future us! And everything we have now is...

www.instagram.com

(I had never seen this video until today, but I don't know whether it was previously published right after Nats, and then republished at the end of Olympics?)