2026 Volvo Open Cup 57th, Jan. 22-23, Riga, Latvia

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ISU's event page: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/volvo-open-cup-57th-2026/

Host club's event info: http://kristalice.lv/?page_id=555

ISU Results page: http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volc572026/index.htm

Interclub Results page (Jan. 23-25): http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/VOLVO57/

Men - Short Program Starting Order
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Sergey SOKOLOV UKR
2 Nikolajs KRIVOSEJA LAT
3 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU
4 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN
Warm-Up Group 2
5 Fedir KULISH LAT
6 Arlet LEVANDI EST
7 Kirills KORKACS LAT
8 Arttu JUUSOLA FIN

Women - Short Program Starting Order
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Oona OUNASVUORI FIN
2 Emilija OZOLA LAT
3 Zlata RUDAKOVA LAT
4 Christina JENSEN NOR
5 Selma VALITALO FIN
Warm-Up Group 2
6 Elizabet GERVITS ISR
7 Minja PELTONEN FIN
8 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU
9 Ksenija HEIMANE LAT
10 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST
11 Linda DZERVE LAT

Junior Men - Short Program Starting Order
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Ratmirs BEKISBAJEVS LAT
2 Bo-Shun WU TPE
3 Ilya NESTEROV EST
4 Nikita SHEIKO ISR
Warm-Up Group 2
5 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ
6 Kirill SHEIKO ISR
7 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM
8 Luka IMEDASHVILI LTU

Junior Women - Short Program Starting Order
StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Ann KYLE AUS
2 Victoria LANGE LAT
3 Simona KUPLA LAT
4 Simona TKACHMAN ISR
5 Kira BARANOVSKA LAT
Warm-Up Group 2
6 Annika PELLONMAA FIN
7 Lotta ARTIMO FIN
8 Jelizaveta DERECINA LAT
9 Milana SINIAVSKYTE LTU
10 Sofia NEKRASSOVA EST
Warm-Up Group 3
11 Sophia SHIFRIN ISR
12 Elina GOIDINA EST
13 Taisia RUMYANTSEVA NOR
14 Iris UMUNDUM AUT
15 Venla SINISALO FIN
Warm-Up Group 4
16 Mariia ARUTIUNIAN ARM
17 Taisia KRIVOSHEYA LAT
18 Tze Yan Valerie CHAN HKG
19 Evelina STAVICKYTE LTU
20 Emma MAEVSKI NOR
21 Aaliyah MEDINA AUS

ETA - thanks to this post (https://x.com/fskatecomptimes/status/2014033188469793189) for the link to the new, free livestreaming channel this year: https://www.youtube.com/@skatehub_tv/streams

 

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Thursday's results:

Men - Short Program Result Details/link to protocols: http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf
1 Arlet LEVANDI EST 79.23 40.25 38.98 7.92 8.00 7.42 0.00 #6
2 Fedir KULISH LAT 67.58 35.98 31.60 6.17 6.25 6.50 0.00 #5
3 Arttu JUUSOLA FIN 59.19 28.75 31.44 6.33 6.17 6.33 1.00 #8
4 Kirills KORKACS LAT 56.93 28.26 28.67 5.75 5.67 5.75 0.00 #7
5 Nikolajs KRIVOSEJA LAT 56.56 26.50 30.06 6.00 6.08 5.92 0.00 #2
6 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN 55.81 23.25 32.56 6.75 6.33 6.42 0.00 #4
7 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU 47.70 21.54 26.16 5.08 5.17 5.42 0.00 #3
8 Sergey SOKOLOV UKR 45.60 20.26 25.34 4.83 4.92 5.42 0.00 #1

Women - Short Program Result Details/link to protocols: http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf
1 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 58.92 31.54 27.38 6.67 6.92 7.00 0.00 #10
2 Selma VALITALO FIN 58.46 33.17 25.29 6.17 6.42 6.42 0.00 #5
3 Elizabet GERVITS ISR 58.04 30.78 27.26 6.92 6.75 6.83 0.00 #6
4 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 55.83 30.89 24.94 6.42 6.25 6.08 0.00 #8
5 Minja PELTONEN FIN 48.19 23.25 24.94 6.17 6.25 6.33 0.00 #7
6 Ksenija HEIMANE LAT 43.99 23.04 20.95 5.17 5.33 5.25 0.00 #9
7 Emilija OZOLA LAT 42.87 22.69 20.18 5.17 5.17 4.83 0.00 #2
8 Oona OUNASVUORI FIN 39.33 17.38 21.95 5.58 5.50 5.42 0.00 #1
9 Zlata RUDAKOVA LAT 35.21 17.81 19.40 4.92 4.67 5.00 2.00 #3
10 Christina JENSEN NOR 35.00 17.60 17.40 4.50 4.25 4.33 0.00 #4
11 Linda DZERVE LAT 20.72 8.76 15.96 4.17 3.58 4.25 4.00 #11

Junior Men - Short Program Result Details/link to protocols: http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...OR----QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf
1 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 70.13 36.30 33.83 6.92 6.83 6.50 0.00 #4
2 Kirill SHEIKO ISR 61.54 31.89 29.65 6.25 5.58 5.92 0.00 #6
3 Luka IMEDASHVILI LTU 59.67 29.48 30.19 6.08 6.17 5.83 0.00 #8
4 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 58.65 33.35 26.30 5.08 5.17 5.50 1.00 #7
5 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 58.45 28.56 30.89 6.08 6.25 6.17 1.00 #5
6 Ilya NESTEROV EST 52.64 27.04 25.60 5.08 5.00 5.25 0.00 #3
7 Bo-Shun WU TPE 44.12 20.46 23.66 4.75 4.67 4.75 0.00 #2
8 Ratmirs BEKISBAJEVS LAT 32.81 12.06 20.75 4.25 3.92 4.25 0.00 #1

Junior Women - Short Program Result Details/link to protocols: http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...OR----QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf
1 Elina GOIDINA EST 65.82 38.10 28.72 7.17 7.25 7.17 1.00 #12
2 Simona TKACHMAN ISR 58.31 32.91 25.40 6.42 6.50 6.17 0.00 #4
3 Venla SINISALO FIN 56.86 31.80 25.06 6.25 6.17 6.42 0.00 #15
4 Sophia SHIFRIN ISR 56.85 31.69 26.16 6.58 6.42 6.67 1.00 #11
5 Sofia NEKRASSOVA EST 51.83 27.12 24.71 6.25 6.08 6.25 0.00 #10
6 Lotta ARTIMO FIN 50.33 28.17 23.16 5.67 5.83 5.92 1.00 #7
7 Milana SINIAVSKYTE LTU 49.95 26.35 23.60 5.83 5.92 6.00 0.00 #9
8 Kira BARANOVSKA LAT 48.20 24.15 25.05 6.33 6.08 6.42 1.00 #5
9 Jelizaveta DERECINA LAT 41.44 21.72 19.72 4.92 4.83 5.08 0.00 #8
10 Taisia KRIVOSHEYA LAT 36.15 17.65 19.50 4.92 4.92 4.83 1.00 #17
11 Tze Yan Valerie CHAN HKG 35.82 18.20 17.62 4.42 4.25 4.58 0.00 #18
12 Victoria LANGE LAT 35.36 16.73 18.63 4.67 4.67 4.67 0.00 #2
13 Taisia RUMYANTSEVA NOR 32.80 16.18 16.62 4.25 4.00 4.25 0.00 #13
14 Aaliyah MEDINA AUS 32.60 14.98 18.62 4.67 4.75 4.58 1.00 #21
15 Evelina STAVICKYTE LTU 32.12 16.27 17.85 4.42 4.17 4.83 2.00 #19
16 Ann KYLE AUS 31.37 12.19 20.18 5.17 5.08 4.92 1.00 #1
17 Emma MAEVSKI NOR 30.56 16.05 15.51 3.92 3.83 3.92 1.00 #20
18 Iris UMUNDUM AUT 30.04 12.64 17.40 4.33 4.42 4.33 0.00 #14
19 Simona KUPLA LAT 29.23 11.39 17.84 4.50 4.33 4.58 0.00 #3
WD Mariia ARUTIUNIAN ARM #16
WD Annika PELLONMAA FIN #6

 

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Men
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Arlet LEVANDI EST 226.54 1 1

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Arlet Levandi 🇪🇪 is in first place after the Short Program at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 with 79.23 points. 👏🏻 Here are some impressions ✨ #figureskating #arletlevandi #teamestonia"

206 likes, 2 comments - goldsk8 on January 22, 2026: "Arlet Levandi 🇪🇪 is in first place after the Short Program at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 with 79.23 points. 👏🏻 Here are some impressions ✨ #figureskating #arletlevandi #teamestonia".

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Golden Skate on Instagram: "Arlet Levandi 🇪🇪 lands his quad Salchow (q) for the first time in competition 👏🏻. He is the clear champion at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 147.31 / 226.54 👏🏻"

413 likes, 12 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Arlet Levandi 🇪🇪 lands his quad Salchow (q) for the first time in competition 👏🏻. He is the clear champion at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 147.31 / 226.54 👏🏻".

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2 Fedir KULISH LAT 206.86 2 2

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Fedir Kulish 🇱🇻 149.28 / 206.86 shows especially a very good second half of his free skate today and earns 🥈👏🏻 at home at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating"

209 likes, 2 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Fedir Kulish 🇱🇻 149.28 / 206.86 shows especially a very good second half of his free skate today and earns 🥈👏🏻 at home at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating".

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3 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN 177.20 6 3

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Rising from 6th place up to 3rd 🥉- strong free skate for Valtter Virtanen 🇫🇮 121.39 / 177.20 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 and first congratulations from daughter Liia who will compete herself again this weekend 🤩"

626 likes, 18 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Rising from 6th place up to 3rd 🥉- strong free skate for Valtter Virtanen 🇫🇮 121.39 / 177.20 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 and first congratulations from daughter Liia who will compete herself again this weekend 🤩".

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4 Arttu JUUSOLA FIN 167.71 3 4
5 Nikolajs KRIVOSEJA LAT 158.96 5 5
6 Kirills KORKACS LAT 155.63 4 7
7 Sergey SOKOLOV UKR 147.31 8 6
8 Daniel KORABELNIK LTU 135.34 7 8

Women
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 170.95 1 1

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Nataly Langerbaur 🇪🇪 - redemption skate from Europeans! She wins 🥇 with 112.03 / 170.95 👏🏻 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating With this result she also earns her TES minimums for Worlds! 👏🏻"

255 likes, 4 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Nataly Langerbaur 🇪🇪 - redemption skate from Europeans! She wins 🥇 with 112.03 / 170.95 👏🏻 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating With this result she also earns her TES minimums for Worlds! 👏🏻".

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2 Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 165.17 4 2

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Meda Variakojyte 🇱🇹 - someone is ready for the Olympics 🤩 Almost flawless free skate today! 109.34 / 165.17 and 🥈 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 👏🏻 #figureskating"

303 likes, 6 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Meda Variakojyte 🇱🇹 - someone is ready for the Olympics 🤩 Almost flawless free skate today! 109.34 / 165.17 and 🥈 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 👏🏻 #figureskating".

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3 Elizabet GERVITS ISR 165.09 3 3

Golden Skate on Instagram: "🔥 Tango by Elisabet Gervits 🇮🇱 tonight! With 107.05 / 165.05 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 she takes the 🥉👏🏻 #figureskating"

172 likes, 7 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "🔥 Tango by Elisabet Gervits 🇮🇱 tonight! With 107.05 / 165.05 at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 she takes the 🥉👏🏻 #figureskating".

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4 Selma VALITALO FIN 156.51 2 4

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Very good overall competition for Selma Valitalo 🇫🇮 with 98.05 / 156.51 she takes 4th place at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating"

189 likes, 5 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Very good overall competition for Selma Valitalo 🇫🇮 with 98.05 / 156.51 she takes 4th place at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating".

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5 Minja PELTONEN FIN 134.79 5 6
6 Ksenija HEIMANE LAT 133.76 6 5
7 Emilija OZOLA LAT 107.44 7 8
8 Oona OUNASVUORI FIN 103.58 8 9
9 Zlata RUDAKOVA LAT 99.86 9 7
10 Christina JENSEN NOR 92.67 10 10
11 Linda DZERVE LAT 77.24 11 11

Junior Men
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 202.62 1 1

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Nikita Sheiko 🇮🇱 70.13 - First place after the SP at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 - short program impressions 🤩 #NikitaSheiko #figureskating #schindlerslist"

233 likes, 5 comments - goldsk8 on January 22, 2026: "Nikita Sheiko 🇮🇱 70.13 - First place after the SP at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 - short program impressions 🤩 #NikitaSheiko #figureskating #schindlerslist".

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Golden Skate on Instagram: "Nikita Sheiko 🇮🇱 - What a comeback after some challenging months, with 132.49 / 202.62 a technically strong and expressive skate Nikita wins 🥇 at Volvo Open Cup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating"

130 likes, 1 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Nikita Sheiko 🇮🇱 - What a comeback after some challenging months, with 132.49 / 202.62 a technically strong and expressive skate Nikita wins 🥇 at Volvo Open Cup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating".

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2 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 187.82 5 2

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Artur Smagulov 🇰🇿 129.37 / 187.82 had a really strong free skate today including 2 triple Axels! He jumps up from 5th place to earn 🥈👏🏻. We will see Artur at Junior Worlds this season and he will also be hunting for the Se

175 likes, 14 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Artur Smagulov 🇰🇿 129.37 / 187.82 had a really strong free skate today including 2 triple Axels! He jumps up from 5th place to earn 🥈👏🏻. We will see Artur at Junior Worlds this season and he will also be hunting for the Senior Worlds...

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3 Luka IMEDASHVILI LTU 178.92 3 4

Golden Skate on Instagram: "A program full of highlights ✨ Luka Imedashvili 🇱🇹 skates clean and shows great performance skills. He earns 119.25 / 178.92 and the 🥉👏🏻 at Volvo Open Cup 🇱🇻 #figureskating"

217 likes, 5 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "A program full of highlights ✨ Luka Imedashvili 🇱🇹 skates clean and shows great performance skills. He earns 119.25 / 178.92 and the 🥉👏🏻 at Volvo Open Cup 🇱🇻 #figureskating".

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4 Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 177.80 4 5

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Strong jumps especially today by Mikayel Salazaryan 🇦🇲 with 119.15 / 177.80 he places 4th overall at Volvo Open Cup 🇱🇻 #figureskating"

49 likes, 0 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Strong jumps especially today by Mikayel Salazaryan 🇦🇲 with 119.15 / 177.80 he places 4th overall at Volvo Open Cup 🇱🇻 #figureskating".

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5 Ilya NESTEROV EST 174.20 6 3

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Good free skate today by Ilia Nesterov 🇪🇪 at 57th Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 he earns 121.56 / 175.20 and places 5th overall! 👏🏻 #figureskating"

102 likes, 2 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Good free skate today by Ilia Nesterov 🇪🇪 at 57th Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 he earns 121.56 / 175.20 and places 5th overall! 👏🏻 #figureskating".

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6 Kirill SHEIKO ISR 168.00 2 6
7 Bo-Shun WU TPE 142.08 7 7
8 Ratmirs BEKISBAJEVS LAT 103.26 8 8

Junior Women
Result
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Elina GOIDINA EST 187.82 1 1

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Elina Goidina 🇪🇪 65.82 Short Program impressions at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 She is currently in 1st place with a new personal best of 65.82 👏🏻 #figureskating #elinagoidina #estonia"

1,298 likes, 13 comments - goldsk8 on January 22, 2026: "Elina Goidina 🇪🇪 65.82 Short Program impressions at #volvocup 57 in Riga 🇱🇻 She is currently in 1st place with a new personal best of 65.82 👏🏻 #figureskating #elinagoidina #estonia".

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Golden Skate on Instagram: "Elina Goidina 🇪🇪 122.00 / 187.82 convincingly wins Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 🥇with another very strong skate. Congratulations 🎉"

773 likes, 10 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Elina Goidina 🇪🇪 122.00 / 187.82 convincingly wins Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 🥇with another very strong skate. Congratulations 🎉".

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2 Sophia SHIFRIN ISR 177.12 4 2

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Very strong skate by Sophia Shiffrin 🇮🇱 120.27 / 177.12 she climbs onto the podium and earns the 🥈at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻"

719 likes, 25 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Very strong skate by Sophia Shiffrin 🇮🇱 120.27 / 177.12 she climbs onto the podium and earns the 🥈at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻".

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3 Simona TKACHMAN ISR 162.92 2 5

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Simona Tkachman 🇮🇱 gave everything today and delivered a very emotional performance. 104.61 / 162.92 earns her the 🥉 at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating"

232 likes, 4 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Simona Tkachman 🇮🇱 gave everything today and delivered a very emotional performance. 104.61 / 162.92 earns her the 🥉 at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating".

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4 Sofia NEKRASSOVA EST 159.20 5 3

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Clean skate from 14 year old talent Sofia Nekrassova 🇪🇪, she earns 107.37 / 159.20 and places 4th at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻"

400 likes, 8 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Clean skate from 14 year old talent Sofia Nekrassova 🇪🇪, she earns 107.37 / 159.20 and places 4th at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻".

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5 Venla SINISALO FIN 155.18 3 6

Golden Skate on Instagram: "What a special, extraordinary progam by Venla Sinisalo 🇫🇮 with 98.32 / 155.18 she takes 5th place at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating"

392 likes, 5 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "What a special, extraordinary progam by Venla Sinisalo 🇫🇮 with 98.32 / 155.18 she takes 5th place at Volvo Open Cup in Riga 🇱🇻 #figureskating".

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6 Kira BARANOVSKA LAT 152.89 8 4

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Strong fight today from Kira Baranovska 🇱🇻 104.69 / 152.89 with the 4th best free skate she takes 6th place overall! 👏🏻"

178 likes, 2 comments - goldsk8 on January 23, 2026: "Strong fight today from Kira Baranovska 🇱🇻 104.69 / 152.89 with the 4th best free skate she takes 6th place overall! 👏🏻".

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7 Milana SINIAVSKYTE LTU 147.82 7 7
8 Lotta ARTIMO FIN 124.80 6 11
9 Evelina STAVICKYTE LTU 123.79 15 8
10 Jelizaveta DERECINA LAT 120.91 9 9
11 Tze Yan Valerie CHAN HKG 110.97 11 10
12 Taisia KRIVOSHEYA LAT 104.39 10 12
13 Victoria LANGE LAT 101.68 12 13
14 Ann KYLE AUS 93.19 16 14
15 Taisia RUMYANTSEVA NOR 92.59 13 16
16 Aaliyah MEDINA AUS 92.35 14 17
17 Emma MAEVSKI NOR 91.28 17 15
18 Simona KUPLA LAT 81.85 19 18
19 Iris UMUNDUM AUT 81.52 18 19
WD Mariia ARUTIUNIAN ARM
WD Annika PELLONMAA FIN

 

[fan]

It’s quite cool what the sheikos have done with Israeli skating. For a culture that has no history of the sport, they’ve developed some good competitors.