Italian figure skating news & updates

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Not really confirmed yet - see these posts in the Dance Hall thread for context: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...twice-thats-amore.112942/page-77#post-6910089

I saw it in an article, but that did not link it kind of like how I saw Kaori was going, but did not link that either lol

 

[Andrea82]

Team for next week's Worlds confirmed
Grassl, Frangipani, Gutmann, Caldara/Maglio, Manni/Rothlisberger, Paolino/Tuba
Judges (Women and Pairs) will be Buttarelli and Orlandini

Dettaglio convocazione/raduno - FISG - Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio

Dettaglio convocazione/raduno per club FISG: informazioni su data, sede, atleti convocati e programma specifico per ciascun club.

www.fisg.it

Skaters in uniform Spring 2026 edition...for the 209th anniversary of the prison police force...

(Ambrosini, Beccari, Rizzo, Ghilardi, Guignard, Fabbri, Tali)

(and Carolina Kostner too)

 

[kwanfan1818]

Rizzo looks like a natural in that uniform.

 

[Vagabond]

Some Italian skater or team should do a program to music by The Police.

 

[Sylvia]

Charlene has posted her recent photos from the "209° Anniversario del Corpo della Polizia Penitenziaria
È un onore per noi fare parte del Gruppo Sportivo delle Fiamme Azzurre ":

Charlène Guignard on Instagram: "209° Anniversario del Corpo della Polizia Penitenziaria 👮🏻‍♀️ È un onore per noi fare parte del Gruppo Sportivo delle Fiamme Azzurre 💙 #fiammeazzurre #poliziapenitenziaria"

1,836 likes, 23 comments - charleneguignard on March 20, 2026: "209° Anniversario del Corpo della Polizia Penitenziaria 👮🏻‍♀️ È un onore per noi fare parte del Gruppo Sportivo delle Fiamme Azzurre 💙 #fiammeazzurre #poliziapenitenziaria".

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And Molly!

Charlène Guignard on Instagram: "Molly with the Olympic Medal 🥉 #molly #cincillà #mylove #olympics #milanocortina2026"

5,033 likes, 63 comments - charleneguignard on March 21, 2026: "Molly with the Olympic Medal 🥉 #molly #cincillà #mylove #olympics #milanocortina2026".

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March 27 event celebrating G/F:

Comune di Cornaredo on Instagram: "❄️✨ 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗟 𝗚𝗛𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗢 – 𝗨𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗶! ✨❄️ Il Comune di Cornaredo invita la cittadinanza a una serata speciale dedicata ai nostri concittadini e campioni olimpici 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊

109 likes, 7 comments - comune_di_cornaredo on March 18, 2026: "❄️✨ 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗟 𝗚𝗛𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗢 – 𝗨𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗶! ✨❄️ Il Comune di Cornaredo invita la cittadinanza a una serata speciale dedicata ai nostri concittadini e campioni olimpici 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒐...

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Note sul ghiaccio | Comune di Cornaredo

Note sul ghiaccio: venerdì 27 marzo alle ore 20.30 presso l'auditorium La Filanda, una serata celebrativa per festeggiare i nostri campioni olimpici di pattinaggio artistico:…

comune.cornaredo.mi.it

 

[withwings]

I hoped soo much!! that Lara Naki Gutman will surprise everyone by getting individual bronze medal:-(
but being 5th at Worlds is a great achievement itself ( = consolation to me)

 

[Andrea82]

Grassl to meet the Pope

“..... then I have something really exciting coming up: on the 9th of April I’ll be meeting the Pope. A couple of Italian athletes, some of the medalists will be invited to the Vatican. I’m so excited about that. I was also told that he actually watched my performance. He’s very athletic himself, really into sports, used to play tennis when he was younger, and I heard he’s writing a book about the Olympics.”

 

[Karen-W]

Cross-posting from the retirements thread -

Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii held a joint press conference today where he announced he is retiring & has a coaching position lined up; sounds like she is looking for a new partner.

Their PR firm posted several IG stories with clips from the press conference here, beginning here -

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And this X poster provided a rough translation -

Sara 🌻 (@Squ15) on X

I think Conti/Macii kind of announced the end of their partnership 🥲

x.com

 

[Karen-W]

Cross-posting from the Pairs General Discussion thread -

Looks like Filippo Ambrosini is pairing up with Milania Väänänen for Italy.

Asiago, Filippo Ambrosini riparte dopo le Olimpiadi: nuova compagna sul ghiaccio per il pattinatore azzurro

L’atleta asiaghese farà coppia con la finlandese Milania Kristiina Väänänen: «Non è ancora il momento di smettere».

www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it

 

[Wyliefan]

New interview with Memola about injury, missing the Olympics, and future plans:

Nikolaj Memola: Reigniting the Flame

Guest post by Maya Bleszinski. Find them on Substack and Instagram. Italy’s Nikolaj Memola on missing a home Olympics, the consequences of rushing recovery, & setting his sights on new goals. As Italian figure skater Nikolaj Memola took to the ice for his short program at stage 2 of the...

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Not one to dwell on what could have been, Memola now looks ahead to next season—and he’s dying to get back out on the ice again. He hasn’t skated at all since European Championships, as his injury worsened after attempting to compete on it. He isn’t in a hurry to get back on the ice before he’s fully healed, as one lesson he’s taken away from this season is to take the time to recover when need be, and to listen to his body.

“I just need to be patient and try to make everything work. And not rush things, because that was the problem for the whole season,” he admitted.

 

[Wyliefan]

Lucrezia Beccari had surgery today. She says it went well, even though her condition (whatever it was) was worse than expected.

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[Wyliefan]

Noah Lafornara got his Italian citizenship! https://www.instagram.com/p/DZriyHvlhbl/?igsh=N2VmbDg3eHBuYTl1

 

[Andrea82]

25th July is Election Day of Italian Fed

Candidates

Presidency

Walter Andriolo
Andrea Gios (incumbent since 2014)
Fabio Labia
Tommaso Teofoli

Vice-Presidency

Thomas Rottensteiner (incumbent)
Renato Viglianisi

Federal Council (6 to be elected)

Amanda Bianchi
Nadia Bortot (incumbent)
Maurizio Cagol
Marcello Cobelli (incumbent)
Elena Comolo
Diego Pozzatti
Luigi Sartorato (incumbent)
Paolo Tesini
Martin Wenter
Veronica Zappone
Carlo Alessandro Zisa

Antonucci, Mulser and Pizzocari not standing again.

Athletes Reps (2 to be elected, 1 man, 1 women)

Andreas Bernard
Angela Menardi (incumbent)
Matteo Rizzo

Menardi is the only woman standing. She comes from wheelchair curling. The other current rep (who is standing down) is from curling.
Rizzo's rival is from hockey.

Coaches Rep (1 to be elected)

Monica Domenicali (incumbent)
Denis Giovannini
Valter Mario Michele Rizzo

Coaches candidates are all from figure skating.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Valter Mario Michele Rizzo

What a great name!

 

[Wyliefan]

New Tali/Lafornara interview. They talk about Noah's recovery, his citizenship, learning the Golden Waltz, and their relationship with their coaches.

Q&A with Noemi Maria Tali and Noah Lafornara

After an injury-plagued 2025-26 season, the 2025 junior world champions are back on the ice and ready to take the senior ranks by storm.

ameliasandrine.substack.com

 

[kwanfan1818]

I hope they know that while it might have been a long(er) shot, many of us were hoping before the injury that they would have been the second team in Milan. The passport processing may have gone faster had they been contenders.

 

[Marta24]

I don't know if this has been already posted, but here is an interview with Guilia Paolino and Andrea Tuba in Italian from 5 months ago. They talk about their partnership, coaching change and the decision by the Italian Fed to send them to the Beijing Olympic Qualifier. Even if it's an older interview, it was interesting to find out a bit more about them and their partnership.

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[Andrea82]

25th July is Election Day of Italian Fed

Candidates

Presidency

Walter Andriolo
Andrea Gios (incumbent since 2014)
Fabio Labia
Tommaso Teofoli

Andrea Gios 1.315 votes (63,9591%)
Tommaso Teofoli 432 (21,0117%)
Walter Andriolo 221 (10,7490%)
Fabio Labia 49 (2,3833%)
Blank 39 (1,8969%)

Gios was running for a 4th term and therefore he needed 2/3 of the votes to be re-elected (since 2018 there was a national norm not allowing more than 3 terms for the heads of sport federations, but in 2023 it was changed allowing them to run again but adding that they would need a "super" majority). He got just below that. Now he has to withdraw from next ballots.

 

[Sylvia]

New Junior pair of Manuel Rossi (he had teamed up with Nora Marleen Rothenbuhler for Switzerland in 2025 but they never competed, AFAIK) and Jolena Grohne (she skated in CO Springs previously with Reede Lunt at 2024 U.S. Novice Nationals), based in Bergamo:

~manuel~ on Instagram: "A new chapter begins ❄️🇮🇹 We’re truly grateful to our team, @deathdrop70barbara_luoni @raffaellacazzaniga @puglisia , for guiding us through this new journey, and to @natalia.mishkutenok @drew_meekins for their incredible sup

445 likes, 47 comments - manu_el_rossi on August 25, 2026: "A new chapter begins ❄️🇮🇹 We’re truly grateful to our team, @deathdrop70barbara_luoni @raffaellacazzaniga @puglisia , for guiding us through this new journey, and to @natalia.mishkutenok @drew_meekins for their incredible support and...

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He turned 21 in July and her Instagram profile says she's 16.

New Senior pair of Sofia Tridello and Alberto Tommasi are listed for the Senior B international at Lombardia Trophy - here's a March 10, 2026 article about them:

ARTISTICO COPPIE - Sofia Tridello e Alberto Tommasi, esordio positivo nella Categoria Senior Pairs a Fanano - Comitato Regionale Veneto - FISG

Complimenti a Sofia Tridello e Alberto Tommasi la prima Coppia di Artistico in Veneto, che lo scorso fine settimana presso...

veneto.fisg.it

Congratulations to Sofia Tridello and Alberto Tommasi, the first Artistic Pair in Veneto, who made their official debut last weekend at the Palaghiaccio in Fanano, where the final competition of the season for the Elite category took place, competing in the Senior Pairs category.

The couple received excellent feedback from the judges, which marked a very positive first step in their sporting growth.
Sofia and Alberto have been skating together since the end of April 2025, both Venetians through and through, they train at the Padua rink, where they work daily with great commitment and determination followed by a team of coaches , made up of technicians Denis Giovannini and Roberta Rodeghiero, with the collaboration of the choreographer Jasmine Tessari.

 

[Andrea82]

25th July is Election Day of Italian Fed

Candidates

Presidency

Walter Andriolo
Andrea Gios (incumbent since 2014)
Fabio Labia
Tommaso Teofoli

Vice-Presidency

Thomas Rottensteiner (incumbent)
Renato Viglianisi

Federal Council (6 to be elected)

Amanda Bianchi
Nadia Bortot (incumbent)
Maurizio Cagol
Marcello Cobelli (incumbent)
Elena Comolo
Diego Pozzatti
Luigi Sartorato (incumbent)
Paolo Tesini
Martin Wenter
Veronica Zappone
Carlo Alessandro Zisa

Antonucci, Mulser and Pizzocari not standing again.

Athletes Reps (2 to be elected, 1 man, 1 women)

Andreas Bernard
Angela Menardi (incumbent)
Matteo Rizzo

Menardi is the only woman standing. She comes from wheelchair curling. The other current rep (who is standing down) is from curling.
Rizzo's rival is from hockey.

Coaches Rep (1 to be elected)

Monica Domenicali (incumbent)
Denis Giovannini
Valter Mario Michele Rizzo

Coaches candidates are all from figure skating.

Andrea Gios 1.315 votes (63,9591%)
Tommaso Teofoli 432 (21,0117%)
Walter Andriolo 221 (10,7490%)
Fabio Labia 49 (2,3833%)
Blank 39 (1,8969%)

Gios was running for a 4th term and therefore he needed 2/3 of the votes to be re-elected (since 2018 there was a national norm not allowing more than 3 terms for the heads of sport federations, but in 2023 it was changed allowing them to run again but adding that they would need a "super" majority). He got just below that. Now he has to withdraw from next ballots.

24th October is next Election Day.

All candidates who stood against Gios this summer do not stand again.
Outgoing Vice-President Thomas Rottensteiner will stand for President against Federica Manzoni Pesenti (IcaLab president)

Andrea Gios is standing for Vice-President position.

• Walter Andriolo (stood for president this summer)
• Nadia Bortot (outgoing federal council member)
• Andrea Gios (current FISG boss, since 2014)
• Luigi Sartorato (outgoing federal council member)
• Renato Viglianisi (was already standing for vice-president in the Summer election)

Federal council candidates

• Maurizio Cagol
• Marcello Cobelli (incumbent)
• Elena Comolo
• Monica Domenicali (current Coaches Rep on the federal council)
• Fabio Labia
• Karol Pescosta
• Giuseppe Picchiarelli
• Diego Pozzati
• Paolo Tesini
• Tommaso Teofoli
• Martin Wenter
• Veronica Zappone
• Carlo Alessandro Zisa

Athletes Reps (2 to be elected, 1 man, 1 women)

• Andreas Bernard (hockey)
• Angela Menardi (incumbent; wheelchair curling)
• Lorenzo Piatti (curling)
• Matteo Rizzo (figure skating)

Again Menardi is the only woman standing.

Coaches Rep (1 to be elected)

• Denis Giovannini
• Gabriele Minchio
• Valter Mario Michele Rizzo

 

[Sylvia]

A new name for me - saw on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/_gioiaafiori_/) that Gioia Fiori is an accomplished artistic roller skater! She placed 7th (170.02) in her Challenger Series debut at Lombardia Trophy - her not-yet-updated ISU bio has her competition history: https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00110880.htm

Andrea Vaturi on co-choreographing, with Carolina Kostner, a female point of view Zorro FS for Italy’s Gioia Fiori, a roller-turned-ice skater who just made her CS debut at Lombardia Trophy:

Andrea Vaturi on Instagram: "Ieri @_gioiaafiori_ ha portato per la prima volta in gara questa stagione, sul prestigioso palcoscenico del Lombardia Trophy, il programma che ho coreografato insieme a @mskostner sull'idea de "il punto di vista femminile

109 likes, 4 comments - andreavaturi on September 20, 2026: "Ieri @_gioiaafiori_ ha portato per la prima volta in gara questa stagione, sul prestigioso palcoscenico del Lombardia Trophy, il programma che ho coreografato insieme a @mskostner sull'idea de "il punto di vista femminile della storia...

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Fiori's 7th place Lombardia Trophy FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCKUwKMf-N4

I met Gioia last October during Artistic Roller Skating World Championship in Beijing where she won silver, only next to the incredible roller skating genius Madalena Costa. A wonderful skater both on wheels and on ice. So glad she did well on her first ice skating CS! Her SP Mamma La Rondinella is also choregraphed by Carolina Kostner.

Fiori's 8th place SP at Lombardia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FxHvsp-0Vw

Gioia Fiori - Freeskating Senior - Artistic World Championships Bejing 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05NHqlGTEa4

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting here from Ilia Malinin's fan thread:

September 13th he streamed again this time with Jacob and Lukas Vaclavik:

• He dropped a wild piece of information: apparently Daniel Grassl has landed a quint lutz in practice

Grassl is scheduled to make his season debut at Nepela Memorial this week - bringing over from the Programs/Choreographers thread:
Sept. 7:

Daniel Grassl announced his SP music/theme:

Daniel Grassl on Instagram: "My new short program inspired by the film “The Substance“. Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? Younger, more beautiful, more perfect. The endless search of perfection and beauty. The continuous pursui

1,628 likes, 51 comments - daniel.grassl_official on September 7, 2026: "My new short program inspired by the film “The Substance“. Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? Younger, more beautiful, more perfect. The endless search of perfection and beauty. The continuous pursuit...

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Choreographer: Edoardo De Bernardis

Sept. 17:

Grassl's FS announcement - program also choreographed by his coach, Edoardo De Bernardis:

Daniel Grassl on Instagram: "Il mio nuovo programma libero: “Stabat Mater | The Ice Suite”. Un percorso mistico sul ghiaccio, in un dialogo tra forze contrapposte. Un racconto di rinascita, di potenza e liberazione interiore, dove il pattinaggio su

502 likes, 12 comments - daniel.grassl_official on September 17, 2026: "Il mio nuovo programma libero: “Stabat Mater | The Ice Suite”. Un percorso mistico sul ghiaccio, in un dialogo tra forze contrapposte. Un racconto di rinascita, di potenza e liberazione interiore, dove il pattinaggio su...

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[Hedwig]

Any news about Conti? Has she found a partner?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Any news about Conti? Has she found a partner?

Refresh my mimosa, what happened to Niccolo.

 

[Sylvia]

Refresh my mimosa, what happened to Niccolo.

Retired and got married this summer: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...orld-2022-onwards.109801/page-13#post-6949406

ETA - May 22 in the pinned Retirements thread:

Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii held a joint press conference today where he announced he is retiring & has a coaching position lined up; sounds like she is looking for a new partner.
...
And this X poster provided a rough translation -

Sara 🌻 (@Squ15) on X

I think Conti/Macii kind of announced the end of their partnership 🥲

x.com

Their PR firm posted several IG stories with clips from the press conference

The firm posted this on May 23, 2026, with photos:

Pernice on Instagram: "Sara e Niccolò, una coppia che ha fatto la storia ⛸️ Oggi in Questura a Bergamo per celebrare un percorso straordinario: titoli europei, podi mondiali e una medaglia olimpica conquistata nonostante tutto. Un sodalizio unico ch

1,080 likes, 16 comments - pernice_comunicazione on May 23, 2026: "Sara e Niccolò, una coppia che ha fatto la storia ⛸️ Oggi in Questura a Bergamo per celebrare un percorso straordinario: titoli europei, podi mondiali e una medaglia olimpica conquistata nonostante tutto. Un sodalizio unico che...

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Sara and Niccolò: a pair that made history
Today at the Bergamo Police Headquarters, we celebrated an extraordinary journey: European titles, World Championship podiums, and an Olympic medal won against all odds. A unique partnership coming to a close in the best possible way.
Sara is already looking ahead to new challenges and the search for a new skating partner.
Niccolò has chosen to stay on the ice, but from the other side: he will be coaching the next generation.
Thank you for everything, guys.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Heck if I could learn more than just a crossover and being Italian, I’d ask Sara if she wants to roll the dice with me.

 

[spin2win]

There was a test skate this weekend in Bolzano

Men- Only 2 skaters participated. Gabriele Frangipani won with a score of 211.10, Matteo Nalbone scored 164.85.
Women (top 4 of 9) -
1] Lara Naki Gutmann 189.73 2 65.83 1 123.90
2] Gioia Fiori 187.36 3 64.38 2 122.98
3] Sarina Joos 181.20 1 70.05 4 116.59
4] Amanda Ghezzo 175.48 5 58.89 3 116.59
Pairs - new team Milania Kristina Vaananen/Filippo Ambrosini withdrew. Sofia Tridello/Alberto Tommasi scored 136.54.

 

[Wyliefan]

Incidentally, Gioia Fiori means "Joy Flowers" in Italian. Fun name.

Did Anna Pezzetta not compete in the test skate?

 

[spin2win]

Incidentally, Gioia Fiori means "Joy Flowers" in Italian. Fun name.

Did Anna Pezzetta not compete in the test skate?

Pezzetta did not compete in this test skate, one wonders...

 

[Andrea82]

Pairs - new team Milania Kristina Vaananen/Filippo Ambrosini withdrew.

They skated the SP. Judging by the protocol, fall on the SBS jump and problematic twist.