The Dance Hall 13: When You Dance on the Ice and Your Feet Twizzle Twice, That's Amore

[TAHbKA]

Kiliakov is an Israeli citizen. (His parents are as well.) It's what qualified T/K to compete for Israel in ISU competition.

Citizen - sure. Has a passport- not necessarily (I don't know whether he does or does not). IIRC they have to enter Italy with the Israeli passports in order to participate the Olympics.

 

[kwanfan1818]

I don't see anywhere in the ISU Constitution that specifically requires a passport to prove citizenship, whether to compete or switch. I don't know what the permit paperwork requires.

They switched to Israel before the 2021-22 season. I don't know if he became a citizen when his parents did, or if he claimed citizenship later. Whether he got a passport before the 2022 changes, he knows; we don't.

Without some kind of exemption Tkachenko's citizenship and passport sounds dead-in-the-water, at least for 2026. (Laws can change.) They're on the young side for ice dancers, and, unless there's been some bad behavior we don't know about, 2026 wasn't a slam dunk, even if she found her Jewish grandparent in 2021, got citizenship, and a passport before the law change. But in 2022, when the law changed, it shouldn't have been a surprise that, if she tried for a passport after the change, it was a non-starter without a change of some kind.

Even T/K aren't even front-runners for earning one of the four spots at the OEQ: they'd be one of a bunch in their point range. They wouldn't be even if R/A hadn't biffed the RD and have come in at least 18th: in that case, then Lim/Quan, with 177 at Worlds (and 187 at Warsaw Cup) would be at the OEQ seeking a spot.

 

[Karen-W]

Even T/K aren't even front-runners for earning one of the four spots at the OEQ: they'd be one of a bunch in their point range. They wouldn't be even if R/A hadn't biffed the RD and have come in at least 18th: in that case, then Lim/Quan, with 177 at Worlds (and 187 at Warsaw Cup) would be at the OEQ seeking a spot.

I agree that they'd be in the bunch of teams in the 165-175 range seeking one of the 4 spots if they'd been sent, but it wasn't a slam dunk - there are about twice as many teams with a realistic shot of earning a spot and then the likes of the Chinese, Swiss & Poles.

 

[Dobre]

They're so young. If they wanted to continue, they could.

They have options.

It seems, though, they've decided to move on.

Thanks for the updated info on acquiring Israeli citizenship, however. Important for all our speculative discussions for the future.

Even T/K aren't even front-runners for earning one of the four spots at the OEQ: they'd be one of a bunch in their point range.

Yeah, it was gonna be tough. (I wasn't ruling them out though. They've put in a lot of time together).

 

[TAHbKA]

I don't see anywhere in the ISU Constitution that specifically requires a passport to prove citizenship, whether to compete or switch. I don't know what the permit paperwork requires.

ISU does not. I think IOC does.