2025 Channel One Cup

[AlexBreeze]

2025 Channel One Cup

Date: 14-17 March 2025
Venue: Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Categories: Senior
Disciplines: Single and Pair Skating, Ice Dance

Current local time in Chelyabinsk, Russia (UTC+5)
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/russia/chelyabinsk​

• Regulations
• Live Streams
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How to watch Russian events

There is no official Youtube stream anymore. So far there are several ways to watch the official broadcast:
1) Recommended: RUTUBE. The sponsor of the senior events. High quality, no geoblock, it allows to rewind. Replays are archived.
2) Official Channel One website. The website is geoblocked in some countries by local providers. You can use Dutch VPN if you are from Europe, or Canadian VPN if you are from the USA to avoid the block.
3) Channel One's technical channel. Open this link https://1tv-live-gcore.servicecdn.ru/dash-live3/streams/sport-1/sport-1.mpd via VLC media player or any similar app such as KMplayer. VPN services are not needed for this. The broadcast quality is better than at the website.

Schedule:

Friday, 14 March
20.00 - Draw Ceremony

Saturday, 15 March
14.00 - Opening Ceremony
14.10 - Pairs, Short Program
14.35 - Elements Battle
15.10 - Women, Short Program
15:55 - Men, Short Program

Sunday, 16 March
14.00-17.00 - Free Skate

 

[AlexBreeze]

Regulations
Changes are highlighted in red

General Information
Three teams take part in the Channel One Cup 2025.
Every team consists of:

• 1 pair
• 1 ice dance couple
• 4 women single skaters
• 4 men single skaters

The competition includes short program, free skating and additional contests: ice skills competitions and team relays.

In the short program, juniors compete under senior competition rules. In the free skaters, they compete under junior competition rules.
Every team is headed by a captain. The colour of each team is assigned according to the results of the draw.

Qualification

Single skating
12 men and 12 women:

1) Six athletes with the most points based on the results of the Russian Nationals 2025, Russian Grand Prix Final 2025, Russian Grand Prix Stages 2024/25.

2) Three athletes with the most points based on the results of the Russian Junior Nationals 2025, Federation Cup Final 2025, Junior Russian Grand Prix Stage 2024/25.

3) One athlete according to the results of the fan voting (from among the participants of the Russian Nationals 2025 and Russian Grand Prix Final 2024/25, who were not invited to participate according to paragraph 1).

4) One athlete according to the results of the media voting (from among the participants of the Russian Nationals 2025 and Russian Grand Prix Final 2024/25, who were not invited to participate according to paragraph 1).

5) One athlete chosen by the Russian Figure Skating Federation and Channel One.

Pair Skating and Ice Dance
3 pairs and 3 ice dance couples

Three teams with the most points based on the results of the Russian Nationals 2025, Russian Grand Prix Final 2025, Russian Grand Prix Stages 2024/25.
Fan voting: 17 February 15.00 - 21 February 12.00 local time on Channel One website.
In the case of a tie, Channel One and federation determine the participant based on the results of Nationals and Russian Grand Prix Final.

Media voting: 21 February 15.00 - 24 February 15.00
Media list: Channel One, TASS, RIA, RBK, Sport-Express, Championat, Sport24, Komsomolskaya Pravda
In the case of a tie, Channel One and federation determine the participant based on the results of Nationals and Russian Grand Prix Final.

Teams

Team rosters are formed at the team draft on 14 March by the team captains.

Each single skater performs only short program or only free program (*except as described below).

Pairs perform short programs. Ice dancers perform free dances.

There are substitutes in each discipline who can replace a competitor before the official practice and the draw if necessary.

*If a substitute is needed after the draw, one of the team members does both programs.

Points

Place	Points
1.	10
2.	9
3.	8
4.	7
5.	6
6.	5

If skaters score the same, they share a place.

If a competitor is unable to finish the performance, their team will receive the lowest possible number of points for this discipline.

Tie-breakers:
1) Points for the second day
2) Captains contest

 

[lariko]

Is there the final list of entries?

 

[AlexBreeze]

Is there the final list of entries?

The qualifying events aren't over.

 

[lariko]

The qualifying events aren't over.

Oops, i thought this was whatever it is next weekend. The names of these competitions are all so similar!

 

[AlexBreeze]

Preliminary Entries
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Women	Men	Pairs	Ice Dance
Sofia Vazhnova	Vladislav Dikidzhi	Natalia Khabibullina/Ilya Knyazhuk	Vasilisa Kaganovskaia/Maksim Nekrasov
Alina Gorbacheva	Evgeni Semenenko	Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitri Kozlovski	Elizaveta Pasechnik/Dario Cirisano
Anna Frolova	Mark Kondratiuk	Anastasia Mukhortova/Dmitri Evgeniev	Ekaterina Mironova/Evgeni Ustenko
Daria Sadkova	Gleb Lutfullin
Sofia Muravieva	Petr Gumennik
Ksenia Gushchina	Makar Ignatov
Sofia Akatieva	Daniil Samsonov
Veronika Yametova	Dmitri Aliev
Kseniia Sinitsyna	Nikolay Ugozhaev
Elena Kostyleva	Nikolay Kolesnikov
Alisa Dvoeglazova	Lev Lazarev
Elizaveta Andreeva	Nikita Sarnovskiy

 

[Mathematician]

Attention! Voting is open for the participation of one extra athlete for both men's and women's!

Кого вы хотите увидеть на Т-Банк Кубке Первого канала 2025? Т-Банк Кубок Первого канала по фигурному катанию 2025. Первый канал

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I voted Akateva. I think she is going to be the one. Vote up for your favourites!

If anyone wants an extra vote for their favourite man let me know I dont really know any of these guys

Voting closes Feb 21

 

[Fetinia]

Akateva and Samsonov.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Fan voting: Sofia Akatieva and Daniil Samsonov
Media voting: Dmitri Aliev and Veronika Yametova

 

[Jeanie19]

Akateva and Samsonov.

They are who I voted for.

 

[flanker]

They are who I voted for.

Me too.

 

[gmyers]

I’m shocked contenders for Olympic qualifying are skating here again! Well the damage has already been done if it matters how the sponsor is seen

 

[AlexBreeze]

The organizers have invited Sinitsyna and Ugozhaev.

 

[Skating91]

To be honest, I'm not looking forward to this like previous seasons, but once it happens it will become good. Like the jump tournament, which was a disaster to begin with but then Mark and Adelia saved it and it turned into something memorable. Three teams makes it more interesting as well. It will be good to see Adelia skate, she looks like she has grown in recent photos. Hopefully she can retain the jumps. That will be the only thing that matters for the next 11 months. Completely unfair, but those are the rules.

 

[gmyers]

To be honest, I'm not looking forward to this like previous seasons, but once it happens it will become good. Like the jump tournament, which was a disaster to begin with but then Mark and Adelia saved it and it turned into something memorable. Three teams makes it more interesting as well. It will be good to see Adelia skate, she looks like she has grown in recent photos. Hopefully she can retain the jumps. That will be the only thing that matters for the next 11 months. Completely unfair, but those are the rules.

The good thing is even if she loses almost all her jumps once she is selected and if she qualifies in China she is going no matter what. She can’t be replaced. She could only have a triple toe in February of 2026 and if she has a triple flip and lutz in China and qualifies she doesn’t have to worry. She can go to Olympics with a triple toe being her hardest jump.

 

[Mathematician]

The good thing is even if she loses almost all her jumps once she is selected and if she qualifies in China she is going no matter what. She can’t be replaced. She could only have a triple toe in February of 2026 and if she has a triple flip and lutz in China and qualifies she doesn’t have to worry. She can go to Olympics with a triple toe being her hardest jump.

I dont know if I would call it a "good thing" for her if she went with a 3T as her hardest jump. That being said, in theory even with reduced tech she would starch the competition. So in that sense its a nice buffer that no matter what she just has to show up at those two events and everything else is meaningless.

However I see absolutely zero evidence she is losing anything at all. Last season people were saying the same thing and she came back with a 3A at like double the stability it ever was and a perfect 4T. She jumped a 4F in December test skates too she is entirely capable of a world record. There is nothing at all indicating it should be possible for her to lose anything close to whats required for losing an international competition. I dont see a plausible scenario where she goes from world record contender to worse than the best international skater. She is past serious development. You can see it in her face and general body structure. Significant height gain is out of the question IMO. She literally had the 2nd best season of all time and proved herself to be the most consistent ladies ultra-c jumper of all time, statistically.

 

[gmyers]

I dont know if I would call it a "good thing" for her if she went with a 3T as her hardest jump. That being said, in theory even with reduced tech she would starch the competition. So in that sense its a nice buffer that no matter what she just has to show up at those two events and everything else is meaningless.

However I see absolutely zero evidence she is losing anything at all. Last season people were saying the same thing and she came back with a 3A at like double the stability it ever was and a perfect 4T. She jumped a 4F in December test skates too she is entirely capable of a world record. There is nothing at all indicating it should be possible for her to lose anything close to whats required for losing an international competition. I dont see a plausible scenario where she goes from world record contender to worse than the best international skater. She is past serious development. You can see it in her face and general body structure. Significant height gain is out of the question IMO. She literally had the 2nd best season of all time and proved herself to be the most consistent ladies ultra-c jumper of all time, statistically.

I used the word good but also interesting would have fit. Well this is the hope! If she is cleared and stays injury free. I just hope in doing all these competitions she doesn’t over do it. Being the official chosen Olympian I hope she just pops in and out. She’s on a whole different track as official Olympian

 

[ajingmarg]

Why she can't be replaced? There is always the

The good thing is even if she loses almost all her jumps once she is selected and if she qualifies in China she is going no matter what. She can’t be replaced. She could only have a triple toe in February of 2026 and if she has a triple flip and lutz in China and qualifies she doesn’t have to worry. She can go to Olympics with a triple toe being her hardest jump.

Substitute

 

[gmyers]

Why she can't be replaced? There is always the

Substitute

After the qualifying event I mean. If anything happens to her after September that’s it. I am just always thinking about someone is chosen and qualifies in September and then is possibly involved in the most intense and incredible competition among women in the world!! That’s why anyone who is the qualifier should only do 4 events and that’s it. Normally Russia has until January but this time it’s September and that’s it

 

[Mathematician]

After the qualifying event I mean. If anything happens to her after September that’s it. I am just always thinking about someone is chosen and qualifies in September and then is possibly involved in the most intense and incredible competition among women in the world!! That’s why anyone who is the qualifier should only do 4 events and that’s it. Normally Russia has until January but this time it’s September and that’s it

You sure? I think if Adel wins the tournament she qualifies a spot for the country not just herself. So Russia has another skater locked in and if Adeliia were unable to attend, Russia would still have their reserve. Pretty sure thats the point of the reserve if it was only until September it'd be a little useless.