2024-25 Russian Women's Figure Skating

[Jeanie19]

Veronika Zhilina has been refused a release for Azerbaijan.

Sikhuralidze told the media that applications submitted by athletes without citizenship or residence in the country of switch for at least a year are not considered.

(The second sentence is the ISU rule by the way).

Can she do something to reapply in the future? I am sad for her.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Can she do something to reapply in the future? I am sad for her.

Leave the national team and get a citizenship.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Veronika Zhilina has been refused a release for Azerbaijan.

Sikhuralidze told the media that applications submitted by athletes without citizenship or residence in the country of switch for at least a year are not considered.

(The second sentence is the ISU rule by the way).

Slightly off-topic, but I thought Karina Akopova had Armenian citizenship? At least I remember her talking about being from an Armenian family last September. If so, I don't know why their (Akopova/Rakhmanin's) request wasn't at least considered.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Slightly off-topic, but I thought Karina Akopova had Armenian citizenship? At least I remember her talking about being from an Armenian family last September. If so, I don't know why their (Akopova/Rakhmanin's) request wasn't at least considered.

At this point, their fate is reliably unknown. Sikhuralidze only said that there are no high-profile transfers.

 

[Kittosuni]

Now that Petrosyan is officially going to Beijing for the olympics qualification, I think skating conservative, meaning scaling back on quads/3A should be the strategy there. Skating clean rather than quadfest should be the priority. And just go all out at the olympics.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Alina Gorbacheva is going to represent St Petersburg since next season.

 

[flanker]

Great talent Vika Streltsova is 13 today:

 

[flanker]

Tribute from the Team Tutberidze:

 

[AlexBreeze]

She could also work with Benoit Richaud

That's exactly what is happening.

 

[flanker]

Polina Tikhonova definitely changes for ice dance:
https://www.sports.ru/figure-skatin...tupat-v-tanczax-na-ldu-s-matveem-lysovym.html

 

[AlexBreeze]

New season's thread:

2025-26 Russian Women's Figure Skating

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