Entries/Quotas for 2026 Olympics

[skatingguy]

Now as a US citizen Christina can officially move back to Canada.

 

[ladyjane]

And if I remember right, the Netherlands also have internal benchmark for their pairs team....who are also dealing with injuries.
Could someone tell me another reason, other than financial that is, as to why European NOCs want to limit participation to the OLYMPIC GAMES of their qualified athletes, especially as the WOG is in Milano, Italy?! Europe!!!!

Will update the list with @CaroLiza_fan' s info regarding Stefania's status when I get home from work

You remember very right. The reason is not so much financial as the fact that in other skating sports (long- and short track) the Netherlands is quite successfull, so it would be embarassing if in FS they don't even get the 14th place.

Getting back to finances: in long track they have generous sponsors/endorsements, in short track the National team members receive an income they can live on, it is only in FS skaters old enough to study have to use student grants and/or have to teach themselves or have another job to cover costs. Very fair (sorry to be so sarcastic): you get less, but you still have to score high enough to go to the OG.

Instead of being proud that a pairs team has qualified by the international standards to go to the OG for the first time in history!

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Instead of being proud that a pairs team has qualified by the international standards to go to the OG for the first time in history!

This is what bothers me the most. Why can't they back their athletes if they qualify...

 

[Anna K.]

You remember very right. The reason is not so much financial as the fact that in other skating sports (long- and short track) the Netherlands is quite successfull, so it would be embarassing if in FS they don't even get the 14th place.

Getting back to finances: in long track they have generous sponsors/endorsements, in short track the National team members receive an income they can live on, it is only in FS skaters old enough to study have to use student grants and/or have to teach themselves or have another job to cover costs. Very fair 9sorry to be so sarcastic): you get less, but you still have to score high enough to go to the OG.

Instead of being proud that a pairs team has qualified by the international standards to go to the OG for the first time in history!

You are in need of a certain Angel who will win medals and change public opinion about figure skating

Although, to steel attention from speed skating and short track in Netherlands... I'm afraid one Angel won't be enough. You might need at least the whole Holy Trinity

 

[ladyjane]

You are in need of a certain Angel who will win medals and change public opinion about figure skating

Although, to steel attention from speed skating and short track in Netherlands... I'm afraid one Angel won't be enough. You might need at least the whole Holy Trinity

Sadly...yes. As you've noticed, we've got the angel (Angel Delavaque).

 

[ladyjane]

Sad for the country who has given its qualification quotum back (presumably Finland, but it's not stated here), but happy for ID'ers Milla Ruud and Nicolaj from Sweden (auto translate to English will do). I hope their Citizenship issues are cleared up!

Svensk OS-kvotplats i isdans – en historisk milstolpe

Det står nu klart att Sverige har säkrat en kvotplats till OS i isdans – något som aldrig tidigare skett. Beskedet kom sedan ett av de länder som säkrat en OS-kvotplats meddelat att de inte kommer att utnyttja den. Därmed går kvoten vidare i turordning – och tillfaller Sverige tack vare Milla...

www.skatesweden.se

 

[norwegianfairytale]

I´m crossposting what I just posted in Milla and Nikolaj fan thread about citizenship and requirements:

According to Swedish Media Milla doesn´t have citizenship yet and the application process is the issue here. She is waiting for it. She has lived long enough in Sweden and has met all the requirements according to the article, so that actually calms one my concerns because I wasn´t even sure about that ...It says she started the application process in March. So that is 8-9 months ago. It sounds like they are using a awful lot of time... I´m hoping the media attention can speed up the process.

If she can get it in time though, there is still the issues with SOC requirements. Again another Swedish athlete would need the mercy of promising athlete exception. They don´t meet the other requirements for now - which says to be able to place top 12 at Olympics....

Hmmm if we look at history - they might not get promising athlete exception since Nikolaj already got it once. The question here is if they will look through it since it´s a new discipline, and that Milla probably meets the requirement.

I´m having my fingers crossed now I have a feeling that the citizenship issue might resolve.

 

[sissy7]

Milla just got upgraded on the citizenship table, as per the latest info from Swedish media, hoping the Swedish NOC will not impede them

Last update: 03 Dec
- achieved
- working on it (if not otherwise stated, this is assumed) - likely; not likely
- unlock for next time!

Adopted country	Athlete	Discipline	Citizenship Status
AUS	Jason CHAN	Ice Dance
AUS	Anastasia GOLUBEVA	Pairs
CAN	Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK	Pairs
CAN	Romain LE GAC	Ice Dance
ESP	Asaf KAZIMOV	Ice Dance
ESP	Tim DIECK	Ice Dance
FRA	Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY	Ice Dance
FIN	Yuka ORIHARA	Ice Dance
GEO	Anastasiia METELKINA	Pairs
GER	Nikita VOLODIN	Pairs
HUN	Maria PAVLOVA	Pairs
HUN	Alexei SVIATCHENKO	Pairs
LAT	Fedir KULISH	Men
LTU	Allison REED	Ice Dane
NED	Daria DANILOVA	Pairs
POL	Ioulia CHTCHETININA	Pairs
ROU	Julia SAUTER	Women
SWE	Milla Ruud REITAN	Ice Dance
USA	Alisa EFIMOVA	Pairs
USA	Christina CARREIRA	Ice Dance
USA	Daniil PARKMAN	Pairs
Alternates
CZE	Anna VALESI	Pairs
CYP	Stefania YAKOVLEVA	Women
HUN	Mariia IGNATEVA	Ice Dance
HUN	Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO	Ice Dance

Ice is slippery, so at the end I included the first 4 alternates as well

Waiting for confirmation on which NOC gave back the quota.
Half of me is crying for Yuka and Juho, if it is indeed the Finish 2nd quota, but I will be thankful if the main reason is red tape, and not an injury

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Milla just got upgraded on the citizenship table, as per the latest info from Swedish media, hoping the Swedish NOC will not impede them

Waiting for confirmation on which NOC gave back the quota.
Half of me is crying for Yuka and Juho, if it is indeed the Finish 2nd quota, but I will be thankful if the main reason is red tape, and not an injury

It´s Yuka and Juho unfortunately, according to Finnish media. The good news is they aim for 2030. Apparently the same media says Milla is going to get her decision on citizenship in mid December, but Swedish media seems more uncertain about when this will happen.

 

[gsk8]

Team Event info has been added to the OP

 

[Andrea82]

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today confirmed the eight figure skaters who will represent Team GB in Italy.

Team GB Figure Skating Squad – Milano Cortina 2026​

Ice Dance:

Lilah Fear & Lewis Gibson

Phebe Bekker & James Hernandez

Pairs:

Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby


Women’s Singles:

Kristen Spours


Men’s Singles (Team Event):

Edward Appleby

Team GB Names Eight Figure Skaters for Milano Cortina 2026 in Biggest Squad Since 1988

With less than two months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has today confirmed the eight figure skaters who will represent Team GB in Italy.

www.iceskating.org.uk

 

[pearly]

I have updated the list of alternates on the first page here as it has turned out that the countries that were not able to secure their second/third spots are not out of the running for those spots, they are also alternates.

The situation with the pairs is that Uzbekistan is still expected to return their one spot. Australia may or may not have secured the citizenship, we don't know, but they haven't been training very much and had a poor showing recently. The Dutch team may have not been able to secure their internally required minimums.

 

[saine]

The IOC approved the transfer of Laurence Fournier Beaudry from Canada to France. I think that was the last remaining question for her eligibility.
https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/i...-the-milano-cortina-2026-olympic-winter-games

Also Team Spain was announced in September:

Men
Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate

Ice Dance
Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck
Sofia Val/Asaf Kazimov

 

[saine]

Team Georgia

Men
Nika Egadze

Women
Anastasia Gubanova

Pairs
Metelkina/Berulava

Ice Dance
Davis/Smolkin

No surprises, I like their photoshoot.

 

[Mozartistique]

Sad to see Yuka and Juuno miss out, I really hop they can stick to the sport 4 more years and achieve their dream.
I thought that the third ice dance team in Finland just got he minimum score and were about to go to Olympics ...but it seems that the man in the partnership does not have citizenship. I guess making the Europeans was the goal for this new-ish team.

Hopping to see Milla and Nikolaj at the Olympics !

 

[saine]

Fedir Kulish has been granted Latvian citizenship

 

[sissy7]

Updated

Last update: 19 Dec
- achieved
- working on it (if not otherwise stated, this is assumed) - likely; not likely
- unlock for next time!

Adopted country	Athlete	Discipline	Citizenship Status
AUS	Jason CHAN	Ice Dance
AUS	Anastasia GOLUBEVA	Pairs
CAN	Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK	Pairs
CAN	Romain LE GAC	Ice Dance
ESP	Asaf KAZIMOV	Ice Dance
ESP	Tim DIECK	Ice Dance
FRA	Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY	Ice Dance
FIN	Yuka ORIHARA	Ice Dance
GEO	Anastasiia METELKINA	Pairs
GER	Nikita VOLODIN	Pairs
HUN	Maria PAVLOVA	Pairs
HUN	Alexei SVIATCHENKO	Pairs
LAT	Fedir KULISH	Men
LTU	Allison REED	Ice Dane
NED	Daria DANILOVA	Pairs
POL	Ioulia CHTCHETININA	Pairs
ROU	Julia SAUTER	Women
SWE	Milla Ruud REITAN	Ice Dance
USA	Alisa EFIMOVA	Pairs
USA	Christina CARREIRA	Ice Dance
USA	Daniil PARKMAN	Pairs
Alternates
CZE	Anna VALESI	Pairs
CYP	Stefania YAKOVLEVA	Women
HUN	Mariia IGNATEVA	Ice Dance
HUN	Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO	Ice Dance

Ice is slippery, so at the end I included the first 4 alternates as well

 

[pearly]

The Dutch pairs team, Michael Tsiba and Dasha Danilova have been approved and are good to go. They were struggling with achieving required minimum scores.

 

[FlossieH]

Does anyone know what is going on with the Australian pair? As far as I can tell, they have only competed once this season and WD after the short programme. Are they going to be fit to compete at the Olympics? Does Anastasia Golubeva have citizenship?

 

[saine]

Does anyone know what is going on with the Australian pair? As far as I can tell, they have only competed once this season and WD after the short programme. Are they going to be fit to compete at the Olympics? Does Anastasia Golubeva have citizenship?

Golubeva made an Instagram post about what's been going on. Citizenship is almost complete and they had to deal with injuries.