Isabella Gamez & Aleksandr Korovin

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Isabella Gamez (February 1, 1999; Cape Coral, USA) and Aleksandr Korovin (February 15, 1994; Pervouralsk, Russia) are pairs skaters representing the Philippines. They were teamed up by Marina Zoueva and Maxim Trankov in 2021 and made their debut in the 2022-2023 season. In December 2024, Alexander received Philippine citizenship through special legislation for elite athletes. The pair is based in Sochi and also trains in Florida and Manila. They are coached by Dmitri Savin and Fedor Klimov, along with Sofia Evdokimova and Galit Chait for choreo and skating skills.

Isabella and Alexander are the first pairs skaters from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to medal in an international competition (silver, Cup of Nice, 2022), qualify for an ISU World Championships (2023), and compete in a Grand Prix stage (Cup of China, 2024). At Cup of China, Isabella also became the first female figure skater to represent the Philippines in a Grand Prix competition.

Isabella and Alexander's goals are to compete in the Winter Olympics and to inspire and train the next generation of Filipino skaters. If the pair qualifies for Milan 2026, Isabella will be the first female athlete of any sport to represent the Philippines in the Winter Olympic Games. (UPDATE- Gamez/Korovin did not qualify for the Milan 2026 games.)

2022-2023 Season Highlights video



Gamez previously skated with Griffin Schwab, Tòn Cónsul, and David-Alexandre Paradis. With Schwab she won the novice silver medal at the 2016 US Championships. With Consul she is the 2018 Spanish junior national champion and the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup gold medalist. In 2020, Gamez and Paradis became the first Filipino and Southeast Asian pair to compete in an ISU competition. Korovin's former partners were Alexandra Minina and Alisa Efimova. With Efimova he took silver at the 2018 Skate America, gold at the 2019 Winter Universiade, and six medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

LINKS
ISU bios
Team Website
Team Instagram
Skating Scores
Isabella Gamez on Wikipedia
Alexander Korovin on Wikipedia

CURRENT WORLD STANDING: 38.

ISU PERSONAL BESTS (with links to scores and video)

Short Program	57.28	John Nicks Pairs Challenge, NY. Sept 3, 2024.
Free Skate	100.61	Cup of China. Nov. 23, 2024.
Total	157.04	John Nicks Pairs Challenge, NY. Sept 4, 2024.

TOP ELEMENTS

Category	Element	Competition	+GOE	Score
Twist lift	3Tw4	2023 JNP Challenge	1.68	7.68
Lifts	5ALi4	2024 JNP Challenge	1.40	8.40
	5RLi4	2023 JNP Challenge	.73	7.84
	4Li4	2024 JNP Challenge	.92	6.02
	3Li4	2025 Asian Winter Games	.71	5.81
Death spirals	BoDs3	2025 Golden Spin	.26	4.66
	BiDs3	2025 OQE	.11	3.70
	FiDs3	2025 Asian Winter Games	.63	4.13
Throw jumps	3LoTh	2024 JNP Challenge	1.10	6.10
	3STh	2023 Challenge Cup	.97	5.37
Side-by-side jump combo	2T+2T+1A+SEQ	2025 4CC	-.02	3.68
Side-by-side jump	3S	2025 4CC	-.79	2.65
Pair spins	PCoSp4	2023 World Championship	.58	5.08
Side-by-side spins	FCCoSp4	2025 Asian Winter Games	.70	4.20
Step sequences	StSq4	2023 JNP Challenge	.39	4.29
Choreo sequences	ChSq1	2024 Cup of China	.93	3.93

2024-2025 PROGRAMS

Short Program	"La Bohème" by Aznavour (Stelios Remix). choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo.
Free Skate	"Somewhere in Time" by John Barry, arr. Dino Kartsonakis. choreo. by Marina Zoueva, Ilia Tkachenko.

2024-2025 COMPETITIONS

John Nicks Pairs Challenge (CS)	Sept 3-4, New York, USA.	SP.	FS.	157.04 (9th)
Trophée Métropole Nice International	Oct 16-20, Nice, FR.	SP.	--	55.73* (2nd)
Cup of China (GP)	Nov 22-24, Chongqing, CN.	SP.	FS.	151.26 (7th)
Asian Winter Games	Feb 11-13, Harbin, CN.	SP.	FS.	155.62 (4th)
Four Continents Championship	Feb. 19-23, Seoul, KOR.	SP.	FS.	150.08 (10th)

*FS cancelled due to weather alert. Medals were awarded according to the SP placements.

2025-2026 PROGRAMS

Short Program	"November" by Max Richter choreo by Sofia Evdokimova
Free Skate	"Malagueña" by Ernesto Lecuona choreo by Marina Zoeuva and Ilya Tkachenko

2025-2026 Competitions

Asian Open Trophy	August 1-5, Manila, PH.	SP.	FS.	143.49 (3rd)
Kinoshita Group Cup (CS)	Sept 5-7, Japan.	SP.	FS.	141.14 (6th)
Skate to Milan (OQE)	Sept. 17-25, Beijing, CN.	SP.	FS.	133.69 (11th)
Golden Spin of Zagreb (CS)	Dec. 3-6, Zagreb, CRO.	SP.	FS.	137.39 (13th)
Four Continents Championship	Jan 21-25, Beijing, CN.	SP.	FS.	143.05 (10th)

Four Continents Championship 2026

 

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Bella and Sasha practicing their favorite element, the triple twist!

 

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From today's anythinggoe.com recap of the John Nicks Pairs Challenge:

"Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin of the Philippines placed ninth and also secured new personal bests in both programs (though they also remain short of the technical scores they need to return to Worlds). Their triple twist and throw triple loop received good grades of execution in the short program, and the elegant choreography prompted one judge to place them third for composition. They will need to fix the downgrades of Isabella’s triple salchow, and improve the level of their death spirals to move up, but they have the look of a high-ranking team."

Link to photos of their free skate

 

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Gamez/Korovin are headed next to Budapest Trophy (non-Challenger), October 11-13. Wish them luck!
Budapest trophy entries

 

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Is the link in the previous post broken only for me? I had to edit it in the browser to open and see.
Three pairs are on the list, everyone is going to have a medal if the competition is not cancelled.

 

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Is the link in the previous post broken only for me? I had to edit it in the browser to open and see.
Three pairs are on the list, everyone is going to have a medal if the competition is not cancelled.

Ok, I think I fixed the link. Yes, only Beccari/Guarise, Gamez/Korovin, and Wozniak/Chtchetinina are currently entered.

 

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A look at the costumes for their new short program "La Bohème." Isabella's favorite color is purple.

Sherry Chen on Instagram: "Wrapping up the 2024 ISU Challengers season with John Nicks Pairs Short Program photos!"

throughsherryslens on September 27, 2024: "Wrapping up the 2024 ISU Challengers season with John Nicks Pairs Short Program photos!".

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Ok, I think I fixed the link. Yes, only Beccari/Guarise, Gamez/Korovin, and Wozniak/Chtchetinina are currently entered.

Is the link in the previous post broken only for me? I had to edit it in the browser to open and see.
Three pairs are on the list, everyone is going to have a medal if the competition is not cancelled.

Looks like the pairs event was cancelled as it no longer appears on the entries list.

 

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Who did it better?

• Gamez/Korovin at Four Continents, February 2024.
• Kaganovskaya/Necrasov at Russian Test Skates, September 2024.

Personally, I love them both.

Photo via Stories/IsabellaandAlexander IG.

 

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The pair has just confirmed they will be participating in the international competition at Trophee Metropole in Nice, October 16-20. Best of luck!

 

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The senior pair entries for Trophee Métropole Nice (International Competition), courtesy of the skating club of Nice.

Crafoord/Crafoord (SWE)
Ehrhard/Pellegris (FRA)
Gamez/Korovin (PHI)
Hase/Volodin (GER)

 

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Great news! The Trophee Métropole Nice International Competition will be livestreamed on this channel.
Gamez/Korovin short program is tomorrow, Wednesday 16, at 19:00 local time/ 13:00 New York time.
Free skate session starts Thursday 17 at 20:05 local time/ 14:00 New York time.

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Because of the schedule conflict with PH Nationals that they are unable to compete in smaller comps such as Tallinn Trophy (Non CS for pairs) or NRW Trophy yet they can still compete the last 2 Challenger Series which is Warsaw Cup & Golden Spin of Zagreb to get the CTES mins.

Although that it may be a long shot that they might be unexpectedly picked at GP France since they are able to met the minimum score but knowing Bella that she have other priorities other than to seized the opportunity to sharpen blades.

In the 2nd half of the season that they have the option to participate either Winter Universiad since Bella is currently studying Psychology part time or the Asian Winter Games before compete at 4CC.

Also there's an old article about approval of Sasha's citizenship application which he mentioned his talk with PHSU President Nikki Cheng about his interest in training children who are interested in the sport and members of the Philippine National Team when he retires: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ph...izenship-figure-skater-alexander-korovin/amp/

I would have to say that that I would entrust him for training the skaters with the jump technique over other local coaches especially there's are 2 novice skaters (a boy and a girl who showed a certain promise)

 

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Because of the schedule conflict with PH Nationals that they are unable to compete in smaller comps such as Tallinn Trophy (Non CS for pairs) or NRW Trophy yet they can still compete the last 2 Challenger Series which is Warsaw Cup & Golden Spin of Zagreb to get the CTES mins.

Although that it may be a long shot that they might be unexpectedly picked at GP France since they are able to met the minimum score but knowing Bella that she have other priorities other than to seized the opportunity to sharpen blades.

In the 2nd half of the season that they have the option to participate either Winter Universiad since Bella is currently studying Psychology part time or the Asian Winter Games before compete at 4CC.

Also there's an old article about approval of Sasha's citizenship application which he mentioned his talk with PHSU President Nikki Cheng about his interest in training children who are interested in the sport and members of the Philippine National Team when he retires: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ph...izenship-figure-skater-alexander-korovin/amp/

I would have to say that that I would entrust him for training the skaters with the jump technique over other local coaches especially there's are 2 novice skaters (a boy and a girl who showed a certain promise)

They're currently third in line for a GP spot. If two pairs drop out, then G/K should get an assignment. It's not such a long shot, since there are a few pairs still in recovery from injuries and not at their best, but it's yet to be seen if these pairs will hold on to their GP assignments.

It would be really exciting for the Philippines if Korovin does end up being a coach. I'm just a casual skating fan, but I've been watching his previous performances with Efimova and he never falls on his jumps, so there seems to be a solid technique there.

 

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They're currently third in line for a GP spot. If two pairs drop out, then G/K should get an assignment. It's not such a long shot, since there are a few pairs still in recovery from injuries and not at their best, but it's yet to be seen if these pairs will hold on to their GP assignments.

It would be really exciting for the Philippines if Korovin does end up being a coach. I'm just a casual skating fan, but I've been watching his previous performances with Efimova and he never falls on his jumps, so there seems to be a solid technique there.

I think that the PHSU is fortunate to have Sasha because he came of the Moskvina School of Pairs Skating which he was mentored by Tamara herself hence the technique remains in him.

I remember that he also does take ballet as mentioned in the articles which I remember that the Philippines has a ballet school that was owned by the country's Prima Ballerina who is also the first foreign soloist to ever join Kirov Ballet (The Mariinsky Ballet which is the parent company of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet) that gave me a eureka moment and at a same time that smack my head out of annoyance since I realized about it just now.

 

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Because of the schedule conflict with PH Nationals that they are unable to compete in smaller comps such as Tallinn Trophy (Non CS for pairs) or NRW Trophy yet they can still compete the last 2 Challenger Series which is Warsaw Cup & Golden Spin of Zagreb to get the CTES mins.

Although that it may be a long shot that they might be unexpectedly picked at GP France since they are able to met the minimum score but knowing Bella that she have other priorities other than to seized the opportunity to sharpen blades.

In the 2nd half of the season that they have the option to participate either Winter Universiad since Bella is currently studying Psychology part time or the Asian Winter Games before compete at 4CC.

Also there's an old article about approval of Sasha's citizenship application which he mentioned his talk with PHSU President Nikki Cheng about his interest in training children who are interested in the sport and members of the Philippine National Team when he retires: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ph...izenship-figure-skater-alexander-korovin/amp/

I would have to say that that I would entrust him for training the skaters with the jump technique over other local coaches especially there's are 2 novice skaters (a boy and a girl who showed a certain promise)

They're currently third in line for a GP spot. If two pairs drop out, then G/K should get an assignment. It's not such a long shot, since there are a few pairs still in recovery from injuries and not at their best, but it's yet to be seen if these pairs will hold on to their GP assignments.

It would be really exciting for the Philippines if Korovin does end up being a coach. I'm just a casual skating fan, but I've been watching his previous performances with Efimova and he never falls on his jumps, so there seems to be a solid technique there.

Philippine Skating Union President Nikki Cheng said that they are doing Asian Winter Games in this article. Maybe this could be the first medal for the Philippines if they continue on this good progression??

PH skating chief eyes first Filipina in Winter Olympics

Philippine Skating Union president Nikkie Cheng is eyeing something that has never happened in the country’s sports history -- a Filipina competing in the...

mb.com.ph

I hope they are doing the last two CS Warsaw Cup and CS Golden Spin of Zagreb because they need the world ranking points unless of course they get a Grand Prix assignment, and hoping they do.

 

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Philippine Skating Union President Nikki Cheng said that they are doing Asian Winter Games in this article. Maybe this could be the first medal for the Philippines if they continue on this good progression??

PH skating chief eyes first Filipina in Winter Olympics

Philippine Skating Union president Nikkie Cheng is eyeing something that has never happened in the country’s sports history -- a Filipina competing in the...

mb.com.ph

I hope they are doing the last two CS Warsaw Cup and CS Golden Spin of Zagreb because they need the world ranking points unless of course they get a Grand Prix assignment, and hoping they do.

I understand she says the Asian Games are a possibility but does not confirm if G/K are entering. Either way, the AWG is one of the major ISU tournaments and will count for WS points and PB.
The pairs free skate at Nice just got cancelled, so unfortunately no chance to get tech minimums for worlds. So yes, the last two Challengers are looking more important than ever.

 

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Congrats to Bella and Sasha for their silver medal at Nice!
It is their second medal in international competition, their first being also at Nice in 2022.
We can say...Nice is nice to them.

(From isabelllaandalexander IG stories)

(From Minerva Hase IG stories)

 

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G/K's chance of getting a Grand Prix assignment has been increased after Lucrreza & Matteo have withdraw theirs from Skate Canada.