Skate to Milano Olympic Qualifier
Skate to Milano provided nations with a final chance to claim berths for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. It was an ISU Qualifying event which took place Sep 19-21, 2025, in Beijing, China. The event featured all four disciplines and the countries with the best placements claimed the available quotas and are as follows:
Skate to Milano Pairs’ Podium: (From L to R) Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin (ARM), Jiaxuan Zhang/Yihang Huang (CHN), and Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi (JPN) | September 20, 2025
Pairs: 3 berths
China (CHN) – Jiaxuan Zhang/Yihang Huang
Armenia (ARM) – Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin
Japan (JPN) – Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Skate to Milano Women’s Podium: (From L to R) Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO), Adeliia Petrosian (AIN), and Loena Hendrickx (BEL) | September 20, 2025
Women: 5 berths
Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) – Adeliia Petrosian
Georgia (GEO) – Anastasiia Gubanova
Belgium (BEL) – Loena Hendrickx
Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) – Viktoriia Safonova
China (CHN) – Ruiyang Zhang
Skate to Milano Ice Dance Podium: (From L to R) Holly Harris/Jason Chan (AUS), Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU), and Sofia Val/Asaf Kazimov (ESP) | September 21, 2025
Ice Dance: 4 spots
Lithuania (LTU) – Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius
Australia (AUS) – Holly Harris/Jason Chan
Spain (ESP) – Sofia Val/Asaf Kazimov
China (CHN) – Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu
Skate to Milano Men’s Podium: (From L to R) Hyungyeom Kim (KOR), Petr Gumennik (AIN), and Donovan Carrillo (MEX) | September 21, 2025
Men: 5 berths
Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) – Petr Gumennik
Korea (KOR) – Hyungyeom Kim
Mexico (MEX) – Donovan Carrillo
Ukraine (UKR) – Kyrylo Marsak
Chinese Taipei (TPE) – Yu-Hsiang Li
A total of 31 countries earned quotas at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships as follows:
- 24 Men
- 24 Women
- 16 Pairs
- 19 Ice Dance couples
At this event, the 17 remaining spots went to the below:
- 5 spots for Women
- 5 spots for Men
- 3 spots for Pairs
- 4 spots for Ice Dance
A total of 142 figure skaters will be competing at the 2026 Olympics according to the following distribution:
- 29 Men
- 29 Women
- 19 Pairs
- 23 Ice Dance teams
