Team Japan: 2022 Olympic and ISU Championships Entries

OLYMPICS

• Men: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama (Alt: Kao Miura, Kazuki Tomono, Sena Miyake)

• Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Mana Kawabe (Alt: Mai Mihara, Satoko Miyahara, Rino Matsuike)

• Pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

• Ice Dance: Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto (Alt: Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi)

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Men: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama (Alt: Kao Miura, Kazuki Tomono, Sena Miyake)

• Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Mana Kawabe (Alt: Mai Mihara, Satoko Miyahara, Rino Matsuike)

• Pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

• Ice Dance: Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi (Alt: Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto)

FOUR CONTINENTS

• Men: Kao Miura, Kazuki Tomono, Sena Miyake (Alt: Shun Sato, Sota Yamamoto, Koshiro Shimada)

• Women: Mai Mihara, Satoko Miyahara, Rino Matsuike (Alt: Yuhana Yokoi, Mako Yamashita)

• Ice Dance: Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi (Alt: Rikako Fukase/Eichu Cho)

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Men: Kao Miura, Shun Sato, Tatsuya Tsuboi* (Alt: Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Nozomu Yoshioka)

• Women: Rinka Watanabe*, Rion Sumiyoshi (Alt: Rino Matsuike, Hana Yoshida*)

• Ice Dance: Nao Kida/Masaya Morita*

• *Skaters missing junior TES minimums will need to compete at an international junior competition to earn them

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Team Russia: 2022 European Championships Entries

WOMEN

• Kamila Valieva

• Alexandra Trusova

• Anna Shcherbakova

• Alt1: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

• Alt2: Maiia Khromykh

MEN

• Mark Kondratiuk

• Mikhail Kolyada

• Evgeni Semenenko

• Alt1: Andrei Mozalev

• Alt2: Peter Gumennik

• Alt3: Alexander Samarin

PAIRS 

• Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov

• Alexandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii

• Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov

• Alt1: Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin

• Alt2: Iulia Artemeva/Mikhail Nazarychev

• Alt3: Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin

ICE DANCE 

• Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin

• Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin

• Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov

• Alt1: Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Egor Bazin

• Alt2: Annabelle Morozov/Andrei Bagin

• Alt3: Elizaveta Shanaeva/Devid Naryzhnyy

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2021-22 Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan Cancelled

The ISU was informed by the Japan Skating Federation (JSF) that the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2021, scheduled to take place from December 9 – 12, 2021 in Osaka (JPN) cannot be held as planned.

Unfortunately, considering the complicated epidemic situation involving travel restrictions, quarantine requirements, safety concerns and logistical challenges, the organization of the event was extremely challenging. The Japan Skating Federation and the Local Organizing Committee tried their best to find solutions but ultimately concluded that, regrettably, they are unable to organize and hold the event as planned.

The ISU regrets that the hosting of the event is no longer possible in Osaka in December. The ISU will evaluate a possible postponement to hold the Event at the end of the season and will take a decision as soon as possible. The ISU thanks the Japan Skating Federation for their efforts and cooperation.

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2021 Grand Prix Finalists

WOMEN

• Kamila Valieva (RUS)

• Anna Shcherbakova (RUS)

• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS)

• Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

• Maiia Khromykh (RUS)

• Alena Kostornaia (RUS)

• Alt1: Young You (KOR)

• Alt2: Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

• Alt3: Mai Mihara (JPN)

MEN

• Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

• Shoma Uno (JPN)

• Vincent Zhou (USA)

• Nathan Chen (USA)

• Mikhail Kolyada (RUS)

• Jason Brown (USA)

• Alt1: Shun Sato (JPN)

• Alt2: Morisi Kvitelashvili (GEO)

• Alt3: Junhwan Cha (KOR)

PAIRS

• Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov (RUS)

• Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN)

• Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov (RUS)

• Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii (RUS)

• Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin (RUS)

• Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)

• Alt1: Iuliia Artemeva/Mikhail Nazarychev (RUS)

• Alt2: Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (USA)

• Alt3: Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy Leduc (USA)

ICE DANCE

• Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)

• Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS)

• Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (USA)

• Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN)

• Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

• Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)

• Alt1: Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin (RUS)

• Alt2: Laurence Founier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sorensen (CAN)

• Alt3: Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz (ESP)

2021 Junior Grand Prix Finalists

The 2021 Junior Grand Prix Finalists have been announced, according to the process in ISU Communication 2431. (source)

MEN

• Ilia Malinin (USA)

• Ilya Yablokov (RUS)

• Gleb Lutfullin (RUS)

• Kirill Sarnovskiy (RUS)

• Wesley Chiu (CAN)

• Egor Rukhin (RUS)

• Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (JPN)

• Alt1: Artem Kovalev (RUS)

• Alt2: Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

• Alt3: Arlet Levandi (EST)

WOMEN

• Sofia Akateva (RUS)

• Veronika Zhilina (RUS)

• Sofia Muravieva (RUS)

• Adeliia Petrosian (RUS)

• Isabeau Levito (USA)

• Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

• Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

• Alt1: Anastasia Zinina (RUS)

• Alt2: Sofia Samodelkina (RUS)

• Alt3: Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)

PAIRS

• Ekaterina Chikmareva/Matvei Ianchenkov (RUS)

• Natalia Khabibullina/Ilya Knyazhuk (RUS)

• Anastasia Mukhortova/Dmitry Evgenyev (RUS)

• Ekaterina Petushkova/Evgenii Malikov (RUS)

• Alt1: Karina Safina/Luka Berulava (GEO)

• Alt2: Polina Kostiukovich/Aleksei Briukhanov (RUS)

• Alt3: Ekaterina Storublevtceva/Artem Gritsaenko (RUS)

ICE DANCE

• Irina Khavronina/Dario Cirisano (RUS)

• Vasilisa Kaganovskaia/Valeriy Angelopol (RUS)

• Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen (USA)

• Natalie D’Alessandro/Bruce Waddell (CAN)

• Sofya Tyutyunina/Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS)

• Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

• Alt1: Sofia Leonteva/Daniil Gorelkin (RUS)

• Alt2: Isabella Flores/Dimitry Tsarevski (USA)

• Alt3: Miku Makita/Tyler Gunara (CAN)

ISU Communication 2431: 4CC relocation, JGPF qualification, etc

The ISU Council has announced the decisions from their Oct. 1-2 meeting.

1) The 2022 Four Continents Championships, previously planned for Tianjin, China, will be relocated to Tallinn, Estonia from Jan. 18-23 since no other ISU members bid for it. The Four Continents Championships take place the week after the European Championships, which is also held in Tallinn at the same venue.

2) Due to pandemic-induced difficulties in assigning skaters to Junior Grand Prix events normally, the qualification process for the Junior Grand Prix Final has been adjusted for the 2021-22 season:

Singles: (6 or 7 qualifiers + 1 host spot)

• Winners of Junior Grand Prix events: If there are 7 different winners, they will all qualify for the Final. If there are 6 different winners, those 6 skaters will qualify for the Final.

• If there are fewer than 6 different winners, the remaining spots will go to the highest ranked skaters who placed 2nd or 3rd based on total score from their events.

• Japan, the hosting nation, will be given 1 wild card spot each in men’s and women’s.

Pairs: (4 qualifiers)

• Winners of Junior Grand Prix events: If there are 4 different winners, they will all qualify for the Final.

• If there are fewer than 4 different winners, the remaining spots will go to the highest ranked teams who placed 2nd or 3rd based on total score from their events.

Ice Dance: (6 or 7 qualifiers)

• Winners of Junior Grand Prix events: If there are 7 different winners, they will all qualify for the Final. If there are 6 different winners, those 6 teams will qualify for the Final.

• If there are fewer than 6 different winners, the remaining spots will go to the highest ranked teams who placed 2nd or 3rd based on total score from their events.

Substitutes (all disciplines):

• 3 substitutes composed of the next best ranked skaters who placed 2nd or 3rd based on total score

3) The 2022-23 Junior Grand Prix events have been announced:

• August 24-27, 2022 Courchevel / FRA

• August 31-September 3, 2022 Ostrava / CZE (including Pair Skating)

• September 7-10, 2022 Riga / LAT (including Pair Skating)

• September 21-24, 2022 Yerevan / ARM

• September 28 - October 1, 2022 Zagreb / CRO (including Pair Skating)

• October 5-8, 2022 Gdansk / POL (including Pair Skating)

• October 12-15, 2022 Egna-Neumarkt / ITA

4) The 2023-24 Grand Prix Final will be held in Orleans, France from Dec. 7-10, 2023.

2022 Olympic Figure Skating Qualification after Nebelhorn Trophy

This is the final list of nations that have earned spots for the 2022 Winter Olympics after the conclusion of 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy. Read a summary of the qualification process here.

MEN (30 spots total)

• 3 spots: Japan, USA, Russia

• 2 spots: Italy, Canada, France, S. Korea

• 1 spot: China, Georgia, Switzerland, Estonia, Belarus, Latvia, Czech Republic, Mexico, Ukraine, Sweden, Israel, Azerbaijan, Australia

WOMEN (30 spots total)

• 3 spots: Russia, Japan, USA

• 2 spots: S. Korea

• 1 spot: Belgium, Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Estonia, Sweden, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, China, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Finland, Poland, Belarus, Switzerland, Ukraine, Australia

ICE DANCE (23 spots total)

• 3 spots: Russia, USA, Canada

• 1 spot: Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Poland, China, Lithuania, France, Germany, Japan, Ukraine, Finland, Georgia, Armenia, Czech Republic

PAIRS (19 spots total)

• 3 spots: Russia

• 2 spots: China, Canada, USA, Italy

• 1 spot: Japan, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Spain, Georgia, Israel

TEAM EVENT (10 teams total)

• Canada

• China

• Czech Republic

• Georgia

• Germany *AAQ man

• Italy *AAQ woman

• Japan

• Russia

• Ukraine *AAQ pair

• USA

• *The Additional Athletes Quota can be used to fill a team’s missing discipline, only for the team event.

2022 Four Continents Championships in Tianjin, China cancelled; possible relocation

The ISU was informed by the Chinese Figure Skating Association (CFSA) of the cancellation of the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, that was scheduled to take place from January 17 – 22, 2022 in Tianjin (CHN).

Unfortunately, considering the complicated epidemic situation involving travel restrictions, quarantine requirements, safety concerns and logistical challenges, the organization of the event was extremely challenging. The CFSA, the Local Organizing Committee and Tianjin Municipal Government tried their best to find solutions but ultimately concluded that, regrettably, they are unable to organize and hold the 2022 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

The ISU regrets that the hosting of these Championships is no longer possible in Tianjin and thanks the Chinese Figure Skating Association for their efforts and cooperation.

In order to maintain the Event and allow the Figure Skaters of the Four Continents ISU Members to compete in this Continental Championships, the ISU invited interested ISU Members to send applications to host the Event on the originally planned date (January 17 – 22, 2022).  

Considering the applications received, the ISU Council will take a decision during its forthcoming meeting on October 1, 2021.

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Cancelled Grand Prix Cup of China moved to Torino, Italy

Cancelled Grand Prix Cup of China moved to Torino, Italy

Following the cancellation of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cup of China, the International Skating Union is pleased to announce that the third event of the Series will be hosted on November 4-7, 2021 in Torino (ITA).

[...] the ISU invited ISU Members interested in hosting the event at the given dates to apply. Three members submitted full applications; Debrecen (HUN), Norwood MA (USA) and Torino (ITA). The Council decided to award the Federazione Italiana Sport de Ghiaccio with the third ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating competition that will be held in Torino (ITA) on November 4 – 7, 2021.

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Cup of China 2021 cancelled

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Cup of China 2021 cancelled

The ISU was informed of the cancellation of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cup of China, that was scheduled to take place from November 4-7, 2021 in Chongqing (CHN).

Unfortunately, in view of the very limited international flights in all inbound cities in China and the relevant prevention restrictions in COVID-19, the concept of a "competition bubble" can not be realized. The ISU regrets that the hosting of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cup of China is no longer viable and thanks the Chinese Figure Skating Association for their continued effort and support.

In order to maintain the 6 Events of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, leading to the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, which will take place in Osaka (JPN), on December 9-12, 2021, the ISU invited ISU Members who would be interested in hosting this event on the originally planned date (November 4-7, 2021), to apply for the event.

Further information will be provided in due course.